PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Grand Canyon women's basketball team heads out for a two-game road trip, starting Thursday at Kansas City and ending Saturday at Chicago State. The Lopes (10-10, 4-2 WAC) face both teams for the second time this season, as they look to down the Roos (7-14, 3-3 WAC) to split the series and beat the Cougars (0-21, 0-6 WAC) to claim a second victory of the season.
Senior
Brie Mobley leads GCU in scoring with an average of 22.0 ppg in conference play, while fellow senior
Jessica Gajewski hit seven 3-pointers versus Utah Valley for 21 points on the game.
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Scouting Kansas City
Kansas City is 7-14 on the year and 3-3 in Western Athletic Conference play, as the Roos fell at New Mexico State after defeating the Lopes on Jan. 20. UMKC started the 2017-18 season with six-straight losses to Western Illinois, Nebraska, Tulsa, Iowa State, Illinois State and Kansas. They defeated Lincoln before losing two more to Oral Roberts and Wichita State.
The Roos closed out non-conference play with a 3-3 six-game run, including wins over Harris-Stowe, Stetson and CCCB and losses to Northern Colorado, Denver and FAU. UMKC has defeated UTRGV and Bakersfield in conference play, while taking losses to Utah Valley and Seattle U.
Last season, the Roos were 10-19 overall and 4-10 in WAC play. UMKC defeated UTRGV, 77-69, in the first round of the WAC Tournament, before falling to eventual tournament champion New Mexico State, 71-63, in the second round.