New Mexico State Aggies vs. Grand Canyon Lopes

Mar 13, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NMSU	26	30	56
GCU	41	33	74

Game Recap

Grand Canyon beats New Mexico State, earns 1st NCAA bid. Jovan Blacksher Jr. had 19 points and seven rebounds, and Grand Canyon earned its first bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 74-56 win over New Mexico State in the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship on Saturday night.

Player Stats

NEW MEXICO STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Donnie Tillman	31	4-10	2-4	1-2	5	0	0	0	2	3	11
35Johnny McCants	36	1-8	0-5	2-2	5	1	1	1	1	4	4
5Clayton Henry	28	2-5	1-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
10Sir'Jabari Rice	34	5-12	2-6	0-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	12
3Evan Gilyard II	37	6-13	4-11	2-2	1	2	2	0	1	4	18
55Gerald Doakes	1	0-1	0-0	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22Wilfried Likayi	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
24Will McNair Jr.	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
11Kalen Williams	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0C.J. Roberts	16	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
32Bryce Rewalt	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Tennessee Owens	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	20-5536.4%	9-3228.1%	7-977.8%	19	5	4	2	8	17	56

GRAND CANYON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
4Oscar Frayer	28	3-9	1-6	2-5	0	2	0	1	0	9
25Alessandro Lever	27	3-10	0-5	1-1	5	3	0	1	4	7
33Asbjorn Midtgaard	30	5-9	0-0	2-2	8	1	0	0	1	12
10Jovan Blacksher Jr.	36	7-10	3-4	2-2	7	2	3	0	1	19
3Mikey Dixon	27	2-6	1-2	5-6	4	0	0	3	2	10
24Bryce Okpoh	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
30Gabe McGlothan	20	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	1	3	4
1Dima Zdor	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Liam Lloyd	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
11Rashad Smith	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Chance McMillian	16	3-5	3-4	0-0	4	0	1	2	1	9
0Sean Miller-Moore	11	0-2	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	26-5547.3%	8-2138.1%	14-1877.8%	36	11	4	8	13	74

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNMSUGCU

(20:00) Jump Ball won by Grand Canyon.
(19:49) Foul on Alessandro Lever.
(19:49) Alessandro Lever Turnover.
(19:22) Evan Gilyard II missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:22) New Mexico State Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:18) New Mexico State Turnover.
(19:05) Oscar Frayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:05) Johnny McCants Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:49) Donnie Tillman made Layup.
20
(18:34) Oscar Frayer Turnover.
(18:34) Evan Gilyard II Steal.
+2 (18:28) Evan Gilyard II made Layup.
40
(18:04) Asbjorn Midtgaard missed Jumper.
(18:04) Johnny McCants Block.
(18:04) Evan Gilyard II Defensive Rebound.
(17:53) Johnny McCants missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:53) Alessandro Lever Defensive Rebound.
(17:47) Alessandro Lever Turnover.
(17:47) Donnie Tillman Steal.
(17:41) Evan Gilyard II missed Jumper.
(17:41) Clayton Henry Offensive Rebound.
(17:32) Jabari Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:32) Mikey Dixon Defensive Rebound.
(17:26) Foul on Mikey Dixon.
(17:26) Mikey Dixon Turnover.
(17:11) Donnie Tillman missed Layup.
(17:11) Alessandro Lever Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:58) Mikey Dixon made Jumper. Assisted by Alessandro Lever.
42
(16:33) Donnie Tillman missed Jumper.
(16:33) Asbjorn Midtgaard Defensive Rebound.
(16:27) Alessandro Lever missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:27) New Mexico State Defensive Rebound.
(15:53) Johnny McCants missed Jumper.
(15:53) Gabe McGlothan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:44) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
45
(15:25) Clayton Henry missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:25) Gabe McGlothan Defensive Rebound.
(15:03) Gabe McGlothan Turnover.
+2 (14:48) Donnie Tillman made Layup.
65
+2 (14:32) Asbjorn Midtgaard made Jumper.
67
+3 (14:11) Jabari Rice made Three Point Jumper.
97
+2 (13:49) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Jumper.
99
(13:34) Jabari Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:34) Gabe McGlothan Defensive Rebound.
(13:16) Foul on Evan Gilyard II.
(12:56) Grand Canyon Turnover.
(12:30) C.J. Roberts missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:30) Jovan Blacksher Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:10) Chance McMillian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gabe McGlothan.
912
(11:47) Foul on Chance McMillian.
(11:39) Jabari Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:39) Chance McMillian Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:33) Gabe McGlothan made Layup. Assisted by Jovan Blacksher Jr..
914
(11:11) C.J. Roberts missed Layup.
(11:11) Gabe McGlothan Defensive Rebound.
(10:53) Alessandro Lever missed Jumper.
(10:53) Sean Miller-Moore Offensive Rebound.
+3 (10:26) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
917
(10:14) Kalen Williams Turnover.
(10:14) Chance McMillian Steal.
(9:54) Foul on C.J. Roberts.
(9:37) Oscar Frayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:37) Johnny McCants Defensive Rebound.
(9:27) Johnny McCants missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:27) Gabe McGlothan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:06) Oscar Frayer made Layup. Assisted by Asbjorn Midtgaard.
919
(8:57) Donnie Tillman missed Layup.
(8:57) New Mexico State Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:48) Evan Gilyard II made Three Point Jumper.
1219
+3 (8:48) Chance McMillian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alessandro Lever.
1222
+3 (8:48) Evan Gilyard II made Three Point Jumper.
1522
(7:24) Chance McMillian missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:24) Asbjorn Midtgaard Offensive Rebound.
(7:24) Asbjorn Midtgaard missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(7:24) Donnie Tillman Defensive Rebound.
(7:05) Donnie Tillman missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:05) Chance McMillian Defensive Rebound.
(6:57) Alessandro Lever missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:57) Donnie Tillman Defensive Rebound.
(6:49) Evan Gilyard II missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:49) Chance McMillian Defensive Rebound.
(6:27) Mikey Dixon missed Jumper.
(6:27) New Mexico State Defensive Rebound.
(6:13) Foul on Gabe McGlothan.
(6:05) Jabari Rice missed Jumper.
(6:05) Alessandro Lever Defensive Rebound.
(5:46) Jovan Blacksher Jr. missed Jumper.
(5:46) Jovan Blacksher Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(5:36) Chance McMillian missed Layup.
(5:36) Alessandro Lever Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:22) Alessandro Lever made Jumper.
1524
(5:22) Foul on Johnny McCants.
+1 (5:22) Alessandro Lever made Free Throw.
1525
(5:04) Foul on Donnie Tillman.
(5:04) Donnie Tillman Turnover.
+2 (4:59) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Jumper.
1527
+3 (4:37) Clayton Henry made Three Point Jumper.
1827
+2 (4:19) Alessandro Lever made Jumper. Assisted by Oscar Frayer.
1829
(3:58) Clayton Henry missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:58) Johnny McCants Offensive Rebound.
(3:56) Jump Ball won by New Mexico State.
+3 (3:52) Jabari Rice made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by William McNair.
2129
+3 (3:25) Chance McMillian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Miller-Moore.
2132
(3:05) Johnny McCants missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:05) Jovan Blacksher Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:55) Sean Miller-Moore missed Jumper.
(2:55) William McNair Defensive Rebound.
(2:32) Jabari Rice missed Jumper.
(2:32) Asbjorn Midtgaard Defensive Rebound.
(2:14) Foul on William McNair.
+1 (2:14) Sean Miller-Moore made Free Throw.
2133
+1 (2:14) Sean Miller-Moore made Free Throw.
2134
(1:54) Jabari Rice Turnover.
(1:54) Jovan Blacksher Jr. Steal.
+2 (1:40) Alessandro Lever made Jumper.
2136
+3 (1:18) Donnie Tillman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Evan Gilyard II.
2436
+2 (0:50) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Alessandro Lever.
2438
(0:43) Evan Gilyard II missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:43) Johnny McCants Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:37) Johnny McCants made Dunk.
2638
+3 (0:06) Jovan Blacksher Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
2641
(0:01) Evan Gilyard II missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:01) New Mexico State Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NMSU

GCU

56Points74

20-55(36.4%)Field Goal(%)26-55(47.3%)

9-32(28.1%)3-Point(%)8-21(38.1%)

7-9(77.8%)Free Throw(%)14-18(77.8%)

25(5)Rebounds(Offensive)39(11)

5Assists11

4Steals4

2Blocks0

9Turnovers9

17(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

4Largest Lead19

Game Details

Saturday, March 13, 2021 · 10:00 PM

Orleans Arena · Las Vegas, NV

attendance: 325 (3.4%)

tv: ESPNU

spread: NMSU -1.5

over/under: 126