Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners at Grand Canyon Lopes
· NCAA Men's Basketball
68 - 81
Grand Canyon finishes 3rd, rolls past CSU Bakersfield 81-68
The Antelopes had looked to Seattle to upset Utah Valley in the final game of the regular season, allowing them to slide up into the No. 2 seed, but the Wolverines rolled to a 73-47 win to clinch.
Grand Canyon (20-10, 9-5) now enters the Western Athletic Conference Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the eight-team tourney and will play the No. 6 seed in the first of four quarterfinal games Thursday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. CSU Bakersfield finishes tied with UMKC for the No. 6 seed into the tournament. The teams split their regular season series.
The Antelopes took the lead two minutes into the game and rolled to a 21-7 lead eight minutes in and never looked back.
Joshua Braun and Casey Benson scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, for Grand Canyon and Oscar Frayer added 10.
Rickey Holden scored 19 points to lead the Roadrunners (12-17, 5-9) with Damiyne Durham and Moataz Aly adding 13 and 12 points, respectively, with Justin Davis contributing 11.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 68 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 68 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Oscar Frayer Defensive Rebound. | 68 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Greg Lee missed Jumper. | 68 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Justin Mccall Defensive Rebound. | 68 - 81 |
Statistics
 CSUB |
 GCU |
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|---|---|---|
| 23-58 | FG | 24-52 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 6-24 | 3PT | 10-20 |
| 25 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 16-21 | FT | 23-31 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 74 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 3 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 14 | Assists | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 22 | Fouls | 20 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 19 |
Game Information
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 7,372 | Capacity:
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 |
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 |