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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, January 22
Las Cruces, NM
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
11-9, 2-1WAC
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New Mexico State
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Grand Canyon
27
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New Mexico State
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44
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Russell had 18 for the Lopes tonight
Photo by: Darryl Webb
GCU Drops Road Contest to NM State
1/22/2015 8:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Play at UTPA on Saturday
Grand Canyon fell 85-63 to New Mexico State tonight at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M.
The loss dropped the Lopes to 11-9 overall, 2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Aggies improved to 11-10, 3-1.
Click here to listen to Michael Potter's postgame interview with assistant coach TJ Benson.
GCU was led by Joshua Braun and DeWayne Russell who each scored 18. Braun added eight rebounds, one shy of his career high. Russell had five boards and four assists.
GCU pulled within one at 13-12 with 14 minutes remaining, but a 24-6 run by the Aggies put them up 37-18 with 3:30 left. The Lopes outscored the Aggies 9-4 the rest of the half and went into the break down 41-27.
GCU got as close as 12 at 45-33 less than two minutes into the second half, but saw the Aggies lead balloon back up to 20 and trailed by as many as 23 in the second half.
The Antelopes were outrebounded 42-27, their third-largest deficit of the season. That led the Aggies to a 38-20 points in the paint advantage.
Ryan Majerle chipped in eight points on 3-for-4 shooting, Jerome Garrison had seven points.
Grand Canyon returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 24, when they travel to Edinburg, Tex. to face UTPA. The game will tip at 6 p.m. (AZ time) and can be heard on radio on KXXT 1010 AM Family Values Radio (also available on the KXXT TuneIn Radio app). Live stat and viewing options are available at www.gculopes.com.
NMSU 85 GCU 63
The loss dropped the Lopes to 11-9 overall, 2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Aggies improved to 11-10, 3-1.
Click here to listen to Michael Potter's postgame interview with assistant coach TJ Benson.
GCU was led by Joshua Braun and DeWayne Russell who each scored 18. Braun added eight rebounds, one shy of his career high. Russell had five boards and four assists.
GCU pulled within one at 13-12 with 14 minutes remaining, but a 24-6 run by the Aggies put them up 37-18 with 3:30 left. The Lopes outscored the Aggies 9-4 the rest of the half and went into the break down 41-27.
GCU got as close as 12 at 45-33 less than two minutes into the second half, but saw the Aggies lead balloon back up to 20 and trailed by as many as 23 in the second half.
The Antelopes were outrebounded 42-27, their third-largest deficit of the season. That led the Aggies to a 38-20 points in the paint advantage.
Ryan Majerle chipped in eight points on 3-for-4 shooting, Jerome Garrison had seven points.
Grand Canyon returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 24, when they travel to Edinburg, Tex. to face UTPA. The game will tip at 6 p.m. (AZ time) and can be heard on radio on KXXT 1010 AM Family Values Radio (also available on the KXXT TuneIn Radio app). Live stat and viewing options are available at www.gculopes.com.
NMSU 85 GCU 63
Team Stats
GCU
NMSU
FG%
.404
.500
3FG%
.333
.250
FT%
.600
.750
RB
27
43
TO
10
9
STL
2
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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