Cougars Return Home for GCU/CSUB

Game Information:
Opponent: Grand Canyon (Thursday, Jan. 16/7:05 p.m. CT)
Location: Chicago, Ill. | Jones Convocation Center
Coverage: Live Stats | WAC Digital Network
 
Opponent: California State Bakersfield (Saturday, Jan. 18/12:05 p.m. CT)
Location: Chicago, Ill. | Jones Convocation Center
Coverage: Live Stats | WAC Digital Network
 
 
CHICAGO – Chicago State men's basketball returns home to host Western Athletic Conference (WAC) opponents, Grand Canyon (Jan. 16) and CSU Bakersfield (Jab. 18), inside the Jones Convocation Center.
 
Tip off against Grand Canyon is set for 7:05 p.m. (CT)., and CSU Bakersfield 12:05 p.m. (CT).
 
Last Time Out

• CSU suffered an 87-63 road setback at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Saturday, Jan. 11 inside the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
• Xavier Johnson (Dallas, Texas/Hopkins H.S.) and Andrew Lewis (Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Vincent H.S.) each scored 12 points, while Johnson dished a team-best five assists and Lewis blocked two shots with four rebounds.

 
CSU (4-15, 0-4 WAC)

• X. Johnson currently ranks third in the WAC in scoring with 16.2 points per game, while is 36 points scored in the Cougar's season-opener ranks 31^st nationally for points in a game.
• Jace Colley's (Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada/Toronto Basketball Academy) 5.3 rebounds per game sits 11^th in the league.
• On Dec. 4 Chicago State's road woes ended as the Cougars snapped a nearly three-year division I road-win hiatus, defeating Southern Illinois Edwardsville, 89-81.

 
GCU (5-11, 0-2 WAC)

• GCU holds a 10-2 advantage over the Cougars in the series.
• Alessandro Lever and Carlos Johnson head the Lopes offense scoring 15.0 and 14.4 points per game apiece.
• The duo also leads on the defensive end of the ball, with Johnson's 5.4 rebounds per game, and Lever's 5.3.
• Head coach, Dan Majerle, a former NBA All-Star and Olympian, is in his seventh year at the helm of GCU men's basketball. 

 
 
CSUB (7-10, 1-1 WAC) 

• Chicago State won the first two meetings against CSUB, but the `Runners have won 12-straight games against the Cougars since.
• Taze Moore and De'Monte Buckingham currently lead the 'Runners offensive efforts averaging 12.2 and 10.7 points respectively.
• On the defensive end, Shawn Sitth pulls down a team-best 4.4 rebound per content, while Moore has blocked 18 shots on the season.

 
Inside the Arena
New addition to the fan experience for the 2019-20 season, the Chicago State Marching Band will be in attendance for both contests.
  
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