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Lopes hit the road to Houston

12/17/2020 6:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GCU heads to Houston Baptist for Friday matchup

By: Sierra Smith

Friday, Dec. 18 \| 1 p.m. (Phoenix time) \| Sharp Gym

	HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES (3-2)	at	GRAND CANYON LOPES (5-1)

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The Grand Canyon women's basketball team follows up splitting last weekend's two-game road trip with a Friday afternoon game at Houston Baptist.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

Turnovers forced: GCU ranks No. 1 nationally in forced turnovers per game (26.2 per game). In each of the six games, the Lopes have forced at least over 23 turnovers.
Lopes bounce back: After falling for the first time this season by a point Saturday at Southern Utah, the Lopes rebounded with an 84-78 win at Eastern Washington by forcing 26 turnovers, 18 of which came in the first half.
Freshmen double-doubles: Two Lopes freshmen, Katie Scott and Tiarra Brown, have secured their first double-doubles this season. Scott posted 21 points and 10 rebounds on Dec. 9 against Northern Arizona and Brown tallied 11 points and 10 rebounds at Eastern Washington on Monday.

SCOUTING

Houston Baptist is 3-2 on the season.
The Huskies are on a three-game winning streak.
Two sophomores are averaging double-digit points: sophomore Timia Jefferson (11.2) and N'Denasija Collins (10.0).

LAST TIME OUT

The Lopes defense was key in the win over Eastern Washington as GCU forced 26 turnovers and had 13 steals, five coming from sophomore Taylor Caldwell.
Freshman Tiarra Brown recorded her first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes.
Freshman Katie Scott posted her fourth 20-point game in the six-game season and leads the Lopes at 18.2 points per game.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Lopes are back at GCU Arena on Monday against Arizona Christian at 1 p.m.

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