Gonzaga's Elias Harris made a layup as well as three-pointer while in the final 15 moments with regulations to send the WCC remaining to be able to overtime, wherever Matthew Dellavedova designed your go-ahead zero cost tosses with 39.3 a few moments remaining.
"I'm quite satisfied within the win. We'll like this nevertheless as we obtain back, it will be time to center to get geared up for the tournament and want to do something that we have possibly not done," Dellavedova said.
The top-seeded Gaels (27-5), which snapped Gonzaga's stringed regarding 11 straight regular time convention games this year, had the ability to hold on in the extra time as well as reduction that nets at Orleans Arena.
Dellavedova completed with 22 points, Rob Jones added eighteen tips and eleven rebounds in addition to Jorden Page netted of sixteen for that meeting champs.
Harris' 22 details and 13 rebounds travelled for naught, as the second-seeded Bulldogs (25-6) chance simply 5-of-22 (23 percent) from three-point assortment to be able to fall short.
Gonzaga freshman Kevin Pangos shot only 3-of-18 from the arena and also complete using only seven items half of his season average.
Late with overtime, Pangos overlooked a instantly three-pointer with the score tied, 72-72, and then ended up being whistled with regard to a loose ball foul pursuing this rebound.
Dellavedova, that WCC Player with the Year, energy depleted the following free of charge brings with 39.3 mere seconds showing. Sam Dower missed some sort of turnaround hook taken through the remaining stop on the different end, in addition to Page and also Dellavedova just about every have two effective vacations along at the foul brand to be able to seal the Gaels' tourney crown.
"It had been an excellent ball game, a couple of high-level match groups proceeding at it as well as battling," Gonzaga brain private coach Mark Few said. "Forty seconds weren't sufficient therefore we all needed another five, and guarantees they walked up as well as manufactured significant shots."
The extra period has been simply built necessary for the reason that Harris flushed way up a Pangos overlook using a layup with 15 moments to be able to play, then reach a strong NBA-range three-pointer right after Gonzaga made a bounce golf ball around the inbounds pass.
The trey resolved to go through using 3.7 seconds remaining, and Dellavedova's athlete through the proper facet was a little very lengthy as being the buzzer sounded.
The score was fittingly strapped at halftime, 36-36, and also neither staff led by twice digits immediately after that break.
Game Notes
The Gaels grabbed their particular first outright conference shining considering 1989 to make the top seed.The Bulldogs' look and feel with Monday's sport set a fresh NCAA record, precisely as it appeared to be their 15th immediately physical appearance within a conference championship.The competition divided the normal season sequence versus every other.
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