Notes: GCU at Boise State

Wednesday, December 13

Boise, Idaho

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Boise State

12/12/2017 1:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Grand Canyon Game Notes Boise State Game Notes

By: Charles Hampton

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Grand Canyon Lopes (7-2, 0-0 WAC)	Wed. Dec. 13 7 p.m. MST	Boise State Broncos (9-1, 0-0 MWC)
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The Grand Canyon men's basketball team hits the road for the first time during the 2017-18 season as they take on Boise State on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho. Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. MST and will be streamed online via the Mountain West Network. The Lopes have won their last four road games and have won three straight games against Mountain West opponents, most recently defeating San Diego State at GCU Arena last December.

GCU fans can listen live as Michael Potter and Tom Kuyper will be airing on 1580 AM The Fanatic as well as online via The Fanatic website or mobile app. The pregame show will start 15 minutes before tip and conclude with a postgame show featuring comments from head coach Dan Majerle.

GCU QUICK NOTES:

The Lopes are 7-7 all-time against Mountain West opponents, including three straight wins since the 2014-15 season.
The Lopes hit the road for the first time this season. Dating back to last season, GCU has won four straight on the road, tied for the 10th longest active streak in the nation.
GCU ranks tied for fifth in the country in scoring defense (59.0 points per game). In the last three seasons, GCU is 26-2 when allowing 61 points or less.
The Lopes rank 11th in 3-point defense, holding opponents to just 27.1 percent from beyond the arc, one spot behind Boise State, who ranks 10th at 26.7 percent. The Broncos also rank 5th in the country in 3-pointers made, with 120 made in 10 games this season.
Additionally, GCU ranks 11th in the country in effective opponent field goal percentage at 42.7 percent. Effective field goal percentage factors in weighted figures for 3-point field goals.
Keonta Vernon went 8-for-8 from the field, scoring 19 points vs. Grambling State. He became the first GCU player to be perfect on 8-plus attempts in the Division I era and fourth all-time.
GCU limited Grambling State to just two 3-pointers, the fifth time the Lopes have held an opponent to two threes in the D1 era.
Dating back to last season, the Lopes have won 21 of their last 23 home games at GCU Arena.
Casey Benson tied a season-high with 8 assists vs. Grambling State and is posting career-high averages for points (11.0), assists (5.1), rebounds (4.1), and steals (1.3) on the season.
GCU leads the WAC in scoring defense (59.0), scoring margin (+12.6), field goal percentage defense (.390), three-point field goal percentage defense (.271), assists (16.4), turnover margin (+3.67), and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.1).
Benson is tied for the WAC lead in assists, averaging 5.3 per game so far this season.
Boise State has maintained a perfect 23-0 non-conference home record since the start of the 2014-15 season, the 12th longest such streak in the nation.