PAGE C2 G SUNDAY G MARCH 24, 2013 THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW NCAA TOURNAMENT Wichita St. 76, Gonzaga 70 DAN PELLE
[email protected] Gonzaga’s Kevin Pangos goes low on the block to battle Wichita State’s Ron Baker for a rebound in the second half. Pangos didn’t get the rebound. He scored 19 points. Long-distance toll Flurry of Shocker 3-pointers costs Bulldogs deep tournament run By Jim Meehan
[email protected], (208) 765-7131 14-28 Wichita State’s 3-point shots SALT LAKE CITY – Gonzaga made and attempted during the had been at its best in crunch time Shockers’ victory in Salt Lake all season. The Bulldogs had been City. Ron Baker and Cleanthony outstanding defensively over the Early combined to hit 8 of 13 last half of the season, earning a attempts from distance as the label as the best defensive club in team made a season high 14 3s. Gonzaga’s 15-year run of national prominence. But a season with so many 13 milestones and so much post-sea- Wichita State’s largest lead of son promise came to a screeching the game, which came with 7 halt Saturday when ninth-seeded minutes left in the first half and Wichita State buried a string of 3- the Shockers leading 26-13. pointers and the top-ranked and top-seeded Zags didn’t have a re- sponse in the closing minutes. 6:28 The Shockers did just that, ending Gonzaga’s season with a Time remaining in the second 76-70 victory in front of 16,060 at half when Gonzaga grabbed EnergySolutions Arena, leaving its largest lead of the game the Zags stunned and dismissed at 58-51.