Bucknell seemed pretty content on letting Gonzaga shoot as many 3-pointers as it could hoist up during Saturday's nonconference matchup at the McCarthey Athleti
The Bison's unique zone defense was so eccentric that even Bulldogs head coach Mark Few hadn't seen anything like it before. Teams have "dared" his players into shooting untimely long-range jumpers as a way to throw the Zags out of rhythm. The looks Bucknell presented, however, were something different.
"I'd never seen it before, where they just don't guard two people and stand in there and basically just are more than happy to let your '4' men shoot 3s," Few said after the Bulldogs' 86-65 win over the Bison. "People like to kind of junk it up and try everything against us and it takes a while to kind of get your rhythm, get your feel, and especially when that first one doesn't go in.
Once the outside shots started falling, the Zags were able to pull away from the Bison for their second straight win. Gonzaga went 12-for-35 from beyond the arc. Graham Ike led the way with 25 points and 10 rebounds, Ben Gregg added 15 points off the bench and Nolan Hickman had 14 points on four 3-pointers.On Graham Ike's big night and how Bucknell decided to defend Gonzaga's post players
"I think the biggest thing was just he kind of took what they gave him. They chose not to guard our bigs and just sag off them and kind of basically dare them . I thought for the most part we took the right number of 3s and the right number of shots, but also found some paint touches and were able to play out of out of those.""I liked our defense tonight, especially in that first half, our numbers were really good.
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