#LOPESUP MEN’S BASKETBALL @GCU_MBB 2018-19 GAME NOTES @gcu_mbb Charles Hampton, Associate AD, Strategic Communications and PR · Office: (602) 639-7738 · Cell: (480) 628-1754 · E-mail: [email protected] SATURDAY, JAN. 19 | GCU ARENA (7,000) | PHOENIX, ARIZ. 2018-19 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON UMKC 11-7 4-1 8-0 2-4 1-3 LOPES KANGAROOS OVERALL WAC H A N OCTOBER (11-7, 4-1 WAC) (7-11, 2-1 WAC) V Tue 30 Montana State Billings (exhib.) W, 97-60 » Head Coach: Dan Majerle (6th, 114-65, .637) S » Head Coach: Kareem Richardson (6th, 71-108, .397) NOVEMBER POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS Tue 06 at South Dakota State ^ L, 79-74 Alessandro Lever Trey Drechsel Damari Milstead Xavier Bishop Marvin Nesbitt, Jr. Xavier Bishop So. | C | 6-10 Sr. | G | 6-6 So. | G | 6-2 Jr. | G | 5-8 So. | G | 6-4 Jr. | G | 5-8 Sat 10 Delaware State W, 89-47 13.4 ppg 4.6 rpg 3.4 apg 16.1 ppg 4.4 rpg 4.3 apg Mon 12 Jacksonville W, 76-59 Fri 16 Arkansas State W, 96-72 TV STREAM LISTEN STATS Wooden Legacy | Fullerton, Calif. YurView Arizona GCU.tv / ESPN 3 1580 The Fanatic GCUStats.com Thu 22 vs. Seton Hall L, 82-75 Barry Buetel (Play-by-play) GCU.tv Michael Potter (Play-by-play) Fri 23 Utah L, 75-66 Scott Williams (Analysis) ESPN.com/watch Tom Kuyper (Analysis) Sun 25 La Salle W, 82-70 Kate Longworth (sideline) DECEMBER SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE Sat 01 Boise State W, 69-67 Grand Canyon vs. Kansas City » Grand Canyon has won four straight meetings with UMKC, Sun 09 vs. Nevada % L, 74-66 » 14th all-time meeting dating back to 1974 most recently defeating the ‘Roos in the quarterfinals of Sat 15 at Texas L, 98-60 the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., last March. » Overall: 10-3 | Home: 6-1 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 1-0 Wed 19 at Northern Iowa W, 73-62 » Last time: GCU 77 UMKC 74, 3/8/18 (Las Vegas, Nev.) » In the WAC quarterfinal, GCU overcame a 16-point deficit to advance to the semifinals. Alessandro Lever had 29 Sat 22 Mississippi Valley State W, 85-64 » Streak: Grand Canyon, Won 4 points in the win over the ‘Roos. Sat 29 at San Diego L, 61-58 LAST GAME’S STARTERS » Their last time out, the Lopes matched the largest victory JANUARY margin for a WAC game in school history and marked the first Thu 03 Utah Valley * W, 71-60 No. Player Pos. G PPG RPG APG time they have held a WAC opponent to less than 50 points, with an 80-46 win over Chicago State Thursday night. 2 Trey Drechsel G 18 8.9 4.6 2.7 Sat 05 Seattle U * W, 71-57 » GCU held Chicago State to 39.2 percent shooting and no Thu 10 at New Mexico State * L, 77-75 11 Damari Milstead G 18 10.8 2.7 3.4 3-pointers, marking the first time a Lopes opponent has 4 Oscar Frayer F 18 8.6 4.2 1.3 not made a 3-pointer in their Division I history. Sat 12 at UT Rio Grande Valley * W, 69-65 43 Michael Finke F 15 8.0 4.6 1.1 » Roberts Blumbergs posted a season-high 10 points on Thu 17 Chicago State * W, 25 Alessandro Lever C 18 13.4 4.2 1.3 4-of-6 shooting from the field against Chicago State. The Sat 19 Kansas City * 7 p.m. sophomore also added 4 rebounds and 3 steals. Sat 26 at California Baptist * 8 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS | 2018-19 » GCU has won its last 15 regular-season home games and 20 of its last 21. The Lopes are 8-0 at home this season. FEBRUARY CATEGORIES » Since 2013-14, the Lopes are 32-5 in home games follow- Sat 02 at CSU Bakersfield * 8 p.m. ing a road or neutral-site contest, including a perfect 5-0 Thu 07 UT Rio Grande Valley * 7 p.m. record this season. 72.5 POINTS | AVG. 74.2 » GCU has averaged 7,125 fans per game in 2018-19, which Sat 09 New Mexico State * 7 p.m. -2.3 MARGIN +6.7 is 101.7% of its capacity--that ranks sixth in the NCAA this Thu 14 at Kansas City * 5 p.m. .442 FG % .445 season and is the highest since the arena opened in 2011. Sat 16 at Chicago State * 1:05 p.m. » The Lopes are 11-1 this season when outrebounding their Thu 21 California Baptist * 7 p.m. .360 3PT % .317 opponent and 0-6 when losing the rebounding battle. Wed 27 Eastern New Mexico 7 p.m. .658 FT % .716 » In their 18 games this year, the Lopes have had seven different players lead or tie for the team lead in scoring. MARCH 31.7 REB | AVG. 36.4 » In D1 play, GCU is 45-1 when scoring at least 82 points and Sat 02 CSU Bakersfield * 7 p.m. 11.6 AST | AVG. 14.3 54-6 when holding opponents to 63 points or less. Thu 07 at Utah Valley * 7 p.m. » In the WAC Preseason poll, GCU was picked to finish second 12.7 TO | AVG. 12.4 by both the coaches and media. In each poll, Alessandro Sat 09 at Seattle U * 2 p.m. 8.3 STL | AVG. 5.9 Lever was picked as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year. WAC Tournament | Las Vegas, Nev. 2.9 BLK | AVG. 2.4 » Lever was one of 20 players named to the watch list for Thu 14 WAC Quarterfinals TBA the 2019 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, The annual honor recognizes the top centers in men’s college basketball. Fri 15 WAC Semifinals TBA To access the media guide, archived game » GCU is tied with Texas Tech for sixth for the most home Sun 16 WAC Finals TBA notes and more materials, visit: wins since the start of the 2015-16 season with 57, trailing * denotes WAC game only St. Mary’s (62), Louisville (60), Oregon (59), Cincin- ^ denotes WAC / Summit Challenge GCULopes.com/mbbmedia nati (58) and Kentucky (58). % denotes Colangelo Classic (Talking Stick Resort Arena) #LOPESUP ‹ 1 › MEN’S BASKETBALL // ROSTER TABLE OF CONTENTS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Roster & Media Information 2 0 J.J. Rhymes G 6-4 205 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hutchinson CC) Broadcast Roster 3 1 Isiah Brown G 6-2 175 Jr. Lynnwood, Wash. (Northwestern) Game Notes 4 2 Trey Drechsel G 6-6 205 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash. (Western Washington) GCU Arena 15 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Schedule Notes 16 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Head Coach Dan Majerle 17 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) Stats 18 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) Last Time 24 21 Caleb Holifield G 6-2 185 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (The Walker School) Game Capsules 27 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) Player Capsules 45 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) Charles Hampton Associate AD, Strategic Communications / PR ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Office Phone 602-639-7738 Cell Phone 480-628-1754 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Email [email protected] 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) 1 Isiah Brown G 6-2 175 Jr. Lynnwood, Wash. (Northwestern) Josh Hauser 2 Trey Drechsel G 6-6 205 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash. (Western Washington) Director of Creative Media 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) Office Phone 602-639-6126 Cell Phone 503-734-8587 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) Email [email protected] 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) GRAND CANYON INFORMATION 21 Caleb Holifield G 6-2 185 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (The Walker School) School Grand Canyon University 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) Location Phoenix, Ariz. 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) Founded 1949 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) Enrollment 20,500 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) President Brian Mueller 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught Faculty Representative Claude Pensis 0 J.J. Rhymes G 6-4 205 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hutchinson CC) Affiliation NCAA Division I Nickname Lopes BASKETBALL STAFF Mascot Thunder Dan Majerle Head Coach 6th Season Central Michigan Colors Purple, Black & White Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Louis Wilson Associate Head Coach 1st Season William Jewell Chris Crevelone Assistant Coach 6th Season Adams State GCU ARENA T.J.