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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, November 26
GCU
5:00 p.m.
Grand Canyon
5-1
75
vs
57
Lake Superior State
3-2
1
2
F
Lake Superior State
27
30
57
Grand Canyon
31
44
75
Jallisa Butler
Second half surge propels Antelopes
11/26/2010 6:23:29 PM | Women's Basketball
An 18-0 run to start the second half proved to be the difference in Grand Canyon’s 75-57 victory over Lake Superior State in the GCU/Crowne Plaza Thanksgiving Classic at Antelope Gymnasium Friday.
Third among others receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 poll, Grand Canyon improved to 5-1 on the season and will play host to CSU Dominguez Hills at 5 p.m. Lake Superior State dropped to 3-2.
Grand Canyon held Lake Superior State scoreless for the first 7:29 of the second half. Five different players had field goals in the 18-0 flurry, which opened with a 3-pointer from senior Kristi Girdley.
Senior Samantha Murphy finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Jallisa Butler had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman Maylinn Smith had 14 points and six rebounds. Senior Rosalyn Nelson had nine points, five steals and three assists.
With the five steals, Nelson went over 300 (301) for her career. She is already the school's all-time leader in steals. She is 18 points away (1,263) from the No. 2 spot on the all-time scoring list, trailing Jennifer Cobb (1,281), who starred at GCU from 2002-07.
Girdley had five points and shared team-high in assists with Nelson dishing out four.
With the five steals, Nelson went over 300 (301) for her career. She is already the school's all-time leader in steals. She is 18 points away (1,263) from the No. 2 spot on the all-time scoring list, trailing Jennifer Cobb (1,281), who starred at GCU from 2002-07.
Girdley had five points and shared team-high in assists with Nelson dishing out four.
“I wasn’t pleased with the last part of the first half,” said GCU coach Trent May. “We gave up only seven points and in the final 7:42 they go for 20. There were some breakdowns.
“I was definitely pleased with our burst of energy in the second half. We were able to sustain it and we did a good job of rebounding.”
Grand Canyon led by 18 in the first half and helped force 15 Lake State turnovers, but the Lakers rallied to cut the ‘Lopes lead to 31-27 at the break.
“It was great for our team to show we could overcome adversity,” said Smith. “Coach stressed working on defense and to let it take over our offense and that’s what it did in the second half.”
GCU’s defense held Lake State to only 30.4 percent shooting for the game and only 23.3 in the second half.
Box Score
Box Score
Team Stats
LS
GCU-WBB
FG%
.304
.394
3FG%
.267
.167
FT%
.826
.778
RB
43
45
TO
19
12
STL
10
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
9
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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