No. 3 Gonzaga beats Davidson 90-65 at Battle 4 Atlantis

Friday, November 29

Paradise Island, Bahamas

5:30 p.m.

Gonzaga University

7-1,0-0WCC

Davidson

5-2,0-0Atlantic 10

Team	1	2	F
Davidson	31	34	65
Gonzaga	42	48	90

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NCAA Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis-Gonzaga vs Davidson

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No. 3 Gonzaga beats Davidson 90-65 at Battle 4 Atlantis

11/29/2024 7:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Nembhard finishes with career-high and tournament record 14 assists

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) – Ben Gregg scored a career-high 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting, Graham Ike added 18 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Gonzaga beat Davidson 90-65 Friday night in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Braden Huff scored 14 points and Dusty Stromer 10 for Gonzaga (7-1). Nembhard finished with a career-high and single game tournament record 14 assists. He totaled 39 assists in the three-game event, setting a new tournament record, to just eight turnovers.

Huff scored six points and Gregg added four before Nembhard converted a three-point play to cap a 13-1 run and give Gonzaga a 33-19 lead with 7:08 left in the first half. Gregg added a 3-pointer that made it a 15-point game about 2 minutes later and the Bulldogs took a 42-31 lead into halftime.

Davidson (5-2) trailed by double figures throughout the second half.

Reed Bailey scored 19 points and Roberts Blums 11 for the Wildcats.

Setting the table
Gonzaga's Ryan Nembhard went into the game leading the nation in total assists (72, more than 32 Division-I teams) and assists per game (10.3). The senior, who set the program's single-season record with 243 assists last season, had a career-high (and a tournament-record) 14 against Davidson, his third consecutive game and sixth this season with double-digit assists.

Up next
Davidson: The Wildcats play host to Charleston Southern on Dec. 6, the second meeting all-time between the programs. Davidson beat the Buccaneers 110-67 on Dec. 10, 2017.

Gonzaga: The Bulldogs take on No. 8 Kentucky in the Battle in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena on Dec. 7. Graham Ike scored 23 points to help Gonzaga win 89-85 at Kentucky last season.