Completed Event: Men's Basketball at UNLV on February 7, 2026 , Loss , 78, to, 80
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Rapid recap: Arizona State 87, GCU 76
11/14/2024 9:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
Grant-Foster scores 19 in season debut; ASU shoots 54% from field
Grand Canyon and Arizona State filled Footprint Center with excitement for their first game in three years, and the action met the hype for a tight first half before the Sun Devils' offensive efficiency pulled them away to beat the Lopes 87-76 on Thursday night.
Return to GCULopes.com later tonight for Paul Coro's updated game recap with more details and reactions from Lopes head coach Bryce Drew and Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley.
Key player
GCU senior guard Tyon Grant-Foster made his season debut Thursday night. He missed his first five shots but contributed four first-half steals and wound up with team highs for points (19) and rebounds (seven) while also adding three assists and a blocked shot.Key moment
Trailing by eight pints early in the second half, GCU head coach Bryce Drew subbed in three freshmen and two sophomores and was rewarded with two defensive stops that sparked a 7-0 run to cut the lead to one. But ASU answered with eight consecutive points that included one of freshman guard Joson Sanon's five 3-pointers.Key statistic
Arizona State shot 54% from the field, including 58% shooting in the second half when it outscored GCU 46-36. The Sun Devils also made 18 of 21 free throws (86%).Key player
ASU reserve guard Jason Sanon, a freshman, made five of seven 3-point shots and led the Sun Devils with 21 points and no turnovers in 29 minutes.Quotable
GCU head coach Bryce Drew: "I thought we had some really good stretches in that first half. We're not the team we're going to be in two weeks. We're not the team we're going to be in a little bit. With Tyon coming back, we had some really good moments, and then we had some moments that we just weren't in tune out there."What's next?
The Lopes return to Global Credit Union Arena for a Wednesday night game against UC Davis, which won 20 games last season and is off to a 2-1 start this season with a 79-73 loss to Washington.Return to GCULopes.com later tonight for Paul Coro's updated game recap with more details and reactions from Lopes head coach Bryce Drew and Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley.
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