Southern Utah takes home win streak into matchup with Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Antelopes (18-11, 9-7 WAC) at Southern Utah Thunderbirds (19-10, 11-5 WAC)
Cedar City, Utah; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Southern Utah hosts Grand Canyon aiming to continue its 10-game home winning streak.
The Thunderbirds have gone 12-1 at home. Southern Utah is fifth in college basketball averaging 83.3 points and is shooting 46.9% from the field.
The Antelopes are 9-7 against WAC opponents. Grand Canyon has a 5-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tevian Jones is shooting 37.2% from beyond the arc with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Thunderbirds, while averaging 18.2 points. Drake Allen is averaging 13 points and 3.6 assists over the last 10 games for Southern Utah.
Rayshon Harrison is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Antelopes. Noah Baumann is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Grand Canyon.
LAST 10 GAMES: Thunderbirds: 6-4, averaging 78.0 points, 34.7 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 6.7 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.4 points per game.
Antelopes: 5-5, averaging 76.8 points, 34.3 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 4.2 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
