It was favored New Mexico taking down their familiar foe Grand Canyon, 75-70.
"I wasn't in the room. I have no idea was the context was," Jans said, playing down that motivational factor."I thought they were the best team in the league. So who knows?""We just go out and play and let the game speak for us," Jabari Rice said."We're not worried about that. We don't feed into that. Coach teaches us better than than that."
But GCU , which won the tournament and made its first trip to the NCAA postseason in 2021, did not go quietly and eventually cut the deficit to four at 69-65 on a 3-pointer by Gabe McGlothan with 3:08 to play. He later nailed a pair of free throws with 2:21 left to make it 71-67. But that was as close as GCU would get. NMSU put the game away at the line with Rice making a pair of free throws with nine seconds to go and red-shirt junior Teddy Allen hitting another two with six second remaining.
GCU shot 41% but benefited from a 40-32 advantage on the boards which included 19 offensive rebounds. Holland Woods led the way with 24 points on an 8-for-16 effort from the field. He had 21 points in the first half and had just five shot attempts in the second.
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