GAME 7 GRAND CANYON Dec. 22, 2020 at 8 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. MT MEN’S BASKETBALL T-Mobile Arena • Las Vegas, Nev. 2020-21 SCHEDULE COLORADO GRAND CANYON BUFFALOES LOPES 4-2 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-1 W-L WAC H A N (5-1) (4-2) V HC: Tad Boyle (11th at COLO, 215-135 | 15th overall, 271-201) S HC: Bryce Drew (1st at GCU, 4-2 | 9th overall, 168-110) Wed 11/25 Grambling State W 69-53 PTS REB AST PTS REB AST Sat 11/28 Benedictine (Ariz.) W 94-63 McKinley Wright Jeriah Horne McKinley Wright Alessandro Lever Asbjørn Midtgaard Jovan Blacksher Jr. Tue 12/1 Mississippi Valley State W 88-49 15.5 ppg 6.2 rpg 5.7 apg 16.5 ppg 10.0 rpg 6.2 apg Fri 12/11 Nevada W 87-77 TV STREAM LISTEN STATS Sun 12/13 (23) Arizona State L 71-70 1580 The Fanatic Sun 12/20 vs. San Francisco at Las Vegas L 68-65 Pac-12 Network 99.3 FM & 95.9 FM Pac-12 Network 1580thefanatic.com Tue 12/22 vs. Colorado at Las Vegas 8 p.m. PT Guy Haberman play-by-play Pac-12.com GCUStats.com Dan Belluomini analysis Michael Potter play-by-play Paul Coro analysis Tue 12/29 Denver 7 p.m. Fri 1/8 at Tarleton* 7 p.m. CT SERIES HISTORY THIS GAME Sat 1/9 at Tarleton* 7 p.m. CT GCU record vs. Colorado 0-0 » GCU plays a Pac-12 opponent for the second time in a Home / away / neutral -- / -- / -- three-game span. Fri 1/15 Chicago State* 7 p.m. Last meeting -- » The Buffaloes feature the nation’s No. 11 scoring defense. Sat 1/16 Chicago State* 4 p.m. Streak -- » GCU has never faced a Division I opponent from the state Fri 1/22 at Dixie State* 7 p.m. LAST GAME’S STARTERS of Colorado but will now do so in back-to-back games. LAST GAME Sat 1/23 at Dixie State* 7 p.m. » San Francisco hit six of its last 10 3-point shots to finish Fri 1/29 New Mexico State* 7 p.m. with 14 makes on the day to edge GCU 68-65. Sat 1/30 New Mexico State* 7 p.m. » In a contrast of styles, the Lopes won the points in the #10 #0 #4 #25 #33 Fri 2/5 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 7 p.m. CT Jovan Sean Oscar Alessandro Asbjørn paint battle 40-14 but made 12 fewer 3-pointers. Blacksher Jr. Miller-Moore Frayer Lever Midtgaard » Asbjørn Midtgaard had his second career double-double Sat 2/6 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 7 p.m. CT G | So. | 5-11 G | Sr. | 6-2 F | Sr. | 5-11 F | Sr. | 5-11 C | Sr. | 5-11 with a team-leading 18 points and 10 rebounds. 13.3 PPG 4.3 PPG 6.8 PPG 16.5 PPG 13.7 PPG Fri 2/12 CSUN 5:30 p.m. 3.0 RPG 3.3 RPG 3.5 RPG 4.7 RPG 10.0 RPG STORYLINES 6.2 APG 2.0 APG 1.7 APG 1.8 APG 0.5 APG Fri 2/19 California Baptist* 7 p.m. 44.1% FG 47.8% FG 46.9% FG 59.0% FG 71.2% FG » The Lopes have scored 32+ points in the paint in five Sat 2/20 California Baptist* 7 p.m. 30.4% 3P 0.0% 3P 40.0% 3P 50.0% 3P 0.0% 3P straight matchups and are averaging 40.7 on the year. 86.7% FT 57.1% FT 62.5% FT 73.1% FT 47.1% FT Fri 2/26 at Seattle U* TBA bold purple denotes team leader in category » GCU’s big-man combo of Alessandro Lever and Asbjørn BY THE NUMBERS Midtgaard are combining to average 30.2 points and 14.7 Sat 2/27 at Seattle U* TBA rebounds while shooting 64.6% from the field. Fri 3/5 Utah Valley* 7 p.m. » Alessandro Lever is GCU’s No. 2 scorer of its D-I era. In the Dec. 11 win over Nevada, Lever moved into fifth on Sat 3/6 Utah Valley* 7 p.m. 78.5 POINTS >> 78.8 GCU’s all-time scoring leaderboard. With 1,409 points, he WAC TOURNAMENT (ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NEV.) 56.3 << POINTS ALLOWED 63.5 needs 12 points to surpass Jim Irvine for fourth. + 22.2 << MARGIN + 15.3 » Jovan Blacksher Jr. ranks 25th nationally with 6.2 assists 3/11-13 TBA TBA per game. He was named the WAC Player of the Week for 46.1 FG PCT. >> 51.1 the first time in his career on Dec. 14 after averaging 21.5 36.0 << FG PCT. DEFENSE 38.3 points while shooting over 50% in games against Nevada * denotes WAC game home away 36.2 << 3PT PCT. 30.4 and No. 23 Arizona State. 85.8 << FT PCT. 65.8 » GCU’s 51.1% shooting from the field ranks 23rd nationally. 40.0 REBOUNDS >> 41.7 » GCU has outrebounded its opponents by 12.5 rpg, ranking NOTABLE NUMERAL 15th in rebound margin. Asbjørn Midtgaard is 26th 16.3 ASSISTS >> 16.7 40.7 GCU’s average points in the paint nationally with 10.0 rpg. 12.0 << TURNOVERS 12.7 » Jovan Blacksher Jr. is the reigning WAC Freshman of the 5.2 STEALS >> 5.3 Year. He was the nation’s only freshman to accumulate INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT 3.0 << BLOCKS 2.8 300 points, 150 rebounds and 100 assists last season. Viewing this digitally? » Bryce, Scott (brother) and Homer (father) Drew rank Text with this underline will take you to the web or Josh Hauser [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS second in NCAA wins by a family with 1,176. elsewhere in the document for more information Jerob Moon [email protected] ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP GRAND CANYON MEN’S BASKETBALL LAST TWO GAMES VS SUNDAY, DEC. 20 | AT LAS VEGAS, NEV. Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 4:00 PM Grand Canyon at San Francisco Game Duration: 2:28 12/20/20 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas GRAND 2020-21 Men's Basketball SAN FRANCISCO Officials: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Mike Scyphers CANYON Grand Canyon - 65 Record: 4-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-23 60.9% 68 65 4 Oscar Frayer F 28:11 4-8 2-5 4-4 0 4 4 3 2 14 1 3 1 0 0 -7 3PT% 0-2 0.0% 25 Alessandro Lever C 31:49 6-11 0-2 0-4 1 2 3 2 4 12 0 1 0 0 1 -7 FT% 0-2 0% 33 Asbjorn Midtgaard C 34:34 9-11 0-0 0-1 1 9 10 2 6 18 0 4 0 2 0 -1 2nd FG% 14-34 41.2% 0 Sean Miller-Moore G 17:20 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 -5 3PT% 2-12 16.7% 10 Jovan Blacksher Jr. G 38:08 4-12 0-4 2-2 0 2 2 5 1 10 9 2 2 0 1 -4 FT% 7-11 63.6% 11 Rashad Smith 04:58 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GM FG% 28-57 49.1% 22 Jayden Stone 24:07 2-7 0-3 1-1 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 -6 3PT% 2-14 14.3% 30 Gabe McGlothan 12:25 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 FT% 7-13 53.8% [QUOTED] 2 Chance McMillian 05:43 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 1 Dima Zdor 02:45 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 4 4 8 0 0 GCU HEAD COACH BRYCE DREW Totals 28-57 2-14 7-13 9 28 37 20 16 65 14 13 4 3 2 -3 Technical Fouls::NONE “We gave up a few too many 3s in those last 10 minutes that really hurt us, but I’m San Francisco - 68 Record: 6-4 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- really proud of the guys. We were in a position to take the lead late in this game and NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-27 40.7% 10 Josh Kunen F 27:57 1-4 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 11 3PT% 6-19 31.6% you’ve got to credit to San Francisco for a spectacular block and 3 that really shifted 22 Dzmitry Ryuny F 30:33 3-9 1-7 1-4 0 6 6 3 2 8 2 0 4 0 0 1 FT% 2-5 40% 34 Taavi Jurkatamm F 34:46 2-9 1-7 0-1 0 2 2 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 2nd FG% 12-30 40.0% momentum for the rest of the game.