SAN FRANCISCO — JD Notae scored 21 points despite missing 20 shots and fourth-seeded Arkansas eliminated top-seeded Gonzaga from the NCAA Tournament with a 74-68 win on Thursday night.
 
Notae finished with six rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocked shots for coach Eric Musselman's scrappy, hustling Razorbacks (28-8), who reached the Elite Eight for the second straight year and will face either Duke or Texas Tech in the West Region final on Saturday.
 
Drew Timme scored 25 points but couldn't rally the Bulldogs (28-4). Julian Strawther added 12 points.
 
Arkansas continually challenged 7-foot Gonzaga freshman Chet Holmgren in the paint. Holmgren finished with 11 points, all in the second half, and 14 rebounds.
 
Notae shot 9 of 29 overall and 2 of 12 from 3-point range but was still the catalyst for the Razorbacks. The senior guard's 3 with 6:38 left made it 59-50, and Arkansas held on from there.
 
Toney converted a three-point play with 8:36 left by going right at Holmgren to draw his fourth foul and send him to the bench. Holmgren returned at the 6:46 mark but Notae drove at him three minutes later and drew the fifth foul on the freshman.
 
Gonzaga trailed at the break for just the fifth time this season and never found the shooting touch that made the Zags the top scoring team in the nation at 87.8 points per game. The Zags shot 37.5% and went 5 of 21 from 3-point range.
 
Williams took a charge late in the first half — his 45th of the season — and drove through the lane for an emphatic dunk during a 9-0 run by Arkansas in which the Zags were 0 for 5 with three turnovers.
 
Williams and Trey Wade scored 15 points apiece.