Completed Event: Men's Basketball at UNLV on February 7, 2026 , Loss , 78, to, 80
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Rapid Recap: GCU 95, ENMU 64
2/27/2019 8:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
Lopes run away from the Greyhounds in nonconference game
With two weeks until the WAC Tournament, Grand Canyon spent two hours in the gym to prepare for conference teams Wednesday night.
Instead of another day at GCU Practice Facility, the Lopes broke up the WAC schedule with a nonconference visitor to GCU Arena and got a 95-64 win, another career-high scoring performance from senior power forward Michael Finke and plenty of practice fodder for the next two days before conference play resumes Saturday with the regular-season home finale against CSU Bakersfield.
The Lopes (17-10) won their third consecutive game, all with at least 90 points and a 31-point victory margin.
Finke made 14 of 20 shots for 38 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, and added a team-high eight rebounds. Finke has posted three of the four highest-scoring games of his career over the past four games, including a 36-point game at Kansas City and a 24-point game at Chicago State in which he also shot 70 percent or better from the field. Finke scored 27 points in the second half, helping to squelch any hope from Eastern New Mexico (13-14) in its season finale.
Finke is the only Division I player besides LSU's Ben Simmons to post at least 38 points, eight rebounds and six assists with at least 70 percent shooting from the field.
The Lopes only led 43-35 at halftime but it was Finke's developing post game that helped fuel an early 10-0 run in the second half. The outcome was clear from there but the lead widened with a stretch of three consecutive Finke three 3-pointers and another pair of Finke 3s during a 12-0 GCU run.
GCU shot 55.1 percent from the field and made 29 of 35 shots near the basket as junior guard Carlos Johnson added 25 points, one point away from his career high.
Return to gculopes.com for Paul Coro's full game recap with comments from Dan Majerle and players.
Instead of another day at GCU Practice Facility, the Lopes broke up the WAC schedule with a nonconference visitor to GCU Arena and got a 95-64 win, another career-high scoring performance from senior power forward Michael Finke and plenty of practice fodder for the next two days before conference play resumes Saturday with the regular-season home finale against CSU Bakersfield.
The Lopes (17-10) won their third consecutive game, all with at least 90 points and a 31-point victory margin.
Finke made 14 of 20 shots for 38 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, and added a team-high eight rebounds. Finke has posted three of the four highest-scoring games of his career over the past four games, including a 36-point game at Kansas City and a 24-point game at Chicago State in which he also shot 70 percent or better from the field. Finke scored 27 points in the second half, helping to squelch any hope from Eastern New Mexico (13-14) in its season finale.
Finke is the only Division I player besides LSU's Ben Simmons to post at least 38 points, eight rebounds and six assists with at least 70 percent shooting from the field.
The Lopes only led 43-35 at halftime but it was Finke's developing post game that helped fuel an early 10-0 run in the second half. The outcome was clear from there but the lead widened with a stretch of three consecutive Finke three 3-pointers and another pair of Finke 3s during a 12-0 GCU run.
GCU shot 55.1 percent from the field and made 29 of 35 shots near the basket as junior guard Carlos Johnson added 25 points, one point away from his career high.
Return to gculopes.com for Paul Coro's full game recap with comments from Dan Majerle and players.
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