Gonzaga's team showcased a strong comeback, outscoring its next two opponents by 41 points in a 48-hour span, finishing the Battle 4 Atlantis event in fifth place. Key performances included Ben Gregg's career-high 24 points and Ryan Nembhard's tournament record 14 assists.
team outscored its next two opponents by 41 points over the course of a 48-hour span to finish the highly competitive Battle 4 Atlantis event in fifth place. Quite the response to adversity on short notice. on Thanksgiving, got a good night’s rest and then took care of business against Davidson on Friday to come away with a. Gonzaga led by two points before its bench unit sparked a 13-1 scoring run to make it 33-19 at the 7:08 mark in the first half.
Mark Few has to be pleased with how his frontcourt imposed its will over the last two days after getting shut down for the most part by the Mountaineers in the quarterfinal. Gonzaga’s bigs overcame foul trouble and Oumar Ballo’s right-handed hook shot to overrun the Hoosiers down low, then put together an explosive night on offense to completely overwhelm the Wildcats from start to finish.
The Ike-Huff-Gregg trio proved to be too much for the Wildcats to handle. They combined for 56 points and 22 rebounds on 22-of-35 from the field and set the tone in the paint, where Gonzaga outscored Davidson, 58-24, while also winning the rebounding battle, 40-23. The Wildcats were held without any second-chance points — the Zags had 12 second-chance points.Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Ryan Nembhard dribbles as Davidson Wildcats forward Joe Hurlburt defends.
Now under former BYU coach Mark Pope, the Wildcats don’t feature a single player on their roster who suited up in last season’s 89-85 loss to the Zags at Rupp Arena. Rather than trot out a handful of 5-star freshmen, Pope assembled a versatile cast made up of mostly upperclassmen he snagged out of the transfer portal. So far through the first four weeks of the season, the newcomers’ experience is already coming through for Big Blue.
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