Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus #23 Utah State on January 17, 2026 , Win , 84, to, 74
M Basketball
vs #23 Utah State
W 84-74
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Photo by: David Kadlubowski
Rapid recap: GCU 86 , Boise State 69
1/30/2026 10:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
Lopes hold Broncos to 25% 2nd-half shooting
Grand Canyon cooled the hottest team in the Mountain West by following up a 17-point win at Boise State earlier this month with another one Friday night, when the Lopes shot 59.2% to topple the Broncos 86-69l
GCU (14-7, 7-3 Mountain West) finished the first half of conference play with an authorative win to soothe the sting of Tuesday's overtime loss at Nevada. Boise State's four-game winning streak ended with the Lopes scoring 43 points in each half and shooting their highest field goal percentage since November 2024.
GCU power forward Nana Owusu-Anane made a career-high four 3-pointers en route to tallying a line of 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in 38 minutes of play.
The Canadian graduate student sank three of his 3s in the first 10 minutes of the game when it was tied 24-24. His defense early in the second half set the tone for the Lopes to pull away and was reflected in Owusu-Anane being plus-23 for the game. GCU was minus-6 in his two minutes off the court.
The Lopes held Boise State standouts Dylan Andrews, Javan Buchanan and Drew Fielder to 8-of-28 shooting combined.
Return to gculopes.com for Paul Coro's full game story with quotes from head coaches Bryce Drew and players.
GCU (14-7, 7-3 Mountain West) finished the first half of conference play with an authorative win to soothe the sting of Tuesday's overtime loss at Nevada. Boise State's four-game winning streak ended with the Lopes scoring 43 points in each half and shooting their highest field goal percentage since November 2024.
Key player
GCU power forward Nana Owusu-Anane made a career-high four 3-pointers en route to tallying a line of 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in 38 minutes of play.The Canadian graduate student sank three of his 3s in the first 10 minutes of the game when it was tied 24-24. His defense early in the second half set the tone for the Lopes to pull away and was reflected in Owusu-Anane being plus-23 for the game. GCU was minus-6 in his two minutes off the court.
Key moment
The Lopes did not not allow a made field goal for nearly six minutes to open the second half. That allowed GCU to go on an 8-0 run that rolled into a 21-6 run, burying Boise State into a 64-58 deficit at the midpoint of the second half. The Lopes' lead remained in double figures for the final 10:55 of the game.Key statistic
GCU held Boise State to 25% shooting in the second half, dropping its game clip to 39.6%. That marks the seventh time in the past eight games that the Lopes have held an opponent to less than 40% shooting from the field.The Lopes held Boise State standouts Dylan Andrews, Javan Buchanan and Drew Fielder to 8-of-28 shooting combined.
Quotable
GCU head coach Bryce Drew: "The last 10 days and four games, all emotional games. There was a lot of adversity coming into this game. I felt the guys responded super well in that first half. They played really good basketball. Buchanan makes that 3 at the (halftime) buzzer and we're only up two going into the locker room. The way we played and shot, it would've been nice to be up more. We were happy for two. We kind of regrouped again to overcome that adversity in the first half. With what's happened in the last four days and the way that first half went, there was concern. I thought the first minute and 30 (seconds), we were a little flat. Nana made one aggressive play and then the last 18:26, the guys were flying over. We had some awesome turnaround play and blocks in transition. I really thought we shared the ball."What's next?
The Lopes stay home to play last-place Air Force at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the first game of its second half of the Mountain West season. GCU will end the week at UNLV on Saturday for those teams' first meeting of the season.Return to gculopes.com for Paul Coro's full game story with quotes from head coaches Bryce Drew and players.
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