The Grand Canyon men's basketball team (6-8, 1-0) will look to make it two straight when they host preseason WAC favorite New Mexico State (11-5, 0-0) at 7 p.m. tonight in GCU Arena. GCU is coming off a 91-85 win over Texas-Pan American in their WAC opener this past Thursday.
TV: Cox7 or http://
www.cox7.com/. Pregame show to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Announcers: Matt Rosen (PxP), Rex Chapman (Analyst) and Barry Buetel (Sideline)
Radio: KPXQ 1360 AM or http://
www.faithtalk1360.com/
Announcers: Michael Potter (PxP) and Dan Nichols (Analyst)
Live Stats: http://
www.gculopes.com/
GAME NOTES
VS. NEW MEXICO STATE
The Antelopes are 0-1 versus the Aggies, with their lone meeting taking place nearly 30 years ago on Jan. 10, 1984, a 75-60 New Mexico State victory in Las Cruces.
LAST TIME OUT
The Antelopes snapped their five-game losing streak with a 91-85 win over Texas-Pan American in the first-ever Western Athletic Conference game for both teams. Killian Larson picked up his 11
th double-double (26 points, 12 rebounds) and Jerome Garrison had a career-night with 24 points, including a clutch three-pointer with 18 seconds to cement the win. GCU drained a season-best 14 three-pointers, the most since making 15 on Dec. 15, 2007.
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