Drew Timme scored 18 points and became Gonzaga’s all-time leading scorer to lead the sharp-shooting No. 9 Bulldogs past No. 16 Saint Mary’s 77-51 in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship game.
Gonzaga made 58% of its shots, while holding Saint Mary's to 33% shooting. The Bulldogs led by as many as 37 points and never trailed.
Timme was efficient in making 8 of 10 shots to lead four Bulldogs into double figures. Malachi Smith scored 14 points, Nolan Hickman 12 points and Julian Strawther 10. Anton Watson had 10 rebounds. Timme's short jumper with 10:18 left put him in first place alone as the leading scorer in Saint Mary's history. He entered just five points short of breaking the mark, and his 18 points for the game gave him 2,210 for his career. Frank Burgess held the previous record of 2,196 from 1958-61.Gonzaga took control early, using a nine-point run to go up 14-4 and maintained a double-digit lead most of the way from there.
“I told our guys we played 32 games and played pretty well in 32 of them,” Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said. “This one, we're off. You can credit them. They played well. We didn't show up.”Gonzaga: Now is when the real pressure is on Gonzaga, which had made numerous deep runs in the NCAA Tournament, but is still searching for that elusive national championship. Until that happens, critics will say the WCC school is not on the same level as those from the power conference.
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