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Untimely T Ends Northwestern Rally; Gonzaga Wins

... probably the best thing they've done in the history of the school. You react spontaneously and stuff happens.". Gonzaga is onto its third straight Sweet 16, in search of the program's first trip to the Final Four. Painful as the late sequence was for the Wildcats, chances are it won't be the only thing they remember. "To me, the second half is who that group was," Chris Collins said. But losing, especially that way. "It stinks. That's the part of the tournament that's really hard," he said. BIG MAN SHUFFLE: The Wildcats had more trouble stopping 7-foot-1 Przemek Karnowski's backup than Karnowski himself. The senior missed his first three shots and never got into much of a groove on the way to nine points. His backup, Collins, had 14 points, including back-to-back three-point plays that pushed Gonzaga's lead back to 19 in the second half after it had briefly dropped to 12. NO ENCORE: For the second straight game, Mc Intosh had a ...

Lds Missionary, Future Gonzaga Basketball Player Highlighted By Spokane Tv Station

... future Gonzaga basketball player highlighted by Spokane TV station. Recommended by Trent Toone Deseret News @tbtoone. Published: March 18, 2017 1:50 p.m. Updated: 4 hours ago. View 3 Items. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News. Jesse Wade, this year's Mr. Basketball, poses for portraits at Davis High School in Kaysville on Friday, March 20, 2015. Wade is serving an LDS mission in France and will return to play college basketball at Gonzaga. Gonzaga University basketball fans seem eager to add a Mormon missionary to their roster next season. Jesse Wade, a former Davis High star and Deseret News' 2015 'Mr. Basketball,' committed to play for the Bulldogs before leaving on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. Wade was featured in a 4-minute video report by KHQ-TV reporter Sam Adams, who was in Salt Lake City Saturday covering Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed prepared to play Northwestern in the second round. In the video, Adams interviews members of the Wade family, including Jesse's parents and sisters. Some of the photos show Wade with BYU guard T. J. Haws, who served in the same mission. His ...

Hot Shooting Start Carries Oklahoma Women Past Gonzaga 75-62 In Ncaa Tournament Opener

... Oklahoma a 67-57 lead. Gonzaga was unable to get closer than eight the rest of the way. Oklahoma, averaging just over six made 3-pointers per game on the season, hit six 3 s in the first quarter and eight in the first half, building a 39-26 lead at the break. Little was the main culprit from behind the arc, but Manning's first basket was a 3 with 1:37 left in the half and Derica Wyatt added another 3 in the final minute to give the Sooners a 13-point advantage. Oklahoma also made Barta a non-factor in the first half. Barta had 37 in the West Coast Conference championship game against Saint Mary's, 22 of those coming in the first half. Barta was scoreless for the first 13 minutes and had just four points in the first half. BIG PICTURE. Gonzaga: The Bulldogs were unable to match their tournament run of two years ago when as a No. 11 seed they reached the Sweet 16. Gonzaga was 3 of 18 (17 percent) on 3-pointers after hitting 33 percent for the season. Oklahoma: The Sooners are in the round of 32 for the third straight year and the 15 th time ...

Updating Coverage Of 1 Gonzaga Vs. 8 Northwestern In Ncaa Tournament

... 8:25 - Two huge 3-pointers by Nathan Taphorn have GU’s lead down to single digits. Bulldogs only lead 59-50 after leading 38-20 at halftime. 9:33 - Still a long ways away from being over here. The officials have called 18 fouls in 10 minutes, meaning there will be a lot of free throws to come. NU has cut GU’s lead to 58-47. Gonzaga has not made a field goal in 4:06. Fourth foul on Lindsey, GU in bonus with 11:15 left. We're going to be here a while. NU down 14. — Jim Meehan (@SRJimm) March 18, 2017. 11:55 - Some nervous moments for the Bulldogs in the last few minutes, but they have so far weathered the storm with big buckets of their own. Zach Collins in particular has come up big in the second half a three-point-plays on consecutive possessions. NU is hanging tough, and that’s got the crowd back into it, but GU still leads 56-39. 16:52 - Northwestern is playing with a lot of ...

Northwestern 'fighters' Almost Came All The Way Back Against Gonzaga

... loss to salute the fans who made this feel like a home game during stretches of the second half. "So much support," Lumpkin said. "It was unbelievable. I wish we could have pulled it off.". Nathan Taphorn on playing his final game at Northwestern. Northwestern's Nathan Taphorn reacts after playing in his final college game, the Wildcats' 79-73 loss to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, March 18, 2017. (Teddy Greenstein/Chicago Tribune). See more videos. This was NU's basketball Rose Bowl , a heavenly four-day stretch in a city surrounded by snow-capped mountains and temperatures in the 70 s that felt more like Pasadena than Utah. Fans in purple fist-bumped each other on the street. At the pep rally, NU football coach Pat Fitzgerald told the hundreds of jubilant fans the meaning of his team's Wildcat Way: "Go as hard as you can ...

Przemek Karnowski A Big, Bearded Presence For Top-seeded Gonzaga

... man Zach Collins said. Asked if it's like having an extra man on the floor, Collins played along, saying: "Definitely. It's 6-on-5.". But Karnowski, whose first name is pronounced "SHEM-ick," is a jovial guy. Asked if the beard's purpose is to intimidate or if it simply represents his desire not to shave, the big man replied: "Both.". And he had some kind words for NU center Dererk Pardon, who goes 6-8, 235. "Obviously I'm bigger than him, and we'll try to take advantage of that," he said. "But he's a good defender — long arms, very athletic.". Gonzaga coach Mark Few said he expects the Wildcats to double the post "on every catch.". That's where Sanjay Lumpkin comes in. "What we've talked about is how they kind of resemble Purdue," Lumpkin said, referring to the 7-2 Isaac Haas and ox-strong 6-9 Caleb Swanigan. "We feel like we have a game plan ready for that.". Maybe, but Gonzaga causes more headaches. The top seed in the West — losers of just one game this season — the Zags have the No. 13-rated offense and top-rated defense, according to the Ken __link__ efficiency ratings. The 6-3 Nigel Williams-Goss shot just 4-for-13 in Gonzaga's ...

Gonzaga's Success Hinges Upon Its Big Men

... any other squad, but still, my uncle’s take surprised me. Simply because, the Zags just aren’t that team. In fact, 3-point shooting is probably the last thing that comes to mind upon mention of the Zags. This is a Gonzaga team with a completely different identity. The Zags provided evidence of that in their 66-46 win over South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With 17:20 to play in the game, Johnathan Williams rejected an SDSU player's shot as he tried to score in the lane. The block turned into a transition floater from Nigel Williams-Goss, and a 35-26 GU lead. That’s who Gonzaga is, and has been all season. A defensive-minded squad, that gets out in transition and does everything through its big men. The Zags aren’t a 3-point shooting team, and if they try to be, they will run into trouble. In the first half against SDSU, the Jackrabbits packed in the lane and dared the Zags to shoot from outside. They shot, and they missed. The Zags went 2-14 from beyond the arc in ...

Day And Night, Elle Tinkle Amassing 1sts At Gonzaga

... __link__. SEATTLE – Elle Tinkle had just finished playing in a Saturday matinee with the women’s basketball team at Gonzaga, where she holds the school record for games played (142), and now the grind truly was beginning. Instead of a festive celebration at some Spokane night spot with her teammates, Tinkle headed home for a quick nap to prep herself for the first of three all-nighters. For that first night, the Missoula Big Sky product had learned to be creative – laundry at 2 a.m., homework at 4, whatever else it takes to fill the wee-hour gaps with eyes wide open – knowing the next two all-nighters were 12-hour dark-to-daylight shifts at a local hospital. Normalcy would come around again Tuesday, with classes, homework and practice – no tea party, either. So it goes when you’re the first and only Gonzaga ...

Saint Mary’s Compares Arizona’s Size To Gonzaga

... faced Gonzaga in L. A. back in December, one thing that stood out was how the Zags were able to have their way in the paint. Well, the Gaels think the Wildcats are similar to Gonzaga down low. “They’re pretty similar size-wise,” Calvin Hermanson explained. “Both teams have pretty good inside attack. Gonzaga did a pretty good job against us scoring down low, and obviously Arizona has got some big size down low as well, so we’re going to try and limit their points in the paint. I’d say that’s where they’re most similar probably.”. “We’ve seen teams with this size before,” SMC head coach Randy Bennett added about Arizona’s size. “BYU’s big and Gonzaga’s big. Gonzaga’s real big. So it’ll be like that. It’s not like it’s gonna be something we haven’t seen. But they’re more than that. Their guards are good.”. The player of the game for the Gaels on Thursday was 6-foot-11 center Jock Landale , who put up 18 points and 13 rebounds against VCU. Considering Arizona ...

Gonzaga Alumni Share In The Revelry At Zags’ Tourney Site

... a quick detour to the Vivint Smart Home Arena. Earlier this week it was announced that Gonzaga would be playing at the home arean of the Utah Jazz for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The early game time for the Zags’ first game against South Dakota State fit nicely between Hansel’s flight schedule. “The game got scheduled here and I was like, ‘I got to go,’ ” said Hansel, who graduated from Gonzaga five years ago. “It’s way better than sitting in the airport.”. So as soon as Hansel landed in Salt Lake City on Thursday morning, she scurried downtown for Gonzaga’s pregame social to meet up with other GU alumni who came to Utah to support the Zags. And she found quite a few of them. Roughly 100 GU alumni were gathered for brunch inside The Grand Hall with the Gonzaga pep band and cheerleaders before the opening matchup. Hansel immersed herself immediately in a group of alumni that had left Gonzaga just a couple years after she did. Tom Scott, Kaitlin Pallai and Laura Winje made room for Hansel at their table. All of them seemed to be deliriously excited about going to the ...

How To Watch Gonzaga Vs. Northwestern, Game Time, Tv Info, Live Stream

... faces No. 8 Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon for the right to play in the Sweet 16. Below is viewing information for the game and what to know about each team. Viewing information. When: Saturday, March 18, 5:15 p.m. ET. TV: CBS. What to know about each team. No. 1 seed Gonzaga trailed for much of the first half against 16 seed South Dakota State, but they put the Jackrabbits away with a strong final 20 minutes. The Bulldogs win sets up a showdown on Saturday against the winner of No. 8 Northwestern and No. 9 seed Vanderbilt. Bryant Mc Intosh was dialed in (25 points on 16 attempts) as Northwestern held on for a 68-66 win vs. Vanderbilt in the first round. There pressure of making the tournament is gone, now Chris Collins has his team playing loose and they could be a handful for Gonzaga on Saturday. MML is available on i Phone, i Pad, watch OS, tv OS, Android handsets, Android Tablets, Chromecast, Amazon Tablets, Alexa skill for Amazon devices, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Windows 10 devices, ...