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GAMEDAY: MBB at GCU

Seattle University men's basketball (10-10, 3-2 WAC) heads out on the road for a two-game Western Athletic Conference swing, beginning Thursday, Jan. 23 at Grand Canyon (7-11, 2-2).

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GAMEDAY: MBB at GCUGAMEDAY: MBB at GCU
John Shaffer
SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball (10-10, 3-2 WAC) heads out on the road for a two-game Western Athletic Conference swing, beginning Thursday, Jan. 23 at Grand Canyon (7-11, 2-2). The Redhawks and Lopes will tip off at 7 p.m. local time, 6 p.m. Pacific, at GCU Arena. The game be carried on FOX 10 Xtra in the local Phoenix area, and also stream live on ESPN3. Fans can also tune in to KTTH 770 AM in Seattle or online at mynorthwest.com.

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ABOUT THE SERIES VS GRAND CANYON
This with be the 15th all-time meeting between Seattle U and Grand Canyon, with the Lopes holding an 12-2 advantage in the series. Last year, the teams split the home-and-home series, which helped set up a first-round meeting at the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas. The Lopes won the first meeting of 2018-19 - a 71-57 final at GCU Arena on Jan. 5, 2019. Matej Kavas had 16 points in the game while Delante Jones added 15 and Terrell Brown chipped in 12.  In the regular-season finale on March 9, 2019, the Redhawks snapped a five-game GCU win streak in the series with a huge 83-76 overtime victory. Terrell Brown and Morgan Means each had 21 points in the win. GCU would go on to prevail in Las Vegas, claiming an 84-75 win. The Redhawks' first win in the series came on Jan. 30, 2016, a 59-57 victory in GCU Arena. SU rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit and outscored the Lopes 31-22 in the second half.

QUICK HITS

  • Seattle U dropped a 75-67 decision to NM State on Saturday, Jan. 18, moving to 10-10 on the season and 3-2 in WAC play.
  • The loss snapped a four-game win streak at home and a three-game win streak overall.
  • Terrell Brown led the Redhawks in scoring with 25 points. He also added a team-high five rebounds and five assists.
  • The 25-point effort by Brown marked the 14th time this season he has led the team in scoring. It also marked his 10th 20-point game of the season.
  • Delante Jones (11 points) and Morgan Means (10 points) joined Brown in double figures.
PROTECT THE ROCK
Seattle U averages a WAC-low 11.1 giveaways per game, which also keeps pace among the nation's best. The Redhawks' mark ranks 19th among all NCAA DI teams.

FINDING BALANCE
While Terrell Brown led the Redhawks in scoring in 14 of 20 games this season, other Redhawks have stepped up in four of the last five games. Morgan Means has led the team twice in the last four games, scoring 21 and 22 points, respectively, on those occasions. Mattia Da Campo and Riley Grigsby also owned the honor for a game. Three Redhawks now enter Thursday's game averaging double-figures for the season – Brown (19.3ppg), Means (11.4 ppg) and Myles Carter (10.1 ppg) – while two others are not far behind – Grigsby (8.9 ppg) and Delante Jones (8.2 ppg).

GETTING TO THE STRIPE
Seattle U's free-throw shooting has been a high-mark of the season as the Redhawks are 332-432 from the stripe, hitting at a 76.9 percent clip. That mark is second in the WAC and ranks 20th in the nation in games played through Jan. 21. They also rank 10th in total makes and 29th in attempts. The team percentage is a marked improvement from one year ago when the Redhawks finished the season shooting 71.6 percent from the line.

Morgan Means is among the top individual free-throw shooters in the nation, ranking 19th in games played through Jan. 21 with an 88.7 percentage (47-53) from the stripe.

1,000 POINT CLUB
Morgan Means scored seven points on Nov. 26 versus Western Michigan, giving him exactly 1,000 for his career. Most recently, the senior guard scored 10 points (Jan. 18 vs. NMSU), bringing his current career total to 1,057. Means is the third Seattle U player to reach the 1,000-point mark in the modern DI era. Aaron Broussard (2009-12) finished his career with 1,271 while Isiah Umipig (2013-15) scored 1,164 career points.

1,000 POINT CLUB PART II
In just his second season with the Redhawks, Terrell Brown is on pace to hit the 1,000 career point marker. The redshirt junior enters Thursday's game at GCU with 848 career points. With at least 12 games remaining on the season schedule, Brown would need to average just 12.3 ppg to achieve the feat. He would follow Morgan Means as just the fourth player in the program's modern-day DI era.

GET YOUR 2019-20 TICKETS!
Mini-plans and single-game tickets for remaining Seattle U men's basketball home games are on sale now! For more information and to reserve your seats today, contact the SU Athletics Ticket Office at 206-398-4678 or visit goseattleu.com/tix.