WOMEN’S 2016-17 GAME NOTES Imani Suber, Assitant Director of Athletic Communications· Office: (602) 639-7421 · Cell: (214) 316-4435 · E-mail: [email protected]

GRAND CANYON NO. 13 LOPES V HUSKIES 2016-17 SCHEDULE & RECORD (3-3, 0-0 WAC) S (6-1, 0-0 PAC 12) OVERALL RECORD: 3-3 WAC: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 3-3 THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 2016 | 7:00 P.M. MST | GCU ARENA | PHOENIX, ARIZ. Home: 3-0 | Away: 0-3 | Neutral: 0-0 NOVEMBER All times listed in AZ time TODAY’S MATCHUP GAME 7 8 Western State (Exhib.) W, 68-48 • GCU returns to GCU Arena to host No. 13 Washington on 11 Alcorn State W, 77-44 LOPES 2016-17 HUSKIES Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. MST. 17 Duke L, 90-47 22 Rice L, 64-50 3-3 6-1 • The Lopes will face their first ranked opponent this sea- Win-Loss 25 Denver# W, 73-70 son. Last season, Washington was a Final Four finalist. -5.0 Scoring Margin +27.9 26 Idaho# W, 64-60 GCU STARTING FIVE 29 UC Riverside L, 77-64 62.5 Scoring Avg. 88.9 DECEMBER .366 FG Pct. .477 1. Casey Rarrick tallied her third 10+ scoring game of the year 1 Washington 7:00 p.m. and second straight double digit showing at UCR. Marina 4 Florida Atlantic 12:00 p.m. Laramie leads GCU with four double digit contests, while .320 3-Point FG Pct. .418 10 Cal Poly 1:00 p.m. Rarrick sits at second and Zelor Massaquoi sits at third with .640 FT Pct. .807 a pair of 10+ rebounding outings. 16 Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. 19 Northern Arizona 12:00 p.m. 35.5 Rebounds 44.0 2. The Lopes have had two contests where they have averaged 29 Hawaii 8:30 p.m. 15.0 Assists 16.6 50.0 percent or more from the field in a half. At UCR, GCU 31 Chaminade 11:00am totaled a 55.2 percent scoring percentage in the first half. JANUARY 15.8 Turnovers 11.6 3. The Lopes are making their presence known in the WAC 4 Arizona Christian 7:00 p.m. 7.5 Steals 6.1 statistical categories. Laramie, Massaquoi, Rarrick 7 Utah Valley * 7:00 p.m. Aniya Baker and Laura Marcos-Canedo are the five Lopes 12 New Mexico State* 7:00 p.m. 0.3 Blocks 2.0 sitting in the top-3 in the conference in their respective 14 UTRGV* 2:00 p.m. categories. 21 * 5:00 p.m. SERIES HISTORY 4. GCU has been consistent from long range on the young 26 UMKC* 7:00 p.m. Grand Canyon vs Washington season, with 48 of its 135 total field goals from beyond the 28 Chicago State* 2:00 p.m. arc, the Lopes have shown confidence in the category. FEBRUARY • First time meeting 5. With a +1.5 turnover ratio GCU's defense has caused prob- 4 CSU Bakersfield* 2:00 p.m. lems for its opponents. Against Riverside, the Lopes forced 9 UTRGV* 6:00 p.m. 14 turnovers and tallied 18 points off UCR's mistakes. 11 New Mexico State* 1:00 p.m. 16 Seattle U* 7:00 p.m. 18 Utah Valley* 2:00 p.m. 23 Chicago State* 6:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 25 UMKC* 1:00 p.m. MARCH 4 CSU Bakersfield* 2:00 p.m. * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold # GCU Thanksgiving Classic

ANIYA MARINA JESSICA LAURA ZELOR 1 BAKER 3 LARAMIE 5 GAJEWSKI 13 CANEDO 50 MASSAQUOI GAME INFORMATION NO. PLAYER POS. GP/GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% FT% LIVE STATS 1 Aniya Baker G 6/6 6.3 5.0 3.8 3.2 0.0 26.4% 58.3% GCU Live Stats @GCU_WBB gcustats.com @GCU_Lopes 3 Marina Laramie F/C 6/6 18.3 7.3 1.2 0.5 0.0 43.4% 66.7% @TMayGCU 5 Jessica Gajewski G 4/4 12.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 46.3% 42.9% 13 Laura Marcos-Canedo G 5/5 6.6 1.0 4.8 1.4 0.0 31.3% 76.9% WATCH INSTAGRAM WAC Digital Network @GCUWBB 50 Zelor Massaquoi G/F 3/5 6.0 9.2 1.4 0.4 0.0 40.0% 66.7% WAC DIGITAL NETWORK ‹ 1 › QUICK FACTS / ROSTERS / MEDIA INFO 2016-17 GRAND CANYON NUMERIC ROSTER TABLE OF CONTENTS No. Name Pos. HT YR Hometown (Previous School) 2016-17 Quick Facts / Rosters ...... 2 1. . Aniya Baker...... G . 5-8 . R-Sr...... Perris, Calif. (San Jose State) Media Contact Information...... 2 2. . August Touchard. G . 5-6 . R-Jr...... Newport Beach, Calif. (JSerra HS) Game Notes (Team / Player)...... 3 3. . Marina Laramie...... F/C . 6-2 . R-Sr...... St. Louis, Mo. (East Carolina) Grand Canyon University Arena/Last Time Out ...... 5 5. . Jessica Gajewski. G . 5-11 . R-Jr...... Brisbane, Australia (Mounatin Creek State HS) Head Coach Trent May /GCU Record When...... 6 10. . Alyx Bloom. G . 5-5 . Sr...... Clay , Kan. (Hutchinson CC) TV / Radio Roster...... 7 11. . Casey Rarrick. G . 5-8 . R-So...... Scottsdale, Ariz. (Seguaro HS) GCU Game Recaps...... 8-9 Grand Canyon 2016-17 Season Stats...... 10 12. . Erika Thomas . C . 6-2 . R-Sr...... Ocoee, Fla. (UConn) Washington Roster...... 11 13. . Laura Marcos-Canedo. . . . G . 5-8 . R-Sr...... Salamanca, Spain (South Florida) Washington 2016-17 Season Stats...... 12 15. . Alia Parsons. G . 5-10 . Fr...... Woodburn, Ore. (Silverton HS) Grand Canyon 2016-17 Season Stats cont...... 13-15 20. . Vanessa Murphy . G/F . 6-1 . Fr...... Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep) Grand Canyon 2015-16 Season Stats...... 16-17 22. . Carley Turnbull . C . 5-10 . Fr...... Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS) 23. . Brie Mobley...... G . 5-9 . Jr...... Winter Haven, Florida (UNC Wilmington) 24. . Kiara Clark. F . 5-10 . R-Jr...... Glendale, Ariz. (Glendale CC) 30. . Julieh Clark...... C . 6-3 . Sr...... Denton, Texas (Panola College) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT 32. . Tanesha Daniels...... F . 6-1 . Sr...... Brigham City, Utah (Salt Lake City CC) 42. . Katelyn Lee...... C . 6-3 . R-So...... Chickamauga, Ga. (Gordon Lee HS) Women’s Basketball Contact. . . Imani Suber 50. . Zelor Massaquoi...... G/F . 5-7 . Jr...... Monrovia, Iberia (Reservoir HS) Office Phone...... 602-639-7421 Cell Phone...... 214-316-4435 Email...... [email protected] 2016-17 GRAND CANYON ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. HT YR Hometown (Previous School) 1. . Baker, Aniya. G . 5-8 . R-Sr...... Perris, Calif. (San Jose State) GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 10. . Bloom, Alyx...... G . 5-5 . Sr...... Clay Center, Kan. (Hutchinson CC) 13. . Canedo, Laura...... G . 5-8 . R-Sr...... Salamanca, Spain (South Florida) School. Grand Canyon University 30. . Clark, Julieh. C . 6-3 . Sr...... Denton, Texas (Panola College) Location. Phoenix, Ariz. 24. . Clark, Kiara...... F . 5-10 . R-Jr...... Glendale, Ariz. (Glendale CC) Founded...... 1949 32. . Daniels, Tanesha . F . 6-1 . Sr...... Brigham City, Utah (Salt Lake City CC) Enrollment . 17,500 5. . Gajewski, Jessica...... G . 5-11 . R-Jr...... Brisbane, Australia (Mounatin Creek State HS) President. Brian Mueller 3. . Laramie, Marina...... F/C . 6-2 . R-Sr...... St. Louis, Mo. (East Carolina) Vice President of Athletics. Mike Vaught 42. . Lee, Katelyn...... C . 6-3 . R-So...... Chickamauga, Ga. (Gordon Lee HS) Faculty Representative...... Claude Pensis 50. . Massaquoi, Zelor. G/F . 5-7 . Jr...... Monrovia, Iberia (Reservoir HS) Affiliation . NCAA Division I 23. . Mobley, Brie . G . 5-9 . Jr...... Winter Haven, Florida (UNC Wilmington) Nickname. Lopes 20. . Murphy, Vanessa. G/F . 6-1 . Fr...... Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep.) Mascot...... Thunder 15. . Parsons, Alia...... G . 5-10 . Fr...... Woodburn, Ore. (Silverton HS) Colors . Purple, Black & White 11. . Rarrick, Casey...... G . 5-8 . R-So...... Scottsdale, Ariz. (Seguaro HS) Conference. . . . . Western Athletic Conference (WAC) 12. . Thomas, Erika. C . 6-2 . R-Sr...... Ocoee, Fla. (UConn) Athletics Website:...... www.GCULopes.com 2. . Touchard, August...... G . 5-6 . R-Jr...... Newport Beach, Calif. (JSerra HS) MEDIA INFORMATION 22. . Turnbull, Carley. C . 5-10 . Fr...... Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS) The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by a com- munications office staff that works diligently to promote the individual and team accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches and staff. The office members handle all sport and GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY ARENA PROGRAM HISTORY department communications and media relations needs, Opened...... Sept. 1, 2011 First Year of Basketball at GCU...... 1988-89 and are happy to serve the working media in any way possi- Capacity. 7,000 ble. Our staff will fulfill all reasonable requests. All-Time Record. 368-422 (.466) Arena Attendance Record . 7,413(1/9/16) All-Time Division I Record...... 53-41 (.564) Credentials All members of the office follow the guidelines Grand Canyon Record at GCU Arena. . . . . 70-15 (.824) All-Time WAC Record...... 25-19 (.568) set forth by the NCAA and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in governing the issuance of credentials. All creden- BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE tial requests should be submitted to the sport contacts. Head Coach . Trent May (10th season) August Touchard...... TAH-SHARD E-mail Releases, game notes and advisories are e-mailed Alama Mater ...... Southern Nazarene Jessica Gajewski...... GAH-JEW-SKI to media that cover GCU on a regular basis. Media wishing Grand Canyon Record. 182-87 (.677) Kiara Clark...... Key-ARE-ahh to be added to the e-mail list for women’s basketball should WAC Record...... 26-18 (.591) Julieh Clark...... Jew-LEE contact [email protected]. Overall Record...... 308-144 (.681) Zelor Masssaquoi...... Z-Lore Assistant Coach: . . . John Marcum (Oklahoma Baptist) Online Updated bios, notes, rosters, schedules, statistics, Assistant Coach: ...... Milee Karre(Grand Canyon) quotes, etc., will be available throughout the season for Assistant Coach: ...... (Duke) every sport on GCULopes.com. Director of Operations: . Rachel Galligan Asst. Director of Operations/Video:. . . . . Jasmine Greyson Performance Specialist: . Chuck Howard Sports Medicine :. Eric Fragnoli

‹ 2 › WOMEN'SWOMEN'S BASKETBALLBASKETBALL 2016-172016-17 GAMEGAME NOTESNOTES far and has netted 94 points off turnovers this year. Against Riverside, the Lopes forced 14 LOPES PICKED THIRD IN PRESEASON POLLS turnovers and tallied 18 points off UCR's mistakes. They currently sit in third place in the WAC After wrapping up the 2015-16 season tied for third place in the conference and a Western in turnover margin averaging 15.8 turnovers per game to their opponents 17.3. Athletic Conference record of 7-6, there is a level of excitement as head coach Trent May en- ters his 10th season at the helm. FIFTH-YEAR FEVER On Oct. 12, the WAC released its preseason rankings as voted on by the head coaches of the Among the eight newcomers, May brought four graduate transfers on board. The league’s eight schools. GCU was projected to finish third in the conference standings, having presence of Aniya Baker, Marina Laramie, Erika Thomas and Laura Marcos-Canedo bring received 34 points. both leadership and experience to May's roster this season. 2016-17 PRESEASON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL Baker had a great showing during the GCU Rank Team (First-place votes) Points Thanksgiving Classic. With 26 points, 12 rebounds and 1. New Mexico State (7) 49 13 steals through two contests, Baker played a key role in GCU's victories. Against Idaho, she nearly recorded a 2. UTRGV 42 triple-double performance with 15 points, 12 rebounds 3. GRAND CANYON 34 and eight steals. Her eight steals against Idaho marked 4. CSU Bakersfield 29 a WAC season high in the category. Baker also leads the 5. Utah Valley 25 WAC in steals. Marcos-Canedo was also solid from the Baker Marcos-Canedo 6. UMKC 26 point, dishing out seven assists through both contests. 7. Seattle U 13 She currently sits at second in the WAC in the category 8. Chicago State 8 with 24 assists and 4.8 per game. She continues to lead GCU in the category. 2016-17 PRESEASON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA POLL Baker, Laramie and Marcos-Canedo have been a key Rank Team (First-place votes) Points part of the Lopes game plan during the young season. 1. New Mexico State (6) 90 Against Rice Laramie led the Lopes with 15 points for the 2. UTRGV (5) 88 second consecutive week. Marcos-Canedo also leads Laramie Thomas 3. GRAND CANYON 64 the team with 5.0 assists per game. 4. CSU Bakersfield (1) 55 5. Utah Valley 50 At Duke, Laramie collected GCU's first double-double of the season, banking 22 points with 12 rebounds. Baker led the squad with six assists. Baker, Laramie and Marcos-Canedo 6. UMKC 44 combined for 32 of GCU's 77 points on the night. Baker picked up six points with four steals on 7. Seattle U 26 the night. Laramie had a team-leading seven boards with 10 points. Marcos-Canedo finished 8. Chicago State 15 16 points, with a team-leading nine assists She combined with teammates Gajewski and Rarrick for 51 of GCU's 77 points against Alcorn State. GAJEWSKI GARNERS PRESEASON ALL-WAC FIRST TEAM HONORS GCU's own Jessica Gjewski was named to the Preseason All-WAC First-Team for her stellar SCOUTING WASHINGTON performance last season. During WAC contests, she shot 41.9 percent from 3-point range and The No. 13 Huskies are currently 6-1 on the year with their lone loss ended the regular season with the fifth-highest scoring average in the WAC. to No. 1 Notre Dame. Washington is currently averaging 88.9 with 44.0 boards per game. leads Washington 2016-17 PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAM (COACHES POLL) and the NCAA with 29.9 points per game and Chantel Osahor also First Team (Player, School) Second Team (Player, School) leads the Huskies with 14.3 rebounds per contest. In their last outing, Shawnte' Goff, UTRGV Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir, UTRGV the Huskies defeated Portland 83-53. Although Portland put up a solid Moriah Mack, NM State Kaylee Allen, Chicago State fight, Washington's offense was too overpowering for the Pilots holding them to just 15 points in the first half. In the third, Washington began to rain down 3's to extend its lead and secure Brianna Freeman, NM State Aries Washington, UMKC the victory. Plum led the team with 26 points and Osahor engineered her sixth straight dou- Mariah Seals, Utah Valley Kaylee Best, Seattle U ble double with 13 points and 17 rebounds. Jessica Gajewski, Grand Canyon Erika Williams, CSU Bakersfield

2016-17 PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAM (MEDIA POLL) 'RED' HOT First Team (Player, School) Second Team (Player, School) Marina Laramie, also known as 'Red' has been a force to be reckoned with during the Shawnte' Goff, UTRGV Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir, UTRGV young season. With a total of 110 points on the year, she is currently averaging 18.3 points per Moriah Mack, NM State Mary Savoy, UTRGV game a team leading mark. Laramie has engineered two double-doubles through six con- Jessica Gajewski, Grand Canyon Brianna Freeman, NM State tests, including a 17 point performance, 12 night at Duke in Week 2. At UC Riverside, Aries Washington, UMKC Kaylee Allen, Chicago State Laramie put up her fifth 20+ point performance after netting 24 points, which included 20 Mariah Seals, Utah Valley Brooke Salas, NM State points in the first half, accounting for half of GCU's total of 40 at the break. Against Denver, she tied a career high with 31 points and collected her second double-double of the year. She TRENT WINS has led the Lopes in scoring against Duke, Rice, Denver and UCR this year. She is currently second in points and tied for second in 3-point field goal percentage (.500). Laramie also had After logging his 300th career victory during the 2015-16 season, head coach Trent May a WAC season high 13 field goals made in Week 3. enters his 10th year at the helm with 311 career wins and 183 victories while at GCU since beginning his inaugural season in 2007-08. The 183-win mark while at GCU ranks him first among Lopes head coaches and more than WAC ATTACK triple any other women's basketball coach in GCU history. He also ranks third in the Western The Lopes are making their presence known in the Western Athletic Conference statisti- Athletic Conference and has produced a 25-19 record through three years in the conference. cal categories. With five Lopes sitting in the top-3 in the conference in their respective cate- gories GCU continues to improve on the court. Laramie currently occupies the second spot THE TAKE AWAY in the conference with 18.3 points per game, while Massaquoi sits at second with 9.2 boards per game. Rarrick is third in 3-point field goals made with 2.8 per game, while Aniya Baker is The Lopes have done well in the turnover category this season. With a +1.5 turnover ratio second in steals averaging 3.2 per game. Laura Marcos-Canedo is second in the league with GCU's defense has caused problems for its opponents. GCU has averaged 17.3 takeaways thus 4.8 assists per game. ‹ 3 › WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME NOTES LOPES AROUND THE GLOBE THOMAS JOINS SEATTLE STORM With three student-athletes from around the world, the Lopes continue to build a squad Second-year assistant coach Krystal Thomas spent the offseason playing for with diverse talent and athleticism. the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. Her addition marked her fourth year of action in the league. Thomas returned to the team that drafted her in the third round at

LAURA MARCUS-CANEDO 36th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. The former Duke standout also spent time Salamanca, Senegal with the from 2011-13 and for the in 2014. Thomas concluded the 2016 season after the Storm fell in the first round of the WNBA play- offs.

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JESSICA GAJEWSKI It's no secret that in Trent May's program family matters and Brisbane, Australia with the addition of fifth-year transfer Erika Thomas the tradition rings true. Thomas, the younger sister of asssitant coach Krystal Thomas will not only reunite with her big sister, but rekindle a rela- ZELOR MASSAQUOI Monrovia, Liberia tionship on the court. Erika Thomas who was a volleyball standout at UConn will look to transition back to the basketball court and refine her skill set at the center position with the help of her big sister Krystal Thomas. Krystal Thomas Erika Thomas With the addition of graduate transfer Laura Marcus- Canedo, the Lopes add yet another international player to their squad. Marcus-Canedo who hails from Salamanca, WELCOME TO THE SQUAD Spain joins the Lopes as a fifth-year transfer after a four Although the Lopes graduated their three top scorers, May has reloaded for the 2016-17 year stint at Central Florida. season by adding eight newcomers. The diverse group includes a pair of freshmen, a junior Jessica Gajewski, the Brisbane Australia product will transfer and four fifth-year transfers. With experience, versatility and leadership the Lopes enter her third year with GCU and is poised to build on her Marcus-Canedo Gajewski are poised for a successful year with a balanced group of contributors on the court. The success from the 3-point line a year ago. newcomers include freshmen, Alia Parsons, Vanessa Murphy and Carley Turnbull. Junior transfer Brie Mobley was added last spring and fifth-year transfers, Aniya Baker, Marina Junior Zelor Massaquoi is from Monrovia, Iberia and has been a solid Laramie, Erika Thomas and Laura Marcos-Canedo were added in the summer. May also add- contributor on the court for the Lopes. During her time in a GCU uniform, ed two to his coaching staff as he welcomed assistant coach John Marcum and director of Masssaquoi has appeared in 29 games with nine starts and has recorded 102 basketball operations Rachel Galligan to the team. points with 105 rebounds and 24 steals.

BACK AT IT Massaquoi JESS AT HER BEST Gajewski had a solid outing on the road at UC Riverside on Tuesday. She tallied a season Casey Rarrick has returned to the court this season high 16 points finishing second on the squad and went 6-for-9 from the field and 3-for-5 after going down with a season-ending injury a year ago. from long range. In her 2016-17 debut, Gajewski tallied 15 points going 5-of-9 from field Against UCR on Tuesday, Rarrick produced her third goal range and was 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. Gajewski was perfect from the free throw double digit outing of the season with 10 points. She also line (2-for-2) and grabbed a rebound with one through 29 minutes of play. She had a garnered her second straight 10+ point game. In the GCU phenomenal 2015-16 campaign and has emerged as the Lopes premiere 3-point shooter. Thanksgiving Classic, she posted back-to-back double digit She led GCU in scoring with a total of 384 points and averaged 12.4 points per game. performances. Against Idaho, she tied a career high with six treys and 20 points against Idaho. She currently leads Touchard Rarrick the squad with 17 3-pointers. She also leads GCU in three's MIDNIGHT MADNESS: THE APOCO-LOPES! per game with 2.8. The Grand Canyon men’s and women’s basketball programs hosted their annual Midnight Madness event to At Duke, Rarrick produced five points and helped the Lopes 9-0 run in the fourth quarter of tip off the season on Oct. 8, as over 7,000 fans piled into the contest. In the season-opener against Alcorn State, she posted a team leading 20 points. GCU Arena to welcome their Lopes for the 2016-17 season She knocked down four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and went 7-of-10 from field goal range "GCU's Midnight Madness is one of the coolest events in with a pair of assists and one steal. college sports. I know other places think their Midnight August Touchard had a solid showing against Idaho, she tallied a season-high nine points Madness is good but ours is great," May said. Once the and knocked down a pair of free throws in the final minutes to secure the 64-60 victory over doors opened for the fans to enter GCU Arena, the show Idaho. Against Denver, she also hit a 3-pointer that drew a foul in overtime to tie the game up began as Thunder welcomed the crowd followed up by the Havocs starting the party. The GCU cheer for the Lopes. Against Alcorn State, Touchard was 2-of-5 from the field and 6-of-8 from the and dance team put on a show for the fans and after the GCU drumline pumped up . The basketball 3-point line for a combined six points. She also grabbed four defensive rebounds, dished out teams were introduced for the first time. Trent May and men's head coach Dan Majerle in style as May five assists through 20 minutes of play against Alcorn State. roared in on an ATV and Majerle shook the arena coming in on a motorcycle. RAININ TREYS THE GCU 10 IN 2 EFFECT GCU has been consistent from long range on the young season, with 48 of its 135 total field As part of its $1 billion campus expansion, Grand goals from beyond the arc, the Lopes have shown confidence in the category. GCU outscored the Canyon University announced on Aug. 16, 2016 that it Highlanders 8-to-7 and totaled the third most 3's in a game this season. The Lopes rattled off four will complete construction of 10 new athletic facilities treys in the first half to reach the 40-30 outcome at the break. GCU is currently second in the within the next two years as it continues its transition WAC in 3-point field goals made and tallied a team-high 13 in the season opener against Alcorn to NCAA Division I athletics. One of these 10 facilities State. is a new practice facility for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Adjacent to GCU Arena, the practice facility will feature one main practice court with two side practice courts, coaches offices, a player’s lounge, meeting spaces, a film room for both men’s and women’s basketball programs. Additionally, the practice facility will feature a museum of artifacts from Phoenix sports icon , who has strong ties to the university. The facility is expected to open in January 2017. ‹ 4 › GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY ARENA / LAST TIME OUT

Grand Canyon University Arena has provided the Lopes a definitive home-court advantage Student-athletes love the atmosphere while since opening its doors before the 2011-12 basketball season. With a seating capacity of 7,200 also enjoying first-class amenities. The facil- THE HAVOCS and a prime location on campus, the venue is regularly packed to the rafters with students and ities on the GCU campus are among the best fans, providing an electric atmosphere ripe for success. in the conference and feature everything stu- dent-athletes need to be successful right at An intimidating factor for opponents, the large Havocs student section has proven to be one their fingertips. From an on-site medical facili- of the best in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Havocs create an imposing back- ty to the strength and conditioning area and locker room with a players’ lounge and study area, drop for visiting teams as they fill the bleachers with energy and enthusiasm . the Lopes have all the comforts of home just a short walk from student housing. During the past four years, the GCU women’s team has been dominant in the arena, posting The facility originally broke ground in the summer of 2010 and was completed before the an overall record of 44-12,including a 13-1 season before starting the transition to Division I start of the following basketball season. It is owned and operated by the university. and an 11-2 season in the first DI year. The Lopes’ record playing a regular complement of DI guests has been impressive as well, as GCU owns a 19-8 mark since 2013-14. The success on the court helped GCU to a postseason tournament appearance in its first ye of transitioning to the NCAA’s highest level.

BOX SCORE LAST TIME OUT | GCU 64, UC RIVERSIDE NOV. 29, 2016

Official Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grand Canyon vs. UC Riverside GCU UPENDED BY UC RIVERSIDE

11/29/2016 8:00 p.m. at Riverside, CA

Grand Canyon 64 (3-3) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GCU fell to UCR 77-64 Tuesday night. GCU came out on fire 01 Aniya Baker G 1-12 0-3 0-0 2 5 7 3 2 6 5 0 0 37 02 August Touchard G 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 32 03 Marina Laramie C 10-23 1-3 3-5 2 7 9 2 24 1 1 0 0 39 in the first half outscoring the Highlanders 16-12 and shooting

05 Jessica Gajewski 6-9 3-5 1-2 1 0 1 1 16 0 1 0 1 23

10 Alyx Bloom 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 55.2 percent from the field. GCU rattled off 40 points in the 11 Casey Rarrick G 3-8 2-7 2-4 1 0 1 5 10 3 0 0 1 36

20 Vanessa Murphy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

30 Julieh Clark 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 first half and forced eight turnovers that were converted into

50 Zelor Massaquoi F 2-5 0-2 2-2 6 3 9 5 6 4 3 0 0 28 TEAM 2 2 4 1 11 points. Marina Laramie dominated putting up 20 points in Totals 24-64 8-24 8-13 14 20 34 17 64 18 13 0 2 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-29 55.2% 2nd Half: 8-35 22.9% Game: 24-64 37.5% Deadball the first half to help the Lopes achieve a 40-20 lead heading 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 8-24 33.3% Rebounds

FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 8-13 61.5%

2 into the half. UC Riverside 77 (2-3) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min

02 Marina Ewodo F 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 04 Michelle Curry 5-11 2-2 5-5 2 3 5 2 17 8 2 0 0 29

05 Simone DeCoud 2-5 1-1 2-2 0 6 6 3 7 4 0 0 2 35 10 Rejane Verin F 10-14 1-1 4-4 1 8 9 4 25 4 3 1 1 40 The second half told a different story as GCU let the 12 Lauren Holt G 3-8 1-4 2-2 1 1 2 2 9 2 3 0 0 35

20 Malou De Kergret 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 Highlanders back in the game in the third quarter after en- 22 Sklyer Lewis F 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 11

34 Clemence Lefebvre G 5-8 2-3 1-2 0 6 6 1 13 3 3 0 1 35 TEAM 1 2 3 1 gineering a 20-8 run to take the advantage at 50-48. The

Totals 28-53 7-12 14-15 5 28 33 13 77 25 14 1 4 200

Highlanders turned up their intensity and went on a 14-0 run. FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 16-27 59.3% Game: 28-53 52.8% Deadball LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY 3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 7-12 58.3% Rebounds

FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0% 2nd Half: 10-11 90.9% Game: 14-15 93.3% 1,1 Down by 14, the Lopes wouldn't go quietly scoring on four Officials: Randy Campbell, Kristen Bell, Peter Contreras "I thought we battled really well in the first half, shot the Technical Fouls: Grand Canyon-None. UC Riverside-None. straight possessions to improve the score to 74-64 and come Riverside, CA Attendance: 237 ball well, defended and rebounded well. Probably one of our within 10. Unfortunately, the Highlanders' aggressive defense

Score by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast

Grand Canyon 20 20 8 16 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench 64 best first halves we've had. We just didn't sustain anything

UC Riverside 12 18 20 27 GCU 18 18 3 3 16 matched by their offensive execution allowed them to control 77 UCR 32 12 5 4 26 Last FG - GCU 4th-00:28,UCR 4th-02:08. Score Tied - 1 times we wanted to do in the second half. We still had an opportu- Largest lead - GCU by 12 2nd-03:08, UCR by 17 4th-02:35 Lead Changed - 2 times the remaining minutes and left the outcome at 77-64.

GCU led for 26:38. UCR led for 10:59. Game was tied for 02:15. nity to come back but couldn't match UCR's intensity." STAT OF THE GAME - 21 LOPE OF THE GAME | F/C MARINA LARAMIE In the first half the Lopes were nearly perfect in scoring going 55.2 percent from the field. GCU shot 56.3 percent in Laramie led GCU in points (24) for the fourth time this the first quarter and 53.8 percent in the second quarter pro- season. She scored 20 of GCU's 40 points in the first half. ducing a 40-20 lead over UCR at the half. Laramie pulled down nine rebounds and was one shy of her third double double of the year.

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HEAD COACH TRENT MAY GCU RECORD WHEN...

Trent May enters his 10th season at the helm of the Grand Canyon wom- 2016- 2015- en's basketball program. May is currently the programs all-time winnin- 2017 2016 Grand Canyon University Arena 3-0 8-7 gest coach and owns a career record of 308-141. May enters the 2016-17 Home 3-0 8-7 season with 180 career GCU wins through his nine seasons. Road 0-3 8-4 Winning at GCU isn't anything new. He has guided two schools -- Grand Neutral Site 0-0 0-4 Overtime games 1-0 1-0 Canyon now and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., at his previous head coaching stop -- to the best single-season records in school history. Leading after the first quarter 3-0 11-3 The incredible success is easy to quantify when you start with May's Behind after the first quarter 3-0 5-11 2010-11 Lopes team that finished 29-3 and advanced to the Division II Tied after the first quarter 0-0 0-2 Sweet 16. The only time he's seen better? Try at Bethany College in 2002- Leading at the half 3-0 13-4 03 when May’s team finished 30-3. Behind at the half 3-0 10-25 In 2013-14, the program’s inaugural season reclassifying to Division Tied at the half 0-0 1-1 THE MAY FILE I, May led the Lopes to an impressive 21-9 mark with a 10-6 record and Leading after the third quarter 1-0 13-3 third-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference. The team earned Behind after the third quarter 5-0 3-12 HEAD COACH a berth into the Women’s Basketball Invitational, giving May’s teams four Tied after the third quarter 0-0 1-0 10th Season at Grand Canyon straight postseason appearances and five in six seasons. It was also the Alma Mater: Southern Nazarene program’s fourth straight 20-plus win season. Game decided by 1-5 points 2-0 4-4 Game decided by 6-9 points 0-0 5-3 Coaching Overall Conference Adding in a 13-14 campaign that included a 7-7 WAC record and fourth- Game decided by 10-15 points 2-0 3-0 Record W L W L place finish in 2014-15. In 2015-16, he led the team to a 16-15 mark and Game decided by 16 points or more 2-0 5-7 2016-17 - GCU 6 6 0 0 finished tied for third in the WAC with an 7-6 record. 2015-16 - GCU 16 15 7 6 GCU out-rebounds the opponent 2-0 11-2 2014-15 - GCU 13 14 8 6 His clubs followed up the Sweet 16 berth from 2011, with two more Divi- GCU is out-rebounded by the opponent 4-0 4-12 2013-14 - GCU 21 9 10 6 sion II West Region appearances. Both clubs went to the region semifinals Same number of rebounds 0-0 2-1 and combined for a mark of 47-13. 2012-13 - GCU 23 9 10 6 GCU with better shooting percentage 3-0 14-7 2011-12 - GCU 21 4 15 3 In 2012, he was named PacWest Coach of the Year for the fourth time as GCU with worse shooting percentage 3-0 3-9 2010-11 - GCU 29 3 15 1 the 'Lopes won their fifth conference title in six seasons. He won his 100th Same shooting percentage 0-0 0-0 2009-10 - GCU 19 18 13 3 game at the helm of the program on Feb. 4 at Hawai'i Hilo. 2008-09 - GCU 16 12 9 3 GCU shooting .400-.449 FG pct. 2-0 14-7 2007-08 - GCU 19 10 15 3 Under his guidance, the Lopes were regularly ranked in the USA Today/ GCU shooting less than .400 FC pct. 4-0 3-8 Career Totals 183 89 102 88 ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll starting in the 2010-11 season. During that season, the team moved as high as No. 9. GCU with fewer TOs than opponent 4-0 11-5 COACHING LEDGER GCU with more TOs than opponent 2-0 5-9 Senior guard Samantha Murphy was named 2011 NCAA Division II 2007-17Grand Canyon (HeadCoach) GCU with same number of TOs 0-0 1-2 2006-07Grand Canyon(AssistantCoach) Women's Basketball National Player of the Year by the College Sports In- formation Directors of America and the Division II Bulletin. GCU with fewer fouls than opponent 1-0 5-3 2000-06Bethany (Assistant Coach) GCU with more fouls than opponent 5-0 9-11 1996-00 S. Nazarene(Assistant Coach) May tutored another GCU All-American in 2014 graduate Judy Jones, Same number of fouls 0-0 2-1 who was a third-team Division II All-American in 2013. She averaged a double-double with 16.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. She was the In November 3-3 2-5 PacWest Player of the Year and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year along In December 0-0 5-2 with ranking fifth in the nation with 20 double-doubles. In January 0-0 5-4 In February 0-0 3-3 May broke the school record for career victories in 2009-10, earning his 50th career win with a 98-48 win over Chaminade in In March 0-0 1-0 Honolulu. vs. AP Poll ranked teams 0-0 0-1 He guided the Lopes to PacWest championships in each of his first two seasons. Along with winning the 2009 title, GCU earned an automatic bid to the Division II West Regional, its first postseason trip since 2004. In 2007-08, his first year as head coach, the ‘Lopes went 19-10 overall and 15-3 in the PacWest. In 2006-07, May was GCU’s associ- ate head coach, helping steer the ‘Lopes to a record of 23-4 overall, 15-0 in the PacWest. Prior to Grand Canyon, May coached at Bethany College for six years, guiding the Swedes to a 127-57 record, two national tourna- ment appearances and one Sweet 16 finish. He was named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year twice, and was named Kansas Four-Year College Coach of the Year in 2003. He coached two All-Americans at the school.

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ANIYA AUGUST MARINA JESSICA ALYX CASEY 1 BAKER 2 TOUCHARD 3 LARAMIE 5 GAJEWSKI 10 BLOOM 11 RARRICK G • 5-8 • G • 5-6 • F/G • 6-2 • G • 5-11 • G • 5-5 • G • 5-8 • RS Senior RS Junior RS Senior RS Junior Senior RS Sophmore Peris, Calif. Newport Beach,Calif. St. Louis, Mo. Brisbane,Australia Clay Center, Kan. Scottsdale, Ariz.

ERIKA LAURA ALIA VANESSA CARLEY BRIE 12 THOMAS 13 MARCOS-CANEDO 15 PARSONS 20 MURPHEY 22 TURNBULL 23 MOBLEY C • 6-2 • G • 5-8 G • 5-10 • G/F • 6-1 • C • 5-10 • G • 5-9 • RS Senior RS Senior Freshman Freshman Freshman Junior Ocoee, Fla. Salamanca, Spain Woodburn, Ore. Phoenix, Ariz. Mesa, Ariz. Winter Haven, Fla.

JULIEH TANESHA KATELYN ZELOR HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH 30 CLARK 32 DANIELS 42 LEE 50 MASSAQUOI TRENT MAY JOHN MARCUM C • 6-3 • F • 6-1 • C • 6-3 • G/F •5-7 • 10th Season at GCU 1st Season at GCU Senior Senior RS Sophmore Junior (181-85, 25-19) Denton, Texas Brigham City, Utah Chickamauga,Ga. Monrovia, Libera

ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS MILEE KARRE KRYSTAL THOMAS RACHEL GALLIGAN 6th Season at GCU 2nd Season at GCU 1st Season at GCU

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BOX SCORE GAME 1 | GCU 77, ALCORN STATE 44, NOV. 11, 2016

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Alcorn State vs Grand Canyon GCU ROLLS ALCORN STATE IN SEASON-OPENER 11/11/16 7:00 p.m. at Phoenix,AZ (GCU Arena)

Alcorn State 44 • 0-1 GCU defeated Alcorn State, 77-44, to open the season. Led Total 3-Ptr Rebounds by Casey Rarrick's 20 points, the Lopes shot 12-of-20 from the ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 Henrietta Wells * 1-4 0-0 0-1 3 8 11 3 2 0 2 1 0 24 12 Brianna Luton * 0-3 0-3 3-4 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 20 3-point line. Rarrick, Laura Marcos-Canedo (16) and Jessica 15 Alexus Freeman * 2-8 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 3 6 2 4 0 0 19 20 Tia Sanders * 5-14 2-9 0-2 1 5 6 4 12 2 4 0 1 32 Gajewski (15) combined for 51 of GCU's 77 points. The Lopes 25 Miracle Rushing * 0-5 0-0 3-6 5 2 7 2 3 2 3 0 0 28 11 Alexis Holloway 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 opened the first half of the season in style putting up 40 points 14 Brianna Tolliver 1-4 1-2 3-4 2 1 3 2 6 1 5 0 1 18 21 Gabrielle Jubinville 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 9 through a pair of quarters. GCU dominated on both sides of 23 Tori Spann 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 30 Aysha Kirkland 3-5 1-2 2-6 1 2 3 0 9 1 2 0 1 19 the court shooting 56 percent from the field (14-of-25). GCU 32 Jada Hargrove 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 34 Bridgejae Patterson 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Team 0 3 3 stifling defense held the Braves to just 6-of-20 from the field. Totals 13-50 5-20 13-27 15 28 43 19 44 10 26 2 3 200 1st - FG %: 2-12 16.7% 2nd: 4-8 50.0% 3rd: 2-11 18.2% 4th: 5-19 26.3% Game: 13-50 26.0% Deadball 3FG %: 1-5 20.0% 1-2 50.0% 1-6 16.7% 2-7 28.6% 5-20 25.0% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 5-10 50.0% 2-2 100.0% 3-11 27.3% 13-27 48.1% 8 In the second half, the Lopes let it rain 3-pointers, hitting Grand Canyon 77 • 1-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 8-of-6 from beyond the arc. In the fourth, Rarrick sunk four ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 Laramie,Marina f 5-11 0-1 0-2 2 5 7 5 10 1 4 0 0 23 3-pointers helping the Lopes go 12-of-24 shooting from the LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY 32 Daniels, Tanesha f 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 4 0 1 0 2 17 01 Baker,Aniya g 3-8 0-2 0-2 1 4 5 3 6 1 1 0 4 22 3-point line during the game. The Lopes defense was solid on 05 Gajewski,Jessica g 5-9 3-4 2-2 0 1 1 0 15 1 2 0 0 29 "Very pleased with the outcome of the season-opening 13 Marcos-Canedo,Laura g 4-8 1-2 7-9 1 3 4 4 16 9 3 0 3 27 the court, holding the Braves to just 13-of-50 (.26) shooting 02 Touchard,August 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 4 4 1 6 5 0 0 0 20 game. You have August Touchard and Casey Rarrick return 10 Bloom,Alyx 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 from the field. The Lopes defense also produced 28 Brave 11 Rarrick,Casey 7-10 6-8 0-0 0 0 0 3 20 2 0 0 1 26 to the court, it was a special to see them make an impact 12 Thomas,Erika 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 turnovers. 20 Murphy,Vanessa 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 14 on the floor after working so hard to get back. It was also a 24 Clark,Kiara 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 42 Lee,Katelyn 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 great night for our newcomers who are doing a great job." Team 3 3 6 STAT OF THE GAME - 12 Totals 28-62 12-24 9-15 10 28 38 26 77 19 15 0 11 200

1st - FG %: 8-14 57.1% 2nd: 6-11 54.5% 3rd: 5-18 27.8% 4th: 9-19 47.4% Game: 28-62 45.2% Deadball 3FG %: 2-3 66.7% 2-5 40.0% 1-5 20.0% 7-11 63.6% 12-24 50.0% Rebounds The Lopes knocked down 12 3-pointers on Friday against LOPE OF THE GAME | G CASEY RARRICK FT %: 3-7 42.9% 5-6 83.3% 1-2 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 9-15 60.0% 2 Officials: Lisa Jones, Sean Martin, Corey Long Jr. Alcorn State. This marked just the second time they achieved Technical fouls: Alcorn State-TEAM. Grand Canyon-Marcos-Canedo,Laura. Rarrick led the team with 20 points, knocking down 6 Attendance: 869 the feat last produced in 2014 against Incarnate Word. The Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast 3-pointers, which was half of the Lopes 12 on the night. She Alcorn State 8 14 7 15 44 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench ALCN 8 14 8 2 18 Lopes also surpassed their season high of nine 3-pointers Grand Canyon 21 19 12 25 77 GCU 22 28 3 8 26 also tallied two assists and one steal. She tied career highs

Last FG - ALCN 4th-00:00, GCU 4th-03:06. Score tied - 0 times. from a year ago. Largest lead - ALCN by 1 1st-08:54, GCU by 41 4th-03:06. Lead changed - 2 times. in both points and 3-pointers Friday. ALCN led for 00:19. GCU led for 39:30. Game was tied for 00:11.

BOX SCORE GAME 2 | LAST TIME OUT: GCU 47, DUKE 90, NOV. 18, 2016

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grand Canyon vs Duke LOPES SUFFER FIRST LOSS AT DUKE 11-17-16 7:00 PM at Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)

Grand Canyon 47 • 1-1 GCU suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Duke in a 90-47 outcome in Cameron Indoor Stadium on 03 Marina Laramie f 8-17 4-6 2-2 4 8 12 4 22 130138 32 Tanesha Daniels f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 18 Thursday night. The Lopes had a solid first quarter shooting 01 Aniya Baker g 1-8 0-6 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 6 8 0 1 28 05 Jessica Gajewski g 3-10 1-4 0-0 2 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 31 43 percent from the field and kept Duke on its heels. Laramie 13 Laura Marcos-Canedo g 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 26 02 August Touchard 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 17 scored eight of GCU's 17 points in the first grabbing three 10 Alyx Bloom 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00100 4 11 Casey Rarrick 2-12 1-9 0-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 15 boards. Duke would go on to take command with a 23 point 20 Vanessa Murphy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 3 24 Kiara Clark 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 Zelor Massaquoi 2-6 0-1 2-3 3583 6110119 performance in the second that yielded a 14-0 run and shut Team 2 2 4 2 Totals 18-64 7-31 4-9 12 18 30 21 47 12 22 1 5 200 down GCU's offense leaving the score at 25-17.

1st - FG %: 7-16 43.8% 2nd: 3-19 15.8% 3rd: 5-16 31.3% 4th: 3-13 23.1% Game: 18-64 28.1% Deadball 3FG %: 3-8 37.5% 1-8 12.5% 1-7 14.3% 2-8 25.0% 7-31 22.6% Rebounds FT %: 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 4-8 50.0% 4-9 44.4% 3,1 Duke 90 • 4-0 GCU remained determined in the third 30.3 percent from Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min the field and cutting the Duke lead to 66-35. Although the 22 Oderah Chidom f 7-13 0-0 4-4 044318223025 35 Erin Mathias f 3-7 0-0 4-6 4 4 8 3 10 4 4 0 2 24 Lopes trailed by 30 in the first, GCU put together a 9-0 run 04 Lexie Brown g 2-7 0-3 3-4 0 3 3 2 7 4 0 0 2 33 LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY 15 Kyra Lambert g 6-10 2-2 3-4 3 2 5 0 17 3 0 0 2 25 led by Laramie's six points and a Casey Rarrick three. Duke 23 Rebecca Greenwell g 5-10 3-6 2-2 1 9 10 4 15 340231 05 Leaonna Odom 6-8 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 3 12 1 1 1 0 21 "We were hoping to battle a little bit better than we did 13 Crystal Primm 0-3 0-0 0-0 1011 01101 6 gave GCU all it could handle and solidified the victory in a 90- 14 Faith Suggs 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 11 tonight. We did not do the little things, the mechanics, that 21 Kendall Cooper 2-4 0-0 3-6 1342 7210118 47 finish. 34 Lynee Belton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 we needed to do inside to be effective. Marina Laramie did Team 0 1 1 Totals 33-64 5-11 19-26 11 35 46 19 90 20 13 4 12 200 STAT OF THE GAME - 41.2 PERCENT a fantastic job. She has a lot of confidence shooting the bas- 1st - FG %: 9-15 60.0% 2nd: 7-17 41.2% 3rd: 7-14 50.0% 4th: 10-18 55.6% Game: 33-64 51.6% Deadball 3FG %: 3-4 75.0% 1-4 25.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 5-11 45.5% Rebounds FT %: 4-4 100.0% 8-12 66.7% 4-6 66.7% 3-4 75.0% 19-26 73.1% 8,1 The Lopes had their most productive outing in the first ketball and pulling down rebounds for us." Officials: Angela Lewis, Frank Steratore, Metta Roberts Technical fouls: Grand Canyon-None. Duke-None. quarter against Duke shooting 41.2 percent from the field and Attendance: 3040 LOPE OF THE GAME | F/C MARINA LARAMIE Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast scoring three treys. GCU went toe-to-toe with the Blue Dev- Grand Canyon 17 7 11 12 47 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench GCU 10 9 12 4 14 Laramie produced the Lopes first double-double per- Duke 25 23 18 24 90 DU 50 26 12 14 23 ils in the opening frame, snatching four steals and collecting Last FG - GCU 4th-07:55, DU 4th-00:17. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - GCU by 1 1st-08:37, DU by 43 4th-00:17. Lead changed - 2 times. formance of the season netting 22 points with 12 rebounds GCU led for 00:31. DU led for 38:17. Game was tied for 01:11. four points off of five turnovers to stay within eight at the end of the first period. on the night. She secured a personal-best with 12 boards and was also perfect from the free throw line going 2-for-2.

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BOX SCORE GAME 3 | GCU 50, RICE 64, NOV. 22, 2016

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Grand Canyon vs RICE GCU FALLS TO RICE IN TOUGH LOSS 11/22/16 7 p.m. at Houston, Texas (Tudor Fieldhouse)

Grand Canyon 50 • 1-2 GCU fell to Rice 64-50 in a physical contest Tuesday night. Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min While the Lopes claimed 21 rebounds in the first quarter, 32 Daniels, Tanesha f 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 12 03 Laramie,Marina c 6-16 2-4 1-1 2 1 3 5 15 0 1 0 0 23 with 10 offensive boards, they struggled to get in a rhythm 01 Baker,Aniya g 0-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 26 05 Gajewski,Jessica g 5-13 2-8 0-0 3 1 4 2 12 0 1 0 0 34 throughout the course of the contest. The Lopes had their 13 Marcos-Canedo,Laura g 3-9 1-4 3-4 1 1 2 2 10 3 2 0 0 33 02 Touchard,August 2-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 21 best showing of the night in the second quarter as they shot 10 Bloom,Alyx 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 11 Rarrick,Casey 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 16 46.2 percent from the field and were able to cut the Owls lead 20 Murphy,Vanessa 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 30 Clark,Julieh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 Massaquoi,Zelor 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 6 8 5 4 1 1 0 0 25 to six with a 26-6 finish to end the first half. Team 3 3 6 Totals 18-58 6-25 8-10 14 19 33 26 50 10 15 0 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 7-28 25.0% 2nd half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 18-58 31.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-17 23.5% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 6-25 24.0% Rebounds In the second half, the Lopes came out aggressive as FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 8-10 80.0% 1

RICE 64 • 3-1 Jessica Gajewski nailed a 3-pointer to get GCU within three. Total 3-Ptr Rebounds The Owls quickly answered, rattling off six points from three ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 DUCAT, Lexie f 4-8 0-0 2-4 2 6 8 3 10 2 2 0 0 29 consecutive layups to extend their lead back to 11. The Lopes 33 GOODWINE, Jasmine f 6-12 1-3 2-3 4 2 6 2 15 0 3 1 0 33 LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY 03 HAWKINS, Maya g 1-6 0-4 3-4 1 3 4 1 5 4 2 0 2 38 10 KNIGHT, Wendy g 3-7 3-7 0-0 3 4 7 1 9 4 1 0 1 30 couldn't mount a rally in the final quarter. GCU continued to 20 RAINEY, Shani g 7-12 2-4 6-8 3 1 4 3 22 1 2 0 2 27 "We had a lot of adversity tonight right from the get 01 BENNETT, Tayler 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 try and get their offense in a rhythm, but were thwarted by 21 STANTON, Gabrielle 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 go. We tried to make runs, but we kept coming up short. It 22 IADEMARCO, Nicole 0-5 0-4 0-0 1 6 7 0 0 3 1 1 0 18 an aggressive Rice defense that grabbed eight defensive 25 ELLIG, Kendall 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 Team 1 3 4 rebounds for a total of 10 in the fourth. The Lopes remained starts with little things and ends with little things. Consis- Totals 22-54 6-23 14-21 17 26 43 12 64 14 12 2 5 200 tency was lacking tonight and the end result was a tough FG % 1st Half: 8-28 28.6% 2nd half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 22-54 40.7% Deadball steadfast, but the Owls continued to collect points off GCU 3FG % 1st Half: 3-15 20.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 6-23 26.1% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 14-21 66.7% 4 turnovers which led to the final outcome of 64-50. road loss." Officials: Chaney Muench, Bill Larance, Marleah Vidal Technical fouls: Grand Canyon-Massaquoi,Zelor. RICE-None. Attendance: 498 LOPE OF THE GAME | F/C MARINA LARAMIE Flagarant foul on Rice's Taylor Bennett (5:48, 3Q), Lexie Ducat (3:09, 4Q) STAT OF THE GAME - 21 Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Grand Canyon 5 15 15 15 50 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Laramie led GCU with in points (15) for the second GCU 10 12 7 0 11 GCU pulled down 21 rebounds in the first half against Rice. RICE 17 9 18 20 64 RICE 30 11 12 0 3 straight game. She also snagged a trio of rebounds through Last FG - GCU 4th-00:06, RICE 4th-01:47. Score tied - 0 times. In the first seven minutes alone, the Lopes grabbed seven Largest lead - GCU None, RICE by 16 4th-04:55. Lead changed - 0 times. GCU led for 00:00. RICE led for 39:36. Game was tied for 00:24. offensive boards. The performance marked a team-high. 23 minutes of play. She nailed two 3-pointers and was per- fect from the free throw line.

BOX SCORE GAME 4 | GCU 73, DENVER 70 OT NOV. 25, 2016

Official Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Denver vs. Grand Canyon LOPES DEFEAT DENVER IN COME BACK OT WIN

11/25/2016 11:10 a.m. at Phoeonix, Ariz.

Denver 70 (2-3) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GCU defeated Denver in a 73-70 overtime thriller. The

01 Briana Johnson 1-5 0-0 8-8 3 1 4 1 10 2 4 0 1 33 03 Lauren Loven 4-12 4-11 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 22 10 Haley Simental G 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 Lopes climbed back from a six point deficit in overtime to 12 Jacqlyn Poss G 5-13 2-4 0-0 2 0 2 5 12 0 2 1 1 19

20 Ciera Morgan G 2-5 0-1 0-0 1 4 5 5 4 2 1 0 1 18 claim the contest and remain undefeated at home this year. 22 Samantha Romanowski 6-17 1-5 1-3 1 0 1 3 14 1 1 0 2 41

23 Madison Nelson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 Jesse Spittel F 3-4 0-0 3-6 8 3 11 0 9 2 4 1 1 40 GCU's offense came alive before the break, shooting 50 per-

33 Abi Curtin 2-5 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 3 5 0 2 2 1 15 34 Jahla Osborne F 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 10 11 4 2 1 1 0 0 25 cent from the field (7-of-14) in the second quarter as Laura 44 Leya DePriest 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3

TEAM 0 3 3 2

Totals 25-67 8-26 12-17 17 26 43 24 70 9 20 4 7 225 Marcos-Canedo hit the Lopes first 3-pointer of the game to

FG % 1st Half: 21-59 35.6% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 4-8 50.0% Game: 25-67 37.3% Deadball

3FG % 1st Half: 5-20 25.0% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 3-6 50.0% Game: 8-26 30.8% Rebounds jump start GCU's comeback. Down 30-16 with 2:27 left in the

FT % 1st Half: 12-17 70.6% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 12-17 70.6% 2

Grand Canyon 73 (2-2) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds first half, the Lopes mounted a 9-0 run to cut the Pioneer's ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min

01 Aniya Baker G 4-8 1-2 2-4 1 1 2 3 11 6 3 0 5 28 02 August Touchard 2-5 2-3 1-1 0 2 2 1 7 1 0 0 0 21 lead to 30-25. 03 Marina Laramie F 13-24 0-1 5-6 2 8 10 4 31 2 6 0 0 43

10 Alyx Bloom 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 GCU went 7-for-11 with a 63.6 percent performance that 11 Casey Rarrick G 3-10 1-5 4-6 0 2 2 4 11 1 2 0 2 43

13 Laura Marcos-Canedo G 1-6 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 38 20 Vanessa Murphy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 left the game tied 59-59 at the end of regulation. In overtime,

30 Julieh Clark 0-0 0-0 2-4 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 12 50 Zelor Massaquoi G 3-7 0-1 2-5 5 6 11 2 8 1 3 0 1 31 they garnered a quick 65-59 lead after a pair of 3-pointers. TEAM 4 4 8 LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY Totals 26-61 5-15 16-26 13 28 41 21 73 16 18 1 9 225

August Touchard hit a 3-pointer, drawing a foul to get the

FG % 1st Half: 21-52 40.4% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 5-9 55.6% Game: 26-61 42.6% Deadball

3FG % 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 2-2 100.0% Game: 5-15 33.3% Rebounds "The thing that matters most is fighting through adver-

FT % 1st Half: 14-21 66.7% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% OT: 2-5 40.0% Game: 16-26 61.5%

6 Lopes within two at 65-63. With only 10.9 seconds left in the Officials: Nathan Acosta, Amy Imming, Alex Carroll sity. I think just staying together through all that, through all Technical Fouls: Denver-None. Grand Canyon-None. contest, Rarrick hit a clutch game-winning 3-pointer off a Phoeonix, Ariz. Attendance: 235 of the adversity, through all the ups and downs was essen- perfect dish from Baker to claim the contest at 73-70. In Off 2nd Fast Score by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Denver 13 17 10 19 11 70 tial for us. When you stay together you give yourself a chance

Grand Canyon 8 17 14 20 14 DEN 0 22 14 0 41 73 GCU 0 14 10 0 9 Last FG - DEN OT-02:35,GCU OT-00:10. Score Tied - 8 times STAT OF THE GAME - 40 to win games and good things are going to happen." Largest lead - DEN by 14 2nd-02:38, GCU by 4 4th-06:58 Lead Changed - 12 times

DEN led for 30:21. GCU led for 07:34. Game was tied for 07:05. The Lopes had 40 points in the paint in the contest which LOPE OF THE GAME | F/C MARINA LARAMIE led to the overtime victory. GCU forced 12 points in the paint in the second quarter to come within five at the half. The Lopes Laramie collected her second double-double of the sea- went on to produce six points in the paint in OT and three sec- son with 31 points and 10 rebounds. She tied a career-high ond chance points to claim the game. in points and was nearly perfect at the free-throw line going 5-for-6.

‹ 9 › GAME RECAPS

BOX SCORE LAST TIME OUT: GCU 64, IDAHO 60, NOV. 26, 2016

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics LOPES EDGE OUT IDAHO 64-50 UI vs Grand Canyon 11/26/16 3:45 PM at Phoenix, Ariz. (GCU Arena) The Lopes overcame a slow first quarter and knocked

UI 60 • 2-3 down free throws down the stretch to come away with the Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min victory. Casey Rarrick led the Lopes with 20 points after hit- 04 Reilly,Brooke f 6-20 1-6 3-5 8 8 16 3 16 0 2 1 0 30 12 Solo,Nejra f 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 23 ting six three-pointers during the game. In the second quar- 02 Wilson,Karlee g 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 2 4 1 0 1 27 14 Pierce,Taylor g 3-10 2-9 1-2 1 2 3 2 9 3 8 0 1 38 ter, Rarrick caught fire from three-point range and knocked 21 Ferenz,Mikayla g 7-11 3-7 3-3 0 2 2 1 20 0 2 0 2 38 05 O'Neill,Brigitte 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 down four threes in the quarter to lead all Lopes in scoring. A 10 Daugherty,Cherita 0-5 0-3 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 13 11 Hadden,Isabelle 1-1 1-1 2-2 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 steal by Touchard off the press led to one of Rarrick's threes 22 Krause,Bethany 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 Hanson,Daylee 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 Trujillo,Agueda 2-6 0-2 0-0 2 3 5 2 4 0 2 0 0 15 and extended the Lopes 20-3 quarter run. GCU entered the Team 0 3 3 Totals 21-62 7-30 11-14 18 28 46 17 60 8 19 2 5 201 locker room with a 40-31 half time lead.

1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0% 2nd: 4-15 26.7% 3rd: 7-15 46.7% 4th: 3-18 16.7% Game: 21-62 33.9% Deadball 3FG %: 2-7 28.6% 2-7 28.6% 2-8 25.0% 1-8 12.5% 7-30 23.3% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 2-3 66.7% 4-4 100.0% 2-3 66.7% 11-14 78.6% 1 Grand Canyon 64 • 3-2 In the second half, the Vandals came out with fire and in- Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min tensity as they mounted a 13-0 run to take the lead at 41-40. 03 Laramie,Marina f 3-13 1-1 1-2 1 2 3 5 8 2 4 0 2 34 LOPES QUOTES | HEAD COACH TRENT MAY 50 Massaquoi,Zelor f 2-4 0-1 2-2 5 5 10 4 6 0 2 0 0 21 Rarrick hit another three to put GCU back in the lead at 52- 01 Baker,Aniya g 5-11 2-5 3-4 4 8 12 2 15 3 1 0 8 34 "Really good weekend for our team. We are still learning 11 Rarrick,Casey g 6-16 6-15 2-2 0 2 2 4 20 2 0 0 1 33 51. Baker hit two jumpers within the final two minutes of the 13 Marcos-Canedo,Laura g 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 29 a lot about each other, but one thing is for sure we fight real- 02 Touchard,August 3-10 1-8 2-2 0 2 2 1 9 2 1 0 1 26 game to put the Lopes up 61-58 with 53 seconds on the clock. 10 Bloom,Alyx 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 20 Murphy,Vanessa 1-2 0-0 2-4 0 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 0 15 ly well together. We feel we beat a good opponent that's well 30 Clark,Julieh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 Baker then hit the second of two free throws and Touchard Team 2 0 2 coached and play hard. Proud of our girls and staff for their Totals 21-60 10-31 12-16 12 25 37 23 64 15 12 0 14 198 added two throws to secure the win.

1st - FG %: 4-17 23.5% 2nd: 10-14 71.4% 3rd: 2-12 16.7% 4th: 5-17 29.4% Game: 21-60 35.0% Deadball preparation and toughness." 3FG %: 1-9 11.1% 6-8 75.0% 1-6 16.7% 2-8 25.0% 10-31 32.3% Rebounds FT %: 3-4 75.0% 2-2 100.0% 4-6 66.7% 3-4 75.0% 12-16 75.0% 3 STAT OF THE GAME - 28 Officials: Nathan Acosta, Jen Zylstra, Kevin Kizewski Technical fouls: UI-None. Grand Canyon-None. LOPE OF THE GAME | G ANIYA BAKER Attendance: 638 GCU put up a 28 point performance in the second quarter Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total In Off 2nd Fast Aniya Baker had a strong showing against Idaho. Near- UI 19 12 20 9 60 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UI 24 14 6 16 11 to claim the lead from Idaho off a 20-3 run. GCU hit its highest Grand Canyon 12 28 9 15 64 GCU 14 13 9 0 13 ly posting a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds, and Last FG - UI 4th-00:05, GCU 4th-00:53. Score tied - 6 times. total in a quarter this season after shooting 71.4 percent from Largest lead - UI by 7 1st-00:12, GCU by 15 2nd-01:56. Lead changed - 8 times. eight steals, she hit two late game jumpers and a free throw UI led for 23:57. GCU led for 12:49. Game was tied for 03:04. the field and 75 percent from long range. to lead the Lopes to victory.

‹ 10 › GRAND CANYON 2016-17 SEASON STATS

Grand Canyon Combined Team Statistics

All Games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

All Games 3-3 3-0 0-3 0-0

Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Non-conference 3-3 3-0 0-3 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 1 Aniya Baker 6-6 175 29.2 14-53 .264 3-20 .150 7-12 .583 9 21 30 5.0 14 0 23 20 0 19 38 6.3 3 Marina Laramie 6-6 200 33.3 45-104 .433 8-16 .500 12-18 .667 13 31 44 7.3 25 3 7 19 0 3 110 18.3 13 Laura Marcos-Canedo 5-5 153 30.6 10-32 .313 3-11 .273 10-13 .769 2 7 9 1.8 14 0 24 10 0 7 33 6.6 50 Zelor Massaquoi 5-3 124 24.8 10-25 .400 0-5 .000 10-15 .667 21 25 46 9.2 19 2 7 10 0 2 30 6.0 11 Casey Rarrick 6-3 169 28.2 22-61 .361 17-48 .354 8-14 .571 2 6 8 1.3 19 1 9 6 0 5 69 11.5 32 Tanesha Daniels 3-3 47 15.7 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 2.0 7 0 1 6 1 3 4 1.3 10 Alyx Bloom 6-0 23 3.8 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0.3 5 0 1 5 0 2 0 0.0 5 Jessica Gajewski 4-3 117 29.3 19-41 .463 9-21 .429 3-4 .750 6 2 8 2.0 6 0 2 5 0 1 50 12.5 2 August Touchard 6-1 137 22.8 12-36 .333 8-26 .308 3-3 1.000 0 11 11 1.8 7 0 15 4 0 3 35 5.8 24 Kiara Clark 2-0 6 3.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 0.5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 20 Vanessa Murphy 6-0 44 7.3 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 2 12 14 2.3 9 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.7 30 Julieh Clark 4-0 22 5.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 3 4 1.0 6 0 0 2 1 0 2 0.5 42 Katelyn Lee 1-0 3 3.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Erika Thomas 1-0 3 3.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

TM TEAM 16 14 30 3

Grand Canyon 6 1223 135-369 .366 48-150 .320 57-89 .640 75 138 213 35.5 134 6 90 95 2 45 375 62.5

Opponents 6 1226 142-350 .406 38-122 .311 83-120 .692 83 171 254 42.3 104 2 86 104 15 36 405 67.5

Team Statistics GCU OPP Date Opponent Score Att.

W SCORING 375 405 11/11/16 ALCORN STATE 77-44 869 L Points per game 62.5 67.5 11/17/16 at Duke 47-90 3040 L 11/22/16 at Rice 50-64 498 Scoring margin -5.0 - Wot 11/25/16 DENVER 73-70 235 W FIELD GOALS-ATT 135-369 142-350 11/26/16 IDAHO 64-60 638 L Field goal pct .366 .406 11/29/16 at UC Riverside 64-77 237 * Conference game 3 POINT FG-ATT 48-150 38-122

3-point FG pct .320 .311

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 3-pt FG made per game 8.0 6.3

FREE THROW-ATT 57-89 83-120 Grand Canyon 83 106 69 103 14 375

Free throw pct .640 .692 94 93 93 114 11 Opponents 405 F-Throws made per game 9.5 13.8

REBOUNDS 213 254

Rebounds per game 35.5 42.3

Rebounding margin -6.8 -

ASSISTS 90 86

Assists per game 15.0 14.3

TURNOVERS 95 104

Turnovers per game 15.8 17.3

Turnover margin +1.5 -

Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.8

STEALS 45 36

Steals per game 7.5 6.0

BLOCKS 2 15

Blocks per game 0.3 2.5

Attendance 1742 3775

Home game-Avg/Game 3-581 3-1258

Neutral site-Avg/game 0-0

‹ 11 › WASHINGTON ROSTER

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER

NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO NAME POS HT CL EXP HOMETOWN (HS/LAST SCHOOL)

0 Chantel Osahor F/C 6-2 Sr . 3L Phoenix, Ariz . (Saint Mary’s)

1 Hannah Johnson F 6-1 RSo . 1L Los Angeles, Calif . (Bishop Alemany)

2 Aarion McDonald G 5-7 Fr . HS Tracy, Calif . (Brookside Christian)

3 Mai-Loni Henson F 6-1 Fr . HS Temecula, Calif . (La Jolla Country Day)

4 Amber Melgoza G 5-10 Fr . HS Santa Barbara, Calif . (Santa Barbara)

5 Natalie Romeo G 5-7 Jr . TR Martinez, Calif . (Carondelet/Nebraska)

10 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 Sr . 3L Poway, Calif . (La Jolla Country Day)

13 Katie Collier F/C 6-3 RSr . 3L Covington, Wash . (Seattle Christian)

14 Heather Corral G/F 6-1 RSr . 3L Vancouver, Wash . (Prairie)

20 Kelli Kingma G 5-8 Jr . 3L Mill Creek, Wash . (Henry M . Jackson)

23 Brianna Ruiz G 5-10 RJr . 2L Sacramento, Calif . (Del Oro)

24 Jenna Moser G 5-6 Jr . 1L Colton, Wash . (Colton)

32 Gigi Garcia F 6-2 Fr . HS Sacramento, Calif . (C .K . McClatchy)

34 Deja Strother C 6-5 So . 1L Kenmore, Wash . (Inglemoor)

42 Mackenzie Wieburg G 5-9 Jr . 2L Sammamish, Wash . (Issaquah)

Head Coach John Margaritis (13th year) Assistant Coach Seyram Bell (7th year) Assistant Coach Giuliana Mendiola (5th year) Assistant Coach Fabrice Sene (3rd year) Director of Basketball Operations Akilah Martin (1st year) Athletic Trainer Jessika Hunt (10th year)

‹ 12 › WASHINGTON 2016-17 SEASON STATS

16-17 Washington Women's Basketball Washington Season Box Score (as of Nov 27, 2016) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 6-1 4-0 2-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 6-1 4-0 2-1 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 00 Osahor,Chantel 7-7 220 31.4 32-69 .4 6 4 9-27 .3 3 3 30-37 .8 1 1 18 80 98 14.0 24 0 35 18 1 6 103 14.7 01 Johnson,Hannah 7-1 130 18.6 13-31 .4 1 9 2-5 .4 0 0 3-3 1.000 17 27 44 6.3 9 0 3 0 0 3 31 4.4 03 Henson,Mai-Loni 7-0 152 21.7 16-38 .4 2 1 7-21 .3 3 3 13-17 .7 6 5 4 12 16 2.3 9 0 6 11 1 3 52 7.4 04 Melgoza,Amber 7-0 79 11.3 6-15 .4 0 0 4-9 .4 4 4 3-3 1.000 2 4 6 0.9 7 0 3 5 0 1 19 2.7 05 Romeo, Natalie 7-5 206 29.4 28-63 .4 4 4 26-56 .4 6 4 2-4 .5 0 0 1 5 6 0.9 7 0 8 8 0 9 84 12.0 10 Plum,Kelsey 7-7 251 35.9 67-129 .5 1 9 24-55 .4 3 6 51-56 .9 1 1 2 35 37 5.3 15 0 41 19 1 10 209 29.9 13 Collier,Katie 6-6 122 20.3 16-35 .4 5 7 1-2 .5 0 0 7-13 .5 3 8 7 27 34 5.7 9 0 8 5 6 4 40 6.7 14 Corral,Heather 7-7 142 20.3 16-31 .5 1 6 12-27 .4 4 4 1-1 1.000 2 12 14 2.0 6 0 7 4 0 3 45 6.4 20 Kingma,Kelli 2-2 25 12.5 1-3 .3 3 3 1-2 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 3 0 2 3 1.5 34 Strother,Deja 6-0 47 7.8 12-18 .6 6 7 0-1 .0 0 0 6-9 .6 6 7 4 14 18 3.0 10 0 2 4 5 2 30 5.0 42 Wieburg,Mackenzie 6-0 26 4.3 2-6 .3 3 3 1-3 .3 3 3 1-2 .5 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 1.0 Team 13 20 33 2 Total...... 7 1400 209-438 .4 7 7 87-208 .4 1 8 117-145 .8 0 7 70 238 308 44.0 99 0 116 81 14 43 622 88.9 Opponents...... 7 1400 159-451 .3 5 3 49-177 .2 7 7 60-88 .6 8 2 62 168 230 32.9 123 - 85 83 13 41 427 61.0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totals Washington 151 154 173 144 622 Opponents 111 102 101 113 427

‹ 13 › GRAND CANYON 2016-17 POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS

Grand Canyon Points-Rebounds-Assists All Games

player

Opponent Date Score ALCORN STATE 11/11/16 77-44 W 0-1-0 20-0-2 0-0-0 16-4-9 6-5-1 0-6-0 0-1-0 6-4-5 at Duke 11/17/16 47-90 L 0-1-0 5-0-0 DNP 2-0-3 2-2-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 at Rice 11/22/16 50-64 L 0-0-0 3-3-1 DNP 10-2-3 2-2-1 0-2-0 DNP 4-0-3 DENVER 11/25/16 73-70 Wo 0-0-0 11-2-1 DNP 3-2-5 11-2-6 0-1-0 DNP 7-2-1 t IDAHO 11/26/16 64-60 W 0-0-1 20-2-2 DNP 2-1-4 15-12-3 4-4-1 DNP 9-2-2 at UC Riverside 11/29/16 64-77 L 0-0-0 10-1-3 DNP DNP 2-7-6 0-1-0 DNP 6-2-4

Grand Canyon Points-Rebounds-Assists All Games

player

Opponent Date Score ALCORN STATE 11/11/16 77-44 W DNP 4-3-0 10-7-1 0-0-0 DNP 15-1-1 at Duke 11/17/16 47-90 L DNP 0-0-0 22-12-1 DNP 6-8-1 7-2-1 at Rice 11/22/16 50-64 L 0-0-0 0-3-1 15-3-0 DNP 4-8-1 12-4-0 DENVER 11/25/16 73-70 Wo 2-3-0 DNP 31-10-2 DNP 8-11-1 DNP t IDAHO 11/26/16 64-60 W 0-1-0 DNP 8-3-2 DNP 6-10-0 DNP at UC Riverside 11/29/16 64-77 L 0-0-0 DNP 24-9-1 DNP 6-9-4 16-1-0

‹ 14 › GRAND CANYON 2016-17 SEASON STATS

Team Game-by-Game

All Games

Team Statistics

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf a to blk stl pts avg ALCORN STATE 11/11/16 77-44 W 28-62 .452 12-24 .500 9-15 .600 10 28 38 38.0 26 19 15 0 11 77 77.0 at Duke 11/17/16 47-90 L 18-64 .281 7-31 .226 4-9 .444 12 18 30 34.0 21 12 22 1 5 47 62.0 at Rice 11/22/16 50-64 L 18-58 .310 6-25 .240 8-10 .800 14 19 33 33.7 26 10 15 0 4 50 58.0 DENVER 11/25/16 73-70 Wot 26-61 .426 5-15 .333 16-26 .615 13 28 41 35.5 21 16 18 1 9 73 61.8 IDAHO 11/26/16 64-60 W 21-60 .350 10-31 .323 12-16 .750 12 25 37 35.8 23 15 12 0 14 64 62.2 at UC Riverside 11/29/16 64-77 L 24-64 .375 8-24 .333 8-13 .615 14 20 34 35.5 17 18 13 0 2 64 62.5

Grand Canyon 375 135-369 .366 48-150 .320 57-89 .640 75 138 213 35.5 134 90 95 2 45 375 62.5

Opponents 405 142-350 .406 38-122 .311 83-120 .692 83 171 254 42.3 104 86 104 15 36 405 67.5

Games played: 6 Rebounds Per Game: 35.5

Points per Game: 62.5 Assists Per Game: 15.0 FG Percent: 36.6 Turnovers Per Game: 15.8

3FG Percent: 32.0 Assist/Turnover Ratio: 0.9

FT Percent: 64.0 Steals Per Game: 7.5

Blocks Per Game: 0.3

‹ 15 › GRAND CANYON 2016-17 GAME HIGHS

Grand Canyon Game-by-Game Highs

All Games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots ALCORN STATE 11/11/16 77-44 (20)Casey Rarrick (7)Marina Laramie (9)Laura Marcos-Canedo (4)Aniya Baker None at Duke 11/17/16 47-90 (22)Marina Laramie (12)Marina Laramie (6)Aniya Baker (1)Laura Marcos-Canedo (1)Tanesha Daniels

(1)Marina Laramie

(1)Aniya Baker

(1)Tanesha Daniels

(1)Zelor Massaquoi at Rice 11/22/16 50-64 (15)Marina Laramie (8)Zelor Massaquoi (3)Laura Marcos-Canedo (2)August Touchard None

(3)August Touchard DENVER 11/25/16 73-70 (31)Marina Laramie (11)Zelor Massaquoi (6)Aniya Baker (5)Aniya Baker (1)Julieh Clark IDAHO 11/26/16 64-60 (20)Casey Rarrick (12)Aniya Baker (4)Laura Marcos-Canedo (8)Aniya Baker None at UC Riverside 11/29/16 64-77 (24)Marina Laramie (9)Marina Laramie (6)Aniya Baker (1)Jessica Gajewski None

(9)Zelor Massaquoi (1)Casey Rarrick

‹ 16 › GRAND CANYON 2015-16 SEASON STATS

Grand Canyon Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 13, 2016) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 16-15 8-7 8-4 0-4 CONFERENCE 8-6 3-4 5-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-9 5-3 3-2 0-4

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 Gajewski, Jessica 31-29 963 31.1 139-338 .4 1 1 68-191 .3 5 6 38-41 .9 2 7 10 53 63 2.0 39 0 36 23 5 10 384 12.4 03 Jones, Dana 31-30 863 27.8 129-299 .4 3 1 10-33 .3 0 3 74-125 .5 9 2 51 149 200 6.5 81 1 29 78 23 25 342 11.0 12 Hendrington,Cheyenne 29-29 909 31.3 135-327 .4 1 3 21-67 .3 1 3 44-60 .7 3 3 81 113 194 6.7 70 0 25 55 4 34 335 11.6 00 Hayes, Courtney 30-30 1025 34.2 127-300 .4 2 3 2-14 .1 4 3 57-81 .7 0 4 21 132 153 5.1 67 0 195 111 9 84 313 10.4 10 Bloom, Alyx 31-13 662 21.4 51-144 .3 5 4 31-95 .3 2 6 21-25 .8 4 0 9 46 55 1.8 43 0 30 52 1 16 154 5.0 23 Edwards, Devyn 31-3 507 16.4 41-129 .3 1 8 8-33 .2 4 2 13-28 .4 6 4 16 49 65 2.1 62 1 24 28 8 31 103 3.3 50 Massaquoi, Zelor 29-9 507 17.5 37-99 .3 7 4 6-27 .2 2 2 22-35 .6 2 9 45 60 105 3.6 59 0 19 26 2 24 102 3.5 32 Daniels, Tanesha 27-6 419 15.5 36-94 .3 8 3 0-0 .0 0 0 5-7 .7 1 4 34 59 93 3.4 61 4 8 38 2 5 77 2.9 30 Clark, Julieh 26-2 233 9.0 26-56 .4 6 4 0-1 .0 0 0 14-26 .5 3 8 17 34 51 2.0 22 0 5 16 8 4 66 2.5 42 Lee, Katelyn 20-3 129 6.5 9-19 .4 7 4 0-0 .0 0 0 5-9 .5 5 6 9 13 22 1.1 34 0 0 13 0 2 23 1.2 02 Touchard, August 1-1 10 10.0 0-3 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 44 Lanz, Jaclyn 1-0 0 0.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 65 79 144 14 Total...... 31 6227 730-1809 .4 0 4 146-462 .3 1 6 293-437 .6 7 0 358 787 1145 36.9 538 6 372 454 62 235 1899 61.3 Opponents...... 31 6224 662-1742 .3 8 0 145-493 .2 9 4 397-537 .7 3 9 351 782 1133 36.5 484 - 352 463 110 222 1866 60.2

TEAM STATISTICS GCU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1899 1866 11/13/15 HAWAI'I L 41-74 623 Points per game 61.3 60.2 11/16/15 ORAL ROBERTS Wot 66-64 510 Scoring margin +1.1 - 11/19/15 WESTERN STATE W 77-40 1475 FIELD GOALS-ATT 730-1809 662-1742 11/22/15 vs USC L 44-75 5509 Field goal pct .4 0 4 .3 8 0 11/23/15 at Gonzaga L 44-70 5222 3 POINT FG-ATT 146-462 145-493 11/24/15 vs West Virginia L 50-68 5154 3-point FG pct .3 1 6 .2 9 4 11/29/15 vs FDU L 68-74 0 3-pt FG made per game 4.7 4.7 12/04/15 vs Abilene Christian L 71-75 96 FREE THROWS-ATT 293-437 397-537 ^ 12/05/15 at Air Force W 73-39 159 Free throw pct .6 7 0 .7 3 9 12/08/15 at North Dakota State W 76-67 416 F-Throws made per game 9.5 12.8 12/14/15 at UC Irvine W 58-53 188 REBOUNDS 1145 1133 12/19/15 SOUTH ALABAMA L 56-59 462 Rebounds per game 36.9 36.5 12/21/15 NC W 69-59 262 Rebounding margin +0.4 - 12/30/15 SDC W 60-40 206 ASSISTS 372 352 01/02/16 UCR L 67-85 308 Assists per game 12.0 11.4 1/4/16 ACU W 87-54 302 TURNOVERS 454 463 * 1/7/16 at UT Rio Grande Valley L 28-52 445 Turnovers per game 14.6 14.9 * 01/09/16 at NM State L 58-60 879 Turnover margin +0.3 - * 1/16/16 at Utah Valley W 61-53 201 Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.8 * 1/21/16 CSUW W 74-36 465 STEALS 235 222 * 1/24/16 UMKC L 57-63 217 Steals per game 7.6 7.2 * 1/28/16 at CSU Bakersfield W 61-51 544 BLOCKS 62 110 * 01/30/16 at W 67-54 547 Blocks per game 2.0 3.5 * 2/4/16 NMSU L 44-64 414 ATTENDANCE 6745 20583 * 2/6/16 UTRGV L 66-68 376 Home games-Avg/Game 15-450 12-819 * 2/13/16 SU W 60-53 465 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-2690 * 2/18/16 at UMKC W 68-59 365 * 2/20/16 at Chicago State W 65-60 213 Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Totals * 2/25/16 CSUB L 67-76 298 Grand Canyon 447 437 469 532 14 1899 * 3/5/16 UVU W 65-64 362 Opponents 473 423 486 472 12 1866 03/17/16 at North Dakota L 51-57 645

* = Conference game

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