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 56, CBU 50
2/5/2022 6:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
Lopes stifle Lancers, pull even in loss column with Sam Houston
Grand Canyon's defense is a patient bunch. When the offense is late to arrive, Lopes defenders just keep locking up opponents for the offense to catch up with their level.
GCU has held most of its opponents below 40% shooting in games this season, but turned more restrictive than a boa Saturday night in the Lopes' 56-50 victory against California Baptist at GCU Arena.
The Lopes (16-5, 7-3 WAC) never found an offensive groove with a 31.7% shooting game but did not relent and came up with enough clutch scores late to win a key game. GCU won its ninth consecutive home game to move to 12-1 at GCU Arena and pull even in the loss column with third-place Sam Houston in the WAC.
The Lopes kept the Lancers to 34.7% shooting from the field and did not trail for a 21-minute stretch of the game. CBU committed 17 turnovers to wind up with 11 fewer shots but still was able to pull even at 48-48 with 2:09 remaining in the game.
On a rough 3-for-17 shooting night for sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher Jr., Blacksher missed a 3 to take the lead but sophomore power forward Yvan Ouedraogo grabbed GCU's 13 offensive rebound to create a second chance. Junior power forward Taeshon Cherry, who re-entered when junior power forward Gabe McGlothan fouled out, made a driving floater for a 50-48 lead that took the lead for good.
Lancers freshman phenom Taran Armstrong, going against graduate Sean Miller-Moore's defense, missed a floater to tie on a 2-for-10 shooting game with four assists. But CBU got a second chance to tie or take the lead with 30 seconds remaining, but Taran's brother, Tre, missed a jumper that Lancers guard Ty Rowell grabbed off the floor. As Rowell tried to bring the ball up against Blacksher's and graduate Holland Woods II's hustle, he lost control and Miller-Moore outhustled GCU to the loose ball.
Miller-Moore grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, accounting for 12 of GCU's 28 defensive rebounds.
With seven seconds remaining and GCU leading 50-48, CBU head coach Rick Croy ran onto midcourt arguing a no-call and picked up a technical foul to ice the game. Woods and Blacksher made successive pairs of free throws to secure the Lancers' fifth consecutive loss.
That GCU defensive effort started with CBU being held to two points in the first six minutes, but that was all GCU mustered as well in a two-way offensive funk or defensive battle. The Lancers' last first-half lead came at 11-8 with 7:53 to go in the first half, but McGlothan responded by hitting 3-pointers in the next minute, starting a 13-0 run that gave GCU a 21-11 lead when Cherry made a 3 with 4:30 to go.
The Lopes led 28-19 at halftime and had their largest lead at 32-21 early in the second half, when Miller-Moore scored on a layup off Blacksher's drive-and dish with 17:30 remaining.
GCU has held most of its opponents below 40% shooting in games this season, but turned more restrictive than a boa Saturday night in the Lopes' 56-50 victory against California Baptist at GCU Arena.
The Lopes (16-5, 7-3 WAC) never found an offensive groove with a 31.7% shooting game but did not relent and came up with enough clutch scores late to win a key game. GCU won its ninth consecutive home game to move to 12-1 at GCU Arena and pull even in the loss column with third-place Sam Houston in the WAC.
The Lopes kept the Lancers to 34.7% shooting from the field and did not trail for a 21-minute stretch of the game. CBU committed 17 turnovers to wind up with 11 fewer shots but still was able to pull even at 48-48 with 2:09 remaining in the game.
On a rough 3-for-17 shooting night for sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher Jr., Blacksher missed a 3 to take the lead but sophomore power forward Yvan Ouedraogo grabbed GCU's 13 offensive rebound to create a second chance. Junior power forward Taeshon Cherry, who re-entered when junior power forward Gabe McGlothan fouled out, made a driving floater for a 50-48 lead that took the lead for good.
Lancers freshman phenom Taran Armstrong, going against graduate Sean Miller-Moore's defense, missed a floater to tie on a 2-for-10 shooting game with four assists. But CBU got a second chance to tie or take the lead with 30 seconds remaining, but Taran's brother, Tre, missed a jumper that Lancers guard Ty Rowell grabbed off the floor. As Rowell tried to bring the ball up against Blacksher's and graduate Holland Woods II's hustle, he lost control and Miller-Moore outhustled GCU to the loose ball.
Miller-Moore grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, accounting for 12 of GCU's 28 defensive rebounds.
With seven seconds remaining and GCU leading 50-48, CBU head coach Rick Croy ran onto midcourt arguing a no-call and picked up a technical foul to ice the game. Woods and Blacksher made successive pairs of free throws to secure the Lancers' fifth consecutive loss.
That GCU defensive effort started with CBU being held to two points in the first six minutes, but that was all GCU mustered as well in a two-way offensive funk or defensive battle. The Lancers' last first-half lead came at 11-8 with 7:53 to go in the first half, but McGlothan responded by hitting 3-pointers in the next minute, starting a 13-0 run that gave GCU a 21-11 lead when Cherry made a 3 with 4:30 to go.
The Lopes led 28-19 at halftime and had their largest lead at 32-21 early in the second half, when Miller-Moore scored on a layup off Blacksher's drive-and dish with 17:30 remaining.
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