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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona will face a new in-state rival when the 19th-ranked Wildcats take on Grand Canyon University and one of the nations top scorers Wednesday (11 p.m. ET, ESPNU) at McKale Center.The teams havent played since Dec. 30, 1980, which marked the end of a four-season series between the schools. It was recently, though, that the Antelopes made a name for themselves nationally, hiring NBA veteran Dan Majerle as coach in 2013 and beginning the transition to Division I that year as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.We respect them a great deal, Arizona coach Sean Miller said. We look at Grand Canyon as a really good team, a postseason team, and were going to have to be ready to go, for sure. ... Theyre more than capable of coming in here and beating us.Arizona (8-2) is still expected to have a razor-thin margin of error with only seven available scholarship players, unless guard Allonzo Trier plays. He has been held out so far this season because of an unexplained eligibility issue. Miller, again, had no comment about Trier on Monday.The Wildcats had eight players until starting point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright sustained a high ankle sprain four games ago. He is expected to be out until late January. One player who stepping up his production is freshman wing Rawle Alkins.Alkins is averaging 16.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in the past three games, making 7 of 14 3-point shots.Rawles unselfish by nature, and as hes really learned to take good threes, Miller said. Hes put in a lot of work.Arizonas top three scorers are freshmen -- 7-foot power forward Lauri Markkanen (16.8 points per game), Alkins (12.5) and guard Kobi Simmons (12.1).The player to watch Wednesday, though, might be Grand Canyon guard DeWayne Russell, who is averaging 25.4 points per game. He poured in 42 in a 79-70 home loss to Louisville in Phoenix on Dec. 3. The Antelopes (5-4) opened the season with a loss at Duke, and they have a home win over San Diego State.I think Duke is probably one of the toughest places to play in the country, Russell told ABC-15 in Phoenix. Having that confidence we played there gives us confidence that we can play anywhere.Russell played at McKale Center as a freshman with Northern Arizona in the 2012-13 season, scoring 14 points. He transferred to Grand Canyon after that season.He was very good at that time, Miller said. Hes a more mature player now. I watched what he did to Louisville. That speaks for itself. If you get 40 or more points against them, youre a great, great offensive player.Grand Canyon is expected to be without guard Joshua Braun, who has a knee injury. Braun, averaging 14.5 points, was the preseason WAC Player of the Year.Arizona will have a significant size advantage with two 7-footers in the starting lineup. The Antelopes frontcourt players, including USC graduate transfer Darion Clark, go 6-6 and 6-7.Were not intimidated by anybody ... any environment, Majerle told ABC-15. We always like to play Top 20 teams because, like I said, eventually thats what we want to be. We want to be a Top 25 team. Greedy Williams Jersey Large . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Authentic Custom Browns Jersey . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. http://www.custombrownsjersey.com/ . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Custom Browns Jerseys . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. Custom Browns Jerseys . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. The New York Rangers will go for their fifth straight win and eighth in nine games on Sunday when they host the Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden.The Rangers (9-3-0) will also look to continue a streak thats perhaps even more impressive. Theyve scored at least five goals in four straight and five of six, something that doesnt happen very often in todays NHL.Their 5-2 victory in Boston on Saturday night wasnt as easy at the score indicated. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 37-24 but were victimized by uneven goaltending from Tuukka Rask.We didnt play our best game but we found a way to make a couple of plays and beat one of the goaltenders that had been one of the hottest so far in the league, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said after the Rangers handed Rask his first loss in seven games.The Rangers scored their first two shorthanded goals of the season and another on the power play. Backup goaltender Antti Raanta made 35 saves to give starter Henrik Lundqvist the night off before facing the Jets at home Sunday.Tonight we were able to capitalize on a few chances, Vigneault said. If you analyze the game, the difference was our goaltending was better than theirs and our specialty teams got us a goal on the power play and got us a couple shorthanded looks.The Jets are one of the NHLs youngest teams and, to start the season, one of the busiest. They have played eight games in 13 days as they venture into a stretch of 28 games in 49 days, one that limits practice time for coach Paul Maurice.For a young team, teaching is important, but the lack of off-days means most of the teaching doesnt happen on the ice.ddddddddddddhe practice time is the thing with a young team, Maurice told the Winnipeg Sun. The details youd like to work on instead of showing them video, but thats our schedule and thats not changing.The next time we have a practice, I dont know, in December, we will tailor how we practice, the load.Along with the schedule, the Jets have also been challenged with injuries.The good news is the Jets have won two straight but their most recent victory -- a 5-3 win against the Red Wings in Detroit on Friday -- came without seven of their regulars. Right winger Joel Armia and center Mathieu Perreault were the latest to go down and missed that game against the Red Wings.When they take the ice against the Rangers on Sunday night, they will do so without defenseman Tyler Myers, center Bryan Little and right winger Drew Stafford. That means a chance for 22-year-old Andrew Copp, a third-round pick in 2013 who was recalled by the team Thursday. He has an assist in two games.Its important that he gets an opportunity fairly early and were real happy with what hes doing with the Moose with the role hes in and the opportunity hes been getting, Maurice told the Winnipeg Sun.Were trying to, I dont know if we should say change his role, but put him back in a position he was in when he came out of college -- he was an important two-way player who could handle the puck and make some plays and do more than just check. ' ' '