Grand Canyon
11/10/2026 7:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly men’s basketball program continues and completes its lengthiest road trip of the season when visiting Grand Canyon on Wednesday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m. PT), reigning Big Sky Tournament champion Idaho on Friday, Nov. 13 (5 p.m. PT) and Montana State on Sunday, Nov. 15 (3 p.m. PT). After finishing 10th nationally last season with 10.8 three-pointers per game, Cal Poly knocked down 16 at No. 4/5 Arizona (Nov. 5) and ranks 11th among 361 programs at 14.0 per matchup. Wednesday’s matchup at Grand Canyon streams live on MW+ with games against Idaho and Montana State airing on ESPN+.
CAL POLY VERSUS GRAND CANYON: The Mustangs have faced Grand Canyon just once prior, dropping a 71-64 road decision on Dec. 28, 2016.
CAL POLY VERSUS IDAHO: One of three programs Cal Poly faced last year that reached the NCAA Tournament, Idaho has won three straight against the Mustangs – including an 83-80 overtime win in San Luis Obispo last fall. Cal Poly has dropped its previous four matchups in Moscow, last earning a road win at Idaho on Jan. 31, 2002. The Vandals lead both the all-time (14-9) and Division I (13-9) series.
CAL POLY VERSUS MONTANA STATE: The Mustangs seek their first series victory against Montana State, having fallen at home to the Bobcats in 2009 and 2025 and sustaining a 73-57 setback in the program’s lone previous trip to Bozeman on Nov. 21, 2010.
MOUSA BACK IN SCORING FORM: The Big West’s leading scorer last season, junior Hamad Mousa – following a 30-point effort at No. 4/5 Arizona (Nov. 5) – enters Wednesday’s matchup at Grand Canyon ranked 18th nationally and second in the conference at 24.0 points per matchup. He’s also 20th among NCAA players with a 68.8 (11-for-16) percent three-point mark. Mousa, who also scored 18 in Cal Poly’s opener against Cal State San Marcos, has recorded double-digit scoring figures in all bar one of his 34 career appearances. A 2025 transfer from Dayton – where he totaled just 26 points in 20 games – Mousa scored 652 points in debut Cal Poly season (the second highest total in program history). On pace to become the quickest 1,000-point scorer in program history, Mousa requires just 300 more to hit the mark.
BACK IN THE GREEN: With Cal Poly returning 13 players from its 2025-26 roster, only Navy (18) – among more than 360 Division I programs – brings back more rostered competitors from a year ago. Among programs that return double-digit numbers from their 2025-26 rosters, only Air Force (98.0 percent) returns more scoring than Cal Poly (83.2). The Mustangs feature just one player who competed in high school last year.
PORTAL DOORS REMAIN CLOSED: During the previous two offseasons under third-year head coach Mike DeGeorge, Cal Poly has lost just one total player to the transfer portal. With Cal Poly one of only five programs to lose a single player to the portal this past offseason, only Navy – with no players lost in two years – has lost less talent than the Mustangs.
UNITED NATIONS: Cal Poly’s 2026-27 roster features players from seven countries (United States, Canada, France, Uruguay, Qatar, Egypt, New Zealand) with the Mustangs remaining the only Division I program to represent all six of the Earth’s habitable regions/continents. Only UT Martin (11), Siena (8), Pepperdine (8) and Utah (8) welcome more international players.
LOOKING AHEAD (16-22): The Mustangs enjoy a six-day break after Sunday’s Montana State matchup with Cal Poly returning home to face Northern Arizona on Saturday, Nov. 21. Tip time is 4 p.m. on ESPN+ for Cal Poly, which looks to snap a three-game series slide against the Lumberjacks dating to the 2007-08 season.
ETC.: Cal Poly is in its 33rd Division I season and 83rd as a four-year program … Cal Poly improved to 52-1 against non-Division I programs (since transitioning to the Division I level prior to the 1994-95 season) with a 78-62 home win against Division II Cal State San Marcos … Cal Poly’s Nov. 2 season opener marked the earliest start date in program history … Cal Poly’s Nov. 5 visit to No. 4/5 Arizona featured the highest ranked opponent in Cal Poly’s history and highest since a 73-62, season-opening loss at then-No. 5 Arizona on Nov. 8, 2013.
