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Rapid recap: California Baptist 85, GCU 71
2/8/2025 9:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
Lopes' 6-game winning streak ends on road wtih 22 turnovers
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Grand Canyon's six-game winning streak ended Saturday at California Baptist with an 85-71 loss that included the most turnovers by the Lopes in a regulation game since January 2017.
GCU (17-6, 7-2 WAC) comitted 22 turnovers and allowed 15 offensive rebounds to trail by double digits for the final 17 minutes of the game. Lopes head coach Bryce Drew received his first career ejection, drawing a first-half technical foul and his second technical foul in the final minute for coming onto the court each time.
California Baptist (12-11, 5-4 WAC) faced first-half foul trouble with standouts Dominique Daniels Jr. and Kendal Coleman but received a career-best game from sophomore reserve guard Tylen Riley, who scored 25 points with 13 coming at the free throw line. Riley was averaging 2.5 points per game this season with a previous career high was 13.
GCU graduate swingman Tyon Grant-Foster scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds with two steals and a blocked shot in 29 minutes off the bench.
Grant-Foster made 5 of 11 shots from the field but was 4 of 9 at the free throw line. He is averaging 16.9 points since the new year.
Return to GCULopes.com later tonight for Paul Coro's updated game recap with more details and reactions from Lopes head coach Bryce Drew.
GCU (17-6, 7-2 WAC) comitted 22 turnovers and allowed 15 offensive rebounds to trail by double digits for the final 17 minutes of the game. Lopes head coach Bryce Drew received his first career ejection, drawing a first-half technical foul and his second technical foul in the final minute for coming onto the court each time.
California Baptist (12-11, 5-4 WAC) faced first-half foul trouble with standouts Dominique Daniels Jr. and Kendal Coleman but received a career-best game from sophomore reserve guard Tylen Riley, who scored 25 points with 13 coming at the free throw line. Riley was averaging 2.5 points per game this season with a previous career high was 13.
Key player
GCU graduate swingman Tyon Grant-Foster scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds with two steals and a blocked shot in 29 minutes off the bench. Grant-Foster made 5 of 11 shots from the field but was 4 of 9 at the free throw line. He is averaging 16.9 points since the new year.
Key moment
The Lopes cut the lead to 47-41 before halftime but opened the second half with five scoreless possessions, including turnovers on the first three trips on two ball-handling errors and a shot clock violation.Key statistic
GCU committed 10 turnovers in the opening half's first 15 minutes before going error-less until halftime. But the Lopes made 12 second-half turnovers to prevent them from a scoring run. Their first string of four consecutive possessions occurred in the final three minutes of the game.Quotable
Lopes head coach Bryce Drew: "Obviously disappointed. We should've played much better than what we did. I think that's the game of the year for them. Riley was fantastic. Colman was terrific. They played really, really well. I thought they were more physical than us in the first half and kind of set a tone."What's next?
GCU stays on the road next week with games at Tarleton State on Thursday and the season's first meeting with UT Arlington next Saturday.Return to GCULopes.com later tonight for Paul Coro's updated game recap with more details and reactions from Lopes head coach Bryce Drew.
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