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Few Good Men lose to Team Challenge ALS in The Basketball Tournament

In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates, left, appears with his wife Julie, center, and two-year-old daughter Lucy, right, moments after he was presented with the 2017 NCAA Inspiration Award, at their home in Beverly, Mass. Pete Frates is the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig's disease research. Former Washington State and Gonzaga Prep football standout Steve Gleason is also a major fundraiser for ALS research. (Steven Senne / Associated Press)

Brooklyn turned out to be the end of the road for Few Good Men.

The team which includes several former Gonzaga Bulldogs lost to Team Challenge ALS 77-60 on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, in the round of 16 of The Basketball Tournament.

Jerry Smith poured in a game-high 23 points for Team Challenge, the No. 6 seed in the West Region. Team Challenge used a 16-3 run midway through the second half to upset No. 2 seed Few Good Men.

Smith made 8 of 10 from the field, which included 4 of 5 3-pointers.

Jannero Pargo led the way with 21 points for Few Good Men, which fell in the Super 16 for the second straight year.

Team Challenge ALS, which is playing for ALS-stricken Pete Frates (college roommate of Team Challenge ALS’s Sean Marshall) advances to the West Regional championship game against No. 4 seed Armored Athlete on Sunday.