Canyon is playing at the Yum! Center today. Up 11 - 7 early on, with 12 minutes left in the first half. Threes are falling for the Lopes, and not for the Cards. There’s a long way to go, but it’s angood start. Louisville is coming off a very close game in which they only beat Albany by 2 points. Louisville plays arch rival Kentucky next. So, I wonder if there’s any chance they’ve looked past GCU?

All tied now at 23 with a little over 3 minutes to go in the first half. GCU has 10 turnovers which is really hurting them.

31-25 at halftime. Louisville up. Not really impressed with Louisville's announcers. Absolutely homers. Guess that is to be expected though.

Down 6 at the half. Manageable. So far, benson has been really rattled. Lopes had 13 turnovers in the first half. Fouls will be a problem. They had 8 team fouls in the first half, and now they’re playing from behind. I suspect they’re getting psyched out now that Louisville is playing better. At the 6 minute mark you could tell a big difference in energy and a definite momentum swing. Canyon went from staying in control for 12 minutes to trying to keep up the pace against better skilled guys.

I hope Dan gets them calmed down at the half. Benson isn’t going to beat these Cardinal guards off the dribble; just not quick enough. I hope we don’t start settling for one and done threes. Rebounds are hard to come by against the Louisville bigs. Oh, and they live blocking shots.

Tough one. There were opportunities at times, but I think we were mostly just outclassed and got rattled. At least it was under 20 points. Last time at Yum Center it was a 48 point loss two years ago. I don’t want to think about that game ever, ever again.

Merry Christmas to Lope fans everywhere. Looking forward to conference play!