GCU Snaps Win Streak in Loss to Idaho State

Tuesday, December 9

GCU Arena

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

4-5

Idaho State

2-5

Idaho State

Grand Canyon

Jerome Garrison scored 20 points against Idaho State

Photo by: Darryl Webb

12/9/2014 8:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Garrison leads the Lopes with 20-point performance

The Grand Canyon University men's basketball team (4-5) dropped a 67-51 decision to visiting Idaho State (2-5) tonight at GCU Arena after shooting just 33.3 percent from the floor. The Bengals boasted an impressive 53.1 field goal percentage as they limited the Antelopes to just 23 second half points.

Click here for Michael Potter's postgame interview with head coach Dan Majerle.

Jerome Garrison led GCU with 20 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including a 4-for-6 mark from beyond the three-point line. It was his fifth double-digit scoring effort in a row. Miroslav Jaksic tallied a season-best nine points.

The Lopes trailed by just two points heading into the second half, but were hampered by a 6-for-25 performance from the field (24.0 percent) over the final 20 minutes as Idaho State led by as many as 21 points.

After trading leads to open the game, the Lopes used an 11-2 run to go ahead 18-11 with seven and a half minutes to play in the first half. However, the Bengals scored the next six points to pull within one, 18-17, with just over five minutes on the clock.

Idaho State reclaimed the lead with 1:49 remaining and carried a 30-28 advantage into the locker room. GCU shot 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from the floor, just a notch below the 44.0 percent (11-for-25) by the Bengals. Garrison led the way for the Lopes with 13 first-half points.

The Bengals scored the first six points of the second half to open a 36-28 lead before GCU stormed back behind seven consecutive points from Garrison to pull within one at the 14:27 mark. Idaho State made it a double-digit lead with just over 10 minutes to play (48-38) and extended that advantage to 21 points, 64-43, six minutes later.

Idaho State posted a 62.5 field goal percentage in the second half (15-for-24), and for the game, held the 34-14 advantage in points in the paint. The Bengels also outrebounded the Lopes 36-21.

GCU will now hit the road to take on Indiana on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. (Arizona time) in Bloomington at historic Assembly Hall. The game will be broadcast live on the Big 10 Network and can be heard in the Valley on KXXT 1010 AM Family Values Radio (also available on the TuneIn Radio app).

ISU 67, GCU 51