#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. 5 | GCU ARENA (7,000) | PHOENIX, ARIZ. 2018-19 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON SEATTLE U 8-6 1-0 6-0 1-3 1-3 LOPES REDHAWKS OVERALL WAC H A N OCTOBER (8-6, 1-0 WAC) (12-4, 0-1 WAC) V Tue 30 Montana State Billings (exhib.) W, 97-60 » Head Coach: Dan Majerle (6th, 111-64, .634) S » Head Coach: Jim Hayford (2nd, 32-18, .640) NOVEMBER POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS Tue 06 at South Dakota State ^ L, 79-74 Alessandro Lever Michael Finke Damari Milstead Morgan Means Myles Carter Terrell Brown So. | C | 6-10 Sr. | F | 6-10 So. | G | 6-2 Jr. | F | 6-3 R-Jr. | F | 6-9 R-So. | G | 6-1 Sat 10 Delaware State W, 89-47 14.9 ppg 4.6 rpg 3.4 apg 16.3 ppg 8.5 rpg 5.3 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 / ESPN3 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) WatchESPN.com 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. Seattle U » GCU has won its last 13 regular-season home games and Sun 09 vs. Nevada % L, 74-66 12th all-time meeting dating back to 2002 18 of its last 19. The Lopes are 6-0 at home this season. Sat 15 at Texas L, 98-60 Overall: 10-1 | Home: 4-1 | Away: 5-0 | Neutral: 0-0 » The Lopes are 8-0 this season when outrebounding their Wed 19 at Northern Iowa W, 73-62 » Last time: GCU 76, SU 64, 2/22/18 (Phoenix, Ariz.) opponent and 0-6 when losing the rebounding battle. Sat 22 Mississippi Valley State W, 85-64 » Streak: Grand Canyon, Won 5 » The Lopes have won 10 of 11 games against Seattle U Sat 29 at San Diego L, 61-58 all-time including a streak of five straight. GCU’s only loss LAST GAME’S STARTERS to the Redhawks came in a 59-57 thriller at GCU Arena on JANUARY Jan. 30, 2016, which broke a 12-game Lopes win streak. No. Player Pos. G PPG RPG APG Thu 03 Utah Valley * W, 71-60 » The last time they met, Alessandro Lever scored a 2 Trey Drechsel G 14 9.3 3.6 2.7 Sat 05 Seattle U * 6 p.m. career-high 30 points and matched a career-best 10 Thu 10 at New Mexico State * 7 p.m. 11 Damari Milstead G 14 9.5 2.1 3.4 rebounds. Lever scored 14 of his 30 points at the free 4 Oscar Frayer F 14 8.4 4.6 1.3 throw line where he missed just one attempt. Sat 12 at UT Rio Grande Valley * 6 p.m. 5 Matt Jackson F 14 5.7 3.2 1.2 » GCU remained perfect in its six WAC openers all-time by Thu 17 Chicago State * 7 p.m. 25 Alessandro Lever C 14 14.9 4.5 1.1 defeating Utah Valley 71-60 on Thursday. Sat 19 Kansas City * 7 p.m. » Senior Matt Jackson bested his previous career high of Sat 26 at California Baptist * 8 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS | 2018-19 13 points with a game-high 19-point outburst against Utah Valley on Thursday. He also tied his career-high mark of FEBRUARY CATEGORIES eight rebounds. Sat 02 at CSU Bakersfield * 8 p.m. » GCU fouls less (18.3) and turns the ball over less (11.8) Thu 07 UT Rio Grande Valley * 7 p.m. 81.4 POINTS | AVG. 74.3 than all other WAC teams. The Lopes also have the Sat 09 New Mexico State * 7 p.m. +11.8 MARGIN +5.0 conference’s top free-throw percentage (72.3). Thu 14 at Kansas City * 5 p.m. is one of four players to score 25 or more points in » Lever Sat 16 at Chicago State * 1:05 p.m. .473 FG % .439 back-to-back games during GCU’s D1 era. He did it for the .396 3PT % .300 first time in his Lopes career against Mississippi Valley Thu 21 California Baptist * 7 p.m. State (Dec. 22) and San Diego (Dec. 29). Wed 27 Eastern New Mexico 7 p.m. .712 FT % .729 Also: Killian Larson, Josh Braun, DeWayne Russell. MARCH 37.9 REB | AVG. 35.8 » In their 14 games this year, the Lopes have had seven Sat 02 CSU Bakersfield * 7 p.m. 13.0 AST | AVG. 14.3 different players lead or tied for the team lead in scoring (Drechsel, Frayer, Finke, Jackson, Milstead, Johnson, Lever). Thu 07 at Utah Valley * 7 p.m. 12.1 TO | AVG. 11.6 » In D1 play, GCU is 45-1 when scoring at least 82 points and Sat 09 at Seattle U * 2 p.m. 4.9 STL | AVG. 5.9 52-6 when holding opponents to 63 points or less. WAC Tournament | Las Vegas, Nev. 4.1 BLK | AVG. 2.7 » In the WAC Preseason poll, GCU was picked to finish Thu 14 WAC Quarterfinals TBA second by both the coaches and media. In each poll, Lever Fri 15 WAC Semifinals TBA was picked as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year. To access the media guide, archived game Sun 16 WAC Finals TBA » Lever was one of 20 players named to the watch list for notes and more materials, visit: * denotes WAC game the 2019 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, The annual honor ^ denotes WAC / Summit Challenge GCULopes.com/mbbmedia recognizes the top centers in men’s college basketball. % 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 3 Brent Hibbitts F 6-8 210 R-Jr. Hudsonville, Mich. (Michigan) Schedule Notes 16 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) Head Coach Dan Majerle 17 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Stats 18 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) Last Time 24 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) Game Capsules 26 21 Caleb Holifield G 6-2 185 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (The Walker School) Player Capsules 39 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) 35 Quinn Smith G 6-6 205 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Maranahta Christian) Charles Hampton 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) Associate AD, Strategic Communications / PR Office Phone 602-639-7738 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) Cell Phone 480-628-1754 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Email [email protected] No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Josh Hauser 12 Roberts Blumbergs F 6-10 220 So. Ventspils, Latvia (GBA Prague) Director of Creative Media 1 Isiah Brown G 6-2 175 Jr. Lynnwood, Wash. (Northwestern) Office Phone 602-639-6126 Cell Phone 503-734-8587 2 Trey Drechsel G 6-6 205 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash. (Western Washington) Email [email protected] 43 Michael Finke F 6-10 235 R-Sr. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) 24 Tim Finke G 6-6 195 Fr. Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central) GRAND CANYON INFORMATION 4 Oscar Frayer G 6-7 190 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) School Grand Canyon University 15 Raef Gerdes G 6-7 180 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Summit Christian) Location Phoenix, Ariz. 3 Brent Hibbitts F 6-8 210 R-Jr. Hudsonville, Mich. (Michigan) Founded 1949 21 Caleb Holifield G 6-2 185 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (The Walker School) Enrollment 20,500 5 Matt Jackson F 6-8 230 R-Sr. Melbourne, Australia (Diamond Valley) President Brian Mueller 23 Carlos Johnson G 6-3 215 Jr. Centralia, Ill. (Washington) Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught Faculty Representative Claude Pensis 25 Alessandro Lever F 6-10 230 So. Bolzano, Italy (Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia) Affiliation NCAA Division I 42 Gerard Martin G 6-7 225 R-Sr. Manly, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport) Nickname Lopes 11 Damari Milstead G 6-2 190 So. Hayward, Calif. (Moreau Catholic) Mascot Thunder 0 J.J. Rhymes G 6-4 205 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Hutchinson CC) Colors Purple, Black & White 35 Quinn Smith G 6-6 205 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Maranahta Christian) Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) GCU ARENA BASKETBALL STAFF Opened Sept. 1, 2011 Dan Majerle Head Coach 6th Season Central Michigan Capacity 7,000 Louis Wilson Associate Head Coach 1st Season William Jewell Grand Canyon Record at GCU Arena 106-21 (.833) Chris Crevelone Assistant Coach 6th Season Adams State PROGRAM HISTORY T.J.