Gonzaga, after hearing for days it was a prime candidate for a first-round upset in the NCAA Tournament, was nearly flawless in the first half, built a 23-point lead and coasted past the 12th-seeded Cowboys 86-65 Thursday at the Delta Center.
An All-Pac-12 selection this year, Oregon State’s Raegan Beers scored at least 20 points in 11 different games this season while recording 15 double-doubles. In two Pac-12 Tournament games she made 19 of 32 shots and had four blocks and three steals. She is one reason why the Beavers ranked third in the Pac-12 in shooting (46.2%).
Unlike some of the other venues the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team could be playing this weekend, Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon, is a familiar place to nearly every player on the roster.
SALT LAKE CITY – Dusty Stromer’s mother and father were in the crowd at the Delta Center on Thursday, traveling from Southern California to Salt Lake City to watch their son’s debut in the NCAA Tournament.
Gonzaga, after hearing for days it was a prime candidate for a first-round upset in the NCAA Tournament, was nearly flawless in the first half, built a 23-point lead and coasted past the 12th-seeded Cowboys 86-65 Thursday at the Delta Center.
Reporters packed the interview room at the Delta Center the last two days for Monson’s press conferences. Similar to Wednesday, Monson conducted another master class on handling a tough situation with class, humor and humility.
SALT LAKE CITY – From the bronze John Stockton statue sitting out front to the banners that hang inside, tributes to the best era of Utah Jazz basketball aren't short supply at Gonzaga's NCAA Tournament site.
SALT LAKE CITY – Although one of them came to Gonzaga from a high school right down the street, and the other from a third-world country on the opposite side of the globe, Anton Watson and Oumar Ballo went through similar growing pains together as freshmen in 2019-20.
OMAHA, Neb. – Kyle Smith may have his Washington State in new territory, playing Drake on Thursday in the Cougars’ first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008, but he’s also thinking about his future at the school.
OMAHA, Neb. – Whenever Kyle Smith talks about Drake, the midmajor club his seventh-seeded Cougars take on in Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener, he tends to come back to one player.
What’s wrong, Spokane basketball fans – worried that you’re not getting enough bang for the 450 bucks you paid for a seat at this week’s NCAA Tournament games at the Arena?
