The Grand Canyon women's basketball team hosts its final two WAC games this week against Seattle U and Utah Valley.
Saturday's game marks Senior Day for Lopes power forward Da'jah Daniel, who ranks in the national top 25 for field goal percentage (55.7%, 25th) and rebounds per game (10.5, 18th). She is the WAC leader in those categories and blocked shots per game (1.6) and is one of 50 players in the nation with 10 double-doubles this season. She is leading the first-place Lopes in scoring at 12.4 points per game.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- WAC STANDINGS: With five WAC games remaining, GCU (9-2) leads the conference by a half-game over Kansas City (9-3).
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- STREAKING:Â GCU begins the week with a seven-game winning streak, making it one of 20 teams nationally with a winning streak of at least seven games. Seattle U has the second-longest active winning streak in the WAC at five games.
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- PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2X:Â Freshman point guard Jada Holland captured her second WAC Player of the Week award for last week's play. The freshman guard scored a combined 44 points in road wins at Kansas City and Chicago State last week. Thirty of the points came in the fourth quarters with 15 in each final period.
SCOUTING
Seattle U has defeated CSU Bakersfield, California Baptist, Utah Valley, New Mexico State and UT Rio Grande Valley.
Kamira Sanders leads the Redhawks with 17.5 points per game to rank second in the WAC.
Utah Valley has dropped five of its past six games after beginning the season 5-0 in conference play.
UVU is led by Jordan Holland with 12.3 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game.
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LAST TIME OUT
GCU returns home after wins at Kansas City and Chicago State.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Lopes hit the road to take on New Mexico State and UT Rio Grande Valley.
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