Box Score
PHOENIX – Grand Canyon knocked down 6-of-7 3-pointers early in the game to build an early double figure lead as the Lopes snapped Eastern Illinois three game win streak with an 85-63 win over the Panthers.
EIU fell to 7-5. GCU improved to 5-9.
Carlos Johnson had the early 3-pointers for GCU as they jumped out to a 22-12 lead as he finished with 16 points. Alessandro Lever then triggered a 14-0 run with six points down low finishing the night with 24 points.
George Dixon ended the GCU run with a lay-up with 9:45 to play. The Panthers responded with a 7-0 run of its own with
Mack Smith knocking down a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws. Smith had 16 points including four 3-pointers as he extended his streak of consecutive games with a made 3-pointer to 61 games.
Josiah Wallace drained a 3-pointer with 50 seconds remaining in the half as GCU led 43-34. Wallace finished with 18 points, his highest scoring total of the season.
In the second half GCU continued to dump the ball down low to Lever as the Lopes opened the half hitting 8-of-11 from the field. GCU would finish the game shooting 46 percent from the field and 58 percent from 3-point range.Â
The Panthers were held to 32 percent shooting for the night with Dixon the third EIU player in double figures with ten points.Â
Jordan Skipper-Brown pulled down 11 rebounds.