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March Madness - Maryland Defeats Grand Canyon 81-49 - Recap

The battle between Maryland and Grand Canyon didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Grand Canyon was handed a 81-49 defeat on Friday at Climate Pledge Arena.

Maryland won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the -9.5-point spread as favorites.

Julian Reese had 18 points for Maryland and Ja'Kobi Gillespie chipped in with 16 points. Ja'Kobi Gillespie had 3 assists for them, while Derik Queen was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 15 boards.

Grand Canyon got 23 points from Tyon Grant-Foster in a losing cause and another 6 points from Ray Harrison. Tyon Grant-Foster contributed 3 assists for them, while Duke Brennan had 8 rebounds.

Maryland was winning at the break before taking care of business in the second half.

The rebound battle favored Maryland as they grabbed 40 boards, while Grand Canyon only had 30