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Williams scores 20 off the bench, Grand Canyon beats Wyoming 82-70

AP
Dec 20, 2025

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Makaih Williams' 20 points off of the bench helped lead Grand Canyon Antelopes to an 82-70 victory against Wyoming Cowboys in a Mountain West Conference opener on Saturday.

Williams shot 6 for 9 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 7 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Antelopes (7-4). Jaden Henley scored 18 points while shooting 6 for 9 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line. Nana Owusu-Anane shot 5 for 8 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points.

Leland Walker led the way for the Cowboys (9-3) with 13 points, four assists and two steals. Nasir Meyer added 12 points, six rebounds and two steals for Wyoming. Abou Magassa also recorded nine points and two steals.

Grand Canyon entered halftime up 45-26. Owusu-Anane paced the team in scoring in the first half with 12 points. Grand Canyon was outscored by Wyoming in the second half by a seven-point margin, but still wound up on top, while Williams led the way with a team-high 11 second-half points.

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1st Half
GRCAN
Antelopes
45
WYO
Cowboys
26

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Lopes gains possession)
19:38	+2	Efe Demirel makes two point hook shot (Jaden Henley assists)	2-0
19:16	+3	Kiani Saxon makes three point jump shot (Leland Walker assists)	2-3
18:41		Jaden Henley turnover (bad pass) (Kiani Saxon steals)
18:28		Matija Belic misses two point layup
18:26		Nana Owusu-Anane defensive rebound
18:16	+2	Brian Moore Jr. makes two point jump shot	4-3
17:54		Leland Walker misses three point jump shot
17:52		Brian Moore Jr. defensive rebound
17:41		Caleb Shaw misses three point jump shot
17:39		Khaden Bennett defensive rebound
17:33		Brian Moore Jr. personal foul
17:24		Khaden Bennett misses two point jump shot
17:22		Nana Owusu-Anane defensive rebound
17:16		Khaden Bennett shooting foul (Jaden Henley draws the foul)
17:16		Jaden Henley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:16		Jaden Henley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:16		Khaden Bennett defensive rebound
17:02		Brian Moore Jr. personal foul
16:56		Leland Walker turnover (lost ball) (Efe Demirel steals)
16:54		Matija Belic personal foul
16:38	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point layup	6-3
16:23		Nasir Meyer turnover (bad pass) (Makaih Williams steals)
16:19	+2	Makaih Williams makes two point dunk	8-3
15:55		TV timeout
15:50		Uriyah Rojas turnover (bad pass)
15:37		Gavin Gores blocks Jaden Henley's two point layup
15:35		Nana Owusu-Anane offensive rebound
15:33		Nana Owusu-Anane turnover (lost ball) (Adam Harakow steals)
15:21		Nasir Meyer turnover (bad pass) (Jaden Henley steals)
15:06	+2	Makaih Williams makes two point layup	10-3
14:53		Gavin Gores misses three point jump shot
14:51		Jaden Henley defensive rebound
14:43	+3	Nana Owusu-Anane makes three point jump shot (Jaden Henley assists)	13-3
14:42		Cowboys 30 second timeout
14:32		Adam Harakow turnover (bad pass) (Dusty Stromer steals)
14:16	+3	Nana Owusu-Anane makes three point jump shot (Makaih Williams assists)	16-3
13:58		Damarion Dennis misses three point jump shot
13:56		Simm-Marten Saadi personal foul
13:36		Khaden Bennett personal foul
13:23	+2	Dusty Stromer makes two point layup	18-3
13:10		Dusty Stromer personal foul
13:05	+2	Leland Walker makes two point jump shot	18-5
12:47		Damarion Dennis shooting foul (Nana Owusu-Anane draws the foul)
12:47	+1	Nana Owusu-Anane makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-5
12:47	+1	Nana Owusu-Anane makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-5
12:30	+2	Damarion Dennis makes two point layup (Leland Walker assists)	20-7
11:57	+2	Dusty Stromer makes two point layup	22-7
11:41		Kiani Saxon turnover (bad pass) (Makaih Williams steals)
11:35		Caleb Shaw misses three point jump shot
11:33		Makaih Williams offensive rebound
11:33		Nasir Meyer shooting foul (Makaih Williams draws the foul)
11:33		TV timeout
11:33	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-7
11:33	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-7
11:26		Efe Demirel shooting foul (Leland Walker draws the foul)
11:26	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-8
11:26		Leland Walker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:26		Kiani Saxon offensive rebound
11:14		Leland Walker turnover (bad pass) (Caleb Shaw steals)
10:51		Kaleb Smith turnover (traveling)
10:40		Matija Belic misses three point jump shot
10:38		Jared Harris offensive rebound
10:18		Leland Walker misses three point jump shot
10:16		Nana Owusu-Anane defensive rebound
9:57	+3	Jaden Henley makes three point jump shot (Nana Owusu-Anane assists)	27-8
9:38	+2	Damarion Dennis makes two point jump shot	27-10
9:13	+2	Nana Owusu-Anane makes two point layup (Brian Moore Jr. assists)	29-10
8:47		Leland Walker misses two point jump shot
8:45		Damarion Dennis offensive rebound
8:35	+2	Kiani Saxon makes two point layup (Leland Walker assists)	29-12
8:12		Kiani Saxon blocks Efe Demirel's two point dunk
8:10		Kiani Saxon defensive rebound
8:04		Damarion Dennis misses three point jump shot
8:02		Caleb Shaw defensive rebound
7:55		Caleb Shaw misses three point jump shot
7:53		Jared Harris defensive rebound
7:42		Jared Harris misses three point jump shot
7:39		Lopes defensive rebound
7:39		TV timeout
7:23		Brian Moore Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Damarion Dennis steals)
7:21		Wilhelm Breidenbach shooting foul (Damarion Dennis draws the foul)
7:21	+1	Damarion Dennis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-13
7:21	+1	Damarion Dennis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-14
6:57		Abou Magassa shooting foul (Brian Moore Jr. draws the foul)
6:57	+1	Brian Moore Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-14
6:57		Brian Moore Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:57		Nasir Meyer defensive rebound
6:37		Brian Moore Jr. personal foul
6:22	+2	Uriyah Rojas makes two point jump shot	30-16
6:03		Leland Walker personal foul
6:03	+1	Kaleb Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-16
6:03	+1	Kaleb Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-16
5:46		Nasir Meyer misses three point jump shot
5:44		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
5:37		Adam Harakow blocks Makaih Williams's two point layup
5:35		Adam Harakow defensive rebound
5:31		Uriyah Rojas misses three point jump shot
5:29		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
5:04		Wilhelm Breidenbach misses three point jump shot
5:01		Cowboys defensive rebound
4:49	+2	Abou Magassa makes two point layup (Adam Harakow assists)	32-18
4:28	+3	Makaih Williams makes three point jump shot	35-18
4:05		Adam Harakow misses three point jump shot
4:03		Efe Demirel defensive rebound
3:50		Abou Magassa personal foul
3:50		TV timeout
3:50	+1	Efe Demirel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-18
3:50	+1	Efe Demirel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-18
3:35		Jaden Henley personal foul
3:35	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-19
3:35	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-20
3:34		Dusty Stromer turnover (traveling)
3:33		Makaih Williams personal foul
3:33	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-21
3:33	+1	Leland Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-22
3:33		Lopes turnover (5-second violation)
3:27		Nasir Meyer misses two point layup
3:25		Efe Demirel defensive rebound
3:10	+2	Nana Owusu-Anane makes two point dunk	39-22
2:49		Matija Belic misses three point jump shot
2:47		Nasir Meyer offensive rebound
2:45	+2	Nasir Meyer makes two point layup	39-24
2:31		Lopes 30 second timeout
2:19		Jaden Henley turnover (bad pass)
2:07		Nasir Meyer misses three point jump shot
2:05		Jaden Henley defensive rebound
1:49		Nana Owusu-Anane misses two point layup
1:47		Matija Belic defensive rebound
1:44		Matija Belic turnover (bad pass) (Wilhelm Breidenbach steals)
1:37	+2	Caleb Shaw makes two point layup (Wilhelm Breidenbach assists)	41-24
1:22	+2	Leland Walker makes two point jump shot	41-26
1:00		Nana Owusu-Anane misses three point jump shot
0:58		Damarion Dennis defensive rebound
0:44		Gavin Gores misses two point layup
0:42		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
0:37	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point layup	43-26
0:07		Matija Belic misses three point jump shot
0:05		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
0:03		Gavin Gores personal foul
0:03	+1	Wilhelm Breidenbach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-26
0:03	+1	Wilhelm Breidenbach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-26
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
GRCAN
Antelopes
37
WYO
Cowboys
44

Time		Play	Score
19:41	+3	Leland Walker makes three point jump shot (Matija Belic assists)	45-29
19:06	+2	Brian Moore Jr. makes two point layup	47-29
18:50		Leland Walker misses two point jump shot
18:47		Lopes defensive rebound
18:30		Nasir Meyer personal foul
18:25		Jaden Henley turnover (lost ball) (Leland Walker steals)
18:09	+2	Khaden Bennett makes two point layup	47-31
18:09		Efe Demirel shooting foul (Khaden Bennett draws the foul)
18:09	+1	Khaden Bennett makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-32
17:51		Brian Moore Jr. misses two point jump shot
17:49		Leland Walker defensive rebound
17:48		Efe Demirel personal foul
17:23		Khaden Bennett misses two point layup
17:21		Nana Owusu-Anane defensive rebound
17:06		Brian Moore Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Kiani Saxon steals)
17:00		Wilhelm Breidenbach shooting foul (Matija Belic draws the foul)
17:00	+1	Matija Belic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-33
17:00		Matija Belic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:00		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
16:59		Nasir Meyer personal foul
16:39		Caleb Shaw turnover (Abou Magassa steals)
16:33		Leland Walker turnover (Nana Owusu-Anane steals)
16:32		Matija Belic shooting foul (Makaih Williams draws the foul)
16:32	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-33
16:32	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-33
16:12		Abou Magassa misses two point layup
16:10		Caleb Shaw defensive rebound
16:05		Makaih Williams misses three point jump shot
16:03		Abou Magassa defensive rebound
15:43	+2	Adam Harakow makes two point hook shot	49-35
15:21		Damarion Dennis shooting foul (Dusty Stromer draws the foul)
15:21		TV timeout
15:21		Dusty Stromer misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:21	+1	Dusty Stromer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-35
15:05		Abou Magassa misses two point layup
15:03		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
14:49	+2	Makaih Williams makes two point layup	52-35
14:16		Damarion Dennis misses two point layup
14:14		Wilhelm Breidenbach defensive rebound
14:08	+2	Nana Owusu-Anane makes two point layup	54-35
13:42		Khaden Bennett misses two point jump shot
13:40		Abou Magassa offensive rebound
13:39		Caleb Shaw shooting foul (Abou Magassa draws the foul)
13:39	+1	Abou Magassa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-36
13:39		Abou Magassa misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:39		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
13:28		Wilhelm Breidenbach turnover (bad pass) (Nasir Meyer steals)
13:17		Makaih Williams shooting foul (Uriyah Rojas draws the foul)
13:17	+1	Uriyah Rojas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-37
13:17	+1	Uriyah Rojas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-38
12:52	+3	Jaden Henley makes three point jump shot	57-38
12:37		Kiani Saxon misses three point jump shot
12:35		Nasir Meyer offensive rebound
12:32	+2	Nasir Meyer makes two point layup	57-40
12:09		Kiani Saxon shooting foul (Kaleb Smith draws the foul)
12:09		Kaleb Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:09	+1	Kaleb Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-40
12:02		Simm-Marten Saadi misses three point jump shot
12:00		Jaden Henley defensive rebound
11:52	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point layup	60-40
11:52		Matija Belic shooting foul (Jaden Henley draws the foul)
11:52		TV timeout
11:52		Jaden Henley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:52		Simm-Marten Saadi personal foul
11:52		Efe Demirel misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:50		Kaleb Smith personal foul
11:42		Matija Belic offensive foul
11:42		Matija Belic turnover (offensive foul)
11:40		Abou Magassa personal foul
11:40		Makaih Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:40		Makaih Williams offensive rebound
11:35	+2	Makaih Williams makes two point layup	62-40
11:25		Adam Harakow misses three point jump shot
11:23		Abou Magassa offensive rebound
11:18		Dusty Stromer shooting foul (Uriyah Rojas draws the foul)
11:18	+1	Uriyah Rojas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-41
11:18	+1	Uriyah Rojas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-42
10:49		Jaden Henley turnover (bad pass) (Uriyah Rojas steals)
10:44	+2	Uriyah Rojas makes two point layup (Leland Walker assists)	62-44
10:21		Kaleb Smith misses three point jump shot
10:19		Abou Magassa defensive rebound
10:10		Leland Walker misses three point jump shot
10:08		Uriyah Rojas offensive rebound
9:59	+2	Abou Magassa makes two point dunk (Uriyah Rojas assists)	62-46
9:57		Lopes 30 second timeout
9:57		TV timeout
9:29	+3	Caleb Shaw makes three point jump shot (Nana Owusu-Anane assists)	65-46
9:15		Caleb Shaw shooting foul (Nasir Meyer draws the foul)
9:15	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-47
9:15	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-48
8:57		Caleb Shaw misses three point jump shot
8:55		Nasir Meyer defensive rebound
8:44		Caleb Shaw personal foul
8:44	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-49
8:44		Nasir Meyer misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:44		Nana Owusu-Anane defensive rebound
8:21		Makaih Williams misses three point jump shot
8:19		Nasir Meyer defensive rebound
8:12		Nasir Meyer misses two point layup
8:10		Wilhelm Breidenbach personal foul
8:10	+1	Khaden Bennett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-50
8:10	+1	Khaden Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-51
7:49	+2	Makaih Williams makes two point layup	67-51
7:33		Adam Harakow misses three point jump shot
7:31		Brian Moore Jr. defensive rebound
7:12		Dusty Stromer misses three point jump shot
7:10		Uriyah Rojas defensive rebound
7:01	+2	Nasir Meyer makes two point layup	67-53
7:01		Nana Owusu-Anane shooting foul (Nasir Meyer draws the foul)
7:01		TV timeout
7:01	+1	Nasir Meyer makes regular free throw 1 of 1	67-54
6:44		Jaden Henley misses two point jump shot
6:42		Nasir Meyer defensive rebound
6:36		Abou Magassa offensive foul
6:36		Abou Magassa turnover (offensive foul)
6:19		Nana Owusu-Anane misses two point hook shot
6:17		Adam Harakow defensive rebound
6:08		Nasir Meyer turnover (lost ball) (Nana Owusu-Anane steals)
5:52		Kiani Saxon personal foul
5:52	+1	Efe Demirel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-54
5:52	+1	Efe Demirel makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-54
5:36		Nasir Meyer misses three point jump shot
5:34		Kiani Saxon offensive rebound
5:33		Jaden Henley personal foul
5:33		Kiani Saxon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:33	+1	Kiani Saxon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-55
5:04	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point layup	71-55
4:42	+2	Matija Belic makes two point jump shot	71-57
4:19		Jaden Henley misses three point jump shot
4:17		Efe Demirel offensive rebound
4:13		Efe Demirel misses two point layup
4:11		Khaden Bennett defensive rebound
4:09		Leland Walker misses three point jump shot
4:07		Caleb Shaw defensive rebound
4:03		Caleb Shaw turnover (Nasir Meyer steals)
3:56		Nasir Meyer misses two point layup
3:54		Matija Belic offensive rebound
3:49		Efe Demirel blocks Matija Belic's two point layup
3:47		Makaih Williams defensive rebound
3:37		Lopes 30 second timeout
3:37		TV timeout
3:33	+3	Caleb Shaw makes three point jump shot (Nana Owusu-Anane assists)	74-57
3:06	+2	Gavin Gores makes two point dunk (Khaden Bennett assists)	74-59
2:47		Leland Walker personal foul
2:47		Makaih Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:47	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-59
2:35	+2	Matija Belic makes two point layup (Khaden Bennett assists)	75-61
2:13		Gavin Gores shooting foul (Jaden Henley draws the foul)
2:13	+1	Jaden Henley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-61
2:13		Cowboys 30 second timeout
2:13	+1	Jaden Henley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-61
2:03		Nasir Meyer misses three point jump shot
1:59		Lopes defensive rebound
1:59		Cowboys 30 second timeout
1:57		Efe Demirel turnover (bad pass) (Khaden Bennett steals)
1:47	+2	Abou Magassa makes two point layup (Khaden Bennett assists)	77-63
1:16		Efe Demirel turnover (lost ball) (Leland Walker steals)
1:11		Khaden Bennett misses three point jump shot
1:09		Abou Magassa offensive rebound
1:09		Nana Owusu-Anane shooting foul (Abou Magassa draws the foul)
1:09		Abou Magassa misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:09	+1	Abou Magassa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-64
0:59		Makaih Williams turnover (bad pass) (Abou Magassa steals)
0:52	+2	Khaden Bennett makes two point layup (Abou Magassa assists)	77-66
0:43		Leland Walker personal foul
0:43	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-66
0:43	+1	Makaih Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-66
0:31		Wilhelm Breidenbach shooting foul (Abou Magassa draws the foul)
0:31		Abou Magassa misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:31	+1	Abou Magassa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-67
0:28		Matija Belic personal foul
0:28		Nana Owusu-Anane misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:28	+1	Nana Owusu-Anane makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-67
0:22	+3	Leland Walker makes three point jump shot	80-70
0:11		Abou Magassa personal foul
0:11	+1	Jaden Henley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-70
0:11	+1	Jaden Henley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-70
0:05		Khaden Bennett misses three point jump shot
0:03		Jaden Henley defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Jaden Henley defensive rebound