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Utah Valley beats Grand Canyon, takes over second place in WAC

Orem • Akolda Manyang scored 14 points and blocked two shots, Conner Toolson added 12 points with three steals, and Utah Valley beat Grand Canyon 68-56 on Saturday to take possession of second place in the Western Athletic Conference and win its 10th straight at home.

Kenneth Ogbe scored 10 points for the Wolverines (16-6, 5-1), who scored 21 points off of 16 Antelopes' turnovers, but were outrebounded 44-28.

The Antelopes rallied and Casey Benson's 3 tied it at 40, but Jake Toolson's layup sparked a 16-5 run and Utah Valley led 60-47 with 4:04 to play while Grand Canyon went without a field goal for more than six minutes.