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OPENING TIP: OPENING TIP: Utah Tech (12-17/4-12 WAC) wraps up the 2022-23 regular season with two home games this week inside the Burns Arena.. The Trailblazers open their final homestand on Wednesday night vs. Seattle U (19-10/10-6 WAC), before welcoming Grand Canyon (18-11/9-7 WAC) to town on Friday for Senior Night. Both games will tip-off at 7 p.m.
 
UTAH TECH VS. SEATTLE U: Utah Tech is 1-5 all-time vs. Seattle U and has lost four-straight to the Redhawks, including a hard-fought 75-71 road decision back on Feb. 8. The Trailblazers also dropped both games to Seattle U last season (@ SU, 68-79, 1/15/22; @UT 65-73, 2/26/22). 
            In UT's first WAC season, both teams split a pair of games in St. George, with Utah Tech narrowly defeating the Redhawks by a 77-76 count (2/5/21) in the first D-I meeting. However SU evened the season series with a 77-56 triumph (2/6/21) one night later.  
            The two sides also squared off in Utah Tech's first NCAA Division II season in 2006-07 in Seattle, where the Redhawks dealt UT an 87-70 road loss (12/29/06). 
            
UTAH TECH VS. GCU: Utah Tech is 13-8 all-time in its series vs. Grand Canyon, which dates back to when both programs were members of the Pacific West Conference, and is 8-3 vs. the Lopes inside the Burns Arena.
            However GCU has won four of the last five meetings, including an 89-85 home win this past Jan. 18 in Phoenix. The two sides did split the season series last year, with Utah Tech posting a thrilling home 61-60 triumph (2/12/22), which served as the program's first D-I victory over GCU. However, the Lopes returned the favor with a decisive 80-53 home win in the 2021-22 regular season finale (3/5/22). 
            In the 2020-21 campaign, the two sides renewed their old PacWest rivalry with a two-game set in St. George, however it was the eventual WAC champion Lopes who came away with the road sweep.
            Prior to that 2020-21 season, UT and GCU last met in the 2012-13 campaign, which was GCU's final season in the PacWest before its transition to NCAA Division I status and the program's move to the WAC. That season, the Blazers swept the two-game regular season set (at UT 71-66, 1/10/13; 65-64 at GCU, 2/2/13).
 
AND DOWN THE STRETCH WE COME: Utah Tech enters the final week of the regular season alone in 12th-place in the WAC standings at 4-12.
            However the Trailblazers are 11th in this week's conference tournament resumé seeding system at -3.37. 
 
CHALK UP ANOTHER MILESTONE WIN FOR COACH...: Head Coach Jon Judkins earned his 600th career coaching victory in UT's home triumph over New Mexico State back on Jan. 21, one of many career milestones the longtime Trailblazer mentor has passed over the last couple of years. 
            Last season, he became the all-time winningest head coach in Utah collegiate basketball history last season with career victory No. 583 in UT's 114-49 home rout of SAGU-AIC (12/15/21).
            Judkins moved past legendary Utah head women's basketball coach Elaine Elliott (582-324) atop the state's all-time coaching victories list (men's and women's). That list also includes a pair of former Utah Tech (then Dixie State) coaches in Dave Rose (1990-97 before moving on to BYU) and Stan Watts (1941-45 before moving on to Utah), along with such names at Stew Morrill (Utah State) and Rick Majerus (Utah). 
            Judkins currently owns a 602-309 (.661) overall record during his time at both Utah Tech and Snow (UT) College (1992-2005; 284-128).
            Coach Judkins became the first men's coach in Utah collegiate basketball history to reach the 500-win plateau when UT defeated Hawai'i Hilo (81-72) back on January 28, 2017.
 
TWO MORE JUDKINS MILESTONES WITHIN REACH THIS WEEK: Coach Judkins will on the sidelines for his 500th game as Utah Tech head coach when the Trailblazers take the court on Wednesday night. He is currently 318-181 (.637) in 17-plus years at Utah Tech, which includes a 20-12 mark in the program's last junior college season in 2005-06.  
            Judkins also stands just two wins away from his 300th NCAA era victory at UT (298-169; .638) heading into this week's final homestand.
 
HOME SWEET HOME: Since joining the NCAA ranks in 2006-07, Utah Tech has played to a 158-46 (.774) overall record in the Burns Arena under Head Coach Jon Judkins, which includes a 8-4 mark to the 2022-23 campaign.
            In fact, thanks to its home win over SUU (2/4), Utah Tech secured its 15th winning home record in 17 seasons of four-year competition. 
            Last season Utah Tech played to a 10-6 home mark, which clinched the Trailblazers' ninth 10-plus win home season in its NCAA era, and the first as a newly-minted D-I program.              
            The Blazers went 5-7 in their Division-I debut season in 2020-21, this after UT posted a 12-2 record in its final D-II year in 2019-20. That 2020-21 record snapped a 13-year streak that saw Utah Tech finish above .500 at home. The last time the program did not finish with a home winning record was UT's first NCAA season in 2006-07, when the Blazers finished with a 2-5 home mark.  
            Utah Tech posted a perfect 12-0 record at home in 2009-10, and 11-1 records in consecutive seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17. 
 
HOW ABOUT WHEN THE BAGS ARE PACKED?: Utah Tech is now 141-124 (.532) in 265 games away from home in its NCAA era under Coach Judkins following its road split last weekend in Texas. That mark includes a 112-102 record (.523) in true road games, and a 29-22 mark (.568) in neutral site games during Judkins' tenure. 
            With its win at UTRGV last Thursday, Utah Tech picked up its first WAC road win of the year (1-8), and it was the Blazers' third road win overall (3-13). The three road wins this season matches the win totals both last year (3-11) and in UT's Division-I debut season in 2020-21 (3-6).  
            That 2020-21 road mark snapped an 11-year run that saw the program post a winning road record. Prior to that season, the last time Utah Tech did not come away with a winning road record was all the way back in the 2007-08 campaign, when it went 4-11 away from home in the program's second year of Division-II competition. 
            UT has won eight or more games away from home in 11 of 17 NCAA campaigns overall, including a program best 15-5 record (10-2 in road contests) in 2010-11. 
 
WORKING OVERTIME....IN FEBRUARY: Utah Tech is now 21-14 (.600) all-time in overtime games in its NCAA era after its OT loss at UT Arlington last Saturday. 
            That loss came nearly a year-to-the-day since the Trailblazers' last overtime affair, a thrilling 80-75 home WAC victory over Utah Valley (2/19/22). 
            Meanwhile, that overtime win last season came nearly two years to the day of the Trailblazers' last OT game, which did not end as well as UT dropped a 105-97 decision at Colorado Christian - in February (2/22/20) - during its final D-II season. Utah Tech has played seven OT games in February during its NCAA era, which is second only to 11 overtime games in the month of January. 
            Four of those 35 games have gone to double-overtime (2-2), the last was a 79-75 loss at Cal Poly Pomona (11/10/17) in the 2017-18 season opener. 
 
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN....BANG: Utah Tech has hit at least one 3-pointer in 168-straight games, which included 10 made threes at UTRGV last Thursday, and a season-high 14 treys vs. Lindenwood (12/22). The 14 treys vs. Lindenwood were the third-most in a single game in the program's NCAA era, while the 13 3-pointers are tied for the fourth-most in a game, and matched the previous season high set last December vs. Chapman (12/9)
            Last season, the Trailblazers nailed a school-record 21 treys in its 114-49 blowout win over SAGU-American Indian College (12/15/21).
            That record was one of five 3FG school records to fall that night as the Blazers also broke records for first half 3FGM (10), second half 3FGM (11), and for 3FG attempted (37). In addition, 11 different Trailblazers hit at least one 3-pointer, which was another school record.
            UT has reached double figures in made 3-pointers 11 times though 29 games this season, this after doing it only four times last year.
            In all, Utah Tech has hit at least one three pointer in 371 of its last 373 games overall, and in 465 of the program's 469 NCAA-era games, which began in the 2006-07 season, with 33 total games of at least 10 3FGM.
 
RELEASE...ROTATION...SPLASH: Utah Tech broke its single-season record for made 3-pointers when Frank Staine hit the Blazers' last trey in the final seconds at Seattle U (2/8). UT has now hit 255 3-pointers this year (255-of-669; .381), which eclipsed the previous record of 219 set last year in 31 games.
            UT broke the record in 130 fewer attempts (568), while the 669 total attempts this season are ranked second on the single season list. This year's team is on pace to pass that existing school record with ease, needing only 30 more attempts to shatter the record of 698 attempts set last season.
            The Blazers have attempted 20 or more 3-pointers 22 times this season, including a season-high 32 at Arizona (11/17), and 24 more at UT Arlington last Saturday (6-of-24). In addition, Utah Tech currently leads the WAC in 3FGM/game (8.8) and third in 3FG% (.381).
 
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN....CLANG??!!: For just the second time in the program's NCAA era, Utah Tech held an opponent without a 3-point field goal as Abilene Christian went 0-of-6 from the perimeter back on Jan. 28. The last time that happened came at home during 2020-21 season against Saint Katherine (0-of-18; 12/5/2020).
 
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE: Utah Tech is among the nation's leaders, albeit unofficially, at getting to the foul line this season. Through 29 games, UT is "ranked" seventh in free throw attempts per game at 24.0 FTA/G, and is t-16th nationally with 696 total attempts and 22nd in free throws made with 487. 
            The reason why it is unofficial - is because Utah Tech is not eligible to be listed in the national rankings during its four-year NCAA Division-I transition period. 
 
SEEING 20/20/20: For the first time since beginning its Division I transition, and for the third time in the program's NCAA era, Utah Tech had three players score at least 20 points in the road loss at GCU back on Jan. 18.
            Junior guard Isaiah Pope led the way with a career-high tying 25 points, while junior forward Frank Staine poured in a career-best 21 points. Sophomore forward Tanner Christensen also got into the act as he matched Staine with 21 points of his own. 
            Utah Tech achieved that feat two other times during its Division II run, the first coming at home in a 93-91 win over Chaminade (2/12/15), when DeQuan Thompson (22 pts), Mason Sawyer (21 pts) and former All-American Zach Robbins (20 pts) led the Blazers to victory.
            Fast forward nearly two years later when former All-American Trevor Hill (25 pts), Brandon Simister (23 pts) and Kyler Nielson (20 pts) did it in a narrow overtime loss at Azusa Pacific (104-103; 12/10/16). 
            Utah Tech has also had 24 instances during its NCAA of two players scoring 20 of more points in one game, including the Blazers' win vs. New Mexico State (1/21). Prior to the NMSU game, the last occurrence came during the 2020-21 season against, coincidentally, Grand Canyon (1/22/21). 
 
POPE ALSO SEEING 20/20....AND 20....AGAIN: Pope's 25 points at GCU (1/18) started a string of three-straight games the junior guard had scored more than 20 points. He followed that performance up with 23 points in the home win over NM State (1/21), before going off for a career-high 27 points at Tarleton (1/26).
            In fact, Pope scored 19 of his 27 points in the second, and finished the game going 8-of-13 from the floor with a season-high five 3-pointers (5-of-7 3FG), and became the fourth different Trailblazer to hit five 3-pointers in a game this season, and he was 6-of-7 at the foul line. 
            Then after battling through a five-game stretch that saw him held to single digits in points, and foul out three times, Pope erupted for a game-high 24 points at SUU (2/18). The junior knocked down 7-of-14 from the floor and was 8-of-9 at the line, and he pulled down seven rebounds for good measure.  
            Pope followed that up with 18 points, seven boards and five assists in the UTRGV win last Thursday, though he was held below double figures at UTA as he finished with nine points along with four caroms and five dimes. 
            Pope is averaging 13.9 ppg in WAC play this season and has scored in double figures in eight of UT's 16 conference games overall.
            Pope was inserted into the starting lineup 24 games ago in North Dakota and responded with 12 points against both UND (11/25) and Cal State Fullerton (11/26). He has now scored in double figures in 17 of 29 games to this point of the season, and is averaging 13.7 ppg since moving into the starting lineup. 
 
POPE IN RARE COMPANY: Pope became just the sixth Trailblazer in the program's NCAA era to score 20 or more points in at least three-straight games.
            His former teammate, Hunter Schofield, was the last to do it when he rattled off a four-game streak last season (1/15-29/2022), and he also posted a three-game streak during the 2019-20 campaign. 
            Former Blazer big man and former assistant coach Kasey Winters was the first to do it back in the 2007-08 season, while former UT swingman Tom Whitehead did it in both the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. Former guard Trevor Hill placed his name on the list thanks pair 30-point games in during his All-American campaign in 2017-18, as did Matt Conway in the 2018-19 season. 
 
IT'S GOOD(EN) TO HAVE YOU BACK: After missing the first five games of the 2023 calendar year due to injury, senior guard Cameron Gooden has picked up right where he left off. Gooden is averaging 16.7 ppg since his return to action 10 games ago, which is right about on his overall team-best season average of 16.0 ppg, highlighted by a WAC career-high tying 26 points in the home win over SUU (2/4).
            Gooden then matched that with 26 points in the UTRGV win last Thursday, which marked the third time since his return that he 26 points in one game. He also did it on the road at Abilene Christian (1/28). 
            In fact, in the four games played in his home state of Texas this season, Gooden averaged nearly 20 points a game (19.75 ppg), which included 10 points in his first start back from injury at Tarleton (1/26), and 17 points in last Saturday's OT loss at UT Arlington (2/25). 
            Gooden made his return in UT's win vs. NM State (1/21), against which he went off for 17 points in 20 minutes off the bench. Gooden also led four Trailblazers in double figures with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting with four 3-pointers at Seattle U (2/8). 
            Despite missing those five games, Gooden still leads the team in both scoring (16.0 ppg/15.8 ppg WAC) and assists (3.4 apg). He has led or co-led the Blazers in scoring 13 times and has scored in double figures in 19 of 24 games overall, highlighted by a career-high 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting (5-of-7 3FG) at Utah State back on Dec. 1.
            Over his near three years as a Trailblazer, Gooden has scored in double figures in 52 of 76 career games with 13 20-plus point outings, and has led the team in scoring 41 times overall. 
            Gooden also became just the ninth Trailblazer in the program's NCAA era to join the 1,000-point club (1,018), doing so on a 3-pointer midway through the second half at UTRGV last Thursday. The senior is already in fourth place on UT's career scoring list (13.4 ppg), and stands fifth in career assists (261), and seventh in career steals (91), FTM (256) and 3FG made (104). 
 
GOING...GOING...GONSALVES: Sophomore guard Noa Gonsalves had a night in Utah Tech's win over NM State (1/21), going off for a career-high 24 points, along with four rebounds and three assists in a game high 38-plus minutes. 
            The sophomore sharpshooter connected on 7-of-12 from the floor with a career-high tying five 3-pointers (5-of-9 3FG), which marked the third time this season that Gonsalves had knocked down five treys in a game.
            Gonsalves' 24 points eclipsed his previous career high of 19 points set against both vs. Lindenwood (12/22) and Chapman (12/9) last month. In the Lindenwood win, he drilled his first five 3-point attempts (5-of-6 3FG) and pulled down four rebounds. 
            That effort virtually matched his night vs. Chapman, against which he scored 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including a 5-of-8 effort from the perimeter. That night the sophomore became the 16th different Trailblazer in the program's NCAA era to hit at least five 3-pointers in one game. 
            Gonsalves has scored in double figures in 12 of his 28 games overall to this point of the season, including going for 11 points with three more made 3-pointers vs. Tarleton (2/11). The sophomore now has an 55 made 3-pointers on the year, which is good for fourth on UT's single season list and leaves him needing only 13 more trifectas to break the season mark of 67 set by former Blazer point guard Brandon Simister during the 2017-18 season. 
 
STAINE MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Like Pope, Staine also had a solid second half at GCU (1/18), scoring 13 of his career-high 21 points after halftime with three made 3-pointers. The junior's previous career high was 20 points, which he hit twice, the last coming just over three years ago vs. UC-Colorado Springs (1/3/20).
            Staine, who was playing in his 100th-career game, hit on 7-of-11 from the floor, including a red-hot 5-of-8 from the perimeter.
            The junior (950 career points) also poured in 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting at Seattle U (2/8), and currently stands in 10th place on UT's career points list.
            Staine (405 3FGA) connected on 3-of-6 from the perimeter vs. Tarleton (2/11) and in the process became the UT program leader in 3FG attempted. In addition, he t-second in career 3FG made (145), third in career steals (114), seventh in career games played (110) and tenth in career 3FG% (.358). He also pulled down his 400th career rebound (#8 all-time at UT) in a start at UTA last Saturday and he stands two starts shy of becoming UT's career leader in starts (90). 
 
SEND IT IN BIG FELLA: Christensen posted his team-leading fourth double-double of the year, and the third on the road, with 10 points and a career-high tying 14 rebounds at UT Arlington last Saturday. That effort came after a 12-point, six-rebound outing in the UTRGV win two nights earlier. 
            The sophomore tied his WAC career high with his 21 points in the SUU home win on Feb. 4, which was his fourth 20-point game of the season. Christensen went 9-of-12 from the floor with seven rebounds and two assists. He also threw down three dunks in that win, and he currently leads the team with 27 dunks on the year. 
            Christensen poured in 21 points at GCU (1/18), 16 of which came in the first half to help keep Utah Tech in the game. His 21 points at GCU were the most since he scored 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting to go with eight rebounds and five assists in UT's road win at Weber State (12/3). 
            The sophomore also posted his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds at Tarleton (1/26), while at CBU (1/5) he racked up game highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds. His 14 boards were a career high and also the most by a Trailblazer player in the program's new NCAA D-I era, and he also blocked one shot at CBU, all while not committing a personal foul.   
            Meanwhile, his first double-double of the year came away from home in UT's 66-60 neutral court win vs. Cal State Fullerton (11/26), going for 13 points and 10 boards. 
            Christensen put on a show at Washington (11/14), going for a game and UT career-high 26 points in nearly 35 minutes. The sophomore scored UT's first eight points and had 16 of the team's 25 points as Blazers' opened up a 25-17 lead 12-plus minutes into the first half. Christensen, who hails from Spokane Valley, Wash., finished the night 11-of-17 from the floor with four rebounds and three assists in his return to his home state.
 
NICOLDS IS RED-HOT: Well it took him 116 career games to do it, but senior forward Jacob Nicolds finally cracked the 20-point plateau at SUU (2/18), going for a career-best 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting and a perfect 5-of-5 at the line. His 22-point night eclipsed his previous career high of 18 points set in the UTRGV home win back on Dec. 29. 
            In that win, Nicolds connected on 6-of-7 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and went 4-of-4 at the line, and just missed his second career double-double as he finished with nine rebounds. 
            Nicolds (118 games) made a little history when his name was announced in the starting lineup at Seattle U (2/8) as he became Utah Tech's career leader in games played list with appearance No. 114. The senior moved past former Trailblazer All-American Trevor Hill, who played in 113 games over his four seasons from 2014-18. 
            The senior responded with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers and three rebounds, then followed that up with 13 points on 3-of-3 shooting and 6-of-8 at the line vs. Tarleton (2/11).  
            Nicolds has now scored in double figures in nine-straight starts after he went for 17 points at UTRGV and a team-high 18 two days later at UTA. 
            Like Pope, Nicolds has also started in UT's last 24 games and has averaged 11.3 ppg in those outings.
            In fact, Nicolds has had the hot shooting touch over his last 23 starts, having hit on 89 of his 141 (.631) shot attempts (31-of-56 3FG; .553) and 60-of-82 (.731) at the foul line.
            Nicolds will suit up for the final time in the Burns Arena this week, and he enters his last two home games not only as UT's all-time leader in games played, as he is also seventh in career FG% (.542) and rebounds (421). 
 
 
BLAZING TRAILS:
* - Senior forward Dancell Leter led the Trailblazers with a career-high tying 17 points off the bench vs. Tarleton (2/11) ... 10 of those  points coming in the final 2:35 of play, including a pair of late 3-pointers that kept UT within striking distance. 
* - Leter also tied his career high with 17 points off the bench at Utah State (12/1), with 13 of those points coming after halftime ... Leter's 17 points at USU were the most he has scored on the road in his year-plus as a Trailblazer, and matched his career high of 17 he scored in last year's home game vs. Weber State (11/27/21).
* - Leter also had the hot hand off the bench in the SFA loss (1/12) as he hit on 5-of-6 of his attempts en route to a WAC season high 12 points.
* - Leter came within one point of his second career double-double as he tallied nine points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the UTRGV win (12/29) ... Leter's 13 caroms bested his previous career high of 11 set at Chicago State last season (1/29/22), which is where he recorded his first UT double-double (13 pts).
* - Freshman Asjon Anderson saw his first action in five weeks in the UTRGV win last Thursday and responded with a career-best six points on 2-of-4 from the perimeter. 
* - Utah Tech shot a season-best 54.8 percent (23-of-42) from the floor in the SFA loss (1/12) ... that effort eclipsed the previous season best 54.1 percent (40-of-74) from the floor in the Chapman win (12/9), which followed up a 52.0 percent (26-of-50) effort a week earlier at Weber State (12/3).
* - UT then made it three-straight games by shooting 53.3 percent (32-of-60 vs. The Master's (12/17), which marked the first time in the program's brief D-I era that the Blazers have shot better than 50 percent in three consecutive games. 
* - The last time Utah Tech shot north of 50 percent in three-straight games was during the 2019-20 season when the Blazers did it in four-straight games (2/22-3/6/20). 
* - Utah Tech posted season highs of 52 points and 64.5 percent shooting (20-of-31) in the first half vs. Lindenwood (12/22) ... UT shot 52.4 percent (33-of-63) for the game.
* - Since the 2016-17 season, Utah Tech has shot 50 percent or better in just 60 of its last 191 games overall, though the Trailblazers have done it 11 times through 29 games this season, including a 51.0 percent clip (26-of-51) at UTRGV last Thursday.
* - In fact, the Blazers shot better than 50 percent only four times in 31 games last season. 
* - Also dating back to the 2016-17 season, Utah Tech has had 88 of its last 194 games decided by nine points or less, including nine of its last 11, and 30 of 81 games overall to this point of the program's Division I transition.
* - Utah Tech dished out a season-high 24 assists on its 40 made field goals in the Chapman (12/9), which are the most helpers recorded since UT racked up 25 dimes in game one vs. Bethesda last season (11/30/21) ... UT also collected 22 assists on its 33 made baskets vs. Lindenwood (12/22).
* - The Blazer defense also picked off a season best 16 steals vs. Chapman (12/9), which is the fourth-most in a single game in the program's NCAA era, and two shy of the school record of 18 set in game two vs. Bethesda last season (12/1/21). 
* - After being outrebounded in its first two games of the season, Utah Tech has won the rebounding battle in 17 of its last 28 games, highlighted by a decisive 38-25 rebounding margin at Washington (11/14), which included a 15-4 edge on the offensive glass ... UT also outrebounded Chapman by a 42-28 count (15-5 offense), and posted a season best +23 rebounding margin (51-28) in the UTRGV home win (12/29).
* - In fact, Utah Tech's 51 rebounds vs. UTRGV were a season high and the most since the Blazers pulled down 52 rebounds against, coincidentally, UTRGV last season (1/22/22).
* - However UT's rebounding margin took a big hit in the UVU loss (2/2) as the Wolverines posted a +22 edge on the glass (47-25), which was the most of any opponent to this point of the season ... UT was also outrebounded by a 44-28 count at SUU (2/17), including a 15-6 clip on the offensive glass, which resulted in SUU outscoring UT in second-chance points, 20-6.
* - Last season the Trailblazers won the "Battle of the Boards" in 15 of 31 games (10-5), this after they were outrebounded 12 times in 21 games in their D-1 debut in 2020-21 ... overall, Utah Tech has outrebounded an opponent in 107 of its last 166 games going back to the 2017-18 campaign. 
* - Utah Tech has scored 2,186 points through 29 games this season, which is good for eighth on the program's top-10 single season list. 
 
ABOUT THE SEATTLE U "REDHAWKS": Seattle U enters Wednesday's game having won three of its last five, which includes its home win over Utah Tech (75-71; 2/8) and a 65-54 road win at GCU last Friday night in Phoenix. 
            The Redhawks feature three starters averaging double figures, led by redshirt junior guard Cameron Tyson (6-3), who is the WAC's second-leading scorer at 18.4 ppg. Tyson has scored 20 or more points in 13 games this season, including 24 points vs. Utah Tech and 22 more at GCU.
            Tyson is also the WAC's leader in 3-pointers made with 86 and is eighth in the conference in FG percentage (.381). 
 
ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON "LOPES": Grand Canyon, which plays at SUU on Wednesday night, begins the week winners of five of its last eight, though one of those wins is a forfeit win with NM State due to NMSU canceling its season in mid-February. 
            Sophomore guard Ray Harrison (6-4) is one of two Lopes averaging double figures at 16.8 ppg and he leads the team in assists at 3.2 apg. Harrison has stepped up GCU since the loss of preseason WAC Player of the Year Jovan Blackshear Jr., as he is averaging nearly 18.8 points over his last 14 starts, which included a 38-point outburst with seven 3-pointers in the Lopes' home win over Utah Tech back on Jan. 18. 
            Redshirt junior forward Gabe McGlothan (6-7) is GCU's top rebounder at 8.2 rpg to go with his 11.7 ppg average on an even 50.0 percent shooting. 
 
UP NEXT: Utah Tech will make its "WAC Vegas" debut at the 2023 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, which will be held March 7-11 in Las Vegas. 
            The opening round games will be played on Tuesday, March 7, at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Meanwhile, the quarterfinals (March 9), semifinals (March 10), and conference championship game (March 11) will be played at the Orleans Arena.