Grand Canyon sends Stanford to first loss of season

Collin Moore led a balanced attack with 15 points and Grand Canyon overcame a 29-point performance from Maxime Raynaud for a 78-71 victory over previously unbeaten Stanford in Palm Desert, Calif., on Tuesday night.Fellow starters Duke Brennan (14), Ray Harrison (13) and JaKobe Coles (10) also scored in double figures for the Lopes, as did reserve Makaih Williams (14). Tyon Grant-Foster contributed eight points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks as Grand Canyon (4-2) won its second consecutive game.Raynaud collected a game-high 11 rebounds to complete his seventh straight double-double for the Cardinal (6-1), who lost despite outrebounding the Lopes 38-32.Raynaud sank a jumper to get Stanford within 64-60 with 3:57 to play, but he failed to complete a three-point play by missing a free throw.Coles followed by hitting a jumper, and after a Stanford miss, Williams dropped in two foul shots, making it an eight-point game with 2:52 left.Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes made the game’s only two field goals after that — including a three-point play with 11 seconds remaining — but it wasn’t nearly enough to offset 10-for-12 free throw shooting by Grand Canyon down the stretch. Moore was 5-for-6 at the line over the final 24 seconds.The tightly contested affair saw Stanford build a seven-point lead in the first half, only to see Grand Canyon score the next seven points.

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