Tuesday, November 21, 2023

#2 Purdue Beats Gonzaga

Monday afternoon  Gonzaga was playing
Purdue in the Maui Invitational. Not often
are the Zags  the underdog.

The first half  the Zags looked like  they 
would upset Purdue  leading  35-30. The
Boilermakers  turned up the heat on the 
Zags on defense. The Zags scored 28 
points while the Boilermakers scored 43.
Final Purdue  73 Gonzaga 63

The Zags had three players who scored 
in double  figures  however their top
player Anton Watson had only  8. Also
frequently  the Zags leading rebounder 
Watson only had two. Where the Zags 
had their biggest downfall  was they 
only made 6 of 32 behind the 3-point 
line. Had they made 12 instead which
is 37.5 percent  they  would have won.

The Zags take on Syracuse on Tuesday 
afternoon so see if they can do better.

The Washington Huskies  men's  team 
split in Las Vegas beating Xavier on Friday 
74-71. In another close game the Huskies 
lost to  San Diego State in a high scoring 
affair 100-97. The Huskies  were led by
Keion Brooks Jr with 22 points. All five
starters scored in double  figures. Franck 
Kepnang who usually  comes off the bench
started scoring ten points while leading
with 8 rebounds.

The Huskies are now 3-2  in non-league games.
They don't  play again  until  next Tuesday against
University of  San Diego at home. The Huskies 
have five non-league  games in December. The
biggest one is against Gonzaga on December 9
at home. The begin Pac-12 season on the road 
on December  29th  at Colorado.

WSU  Cougars  are 3-1 in non-league  games. 
They lost their first game on Saturday to Mississippi 
State 76-64. They came back to beat Rhode Island 
on Sunday 78-57. Isaac Jones led the Cougars with
21 points. The difference  in the game the Cougars
bench scored 35 points while Rhode Island had 8.

The Cougars next game will be home against Texas
Tech on Friday.  Go Cougs!

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