WCC ROUNDUP: GONZAGA RALLIES TO REACH FINAL.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services The Gonzaga Bulldogs The Gonzaga Bulldogs (also known as the Zags) are the athletic teams at Gonzaga University; the term applies to any of the school's varsity teams. Gonzaga University is a member of the West Coast Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I. are one win away from familiar territory - the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
The Bulldogs shocked host San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. by scoring the final 16 points of the first half to erase a 14-point deficit and beat the Toreros 76-68 in a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal Sunday night. Dan Dickau scored 24 points and Casey Calvary 17 for top-seeded Gonzaga (23-6), which will play No. 3 seed Santa Clara tonight for the tourney title and the WCC's automatic NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association berth. The Bulldogs, who won five NCAA Tournament games the last two years, reached the WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m championship game for the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time in seven years. The Bulldogs' 16-0 run didn't put away the Toreros (16-13) for good, but it quieted the wild home crowd and gave Gonzaga a 34-32 halftime lead. --St. Mary's 58, Loyola Marymount 53: The top-seeded Gaels grabbed the WCC's automatic bid to the Women's NCAA Tournament, holding off the Lions down the stretch. Jerkisha Dosty and Corrie Mizusawa each scored 15 points for St. Mary's(25-5), and Jermisha Dosty - Jerkisha's twin sister - added nine points and a game-high 16 rebounds. Mizusawa made nine free throws in the final minutes to preserve the victory. The Lions (21-9) shot 21.4 percent from the field (6 of 28) to fall behind 24-16 at halftime. They got untracked in the second half, but could not close the gap. Their NCAA hopes are in the hands of the selection committee, although coach Julie Wilhoit is confident LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit will get in. - Vincent Bonsignore |
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