#12 Belmont vs #5 Gonzaga - 3/22/21

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NCAA Tournament First Round
Mercado Region
San Antonio, TX - 4:00 PM ET
TV: ESPN2 (Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod)

Video stream:
#12 Belmont vs. #5 Gonzaga (First Round) (NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament) | Watch ESPN (tvpli)

Live stats:

Belmont 64-59 Gonzaga (Mar 22, 2021) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Belmont Bruins vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs NCAAW game, final score 64-59, from March 22, 2021 on ESPN.

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[azfan]

Gonzaga women bring considerable height advantage into their NCAA opener vs. Belmont

All five of the Zags' starters are taller than their counterparts, who are 'closer to the ground,' in the words of the Belmont coach.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Lorcan]

Hopefully, Gonzaga will be healthy for this game, unlike the WCC Title game against BYU.

 

[FridaFriend]

Belmont goes on a run.

 

[azfan]

Zags score last 6 in the half to pull within 1.

Zags dominating the boards, but 8 turnovers have contributed to the deficit.

Wirths with 11 on 5 of 8 shooting

Truongs with 8 on 3 of 4 shooting

 

[nwhoopfan]

Zags shooting 58% from the floor, that will usually win you a game. Belmont has hit more 3's and Zags have more TOs.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Missed the first half. Tems trading buckets to start Q3, good game brewing here.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Finally saw something that seems like it should happen more often: PG dribbling way outside the key, looks over to the bench for direction from the head coach, gets her pocket picked for a layup the other way.


Belmont is not intimidated. Leading 45-39 midway thru Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Fr. guard Destinee Wells is putting on a show for Belmont. 20 points, right at the end of Q3, she's at the line to shoot 3 FTs. Belmont up 49-44.

 

[nwhoopfan]

52-44 entering Q4. Zags in a bit of trouble, just look out of synch.

 

[FridaFriend]

Destinee!!!!

 

[azfan]

Destinee!!!!

She scores last 5 of the third to expand lead to 8.

This game will really bust more brackets than mine.
Currently I'm ranked 2395 in the Challenge, but I'm tied for #1 in the Boneyard Challenge - but that will change.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Belmont starting to look nervous. Lead has shrunk from 10 to 5. Zags getting all the calls this quarter.

 

[DaBball]

Fr. guard Destinee Wells is putting on a show for Belmont. 20 points, right at the end of Q3, she's at the line to shoot 3 FTs. Belmont up 49-44.

Her high school teammate was Jayla Hemingway who went to Mississippi State and had a lot of SEC offers.

Crazy that none of them went harder after Wells. She’s been really impressive.

 

[nwhoopfan]

GU outshooting Belmont 54% to 41%, but the 17-6 TO differential is huge.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Belmont is gagging in Q4. Game is there for the taking if GU wants it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

55-52. GU missing some FTs.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Just an ugly 4th quarter. Belmont is trying to give it away but GU doesn't quite want to take advantage.

 

[nwhoopfan]

57-55. Wells got her first bucket this quarter, GU answers w/a 3. Under 4 minutes left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Does anybody want to win this game? Stuck at 57-55. Neither team making winning plays. 1:34 left.

 

[azfan]

LeeAnne Wirth on the boards! And a jumper to bring the Zags within 2.

Can the Zags pull another rabbit out of a hat?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Belmont finally gets a bucket from someone other than Wells. 59-55.

Wirth answers. 59-57 46 seconds left, Belmont ball.

 

[nwhoopfan]

And-1 w/ 18 seconds left, that might do it. Drive and dish from Wells.

 

[LETTERL]

Chaos reigning supreme today in the women's NCAAT.

 

[nwhoopfan]

GU wasted a ton of time trying to find a 3, then turned it over. Pretty fitting, the way the game has gone. 62-57 BU w/ 6 seconds left.