Saturday, March 08, 2014

WCC Basketball Tournament: Dons, BYU, Zags, Gaels Advance To Semis

The four games in the quarterfinal round of the West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament were all played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.

In the opening contest, Avry Holmes scored 19 points as the third-seeded San Francisco Dons (21-10) defeated the sixth-seeded San Diego Toreros (16-16) 69-60.

In the second contest, Kyle Collinsworth scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds (both career highs) as the second-seeded BYU Cougars (22-10) defeated the Loyola Marymount Lions (13-19) 85-74.

Sam Dower, Jr. scored 23 points as the top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs (26-6) held off the ninth-seeded Santa Clara Broncos (14-19) 77-75 in game three.

In the nightcap, the #4-seeded St. Mary's Gaels defeated  the #5-seeded Pepperdine Waves 80-69.

On Monday, BYU will face off against San Francisco in one semifinal while Gonzaga will battle St. Mary's in the other.

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