GDT Bot Posted November 15 Posted November 15 SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information Game No. 4 Saint Louis (3-0) vs. Grand Canyon (2-1) Date // Time Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 // 7 p.m. Location St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena) Chaifetz Arena Tickets | Parking | Clear Bag Policy Radio 104.1 FM / 1120 AM KMOX | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.) TV FanDuel Sports Network (Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson) Stream ESPN+ Live Stats StatBroadcast Series History Grand Canyon leads 1-0 Game Notes Saint Louis | Grand Canyon WHAT'S ON TAP? Saint Louis takes on the Grand Canyon Lopes in a marquee non-conference men's basketball matchup Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena. This is the fourth game of five-game homestand to start the season for the Billikens. SLU completes the home stretch next Friday, Nov. 21, when Purdue Fort Wayne comes to Chaifetz Arena for a 7 p.m. tip. FOLLOWING THE ACTION Saturday's game will be televised on FanDuel Sports Network and simulcast on ESPN+. Tom Ackerman and Troy Robertson will call the action. KMOX 1120 AM is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Billiken Basketball sends a special salute to Rammer, who is in his 40th season as the radio voice of SLU hoops. Austin is in year No. 35. NEWS & NOTES The Billikens have defeated Southeast Missouri (92-67), Chicago State (108-86) and Lindenwood (109-66) to open the season. SLU has scored 90+ points in its first three games of a season for the first time in school history. Also, the Billikens have back-to-back 100-point games for the first time ever. The Billikens lead the A-10 and rank No. 8 in the NCAA (through Nov. 13) in eFG% (.645). Their .559 team field-goal percentage is 12th nationally. Additionally, SLU's 103.0 ppg ranks No. 8 in the NCAA. SLU has set Chaifetz Arena records so far this year in points vs. a DI opponent (109 vs. Lindenwood), team FG% (.667 vs. Lindenwood) and second-half points (66 vs. Lindenwood). Six Billikens score in double figures, led by Amari McCottry's 16.3 ppg. He dropped a career-high 23 points against Lindenwood the last time out. Robbie Avila scores 14.0 ppg and averages 6.0 rpg. Kellen Thames is third in the A-10 in steals per game (3.00). Ishan Sharma is third in the league in 3-point field-goal percentage (.588) and 3s made per game (3.33). Senior center Robbie Avila has been named to preseason Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. Last season he averaged 17.3 points and 6.9 rebounds. He led all centers in Division I in 3s made per game and assists per game. Billiken head coach Josh Schertz is in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach. His .774 winning percentage ranks in the top 10 among active coaches in the NCAA. Up next, the Billikens host Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. at Chaifetz Arena. ABOUT GRAND CANYON The Lopes enter Saturday's game 2-1 overall. They defeated Purdue Fort Wayne (90-71) and Northern Illinois (88-59), and fell to Youngstown State (90-81). Nana Owusu-Anane averages 15.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists for the Lopes. He transferred to GCU from Brown, where he was a teammate of SLU's Kalu Anya there for two seasons. Transfer Jaden Henley, who played last season at UNLV, leads the Lopes in scoring with 16.7 ppg. Brian Moore Jr. (Norfolk State transfer) averages 12.0 ppg. Returnee Makaih Williams also scores in double figures with 11.3 ppg. Bryce Drew sixth season at Grand Canyon. Drew was the head coach at his alma mater, Valparaiso, during a home-and-home between the Billikens and Beacons in 2012 and 2013. SLU won both of those games. The Lopes are in their first season competing in the Mountain West Conference. They have made NCAA appearances each of the last three seasons and four of the last five years. SERIES HISTORY Grand Canyon won last year's meeting at Global Credit Union Arena 73-72. The Bills were down by as many as 13 and clawed back to take the lead late, but GCU scored in the final seconds for the win. Quote
dlarry Posted November 15 Posted November 15 I am jacked for this game. Most important game in years. This is the game that can increase coverage and attendance! This is the game that can get the casual fan back. A big win here and Chaifetz stats filling up again. LFG!! billiken_roy, JettFlight5, MusicCityBilliken and 2 others 5 Quote
billiken_roy Posted November 15 Posted November 15 2 hours ago, dlarry said: I am jacked for this game. Most important game in years. This is the game that can increase coverage and attendance! This is the game that can get the casual fan back. A big win here and Chaifetz stats filling up again. LFG!! I agree. And if we blow this game we will be flooded again with "same ole Billikens" b s. We need a statement win. dlarry 1 Quote
Crewsorlose Posted November 15 Posted November 15 Too many times this decade SLU has crapped the bed in a game where casual interest is ticking up. I dropped my season tickets and have been tracking the 2ndary market like a hawk. I predict between 7000-8000. A little disappointing. The students can make up for it with a huge turnout. Picked up two complimentary tickets and two $6 tickets at the flash sale yesterday. That tells you sales have been sluggish. They'll be ranked if they come through November undefeated and things will take care of themselves. But today goes a long way toward rebuilding trust. Quote
thetorch Posted November 15 Posted November 15 Have we really stooped this low? Grand Canyon is not a statement game and won't move the meter an inch in prestige. We should be a better program than Grand Canyon should blow them out at home. NextYearBill and JohnnyJumpUp 2 Quote
dlarry Posted November 15 Posted November 15 7 minutes ago, thetorch said: Have we really stooped this low. Grand Canyon is not a statement game and won't the meter an inch in prestige. We should be a better program than Grand Canyon should blow them out at home. Agree. But this is where we are at. After a handful of years we are off to a hot start and a buzz is building. In past years this is when we have crapped the bed. As soon as a buzz starts building something happens and they need to start all over. Like it or not this is a huge game and a game that will go a long ways in generating local media attention. So yes…we have stooped this low. If that’s the way you want to look at it. Quote
RyGuyBilliken Posted November 15 Posted November 15 1 hour ago, thetorch said: Have we really stooped this low? Grand Canyon is not a statement game and won't move the meter an inch in prestige. We should be a better program than Grand Canyon should blow them out at home. They *were* a top-100 team…then they lost to Youngstown St. I agree we should beat them by double digits at home tonight, but they’re also by far the best team we’ve played so far. People can define ‘statement game’ however they want. I think beating a Mountain West team looks good and will help bring more attention as we move forward, but I agree that it’s not a huge, resume-building game Quote
wgstl Posted November 15 Posted November 15 3 hours ago, Crewsorlose said: I predict between 7000-8000. That would actually be a surprisingly good number imo. GCU is better than their name, but the average person doesn’t know that. Also there’s a fair amount of mizzou football/ SLU fans. Them playing at the same time doesn’t help. Quote
billiken_roy Posted November 15 Posted November 15 2 hours ago, thetorch said: Have we really stooped this low? Grand Canyon is not a statement game and won't move the meter an inch in prestige. We should be a better program than Grand Canyon should blow them out at home. I agree with where we should be, but the fact remains we are as suffering from Ford and SLU not adjusting to the way college basketball evolved. And now the likes of Grand Canyon is a big game. Torch considering no one out of conference will play us, it's all we got and we can't afford a loss. I believe we almost need to go into January undefeated. The good news is I think we can. The bad news is our past says we won't. dlarry 1 Quote
RyGuyBilliken Posted November 15 Posted November 15 43 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: I agree with where we should be, but the fact remains we are as suffering from Ford and SLU not adjusting to the way college basketball evolved. And now the likes of Grand Canyon is a big game. Torch considering no one out of conference will play us, it's all we got and we can't afford a loss. I believe we almost need to go into January undefeated. The good news is I think we can. The bad news is our past says we won't. You can’t say it can’t happen here/Just that it hasn’t happened yet ’Yen’ Cinemechanica Quote
JohnnyJumpUp Posted November 15 Posted November 15 3 hours ago, thetorch said: Have we really stooped this low? Grand Canyon is not a statement game and won't move the meter an inch in prestige. We should be a better program than Grand Canyon should blow them out at home. We won't have a statement game all season until the NCAA Tournament. Extremely weak OOC schedule and A10 is extremely weak this year. 30-0 is realistic. Bills by 25 tonight! GoBills73, dlarry and JettFlight5 3 Quote
Billikenbooster Posted November 15 Posted November 15 Every game where we exceed the ‘predicted’ margin by 5 or more points will be a statement game. Quote
JohnnyJumpUp Posted November 15 Posted November 15 11 minutes ago, Billikenbooster said: Every game where we exceed the ‘predicted’ margin by 5 or more points will be a statement game. I have to disagree. Beating bad teams by more than predicted doesn't equal statement games/wins. I don't look at the Lindenwood game as a statement game, that's just doing what they should do, beat bad teams by a lot. RiseOfTheBillikens 1 Quote
dlarry Posted November 15 Posted November 15 29 minutes ago, JohnnyJumpUp said: I have to disagree. Beating bad teams by more than predicted doesn't equal statement games/wins. I don't look at the Lindenwood game as a statement game, that's just doing what they should do, beat bad teams by a lot. I don’t see much of a difference in beating Lindenwood by 30 or 40. It all depends when you took your foot if the gas. I do see difference in beating a mediocre team like GCU by 5 or 20. Beating GCU is what we should do stomping them is a statement. CenHudDude 1 Quote
laker119 Posted November 16 Posted November 16 5 mins to jump and we got a lot of empty seats throughout the Fetz Quote
deltalucas Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Sheet passed out to all the students in the student section Quote
slu72 Posted November 16 Posted November 16 We’re still struggling from the 22-23 meltdown under Ford. We need some big Ws. Hopefully it starts tonite. Quote
TheA_Bomb Posted November 16 Posted November 16 7 minutes ago, deltalucas said: Sheet passed out to all the students in the student section so so lame NextYearBill 1 Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Just now, TheA_Bomb said: so so lame I guess at least it gives the students something to work with Quote
Lord Elrond Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Billikens in fire, 80% from 3 in the first 5 minutes, 14-5 SLU lead Quote
deltalucas Posted November 16 Posted November 16 3 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: so so lame It’s the first I’ve seen them do this in awhile. I’m taking it as a step in the right direction Quote
TheA_Bomb Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Microwave offense They heat up quick and score in bunches. Man think back to those years when a 7 point lead seemed insurmountable to SLU. Quote
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