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Recap and highlights: No. 3 Gonzaga finishes Battle 4 Atlantis strong with 90-65 win over Davidson

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 29, 2024

Setting a career-high for the second time in as many days, Ryan Nembhard piled up 14 assists, picking Davidson apart with a steady diet of passes into Gonzaga’s big men, who accumulated a 58-24 advantage in paint points during the team’s final game at Imperial Arena in the Bahamas.

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Latest chapter of Gonzaga-Davidson series to unfold in fifth-place game at Battle 4 Atlantis

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Davidson coach Matt McKillop divvied up scouting duties to his assistants this week at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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Gonzaga’s Ismaila Diagne considered ‘week to week’ with sprained knee ligament

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

Ismaila Diagne didn’t suit up for Gonzaga’s first two games at the Battle 4 Atlantis, and the Bulldogs are expecting to be without the 7-foot center for at least one more game in the Bahamas as he recovers from a sprained medial collateral ligament.

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Dave Boling: The Zags show they still have some dog in them with physical win over Indiana

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Gonzaga’s multiple mascot names can be a little confusing. And it seems they carry a little different connotation.

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Buzzer breakdown: Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard keeps dishing, Indiana’s Oumar Ballo goes off against former team

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

PARADISE ISLANDS, Bahamas – Here are three observations from No. 3 Gonzaga’s 89-73 victory against Indiana Thursday at Imperial Arena.

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Tara Wallack leads Washington State women over Norfolk State 68-60 at Puerto Rico Shootout

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

From staff reports

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Missouri State holds off Gonzaga women for 65-64 win at Paradise Jam

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands – With a little more than seven minutes remaining, the Gonzaga women’s basketball team was face-to-face with a 17-point deficit Thursday.

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Recap and highlights: No. 3 Gonzaga bounces back at Battle 4 Atlantis with 89-73 win over No. 14 Indiana

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – No. 3 Gonzaga responded to a disappointing loss the way one might expect of a program that’s been on the national stage for 25 years.

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‘I’m happy for him.’ Gonzaga withstands 25-point outing from Indiana’s Oumar Ballo in matchup against old school

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – For two years, Gonzaga’s coaching staff and development team worked with Oumar Ballo on his conditioning, helped him fine-tune his hook-shot and spent countless hours behind the scenes with the Mali native as he adapted to the American game.

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No. 3 Gonzaga returns to form in 89-73 win over No. 14 Indiana: ‘We responded well’

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

No. 3 Gonzaga responded to a disappointing loss the way one might expect of a program that’s been on the national stage for 25 years. So did No. 14 Indiana – for about 10 minutes.

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WSU falls to SMU, 77-60, taking second place at Acrisure Holiday Invitational

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

Washington State might need a few days off.

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Gonzaga gives up late lead, outclassed by West Virginia in OT during 86-78 upset loss

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Three time zones away and 3,000 miles from home, a Gonzaga team that hadn’t faced much resistance in its first five games of the season finally came across some choppy water in Wednesday’s opener against West Virginia at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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Dave Boling: Gonzaga taught valuable lesson in accountability during loss to West Virginia

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Such high-profile early season games are teaching and learning experiences. Buff and polish the good, find and fix the flaws.

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Recap and highlights: West Virginia takes down No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in overtime at Battle 4 Atlantis

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

Three time zones away and 3,000 miles from home, a Gonzaga team that hadn’t faced much resistance in its first give games this season finally came across some choppy water in Wednesday’s opener against West Virginia at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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West Virginia puts the brakes on Gonzaga’s transition offense

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Job No. 1 for West Virginia in slowing down Gonzaga’s high-powered offense was, well, slowing down Gonzaga’s high-powered offense. In other words, controlling Gonzaga’s transition game, and that’s what the Mountaineers did in springing an 86-78 overtime victory Wednesday at Imperial Arena.

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Buzzer breakdown: West Virginia’s Javon Small torches Gonzaga in second half of upset win

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Three observations from Gonzaga’s 86-78 loss to West Virginia at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 14 Indiana square off at Battle 4 Atlantis after upset losses in first round

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

So the Gonzaga-Indiana matchup that oddsmakers and most college basketball followers thought would happen is happening – just not in the semifinals. The upsets kept coming as No. 3 Gonzaga lost to West Virginia 86-78 in overtime in Wednesday’s second game.

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WSU pulls away from Fresno State in second half for 84-73 win, moving on to tournament title game

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

Washington State will be playing for a tournament title.

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Cold second-half shooting plagues Eastern Washington in loss to UC Santa Barbara 67-51

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

From staff reports

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Former Gonzaga big Oumar Ballo talks transfer decisions, NIL and thief breaking into his car

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

It’s old home week for former Gonzaga big man Oumar Ballo at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Ballo played one season at Gonzaga, blossomed into an All-Pac-12 player in three years at Arizona with former Zags’ assistant Tommy Lloyd and he’s currently four games into his last collegiate season at Indiana. As luck would have it, No. 14 Indiana lines up against Louisville on Wednesday with a date against No. 3 Gonzaga or West Virginia on Thursday. Arizona is a potential matchup for Gonzaga or Indiana on Friday.

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