Grand Canyon Lopes at Utah Valley Wolverines
· NCAA Men's Basketball
86 - 79
Braun scores 30, leads Grand Canyon over Utah Valley 86-79
Braun was 8 of 12 from the floor and made 12 of 14 free throws. Keonta Vernon added 15 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds for Grand Canyon (25-6, 11-3 Western Athletic Conference). DeWayne Russell had 17 points and five assists.
Marcel Davis scored 22 points to lead Utah Valley (12-17, 7-7), which shot just 3 of 16 from beyond the arc in the second half and finished 8 of 30 from long range overall.
Grand Canyon had a 10-point lead with seven minutes remaining. The Wolverines pulled to 76-74 on a pair of free throws from Cory Cardwell with 3:09 left but couldn't get closer.
The Antelopes are ineligible for the conference tournament but will host a first round game in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
Utah Valley opens the WAC tournament on Thursday as the fourth-seed and faces No. 5 seed Missouri-Kansas City.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 85 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Joshua Braun made Free Throw. | 86 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Grand Canyon Deadball Team Rebound. | 85 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Joshua Braun missed Free Throw. | 85 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Foul on Konner Frey. | 85 - 79 |
Statistics
 GCU |
 UVU |
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|---|---|---|
| 25-62 | FG | 26-65 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 5-16 | 3PT | 8-30 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 31-43 | FT | 19-25 |
| 72 | Free Throw % | 76 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 15 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
| 38 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 24 | Fouls | 31 |
| 10 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Orem, UT
Attendance: 3,854 | Capacity:
2025-26 Mountain West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State | 15-5 | - | 29-7 |
| San Diego State | 14-6 | 1 | 22-11 |
| New Mexico | 13-7 | 2 | 26-11 |
| Grand Canyon | 13-7 | 2 | 20-12 |
| Nevada | 12-8 | 3 | 24-13 |
| Boise State | 12-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Colorado State | 11-9 | 4 | 21-13 |
| UNLV | 11-9 | 4 | 18-17 |
| Wyoming | 9-11 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Fresno State | 7-13 | 8 | 13-19 |
| San José State | 3-17 | 12 | 9-24 |
| Air Force | 0-20 | 15 | 3-29 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |