BYU Cougars @ Gonzaga Bulldogs

16-12, 6-7 WCC

Final

	1	2	T
BYU BYU	37	44	81
Gonzaga GONZ	34	54	88

Gonzaga BulldogsGonzagaGONZ

21-5, 10-2 WCC

BYU Cougars

starters
Gideon GeorgeG. George#5
Fousseyni TraoreF. Traore#45
Dallin HallD. Hall#30
Jaxson RobinsonJ. Robinson#2
Spencer JohnsonS. Johnson#20
bench
Tredyn ChristensenT. Christensen#10
Atiki Ally AtikiA. Ally Atiki#4
Noah WatermanN. Waterman#0
Richie SaundersR. Saunders#15
Rudi WilliamsR. Williams#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	3	3	5
26	17	7-10	0-0	3-3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
26	3	1-5	1-2	0-0	5	4	1	2	0	0	5	3
35	10	4-11	2-6	0-0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	3
35	17	6-11	3-5	2-2	3	7	1	1	0	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
17	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	1	3	0	0	2	1	4
17	12	4-6	1-3	3-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	3
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	11	5-11	1-6	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	2
	81	31-65	8-24	11-12	33	15	12	5	1	9	24	28
		48%	33%	92%

Gonzaga Bulldogs

starters
Anton WatsonA. Watson#22
Drew TimmeD. Timme#2
Nolan HickmanN. Hickman#11
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#0
Rasir BoltonR. Bolton#45
bench
Ben GreggB. Gregg#33
Hunter SallisH. Sallis#5
Malachi SmithM. Smith#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
30	12	4-5	0-0	4-9	6	1	2	2	1	3	3	3
35	19	7-11	0-1	5-6	7	8	4	0	1	2	5	3
26	6	3-7	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
33	26	8-14	4-8	6-7	5	2	0	1	1	0	5	4
29	13	3-9	1-4	6-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
14	5	1-2	0-0	3-4	5	2	1	0	1	1	4	0
17	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	4	1	1	1	0	1	3	1
16	5	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
	88	28-55	6-18	26-34	34	16	9	7	4	8	26	14
		51%	33%	76%

Gonzaga comes back late to thwart BYU's upset bid

1:43

Rasir Bolton pads Gonzaga's lead with a triple

0:23

Julian Strawther sinks deep 3 for Gonzaga

0:20

Game Information

Spokane, WA

Referee:Michael Irving

Referee:Gregory Nixon

Referee:Eric Curry

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

West Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Gonzaga	16-2	-	31-4
Saint Mary's	16-2	-	27-6
Santa Clara	15-3	1	26-9
Oregon State	9-9	7	17-16
Seattle U	8-10	8	21-14
Pacific	8-10	8	18-15
San Francisco	8-10	8	17-16
Washington State	7-11	9	12-20
Loyola Marymount	6-12	10	15-17
Portland	6-12	10	15-19
San Diego	5-13	11	12-21
Pepperdine	4-14	12	9-23

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