In the prelim for Saturday nights main event, Gonzaga coasted past San Diego 97-72. Gonzaga was led by Drew Timme’s 22 points and 13 rebounds (8 offensive), Ben Gregg chipped in an impressive 18 points and Rasir Bolton and Malachi Smith emptied the RCKid21’s wallet with 10 assists, seven and three respectively while Nolan Hickman added five assists without a turnover. For San Diego, Jase Townsend led them in scoring with 15 points and Marcellus Earlington had 5 rebounds.
In the bizarre stat of the night, USD only shot two free throws for the entire game. Most impressive stat, Gonzaga had 18 offensive rebounds
In what felt like would be a low energy contest with a quiet crowd, Gonzaga opened the floodgates in the last eight minutes of the first half to drop 48 points to the Toreros 31.