Final
for this game
Gonzaga faces St. Mary's in WCC final
Mar 9, 2009 - 5:10 PM St. Mary's (25-5) at No. 12 Gonzaga (25-5), 9:00 pm EDTLAS VEGAS (Ticker) -- Gonzaga will make its 12th consecutive trip to the West Coast Conference tournament finals, meeting St. Mary's on Sunday.
The 12th-ranked Bulldogs, who won both their regular-season matchups with the Gaels, cruised to their eighth straight win with Sunday's 94-59 victory over Santa Clara.
Austin Daye scored 28 points in the conference semifinals to help Gonzaga overcome a poor performance from its leading scorer. Josh Heytvelt, who averages 15.7 points this season, finished with three points on 1-of-7 shooting.
The Bulldogs has not lost to a WCC opponent since last season's championship game, a 69-62 setback to San Diego on March 10, 2008.
St. Mary's received a boost from Patty Mills, who missed five weeks with a broken hand, during Sunday's 71-61 triumph over Portland in the conference semifinals. Mills finished with 12 points and Diamon Simpson added 15 with 14 rebounds.
- WEST COAST CONF TR
AT LAS VEGAS
NCAA BB WEST COAST CONF TR
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SANTA CLARA 27 32 59
GONZAGA (14) 48 46 94 FINAL
Mar 8 11:29 PM - WEST COAST CONF TR
AT LAS VEGAS
NCAA BB SANTA CLARA 27
(14) GONZAGA 48 HALFTIME
Mar 8 10:25 PM
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