The Grand Canyon Women’s Basketball team has beaten two out of three in-state Division I opponents thus far, giving the team bragging rights ahead of the match on Dec. 29 against Northern Arizona. During the first-ever meeting against Big 12 Arizona, the Lopes (6-2) squad pulled out a 69-66 win, with three upperclassmen Trinity San Antonio, Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, and Laura Erikstrup leading the way to the victory for the ball team.
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GCU’s 5-foot-10 guard senior San Antonio played for Puerto Rico’s women’s national team in the Summer Olympics, and most recently against the Wildcats scored 26 points, and went 9-for-13, with 12 rebounds. The All-WAC Defensive Team player also led in scoring for the Lopes last year with 11.5 points a game, averaging four rebounds, second on the team with 99 assists and 99 steals in 28 games.
TSA had herself a night in Tucson ???? #LopesUp pic.twitter.com/J9k1rEDnAn
— GCU Women's Basketball (@GCU_WBB) December 6, 2024
The Lopes have a four-game winning streak going, where so far San Antonio has dished out 47 assists this season, which is the second-best in the WAC, and 27th in the nation while averaging 5.9 assists per game. San Antonio picked up those sweet assist stats from a team effort, fellow Californian Alyssa Durazo-Frescas who drilled 13, while graduate Laura Erikstrup knocked down 14 against Arizona Thursday. Currently, GCU leads the WAC with 44.8% shooting from the field and that is without surprise due to the Lopes Durazo-Frescas the team’s sharpshooter hitting 22 with the teams 70-59-win crushing Arizona State on Nov. 14.
The high-percentage shooting team will end a five-day break and return to Global Credit Union Arena to host Westcliff on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. The Lopes’ next six games are all at home, including Westcliff, Wright State, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Park (Arizona), and Northern Arizona.
The Lady Lopes start a seven-game homestand that begins Sunday as the Lopes host Utah State. Tip-off at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Jacqline Rhodes is a writer for Burn City Sports. You can follow her on X via @JackieRhodes_
