Game Date: Feb 15th, 2042
Grand Canyon 85 - Eastern Illinois 101
Date: February 1st, 2042
Game: College [Conference] [#987146] 
Arena: Lantz Arena
Attendance: 6,424
Player Of The Game: Brett Strong (7)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Grand Canyon Antelopes | 46 | 39 | 85 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 49 | 52 | 101 | |
| Grand Canyon Antelopes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 32 | J. Dunning sf | 26 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -20 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | K. Bush pf | 27 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -18 | 13.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | K. Mace c | 25 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | T. Flowers sg | 27 | 7-13 | 4-6 | 5-7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -18 | 16.1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | J. Valentini pg | 31 | 11-21 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -7 | 8.4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | J. Knowles c | 25 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | V. Dial c | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | C. Newell pg | 9 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -9 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | N. Ulrich sf | 8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | M. Crosby sg | 20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 31-71 | 9-24 | 14-20 | 85 | 8 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 20 | -80 | 9.5 | 34 | 12 | 16 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 43.7% | 37.5% | 70.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 25 | H. Marcus sf | 28 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +19 | 9.7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 28 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +25 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | C. Escalante c | 28 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 5-10 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | G. Hughes sg | 28 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +25 | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 25 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +14 | 21.4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | C. Pope pg | 15 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | J. Reilly sf | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 21 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | C. Tubbs sg | 12 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -9 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 39-81 | 8-22 | 15-21 | 101 | 13 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 16 | +80 | 8.1 | 52 | 15 | 20 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 48.1% | 36.4% | 71.4% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Eastern Illinois: Brett Strong
Head Coaches
Grand Canyon: Trevor Carlin
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Offensive Efficiencies
Grand Canyon: At the rim (9/14 64.3%) Inside (8/21 38.1%) Mid-range (5/12 41.7%) Beyond the Arc (9/24 37.5%)
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (8/10 80.0%) Inside (18/35 51.4%) Mid-range (5/14 35.7%) Beyond the Arc (8/22 36.4%)
Defensive Tactics
Grand Canyon: Man-To-Man (51.8%) Zone (5.4%) Pressure (23.2%) 2nd Chance (4.5%) Transition (15.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (54.5%) Zone (17.8%) Pressure (13.9%) 2nd Chance (3.0%) Transition (10.9%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Grand Canyon: 142.7 / 141.5
Eastern Illinois: 149.9 / 151.5
Injuries
Grand Canyon: none
Eastern Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 1st, 2042
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Lantz Arena
City: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 6,424
Version: 1.031
Simulated: Sun Nov 24 2024 @ 9:08:49 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Grand Canyon: PG-Valentini (6' 2½"), SG-Flowers (6' 6"), SF-Dunning (6' 5½"), PF-Bush (6' 11"), C-Mace (6' 8½")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Grand Canyon gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers attacks with the ball on the fast break. Flowers lays it up. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
19:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Escalante. Eastern Illinois 3 - 0.
19:35 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
19:22 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
19:18 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives by Marcus. Valentini lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Valentini on the shot. Valentini makes the first free throw. Valentini makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 3 - 2.
19:08 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers steals the pass from Sager.
19:02 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break with Valentini and Dunning. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 4 - 3.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard and Knowles to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:55 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Bush rotates over and blocks the shot! Bush grabs the rebound.
18:42 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against a zone defense. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 6 - 3.
18:23 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Newell grabs the rebound.
18:10 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:58 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the long rebound.
17:55 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break with Newell and Dunning. Flowers passes the ball to Newell at the basket. Newell lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Newell on the shot. Newell makes the first free throw. Newell makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 8 - 3.
17:47 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Grand Canyon 8 - 5.
17:33 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bush. Grand Canyon 10 - 5.
17:18 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 10 - 8.
17:07 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Dunning. Dunning turns the ball over to the other team.
17:02 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:57 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Tied 10 - 10.
16:45 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Newell passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Knowles is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Knowles makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 13 - 10.
16:30 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 13 - 12.
16:23 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles passes the ball to Newell. Newell turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:08 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the long rebound.
16:02 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Newell leads the fast break with Dunning to the right. Newell passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:58 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes drives by Flowers. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 13.
15:29 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard and Flowers to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:29 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against pressure defense. Crosby passes the ball to Newell outside. Newell passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 16 - 13.
14:57 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard and Mace to Center.
14:57 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace. Mace passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Mace on the shot. Mace missed the first free throw. Mace makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 16 - 14.
14:25 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard.
14:25 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 14.
14:25 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
14:08 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Reilly steals the pass from Newell.
14:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 14.
13:34 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard.
13:34 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 20 - 17.
13:23 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:19 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 19.
13:02 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 19.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward and Knowles to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:54 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 21.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 21.
12:26 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:17 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the offensive rebound.
12:06 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Valentini and Ulrich. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Tied 24 - 24.
11:54 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly hands off the ball to Pope. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Crosby outside. Crosby turns the ball over to the other team.
11:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:14 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Tubbs grabs the rebound.
11:02 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
10:51 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini outside. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 26 - 24.
10:29 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante commits the foul.
10:24 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Mace at the basket. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 28 - 24.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly drives down the lane. Reilly lays it up. Mace rotates over and blocks the shot! Knowles grabs the rebound.
9:57 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 30 - 24.
9:46 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:46 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Grand Canyon 30 - 26.
9:30 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Ulrich to the right. Crosby passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Grand Canyon 33 - 26.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante commits the foul.
9:17 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
9:17 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tubbs steals the pass from Valentini.
9:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Ulrich grabs the rebound.
8:58 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich passes the ball to Knowles on the perimeter. Knowles shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Mace fouls Nieves trying to grab the offensive rebound.
8:42 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dunning to Small Forward.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 33 - 28.
8:42 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
8:32 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace outside. Mace passes the ball to Dunning. Dunning shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:15 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
8:06 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles at the basket. Knowles lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Knowles on the shot. Knowles missed the first free throw. Knowles makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 34 - 28.
7:56 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Mace! Dunning grabs the rebound.
7:46 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot misses. Tubbs grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
7:24 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 36 - 28.
7:12 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
6:56 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby attacks with the ball on the fast break. Crosby attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Grand Canyon 38 - 28.
6:52 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard and Bush to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:52 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
6:42 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long rebound.
6:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Pope attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Grand Canyon 38 - 30.
6:25 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard and Knowles to Power Forward.
6:25 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
6:13 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Grand Canyon 38 - 33.
6:02 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Valentini.
5:40 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Grand Canyon 38 - 35.
5:35 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard and Bush to Power Forward.
5:35 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush outside. Bush passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers passes the ball to Bush outside. Bush passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Marcus! Nieves grabs the rebound.
5:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Flowers fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 38 - 37.
5:04 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Flowers hands off the ball to Dunning. Dunning passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the block. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
4:33 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Mace.
4:21 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Mace fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 38.
4:08 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
4:08 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes steals the pass from Valentini.
4:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
3:49 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Valentini steals the pass from Escalante.
3:16 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 41 - 39.
2:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 41 - 41.
2:51 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
2:41 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Bush. Bush passes the ball to Dunning. Escalante steals the pass from Dunning.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Bush rotates over and blocks the shot! Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
2:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Valentini grabs the rebound.
1:55 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 43 - 41.
1:47 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
1:41 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long rebound.
1:22 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! And Valentini is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Valentini makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 46 - 41.
1:10 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Grand Canyon 46 - 43.
0:59 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Escalante steals the pass from Flowers.
0:48 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 46 - 46.
0:44 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Mace grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:32 - Grand Canyon: Mace has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Mace grabs the offensive rebound.
0:28 - Grand Canyon: Mace has the rebound. Mace shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:26 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:15 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace steals the pass from Marcus.
0:10 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
0:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. The shot clock winding down. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 49 - 46.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Grand Canyon 46, Eastern Illinois 49
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Mace must sit with 2 fouls. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Flowers fouls Hughes blocking out to get the rebound.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
19:44 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
19:36 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 51 - 46.
19:30 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
19:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Dunning fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 53 - 46.
19:13 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush on the perimeter. Bush shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 53 - 49.
19:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 55 - 49.
18:41 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard and Knowles to Center.
18:41 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
18:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 55 - 51.
18:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center.
18:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 57 - 51.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Center.
17:52 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:43 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:37 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
17:28 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers attacks with the ball on the fast break. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:23 - Grand Canyon: Bush has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bush shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Bush! Bush grabs the rebound.
17:04 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Newell leads the fast break with Flowers and Dunning. Newell passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Newell. And Flowers is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Flowers missed the first free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 57 - 53.
16:58 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 59 - 53.
16:48 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 56.
16:37 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Marcus charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dunning.
16:28 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Newell. Newell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
16:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 62 - 56.
15:48 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard, Flowers to Small Forward and Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:48 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers drives down the lane. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Reilly fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 62 - 57.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
15:26 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Newell and Flowers. Crosby passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
15:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes drives by Newell. Hughes lays it up. It's blocked by Bush! Flowers grabs the rebound.
15:07 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Newell passes the ball to Crosby in the paint. Crosby turns the ball over to the other team.
15:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long rebound.
14:55 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Newell passes the ball to Crosby in the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Strong! Escalante grabs the rebound.
14:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Mace rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 64 - 57.
14:31 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
14:21 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard and Knowles to Center.
14:21 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Valentini grabs the offensive rebound.
14:12 - Grand Canyon: Valentini has the rebound and restarts the offense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 64 - 60.
13:59 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Mace to Center.
13:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 66 - 60.
13:47 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Crosby commits the foul on Hughes.
13:38 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
13:27 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the low post. Foul! Escalante fouls Mace on the shot. Mace makes the first free throw. Mace missed the second free throw. Reilly grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 66 - 61.
13:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 68 - 61.
13:07 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center.
13:07 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 68 - 63.
12:55 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward, Knowles to Power Forward and Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 71 - 63.
12:45 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace goes for the dunk. Offensive foul! Mace charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
12:32 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knowles steals the pass from Tubbs.
12:26 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 73 - 63.
11:51 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Eastern Illinois 73 - 65.
11:32 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
11:21 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 73 - 67.
11:09 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dial to Power Forward and Knowles to Center.
11:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Foul! Crosby commits the foul on Sager.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Power Forward and Mace to Center.
10:58 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 75 - 67.
10:44 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the offensive rebound.
10:33 - Grand Canyon: Knowles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Knowles shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Knowles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
10:26 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
10:13 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Offensive foul! Knowles commits the foul.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:58 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 77 - 67.
9:38 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 77 - 69.
9:28 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Mace grabs the long rebound.
9:15 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
9:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 79 - 69.
8:56 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dunning to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
8:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dunning. Eastern Illinois 79 - 71.
8:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:27 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Mace fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Mace grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 80 - 71.
8:16 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini outside. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning at the basket. Dunning lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 73.
7:38 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
7:38 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 82 - 73.
7:22 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward.
7:22 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Mace charged with the foul while taking the shot over Escalante. Mace fouls out. Dial replaces Mace at center.
7:10 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward, Dunning to Power Forward and Knowles to Center.
7:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Dunning fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 84 - 73.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard, Dunning to Small Forward and Bush to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:58 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Flowers grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:41 - Grand Canyon: Flowers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Flowers shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 76.
6:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 86 - 76.
6:26 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:16 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Knowles rotates over and blocks the shot! Knowles grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes steals the pass from Valentini.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes lays it up. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dunning.
5:47 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning outside. Strong steals the pass from Dunning.
5:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sager turns the ball over to the other team.
5:33 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Valentini outside. The shot clock winding down. Valentini shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Valentini grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:01 - Grand Canyon: Valentini has the rebound and restarts the offense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Dunning. And the shot clock expires!
4:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Flowers commits the foul on Hughes. In the double bonus, Hughes is shooting two free throws. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 76.
4:36 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Hughes fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 78.
4:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Foul! Dunning commits the foul on Marcus. In the double bonus, Marcus is shooting two free throws. Marcus missed the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 89 - 78.
4:22 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Valentini.
4:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Escalante. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Knowles fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Knowles grabs the rebound.
3:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:52 - Grand Canyon: Dunning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Escalante! Escalante grabs the rebound.
3:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 92 - 78.
3:32 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:25 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Knowles fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Bush grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 93 - 78.
3:16 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knowles. Eastern Illinois 93 - 81.
2:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Bush fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the offensive rebound. Eastern Illinois 94 - 81.
2:45 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 96 - 81.
2:43 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 96 - 83.
2:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grand Canyon is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Knowles steals the pass from Hughes.
2:27 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Valentini leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Knowles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong. Knowles fouls out. Dial replaces Knowles at center.
2:12 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard, Flowers to Power Forward and Bush to Center.
2:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. And the shot clock expires!
1:42 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers lays it up. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
1:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
1:20 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 99 - 83.
1:01 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Dunning. In the bonus, Dunning is shooting one-and-one. Dunning missed the first free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 101 - 83.
0:42 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
0:18 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Valentini and Dunning. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini at the basket. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Eastern Illinois 101 - 85.
0:13 - Eastern Illinois: Sager dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Grand Canyon 85, Eastern Illinois 101
Starting Line-Ups
Grand Canyon: PG-Valentini (6' 2½"), SG-Flowers (6' 6"), SF-Dunning (6' 5½"), PF-Bush (6' 11"), C-Mace (6' 8½")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Grand Canyon gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers attacks with the ball on the fast break. Flowers lays it up. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
19:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Escalante. Eastern Illinois 3 - 0.
19:35 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
19:22 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
19:18 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives by Marcus. Valentini lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Valentini on the shot. Valentini makes the first free throw. Valentini makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 3 - 2.
19:08 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers steals the pass from Sager.
19:02 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break with Valentini and Dunning. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 4 - 3.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard and Knowles to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:55 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Bush rotates over and blocks the shot! Bush grabs the rebound.
18:42 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against a zone defense. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 6 - 3.
18:23 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Newell grabs the rebound.
18:10 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:58 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the long rebound.
17:55 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break with Newell and Dunning. Flowers passes the ball to Newell at the basket. Newell lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Newell on the shot. Newell makes the first free throw. Newell makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 8 - 3.
17:47 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Grand Canyon 8 - 5.
17:33 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bush. Grand Canyon 10 - 5.
17:18 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 10 - 8.
17:07 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Dunning. Dunning turns the ball over to the other team.
17:02 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:57 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Tied 10 - 10.
16:45 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Newell passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Knowles is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Knowles makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 13 - 10.
16:30 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 13 - 12.
16:23 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles passes the ball to Newell. Newell turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:08 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the long rebound.
16:02 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Newell leads the fast break with Dunning to the right. Newell passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:58 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes drives by Flowers. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 13.
15:29 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard and Flowers to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:29 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against pressure defense. Crosby passes the ball to Newell outside. Newell passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 16 - 13.
14:57 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard and Mace to Center.
14:57 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace. Mace passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Mace on the shot. Mace missed the first free throw. Mace makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 16 - 14.
14:25 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard.
14:25 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 14.
14:25 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
14:08 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Reilly steals the pass from Newell.
14:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 14.
13:34 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard.
13:34 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 20 - 17.
13:23 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:19 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 19.
13:02 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 19.
12:54 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward and Knowles to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:54 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 21.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 21.
12:26 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:17 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the offensive rebound.
12:06 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Valentini and Ulrich. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Tied 24 - 24.
11:54 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly hands off the ball to Pope. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Crosby outside. Crosby turns the ball over to the other team.
11:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:14 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Tubbs grabs the rebound.
11:02 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
10:51 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini outside. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 26 - 24.
10:29 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante commits the foul.
10:24 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Mace at the basket. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 28 - 24.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly drives down the lane. Reilly lays it up. Mace rotates over and blocks the shot! Knowles grabs the rebound.
9:57 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 30 - 24.
9:46 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:46 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Grand Canyon 30 - 26.
9:30 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Ulrich to the right. Crosby passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Grand Canyon 33 - 26.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante commits the foul.
9:17 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
9:17 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tubbs steals the pass from Valentini.
9:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Ulrich grabs the rebound.
8:58 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Ulrich on the perimeter. Ulrich passes the ball to Knowles on the perimeter. Knowles shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Mace fouls Nieves trying to grab the offensive rebound.
8:42 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dunning to Small Forward.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 33 - 28.
8:42 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
8:32 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace outside. Mace passes the ball to Dunning. Dunning shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:15 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
8:06 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles at the basket. Knowles lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Knowles on the shot. Knowles missed the first free throw. Knowles makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 34 - 28.
7:56 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Mace! Dunning grabs the rebound.
7:46 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot misses. Tubbs grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
7:24 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 36 - 28.
7:12 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
6:56 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby attacks with the ball on the fast break. Crosby attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Grand Canyon 38 - 28.
6:52 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard and Bush to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:52 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
6:42 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long rebound.
6:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Pope attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Grand Canyon 38 - 30.
6:25 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard and Knowles to Power Forward.
6:25 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
6:13 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Grand Canyon 38 - 33.
6:02 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Valentini.
5:40 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Grand Canyon 38 - 35.
5:35 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard and Bush to Power Forward.
5:35 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush outside. Bush passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers passes the ball to Bush outside. Bush passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Marcus! Nieves grabs the rebound.
5:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Flowers fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Grand Canyon 38 - 37.
5:04 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Flowers hands off the ball to Dunning. Dunning passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the block. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
4:33 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Mace.
4:21 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Mace fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 38.
4:08 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
4:08 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes steals the pass from Valentini.
4:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
3:49 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Valentini steals the pass from Escalante.
3:16 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 41 - 39.
2:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 41 - 41.
2:51 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
2:41 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Bush. Bush passes the ball to Dunning. Escalante steals the pass from Dunning.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Bush rotates over and blocks the shot! Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
2:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Valentini grabs the rebound.
1:55 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Grand Canyon 43 - 41.
1:47 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
1:41 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long rebound.
1:22 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! And Valentini is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Valentini makes the first free throw. Grand Canyon 46 - 41.
1:10 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Grand Canyon 46 - 43.
0:59 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Escalante steals the pass from Flowers.
0:48 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 46 - 46.
0:44 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Mace grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:32 - Grand Canyon: Mace has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Mace grabs the offensive rebound.
0:28 - Grand Canyon: Mace has the rebound. Mace shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:26 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:15 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace steals the pass from Marcus.
0:10 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
0:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. The shot clock winding down. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 49 - 46.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Grand Canyon 46, Eastern Illinois 49
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Mace must sit with 2 fouls. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Flowers fouls Hughes blocking out to get the rebound.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
19:44 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
19:36 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 51 - 46.
19:30 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
19:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Dunning fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 53 - 46.
19:13 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush on the perimeter. Bush shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 53 - 49.
19:02 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 55 - 49.
18:41 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Newell to Point Guard and Knowles to Center.
18:41 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles. Knowles shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
18:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 55 - 51.
18:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center.
18:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 57 - 51.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Center.
17:52 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:43 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:37 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the rebound.
17:28 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Flowers attacks with the ball on the fast break. Flowers passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:23 - Grand Canyon: Bush has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bush shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Bush! Bush grabs the rebound.
17:04 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Newell leads the fast break with Flowers and Dunning. Newell passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Newell. And Flowers is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Flowers missed the first free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 57 - 53.
16:58 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 59 - 53.
16:48 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Newell passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 56.
16:37 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Marcus charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dunning.
16:28 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Newell passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Newell. Newell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
16:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 62 - 56.
15:48 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard, Flowers to Small Forward and Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:48 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Newell passes the ball to Flowers in the paint. Flowers drives down the lane. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Reilly fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 62 - 57.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
15:26 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Newell and Flowers. Crosby passes the ball to Newell on the perimeter. Newell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
15:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes drives by Newell. Hughes lays it up. It's blocked by Bush! Flowers grabs the rebound.
15:07 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against pressure defense. Newell passes the ball to Crosby in the paint. Crosby turns the ball over to the other team.
15:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bush grabs the long rebound.
14:55 - Grand Canyon: Newell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Newell passes the ball to Crosby in the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Strong! Escalante grabs the rebound.
14:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Mace rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 64 - 57.
14:31 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
14:21 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Valentini to Point Guard and Knowles to Center.
14:21 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini lays it up. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Valentini grabs the offensive rebound.
14:12 - Grand Canyon: Valentini has the rebound and restarts the offense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 64 - 60.
13:59 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Mace to Center.
13:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 66 - 60.
13:47 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Crosby commits the foul on Hughes.
13:38 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
13:27 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the low post. Foul! Escalante fouls Mace on the shot. Mace makes the first free throw. Mace missed the second free throw. Reilly grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 66 - 61.
13:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 68 - 61.
13:07 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center.
13:07 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers. Flowers shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 68 - 63.
12:55 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward, Knowles to Power Forward and Mace to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 71 - 63.
12:45 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace goes for the dunk. Offensive foul! Mace charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
12:32 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knowles steals the pass from Tubbs.
12:26 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 73 - 63.
11:51 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Eastern Illinois 73 - 65.
11:32 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the rebound.
11:21 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 73 - 67.
11:09 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dial to Power Forward and Knowles to Center.
11:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Foul! Crosby commits the foul on Sager.
10:58 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Knowles to Power Forward and Mace to Center.
10:58 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 75 - 67.
10:44 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Knowles grabs the offensive rebound.
10:33 - Grand Canyon: Knowles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Knowles shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Knowles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
10:26 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
10:13 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby. Crosby passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Offensive foul! Knowles commits the foul.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:58 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 77 - 67.
9:38 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Valentini. Eastern Illinois 77 - 69.
9:28 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Mace grabs the long rebound.
9:15 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
9:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 79 - 69.
8:56 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Dunning to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
8:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dunning. Eastern Illinois 79 - 71.
8:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:27 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Mace fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Mace grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 80 - 71.
8:16 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini outside. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning at the basket. Dunning lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 73.
7:38 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
7:38 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 82 - 73.
7:22 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward.
7:22 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Crosby passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Mace charged with the foul while taking the shot over Escalante. Mace fouls out. Dial replaces Mace at center.
7:10 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Ulrich to Small Forward, Dunning to Power Forward and Knowles to Center.
7:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Dunning fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 84 - 73.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Flowers to Shooting Guard, Dunning to Small Forward and Bush to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:58 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Flowers grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:41 - Grand Canyon: Flowers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Flowers shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 76.
6:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 86 - 76.
6:26 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against a zone defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:16 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Knowles rotates over and blocks the shot! Knowles grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes steals the pass from Valentini.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes lays it up. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dunning.
5:47 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning outside. Strong steals the pass from Dunning.
5:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sager turns the ball over to the other team.
5:33 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Dunning outside. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush passes the ball to Valentini outside. The shot clock winding down. Valentini shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Valentini grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:01 - Grand Canyon: Valentini has the rebound and restarts the offense. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers on the perimeter. Flowers passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Dunning. And the shot clock expires!
4:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Flowers commits the foul on Hughes. In the double bonus, Hughes is shooting two free throws. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 76.
4:36 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers lays it up. Foul! Hughes fouls Flowers on the shot. Flowers makes the first free throw. Flowers makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 78.
4:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Foul! Dunning commits the foul on Marcus. In the double bonus, Marcus is shooting two free throws. Marcus missed the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 89 - 78.
4:22 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Valentini.
4:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Escalante. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Knowles fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Knowles grabs the rebound.
3:56 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Dunning grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:52 - Grand Canyon: Dunning has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dunning passes the ball to Flowers outside. Flowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Flowers passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Escalante! Escalante grabs the rebound.
3:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 92 - 78.
3:32 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:25 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Knowles fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Bush grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 93 - 78.
3:16 - Grand Canyon: Flowers brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Flowers passes the ball to Valentini in the paint. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knowles. Eastern Illinois 93 - 81.
2:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Bush fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the offensive rebound. Eastern Illinois 94 - 81.
2:45 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 96 - 81.
2:43 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 96 - 83.
2:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grand Canyon is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Knowles steals the pass from Hughes.
2:27 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Valentini leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Valentini passes the ball to Knowles in the paint. Knowles shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Knowles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong. Knowles fouls out. Dial replaces Knowles at center.
2:12 - Game Event: Time out. Grand Canyon substitutes Crosby to Shooting Guard, Flowers to Power Forward and Bush to Center.
2:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. And the shot clock expires!
1:42 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Valentini drives down the lane. Valentini passes the ball to Flowers at the basket. Flowers lays it up. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
1:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bush grabs the rebound.
1:20 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Crosby passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 99 - 83.
1:01 - Grand Canyon: Valentini brings up the ball against pressure defense. Valentini passes the ball to Crosby on the perimeter. Crosby passes the ball to Dunning on the perimeter. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Dunning. In the bonus, Dunning is shooting one-and-one. Dunning missed the first free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 101 - 83.
0:42 - Grand Canyon: Crosby brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini on the perimeter. Valentini passes the ball to Bush in the paint. Bush shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bush steals the pass from Sager.
0:18 - Grand Canyon: Fast break opportunity! Crosby leads the fast break with Valentini and Dunning. Crosby passes the ball to Valentini at the basket. Valentini lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Crosby. Eastern Illinois 101 - 85.
0:13 - Eastern Illinois: Sager dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Grand Canyon 85, Eastern Illinois 101
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