Riaan Ukuqala kancane Ekugcineni uGonzaga waqala ukudlala Njengombangi wesicoco, wabe esegqoka iGrand Canyon 82-70 ngemuva kwamaphuzu angama-28 kanye nama-rebound ayi-10 avela kuJulian Strawther ku-NCAA Tournament ngoLwesihlanu.
Isikhulu se-Zags u-Drew Timme ubuyise ibhande lakhe lomjuluko namadevu esibambo March Madness futhi iqede inamaphuzu angu-21, ama-rebound ayisithupha kanye namabhulokhi amathathu kuma-Bulldogs aphume isithathu (29-5), angakaze ahlulwe emdlalweni womzuliswano wokuqala kulo mqhudelwano kusukela ngo-2008.
Okulandelayo kwe-Gonzaga umdlalo wangeSonto lapho izobhekana khona nophumelele umqhudelwano weSifunda SaseNtshonalanga phakathi kwe-TCU ne-Arizona State.
Njengawo wonke ama-Zag angaphandle kwe-Strawther, u-Timme ufakwe ibhodlela futhi ekhungathekile esiwombeni sokuqala, wabe esephuma ngesikhathi sekhefu futhi wabukeka njengomdlali ohlukile. Ngemuva kokulandela ngemuva ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa, umdlalo kaTimme onamaphuzu amathathu unikeze uGonzaga phambili ngo 48-40 ekuqaleni kwesiwombe sesibili.
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UDrew Timme weGonzaga Bulldogs udunsa ibhola ebhekene neGrand Canyon Antelopes ngesiwombe sesibili emzuliswaneni wokuqala weNCAA Tournament eBall Arena ngoMashi 17, 2023, eDenver, eColo. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
URay Harrison waseGrand Canyon waphendula ngokushayela endaweni elandelayo. Ngemuva kwalokho, uGonzaga uqhubekile nokugijima ngo-16-0 lapho i-Lopes (24-12) enembewu yesi-14), engompetha beWestern Athletic Conference, igeje amashodi angu-11 aqondile futhi yawa ngemuva ngama-22.
Ngokuhleka komdlalo, abalandeli abaxokozelayo beGrand Canyon, okwathi isikhathi eside baba nesizathu sokuphupha ngokuphatheka kabi kwabo, bathole ithuba lokubhekisa ukunaka kwabo ekupheleni kwenombolo engu-16 eshaqisayo ka-Fairleigh Dickinson ngaphezu kuka-No. 1 Purdue ukudlala esikrinini esikhulu ngaphezu kwenkundla.
Kodwa kwakungekho ukucasuka eDenver.
UDrew Timme (2) weGonzaga Bulldogs uhlangana nozakwabo ngaphambi komzuliswano wokuqala weNCAA Tournament eBall Arena Mashi 17, 2023, eDenver, Colo. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
U-Harrison uhole i-Grand Canyon ngamaphuzu angu-20, kwathi u-Chance McMillian waba nangu-16. UNowa Baumann (amaphuzu ayisishiyagalombili) wenze ama-3s ngesikhathi se-12-4 elula esiza i-Lopes ukuba ihole ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa esiwombeni sokuqala.
UStrawther, onqume ukubuyela eGonzaga ngesizini yakhe encane esikhundleni sokuya kochwepheshe, ugcine uGonzaga kuyo kusenesikhathi. Ushaye angu-16 kwangu-28 esiwombeni sokuqala.
Isiwombe sesibili bekungomzamo weqembu likaGonzaga, ophinde wathola amaphuzu ayi-14 kanye nama-rebounds ayi-11 ku-Anton Watson.
Ekugcineni, umdlalo ubufana kakhulu nesizini kaGonzaga – ukuqala kancane, kungcono njengoba izinto ziqhubeka nethuba lokwenza okwengeziwe. AmaBulldogs aqhamuke umqhudelwano wawo wokunqoba ekhaya wemidlalo engu-75 ngoJanuwari, futhi lokhu kube ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2018 eza kulo mqhudelwano njenganoma yini enye ngaphandle kwembewu yoku-No.
UDrew Timme (2) weGonzaga Bulldogs uphendula ebhekene neGrand Canyon Antelopes ngesiwombe sokuqala emzuliswaneni wokuqala weNCAA Tournament eBall Arena ngoMashi 17, 2023, eDenver, eColo. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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U-Harrison uhole iGrand Canyon, eyinzalo yesihlanu emqhudelwaneni we-WAC, ekuwineni okune okulandelanayo kanye nebhidi likaMarch Madness ngokuba ngumdlali wokuqala weDivision I ukuqoqa amaphuzu angama-80, ama-rebounds angama-20 nabasizi abangama-20 emqhudelwaneni wengqungquthela kusukela kuKemba Walker (Big East) ngo-2011. Nokho, ngoLwesihlanu, uHarrison wayevalelwe. Ubedinga amashodi angu-19 ukuze athole amaphuzu akhe angu-20 futhi waqeda ngama-rebound amabili nabasizi abathathu.
INGANE KA-ELLIS
Enobaba wakhe, uLaPhonso Ellis, ehlezi ezitobhini, uWalter Ellis wayenamaphuzu ayisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kokudlalela iGrand Canyon. ULaPhonso Ellis, isihlabani sangaphambili se-Notre Dame, wadlala eDenver kumaNuggets kusuka ngo-1992-98.
