- 11:05- Getting ready for tip....damn....Bob Knight resigns outta the blue...crazy.....St. Mary's gym is crazy small....love the atmosphere though, almost high school like..my kind of thing
- 11:08- Randomly I love this announcing team....Stephen Bardo is really good actually (yes, i notice these things)......Just tipped and Pat Mills and Pargo just went dagger to dagger....that should be a good matchup
- 11:11- Pace is fierce right now...advantage Zags...better athletes, better shooters....Man, Pendergraft is so goofy...Brian scalabrine parallels are shocking
- 11:13- Where is Austin Daye? Paging Mark Few.....Really like St. Mary's offensive sets so far....seems like a very disciplined team to me; probably extremely well-coached....9-7 St. Mary's about 3 minutes in
- 11:15- Austin Daye right out of the break....thanks Mark....Man, the Zags are deep (Stephen Grey knocks down the triple)....its crazy how many athletes they have compared to the rest of the conference, almost not fair.....
- 11:17- Honestly this lighting is crazy....Bardo just mentioned it but you can literally see the light banks reflecting on the floor at certain spots...and they seem really low and uneven....old school gym ball I love it
- 11:20- Nice coast to coast drive by Smith of St. mary's...impressed (even though it was to break a 10-0 Zags Run).....funniest moment so far was Austin Daye literally yelling at his defender that "YOU CAN'T STOP ME" after hitting his first jumper....laughed aloud....Zags up 15-11 with 13 min left
- 11:23- I always forget about Micah Downs because he doesn't start.....For anyone that cares, Downs was a McD's all-american that went to Kansas....and now doesn't start at Gonzaga...my how times have changed....I like him though but eat a cheeseburger
- 11:29- Couple defensive lapses for Gonzaga.....seems like they shouldn't have as hard of a time as they do most nights with defense considering their athletic advantage....a bit soft for me
- 11:33- St. Mary's is certainly battling here....I can't believe Heytvelt is scoreless....he's gotta assert himself more or they're going to get run outta games they shouldnt get run ouf of
- 11:36- Gonzaga 25- STM 23....Jeremy Pargo is utterly huge in the upper body...good luck to anybody in that conference guarding him...Just witnessed him monster a bigger guard in the post....my goodness
- 11:40- 3 straight trips where the entire offense was a point guard postup.....riveting?
- 11:44- My god...Pargo just went coast to coast and threw it down in a set.....He's the point guard....for the record....emphatic....followed shortly by a Heytvelt appearance off a Pargo Dropoff...Zags 33-30
- 11:53- Half winding down....gonna be a photo finish it seems...I'm putting off an exam preparation for this....flawless victory
- 11:55- Airball to end the half....STM up 2 at the half.....break time...
Okay....Time for half #2.....Lets get it poppin.....(Go Zags)
- 12:13- Matt Bouldin is non-existent today and they are still in this game on the road.....and he's their best player by the way....let it sink in
- 12:17- St. Mary's should never play man-to-man against this team....can't handle Pargo at all, he's absolutely going ballistic...paging Matt Bouldin...once again
- 12:22- Great high-post entry and kick out for St. Mary's....I'm echoing Stephen Bardo here but they can't keep leaving Todd Golden up...he's just jacking....and wide open....I dont see why they have to help in the post (low or high) because they have the size advantage? weird...
- 12:25- Bouldin continues to be alarmingly off....Zags are slashing to the rim strong though in his absense....St. Mary's shooting the lights out to keep a 4 point lead at this point....Between the shooting of St. Mary's and the absense of Heytvelt and Bouldin, Pargo is the only real reason the Zags are even in this game
- 12:28- A vet move from Austin Daye...goodness how smooth is he....Could be an absolutely dynamic scorer in the near future....eat something son....
- 12:30- Commercial break....Zags are gonna need a 2nd scorer to help out Pargo whether it be Daye, Bouldin or Heytvelt here or they won't win this game....St. Mary's is a disciplined squad, they won't outright blow this so Zags have to go take it...
- 12:33- Austin Daye's just showing off now....stepping out and draining a 3...and wow...Bardo pulls out a Danny Manning comparison...strong praise
- 12:35- My god...Heytvelt just threw up an absolute brick off glass....He looks very out of it....Looks as bad as I've seen him since his return...killing me...STM up 5 with 9:30 to go
- 12:37- For the life of me I can't figure out why St. Mary's is good...like outside of being disciplined having a guy knock down 5-5 threes....I can't pinpoint their strengths....Not necessarily a bad sign...means they are well balanced...good size for a conference like this too
- 12:41- Don't often see a game where the biggest lead either way is 6 at this point...very competitive obviously....crazy stat though i thought
- 12:43- Bardo keeps taking the words out of my mouth....why did Gonzaga stop running? Seems like they have gone away from the gameplan lately.....STM up 7 under 6 to go....trouble for the Zags
- 12:47- My goodness...Pargo is putting on a show off the dribble...still a lil inconsistent...but a couple spectacular moves including an and-1 just now to cut the lead to 4....so strong...
- 12:49- Big 3 by the freshman Grey....STM lead cut to 2..under 4 to play...could easily be seeing a game to the buzzer here....Hurray!
- 12:51- Mills overtakes what I thought was a phenomenal team defensive possession for Gonzaga with a crazy scoop shot....followed by Pargo answering right away...back and forth we go
- 12:55- My GOODNESS Austin Daye....absolutely effortless three in the face of a defender to cut it to 1 ....2 min to go
- 12:58- Bouldin rises from the dead with a 3 point play to take the lead....Had to find some help for Pargo and Bouldin/Daye have stepped up....Heytvelt is relegated to the bench, no idea whats up with him
- 1:01- Kuso misses a layup...still tie game...thought he mighta got hacked a little bit..but No problem letting them play this late...gotta finish that
- 1:04- Dreadful possession by Zags out of a timeout with under a minute....Daye turns it over and Patrick Mills goes coast to coast for the 3point play....STM up 3 with 23 seconds....
- 1:06- Pargo takes a quick layup....foul with under 20 to go: STM up 1 with Mills at line......Misses 1st, makes 2nd and here we go....
- 1:07- Pargo with a great find to Kuso for the dunk with 5 sec to go...OT Baby! Its awesome with a capital A
- 1:11- OT begins....Pargo immediately picks up his 4th....gonna have to roll people toward him cuz he can't be physical...the one guy they cant lose
- 1:12- Wow, Kuso fouls out and is replaced by....Pendergraft? Did Heytvelt die? Pendergraft immediately fumbles a pass out of bounds....good timing
- 1:14- Daye fouls out on a loose ball...coulda gone either way...Heytvelt returns now as a last resort....That one hurts....STM has missed 3 straight FTs to offset the Zags foul outs....up 3 with 3:30 to go
- 1:15- Pargo is coming up ballsy....big 3 to tie it....Heytvelt gets worked on the glass and STM gets a put back....and Pargo hits an absolute bomb to take the lead....
- 1:17- STM gets a 4 pronged possession with 2 ORebs in a row followed by a blocked shot out of bounds....killing the clock here as we are under 90 seconds....wow...Big 3 by Golden to go to 6-6 from 3...hence the reason you can't give extra possessions....STM up 4 with 1 to go
- 1:22- Pargo threads a needle for a dime to Pendergraft to cut it to 2....Interesting time to change defenses for Zaga as they go to man for the next STM possession and Pendergraft fouls out...don't mind the change of pace, but woulda stayed in the zone myself....STM leads by 4 with under 40 seconds....Pargo gets fouled? Why in God's name are you fouling anyone here I'll never know...
- 1:25- After Pargo makes 1 of 2....Golden gets bailed out for no apparent reason on the sideline (atrocious call) and makes 1 of 2....STM by 4.....Pargo goes hard to the rim again and makes both.....gonna need a steal or something eventually or a big 3 asap...
- 1:28- Only 1 of 2 for STM but Downs misses a 3 and that'll pretty much do it for the Zags....signing off.....
Great game throughout...very well-matched and decently officiated until the end with a couple of questionable (and one atrocious) bailouts but I loved every minute of it...WCC basketball is FANNNNTASTIC! I love this Game!!! hahaha...Until later...
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