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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, February 29
Edinburg, Texas
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
15-11,10-5WAC
47
at
66
UT Rio Grande Valley
13-15,8-7WAC
1st quarter1
2nd quarter2
3rd quarter3
4th quarter4
FinalF
Grand Canyon
11
11
17
8
47
UTRGV
21
21
10
14
66
Photo by: Katie Severns
Leap day unkind to Lopes
2/29/2020 1:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GCU falls to UT Rio Grande Valley
EDINBURG, Texas — The Grand Canyon women's basketball team fell to UT Rio Grande Valley 66-47 on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
The Lopes (15-11, 10-5 WAC) fell behind 40-13 in the second quarter and put together a furious rally to come within 10 points in the third, only to be outscored 14-8 in the final period.
Freshman guard Tavia Rowell made three 3-pointers to lead the Lopes with 15 points, while senior power forward Da'jah Daniel just missed a double-double with 10 rebounds and eight points.
The Vaqueros (13-15, 8-7 WAC) were led by Desirea Buerge with 15 points.
GCU was outscored 21-11 in each of the first two periods. The Lopes trailed by 27 in the second quarter before making a 9-0 run shortly before halftime with Rowell scoring seven of the points. GCU the lead to 49-39 in the third quarter when freshman point guard Jada Holland made a steal and sophomore power forward Carla Balague finished the fastbreak with 2:14 remaining in the third quarter.
The Lopes are back in action Saturday when they travel to CSU Bakersfield for the regular-season finale.
GCU remains in second place in the WAC, trailing conference leader Kansas City (11-3) by 1 1/2 games and holding a half-game lead on third-place Utah Valley (9-5). The Saturday loss marked GCU's first consecutive losses since Dec. 29 and Jan. 4.
The Lopes (15-11, 10-5 WAC) fell behind 40-13 in the second quarter and put together a furious rally to come within 10 points in the third, only to be outscored 14-8 in the final period.
Freshman guard Tavia Rowell made three 3-pointers to lead the Lopes with 15 points, while senior power forward Da'jah Daniel just missed a double-double with 10 rebounds and eight points.
The Vaqueros (13-15, 8-7 WAC) were led by Desirea Buerge with 15 points.
GCU was outscored 21-11 in each of the first two periods. The Lopes trailed by 27 in the second quarter before making a 9-0 run shortly before halftime with Rowell scoring seven of the points. GCU the lead to 49-39 in the third quarter when freshman point guard Jada Holland made a steal and sophomore power forward Carla Balague finished the fastbreak with 2:14 remaining in the third quarter.
The Lopes are back in action Saturday when they travel to CSU Bakersfield for the regular-season finale.
GCU remains in second place in the WAC, trailing conference leader Kansas City (11-3) by 1 1/2 games and holding a half-game lead on third-place Utah Valley (9-5). The Saturday loss marked GCU's first consecutive losses since Dec. 29 and Jan. 4.
Team Stats
GCU
UTRGV
FG%
.302
.368
3FG%
.211
.300
FT%
.500
.692
RB
30
52
TO
15
16
STL
9
5
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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