SAN FRANCISCO – The Dons might not be in any mood to look at the silver lining wrapped around a 102-94 overtime loss to 24th Gonzaga Saturday night in War Memorial at The Sobrato Center.
On a night when a young USF squad gave the nation's 24-ranked team all it could handle for 32 minutes, Gonzaga took the last eight minutes of regulation and a five minute overtime to give the Dons a lesson in how to close out a game.
It was a bitter lesson because USF had everything going its way to hand the powerful Zags their first conference loss of the season.