MEN’S BASKETBALL // NOTES Josh Hauser, Assistant A.D. for Communications // E-mail: [email protected] NOV 2019-20 SCHEDULE 8:00 PM VIEJAS ARENA SAN DIEGO MST 12,414 CALIFORNIA CITY DATE TIME 13 VENUE 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 OVERALL WAC H A N GRAND CANYON San Diego State WED 10/30 CSU SAN BERNARDINO^ W 87-60 LOPES AZTECS TUE 11/5 DAVENPORT L 82-73 (0-2) (2-0) A FRI 11/8 ILLINOIS L 83-71 WED 11/13 SAN DIEGO STATE 8:00 PM » Head Coach: Dan Majerle (7th at GCU, 123-74, .624) T » Head Coach: Brian Dutcher (3rd at SDSU, 45-24, .652) SAT 11/16 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 6:00 PM POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS TUE 11/19 MONTANA STATE 7:00 PM Isiah Brown Carlos Johnson Brown / Blacksher Jordan Schakel Nathan Mensah Malachi Flynn 16.5 ppg 7.0 rpg 3.0 apg 17.0 ppg 11.0 rpg 5.0 apg PARADISE JAM (ST. THOMAS, US VIRGIN ISLANDS) FRI 11/22 VALPARAISO 12:00 PM TV STREAM LISTEN STATS 11/23-24 TBD TBD Stadium 1580 The Fanatic 99.3 FM & 95.9 FM MON 11/25 TBD TBD Ari Wolfe (play-by-play) Stadium 1580thefanatic.com GCUStats.com Doug Gottlieb (analysis) Michael Potter (play-by-play) SAT 11/30 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 6:00 PM Dani Klupenger (reporter) Paul Coro (analysis) TUE 12/3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 PM SERIES HISTORY THIS GAME SUN 12/8 LIBERTY | COLANGELO CLASSIC 4:30 PM » vs. San Diego State (three previous meetings) » Grand Canyon faces San Diego State for the third time in THU 12/12 NORTHERN IOWA 7:00 PM GCU record in series: 3-0 five seasons, looking to improve on its 3-0 all-time mark. TUE 12/17 NEW MEXICO 7:00 PM At GCU: 1-0 | At San Diego State: 2-0 » The Lopes are 4-2 in their last six matchups against SAT 12/21 EASTERN ILLINOIS 6:00 PM Last: GCU wins 76-72 on Dec. 7, 2016 in Phoenix, Ariz. Mountain West Conference competition. Full series history available on page 3. » GCU is playing its first of just two true road games on the SAT 1/4 CSU BAKERSFIELD* 8:00 PM nonconference schedule. SAT 1/11 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 6:00 PM LAST GAME’S STARTERS » Jovan Blacksher Jr. is the first freshman in GCU’s D-I era THU 1/16 CHICAGO STATE* 6:00 PM to score in double figures in his first two career games. » Jovan Blacksher Jr. | G | Fr. | 5-11 | Oakland, Calif. SAT 1/18 KANSAS CITY* 6:00 PM 14.5 ppg 3.0 rpg 3.0 apg 50% FG 0% 3P 50% FT LAST GAME » Isiah Brown | G | R-Jr. | 6-2 | Seattle, Wash. THU 1/23 SEATTLE U* 7:00 PM » GCU was as close as four points with under four minutes 16.5 ppg 6.5 rpg 3.0 apg 57% FG 50% 3P 80% FT SAT 1/25 UTAH VALLEY* 6:00 PM to play, but was ultimately outdone by Illinois’ size in a » Carlos Johnson | G | Sr. | 6-4 | Centralia, Ill. 12-point loss last Friday. THU 1/30 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 6:00 PM 13.5 ppg 7.0 rpg 2.5 apg 32% FG 23% 3P 67% FT » Lorenzo Jenkins | F | R-Sr. | 6-7 | Naples, Fla. TRENDS SAT 2/1 NEW MEXICO STATE* 7:00 PM 11.0 ppg 4.5 rpg 0.5 apg 44% FG 38% 3P 100% FT » GCU rolls out a new-look roster with seven newcomers SAT 2/8 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* 8:00 PM » Alessandro Lever | C | Jr. | 6-10 | Bolzano, Italy and three players coming off of redshirt seasons. THU 7:00 PM 8.5 ppg 1.5 rpg 2.0 apg 54% FG 25% 3P 67% FT 2/13 KANSAS CITY* » Last year, the Lopes won 20 games for the fourth straight BY THE NUMBERS SAT 2/15 CHICAGO STATE* 6:00 PM season, one of just 29 D-I teams to accomplish the feat. THU SEATTLE U* 8:00 PM » GCU Arena was the fullest venue in college basketball at 2/20 102.43% of capacity, averaging 7,170 fans. SAT 2/22 UTAH VALLEY* 2:00 PM 76.5 POINTS 72.0 » The Lopes return their two leading scorers for the first THU 2/27 NEW MEXICO STATE* 7:00 PM 56.5 POINTS ALLOWED 82.5 time in four years in Carlos Johnson (14.3 ppg) and Alessandro Lever (12.5 ppg). GCU last returned its top SAT 2/29 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY* 6:00 PM + 20.0 MARGIN - 10.5 two scorers in 2015-16 (DeWayne Russell and Joshua SAT 3/7 CSU BAKERSFIELD* 6:00 PM 41.4 FG PCT. 44.7 Braun), finishing the year with a 27-7 record. WAC TOURNAMENT (ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEV.) 33.1 FG PCT. DEFENSE 47.2 » Johnson and Lever each earned Preseason All-WAC 3/12-14 TBA 40.9 3PT PCT. 26.3 recognition on the first team as voted by coaches. 56.8 FT PCT. 68.6 » In one offseason, Majerle has gone from having his tallest * denotes WAC game ^ denotes exhibition home away roster (6’ 6.13”) to his shortest (6’ 4.46”). Six players 52.5 REBOUNDS 29.5 6-foot-6 or taller departed, giving way for an up-tempo NOTABLE NUMERAL 12.0 ASSISTS 12.5 guard-heavy team. 14.0 TURNOVERS 11.5 » Two new assistants join the GCU staff including associate All-time meetings between GCU and San Diego State, all 7.5 STEALS 5.5 head coach Marvin Menzies and assistant coach Isaac 3 Chew. They join seventh-year assistant Chris Crevelone. three victories for the Lopes 3.0 BLOCKS 0.5 ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP MEN’S BASKETBALL // LAST TWO GAMES VS. Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 7:00 PM Illinois at Grand Canyon Game Duration: 2:05 FRIDAY, NOV. 8 | HOME Attendance: 7,498 11/08/19 GCU Arena, Phoenix 2019-20 Men's Basketball Officials: Kelly Pfeifer, Chris Beaver, Eric Curry Illinois - 83 Record: 2-0 GRAND FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period ILLINOIS TP AS TO ST +/- CANYON NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 15-36 41.7% 15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili F 17:14 3-5 0-0 3-5 4 2 6 5 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 8 3PT% 1-6 16.7% 21 Kofi Cockburn C 22:27 8-12 0-0 7-13 6 8 14 4 9 23 0 4 1 0 0 9 FT% 10-14 71.4% 83 71 1 Trent Frazier G 31:01 3-6 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 4 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 14 2nd FG% 14-28 50.0% 10 Andres Feliz G 33:46 7-14 0-1 7-8 1 5 6 1 6 21 4 2 2 0 0 6 3PT% 3-7 42.9% 11 Ayo Dosunmu G 34:59 3-11 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 3 2 9 6 2 0 0 0 11 FT% 11-16 68.8% Benjamin Bosmans- GMFG% 29-64 45.3% 13 Verdonk 03:32 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -6 3PT% 4-13 30.8% 0 Alan Griffin 18:00 4-9 3-7 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 6 FT% 21-30 70.0% 20 Da'Monte Williams 27:22 1-4 0-1 0-0 2 5 7 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 2 Kipper Nichols 07:39 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 [QUOTED] 34 Jermaine Hamlin 03:07 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 32 Tyler Underwood 00:53 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4 Team 4 2 6 0 0 HEAD COACH DAN MAJERLE Totals 29-64 4-13 21-30 20 32 52 21 23 83 13 17 5 0 0 12 Technical Fouls: NONE “I was very proud of our guys. I thought they played with a lot of passion and heart. Grand Canyon - 71 Record: 0-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- Played hard. It was a big step from what we experienced in our first game, which NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-30 46.7% 25 Alessandro Lever C 16:11 5-8 1-2 1-1 0 0 0 5 2 12 2 3 0 0 0 -8 3PT% 5-9 55.6% was a very big disappointment. So I’m happy with our guys. We’re going to build on 1 Isiah Brown G 35:27 6-9 3-4 3-4 2 4 6 3 5 18 2 1 0 0 0 -13 FT% 4-6 66.7% 10 Jovan Blacksher Jr. G 33:49 6-15 0-1 2-3 1 2 3 4 2 14 3 1 1 0 0 -13 2nd FG% 13-31 41.9% 13 Lorenzo Jenkins G 35:12 4-11 3-6 1-1 1 5 6 3 3 12 1 0 2 0 0 -2 3PT% 3-10 30.0% this.