GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY

Grand Canyon beats Missouri-Kansas City for fourth win in a row

Feb 18, 2016, 10:21 PM

PHOENIX (AP) — Joshua Braun scored 26 points and Grandy Glaze had a double-double with 15 rebounds and 10 points as Grand Canyon beat Missouri-Kansas City 78-66 Thursday night.

Braun made all 12 of his free throw attempts. Grand Canyon (23-4, 9-2 Western Athletic Conference) ran its win streak to four games while UMKC (10-16, 3-8) fell to 1-12 this season on the road.

Martez Harrison scored 18 points and Lavell Boyd added 13 for the Kangaroos.

The Antelopes used an 11-2 first-half run, with five points coming from Braun’s 3-pointer and two free throws, and led 37-25 at halftime. Braun started the second half with a four-point play, and Gerard Martin followed with a 3 to make it 44-28 with 18 minutes left in the game.

Grand Canyon shot 10 for 20 from 3-point range and 22 for 26 from the free throw line.

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