We will keep this short and sweet since the game finished yesterday, too late and too energetic for anyone to think coherently about what just happened. The Gonzaga Bulldogs mustered every bit of might possible to hold off an Illinois Fighting Illini squad hellbent on pulling the upset, winning 84-78 in the first round of the Maui Invitational.
It was all around a sloppy game from some key Gonzaga Bulldog members, specifically Josh Perkins and Geno Crandall, and that inhibited the productivity of the rest of the offense. Perkins and Crandall combined for 12 turnovers, over half of Gonzaga’s 22 as a team.