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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, December 2
Santa Barbara, Calif.
3 P.M.
Grand Canyon
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UC Santa Barbara
GCU heads west to face Gauchos
11/30/2018 10:40:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Lopes start December on the road
The Grand Canyon women's basketball team takes to the road to start December with a visit to UC Santa Barbara for a Sunday matinee contest against the Gauchos.
GCU (2-3) went 1-1 in its Thanksgiving Showdown last week in a pair of overtime games at GCU Arena.
Lopes senior center ShaRon Miller averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists over the two-game homestand. The Lopes have four players averaging in double-digit scoring with redshirt senior power forward AJ Cephas (12.5 ppg), Miller (11.6 ppg), freshman point guard Laura Piera (10.6 ppg) and freshman guard Taylor Caldwell (10.3 ppg).
Scouting UC Santa Barbara
The Gauchos (1-6) earned their first win of the season last Sunday against Dartmouth at the UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up after dropping its first five games of the season.
UCSB opened with a pair of losses to WAC members Utah Valley (63-54) and CSU Bakersfield (56-48). UCSB then lost at USC 82-39 and fell in a home game against Loyola Marymount 70-57. The Gauchos opened the UNLV tournament with a 69-51 loss to the hosting Rebels. Most recently, UCSB dropped a home game to St. Mary's 80-55 on Thursday.
Last season, the Gauchos were 12-17 and 9-7 in the Big West. UCSB fell to Cal State Northridge 72-63 in the first round of the Big West Tournament to end its 2017-18 campaign. UCSB has a pair of players averaging double-digit points this season in junior guard Coco Miller (13.0 ppg) and 6-foot-4 junior center Natalia Bruening (10.5 ppg).
GCU (2-3) went 1-1 in its Thanksgiving Showdown last week in a pair of overtime games at GCU Arena.
Lopes senior center ShaRon Miller averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists over the two-game homestand. The Lopes have four players averaging in double-digit scoring with redshirt senior power forward AJ Cephas (12.5 ppg), Miller (11.6 ppg), freshman point guard Laura Piera (10.6 ppg) and freshman guard Taylor Caldwell (10.3 ppg).
Scouting UC Santa Barbara
The Gauchos (1-6) earned their first win of the season last Sunday against Dartmouth at the UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up after dropping its first five games of the season.
UCSB opened with a pair of losses to WAC members Utah Valley (63-54) and CSU Bakersfield (56-48). UCSB then lost at USC 82-39 and fell in a home game against Loyola Marymount 70-57. The Gauchos opened the UNLV tournament with a 69-51 loss to the hosting Rebels. Most recently, UCSB dropped a home game to St. Mary's 80-55 on Thursday.
Last season, the Gauchos were 12-17 and 9-7 in the Big West. UCSB fell to Cal State Northridge 72-63 in the first round of the Big West Tournament to end its 2017-18 campaign. UCSB has a pair of players averaging double-digit points this season in junior guard Coco Miller (13.0 ppg) and 6-foot-4 junior center Natalia Bruening (10.5 ppg).
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