Notes: GCU vs. UC Riverside

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Grand Canyon Lopes (4-1, 0-0 WAC)	Sat. Nov. 25 7 p.m. MST	UC Riverside Highlanders (2-4, 0-0 Big West)
GCU Game Notes	Watch Live Listen Live Live Stats	UC Riverside Game Notes

The Grand Canyon men's basketball kicks off December play as they host UC Riverside at GCU Arena on Saturday, Dec. 2. Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. MST and will be broadcasted live in the Phoenix area on YurView (Ch. 4 Phoenix / Ch. 7 Tucson) and streamed online at GCU.tv. Out of market broadcast will also be available on ESPN3 (Subject to blackout within Arizona). Barry Buetel will be providing play-by-play with analyst Scott Williams and Kate Longworth on the sideline.

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:

With the loss last Saturday night, the Lopes active winning streak of 11 games, previously best in the nation, came to an end. The Lopes fell one game shy of their longest streak in Division I play of 12 games from the 2015-16 season.
GCU ranks 12th in the country in scoring defense (59.0 points per game). In the last three seasons, GCU is 24-2 when allowing 61 points or less.
Casey Benson set a career high with 10 rebounds vs. San Diego, four more than his previous career-best, Benson is posting career-high averages for points (10.8), assists (5.0) and rebounds (4.8) on the season.
Dating back to last season, the Lopes have won 18 of their last 20 home games at GCU Arena.
The Lopes rank 10th in the country in effective opponent field goal percentage at 41.8 percent. Effective field goal percentage factors in weighted figures for 3-point field goals.
GCU leads the WAC in scoring defense (59.0), scoring margin (14.0), field goal percentage defense (38.2), three-point field goal percentage (37.4), three-point field goal percentage defense (25.0), blocks (4.8) and assists (16.0).
Joshua Braun leads the WAC in three-point percentage (50.0) and minutes per game (33.8).
GCU ranks third in the country in attendance relative to stadium capacity, averaging 102 percent of stadium capacity this season, trailing only Villanova and Nebraska. That includes three games where students were on fall break.
Dikymbe Martin and Alex Martin are the Highlanders top scorers this season, averaging 12.3 and 12.0 points, respectively. Chance Murray is the team's leading rebounder at 6.5 per game.
Dennis Cutts is in his fifth season at UC-Riverside, compiling a 48-82 record in 130 career games.

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Players Mentioned

Casey Benson

Joshua Braun

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