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director Brenda Green Brenna.
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Thanks Travis yeah,
heartbreak for the Zags tonight.
They fall 8481 to do.
They kept up in this game where I
think they would say it wasn't the best
outing they've had so far this year.
And yet they still only lost by three points.
How this game ended went like this.
Jet Holmgren fed by Drew Timmy for the
dunk with a minute left makes it 7877 Duke.
But then Duke would come down the floor.
And score this layup that makes it 80 to 77.
Gonzaga gets another chance with
about 30 seconds left here but true,
Timmy cannot hit it home and
Duke would make their free throws
down the stretch in this game.
Gonzaga would not get closer
than three points in this one.
Throughout the last minute of play.
And that is how this all,
how this all played out.
After the game Mark few definitely agrees
that this was not Gonzaga's best game,
and through Timmy he's just looking
forward to the next challenge.
I don't think we were.
We weren't as good as we usually
are down the stretch of that game.
We there's a lot of missed opportunities,
and I bet Coach would
also say the same thing.
I don't think they were quite
as good as they usually are
down the stretch of that game,
but they ended up making one more play,
and that was that was it.
Going at it, you know,
and they came out their best.
Charlie came a little flat,
but I couldn't be more proud of this team.
You know, for with standing down and
be able to come back and you know,
we felt like we had a chance to win that
game at the end and it was self inflicted.
We feel like so we're a young team and
we're still learning every day and I
couldn't be more proud of this week.
It's been a long week out here in Vegas
and we've done a good job handling
ourselves and just staying focused.
And it's not gonna be pretty.
Like I said earlier,
but a great learning experience.
It's November.
I mean, we haven't even got
close to conference yet,
so we got a long way to learn.
But we're going to take the
challenge and we're excited for
the rest of the season has for us.
Speaking of not being pretty,
Gonzaga had 17 turnovers in this game,
which resulted in 23 Duke points.
Gonzaga only had two points off of turnovers,
but another huge part of this
game was the foul situation.
All three of Gonzaga's bigs bat
battling fouls during this game.
Drew Timmy had four,
Anton Watson had four Timmy actually
to come off the field or come
off the court for a significant
amount of time due to his fouls.
Watson had to play through them.
Get home Green had three,
including having two in the first half,
so he's second sat out a significant portion
of the first half because of those fouls.
Julian Strawther ended up fouling
out at the very end of this game,
Zags not making any excuses, though.
And that's just the way
basketball goes sometimes.
You know everything is
not sunshine and rainbows,
and we had guys step up.
You know, Julian stepped up.
Andrew stepped up.
Anton stepped up, so it's a team game.
It doesn't come down to one person,
so you know,
it's just next man up mentality.
So no effect on me at all.
If we're looking for a
bright spot in this one,
Julian Strawther is your guy,
ladies and gentlemen, the Las Vegas
native led the Zags with 20 points.
He nearly led the whole team
of the whole game in scoring.
Paulo Banchero had 21 strawther
was eight of 16 from the field,
three of seven for three,
and he wasn't just scoring.
He had a double double in this 120 points,
10 rebounds. Of course,
I did mention that he fouled out,
but that was kind of a thing
that just happened at the end
because Gonzaga needed to foul.
Strawther was really appreciative
of the moment.
The beautiful thing about this team
is that we have so many guys that can
get it going offensively and get us.
Get us through some rough patches.
So I'm you know.
Obviously in the first half shot
wasn't falling for a lot of guys and
the beautiful thing is that we all
believe in each other and and if
even if I miss a couple shots they're
gonna keep looking for me and that's
that's what really keeps me going.
So they they really showed a lot of
belief in me after missing a few.
And I gotta believe in myself and my
abilities to keep you in the book.
Gonzaga now host Tarlatan state at
home on Monday at 7:00 O'clock,
then they had to Seattle for
battle in Seattle against Alabama,
another big time opponent.
The hits just keep coming in this schedule.
They've got a fantastic
nonconference schedule.
Alabama probably the last super
highly rated team they are going
to see reporting in Las Vegas.
I'm Brenna Greene from two sports.