Tyon Grant-Foster scored 22 points, Ray Harrison added 15 of his 19 in the second half and top-seeded Grand Canyon beat UT Arlington 89-74 to win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season and clinch an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Grand Canyon guard Collin Moore celebrates after a foul was called on Texas-Arlington during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Western Athletic Conference men’s tournament Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Harrison converted a three-point play and followed with two free throws to open the second half as Grand Canyon scored 14 of the first 21 points to open its biggest lead at 50-39 with 15 minutes to play. Brandyn Talbot answered with two free throws before Phillip Russell hit a 3 to trim the deficit to six points a minute later and made another from beyond the arc to make it 68-64 with 4 minutes remaining.
Moore threw down a fast-break dunk with 2.9 seconds left that stretched Grand Canyon’s lead to 86-74 — the Lopes’ biggest of the game. Russell, who apparently took umbrage with the play, seemed to intentionally bump Moore, who was then hit with the ball following a baseball pass by Vining. Moore was assessed a Flagrant-2 foul, Vining a technical foul and both players were ejected.
UT Arlington shot 49% from the field and limited the Lopes to just 40% shooting but the Mavericks were outscored 37-14 from the free-throw line, where GCU attempted a Division-I program record 50 shots.
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