Gonzaga Bulldogs vs Grand Canyon Lopes

Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round

24-12

Final

	1	2	T
Grand Canyon GCU	36	34	70
Gonzaga GONZ	40	42	82

Gonzaga BulldogsGonzagaGONZ

29-5

Grand Canyon Lopes

starters
Yvan OuedraogoY. Ouedraogo#24
Gabe McGlothanG. McGlothan#30
Kobe KnoxK. Knox#3
Ray HarrisonR. Harrison#0
Chance McMillianC. McMillian#2
bench
Isaiah CarrI. Carr#23
Logan LandersL. Landers#21
Aidan IgiehonA. Igiehon#13
Noah BaumannN. Baumann#20
Josh BakerJ. Baker#22
Walter EllisW. Ellis#55
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	2	1-4	0-0	0-1	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
26	11	4-8	1-2	2-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	2
11	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
34	20	8-19	2-4	2-2	2	3	1	2	0	1	1	2
38	16	7-15	2-5	0-0	4	4	3	1	0	0	4	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	8	3-7	2-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
26	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	5
	70	28-65	9-24	5-7	25	11	7	5	0	7	18	16
		43%	38%	71%

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
37	14	6-9	2-3	0-0	11	3	4	2	1	5	6	2
33	21	8-13	0-0	5-7	6	3	3	0	3	4	2	1
29	6	2-5	0-2	2-2	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
34	28	9-15	3-6	7-8	10	1	0	1	2	0	10	5
23	6	2-5	1-2	1-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
10	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2
20	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
14	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	1
	82	30-56	7-15	15-19	39	13	12	6	8	10	29	15
		54%	47%	79%

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:Bill Ek

Referee:Paul Szelc

Referee:Michael Palau

NCAA Division I

Mountain West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah State	15-5	-	29-7
San Diego State	14-6	1	22-11
New Mexico	13-7	2	26-11
Grand Canyon	13-7	2	20-12
Nevada	12-8	3	24-13
Boise State	12-8	3	20-12
Colorado State	11-9	4	21-13
UNLV	11-9	4	18-17
Wyoming	9-11	6	18-15
Fresno State	7-13	8	13-19
San José State	3-17	12	9-24
Air Force	0-20	15	3-29

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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