Grand Canyon Lopes at Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Grand Canyon beats Southern Utah 84-66 to claim WAC title

Grand Canyon (24-11) came into the tournament as the No. 5 seed and posted wins over three higher seeds en route to the title, beating No. 4 seed Seattle in the quarterfinals and top-seeded Sam Houston in the semifinals. The win over the third-seeded Thunderbirds give the Lopes the conferences automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, their second berth in three years.

Yvan Ouedraogo's jumper to take a 27-26 lead with six minutes left in the first half sparked an 19-3 run that featured four 3-pointers from Harrison. The Lopes led 44-31 at intermission and it stretched to as many as 18 points in the second half.

Harrison hit 10 of 18 shots from the field and was 5 of 7 from three-point range while grabbing eight rebounds and passing for eight assists. McGlothan hit 9 of 12 from the floor and drilled two of his three shots from beyond the arc. Noah Baumann contributed 16 points, hitting a career-high five 3-pointers.

Grand Canyon shot 30 of 55 (54.5%) from the field and hit 13 of 20 from distance. Southern Utah hit 22 of 63 from the floor (34.9%) and was 8 of 23 from beyond the arc.

Tevian Jones scored 17 points to lead Southern Utah (22-12). Maizen Fausett had 12 points and seven boards and Harrison Butler added 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

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