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Thursday, February 25
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
vs
CSU Bakersfield
GCU returns home to face CSU Bakersfield
2/24/2016 9:21:00 AM | Women's Basketball
PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon women's basketball team is set for its final homestand of the season. The Lopes currently sit in a three-way tie for second place in the WAC with UT Rio Grande Valley (15-12, 7-5) and Utah Valley (14-13, 7-5). GCU looks to move up the standings as it takes on CSU Bakersfield on Thursday before closing out the season against Utah Valley on March 5. GCU has defeated both on the road earlier this season.
Currently in a season-high three-game win streak, the Lopes look for their fourth-straight win against the Roadrunners on Thursday, Feb. 25 at GCU Arena. GCU's three-game win streak ties its previous high set from Dec.14-25 this season. After concluding its road schedule with victories at Missouri-Kansas City and Chicago State, GCU has seven wins away from home, a two-game improvement from last season.
Scouting CSU Bakersfield
CSU Bakersfield enters Thursday's game with a 9-18 record overall and 6-6 in the WAC. In their last six games, the Roadrunners are 4-2 with three wins against WAC rivals. Ranking third in the conference for scoring offense, CSUB is averaging 62.3 points per game with a WAC-best 33.4 percentage beyond the arc. The Roadrunners currently have three players averaging double figures this season led by senior Batabe Zempare at 11.5 points per game. On Jan. 28, CSUB hosted GCU for their 17th meeting. In the Lopes' 61-51 vicory, Zempare and freshman Addi Walters combined for 23 of the Roadrunners' 51 points. Walters was 4-for-11 from the field, including two 3-pointers for a total of 11 points. Zempare, WAC's leading rebounder, averaging 9.4 boards a game, had 7 rebounds and shot 4-for-6 from the field for 12 points.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
vs. CSU Bakersfield – 18th meeting (CSUB leads series 15-2)
Currently in a season-high three-game win streak, the Lopes look for their fourth-straight win against the Roadrunners on Thursday, Feb. 25 at GCU Arena. GCU's three-game win streak ties its previous high set from Dec.14-25 this season. After concluding its road schedule with victories at Missouri-Kansas City and Chicago State, GCU has seven wins away from home, a two-game improvement from last season.
Scouting CSU Bakersfield
CSU Bakersfield enters Thursday's game with a 9-18 record overall and 6-6 in the WAC. In their last six games, the Roadrunners are 4-2 with three wins against WAC rivals. Ranking third in the conference for scoring offense, CSUB is averaging 62.3 points per game with a WAC-best 33.4 percentage beyond the arc. The Roadrunners currently have three players averaging double figures this season led by senior Batabe Zempare at 11.5 points per game. On Jan. 28, CSUB hosted GCU for their 17th meeting. In the Lopes' 61-51 vicory, Zempare and freshman Addi Walters combined for 23 of the Roadrunners' 51 points. Walters was 4-for-11 from the field, including two 3-pointers for a total of 11 points. Zempare, WAC's leading rebounder, averaging 9.4 boards a game, had 7 rebounds and shot 4-for-6 from the field for 12 points.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
vs. CSU Bakersfield – 18th meeting (CSUB leads series 15-2)
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