Saint Mary's Gaels vs BYU Cougars

West Coast Conference Tournament - Semifinal

19-15, 7-9 WCC

Final

	1	2	T
BYU BYU	20	49	69
Saint Mary's SMC	37	39	76

Saint Mary's GaelsSaint Mary'sSMC

26-6, 14-2 WCC

BYU Cougars

starters
Gideon GeorgeG. George#5
Fousseyni TraoreF. Traore#45
Jaxson RobinsonJ. Robinson#2
Spencer JohnsonS. Johnson#20
Rudi WilliamsR. Williams#3
bench
Atiki Ally AtikiA. Ally Atiki#4
Noah WatermanN. Waterman#0
Dallin HallD. Hall#30
Richie SaundersR. Saunders#15
Trey StewartT. Stewart#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	9	3-4	0-1	3-3	4	0	2	0	1	0	4	2
18	9	3-6	0-0	3-6	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	1
20	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
28	13	4-6	1-2	4-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
23	10	4-10	0-1	2-2	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	6	3-3	0-0	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	4
17	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
20	9	3-7	2-3	1-2	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	5
27	11	4-8	1-4	2-2	4	2	0	2	0	1	3	4
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	69	25-51	4-14	15-23	26	12	9	5	4	8	18	24
		49%	29%	65%

Saint Mary's Gaels

starters
Kyle BowenK. Bowen#14
Mitchell SaxenM. Saxen#11
Aidan MahaneyA. Mahaney#20
Alex DucasA. Ducas#44
Logan JohnsonL. Johnson#0
bench
Joshua JeffersonJ. Jefferson#5
Harry WesselsH. Wessels#1
Augustas MarciulionisA. Marciulionis#3
Chris HowellC. Howell#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
37	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	7	3	1	0	0	3	4	4
30	12	4-5	0-0	4-7	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
33	18	6-13	2-4	4-6	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	4
40	23	7-11	4-7	5-6	7	2	1	1	1	1	6	2
37	10	3-11	0-2	4-8	2	5	4	1	1	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
11	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	2
2	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	3	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	76	24-47	7-15	21-34	33	13	11	3	2	11	22	20
		51%	47%	62%

Logan Johnson sinks the smooth lay-in

0:18

Atiki Ally Atiki makes a crucial block against Saint Mary's

0:20

Gideon George with the block and score

0:19

Game Information

Las Vegas, NV

Referee:Michael Irving

Referee:Tony Padilla

Referee:Mike Reed

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

West Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Gonzaga	16-2	-	31-4
Saint Mary's	16-2	-	27-6
Santa Clara	15-3	1	26-9
Oregon State	9-9	7	17-16
Seattle U	8-10	8	21-14
Pacific	8-10	8	18-15
San Francisco	8-10	8	17-16
Washington State	7-11	9	12-20
Loyola Marymount	6-12	10	15-17
Portland	6-12	10	15-19
San Diego	5-13	11	12-21
Pepperdine	4-14	12	9-23

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