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Nov. 30—PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — After three games, the grand total came to 98 minutes, 48 seconds.
Gonzaga was in control of the lead for nearly 100 minutes this week at the Battle 4 Atlantis, running up a double-digit lead in each of its three games against West Virginia, Indiana and Davidson.
Those teams, meanwhile, combined to lead for a total of 18 minutes, 10 seconds against Gonzaga, with WVU accounting for most of that during Wednesday’s opener at Imperial Arena.
That either makes a fifth-place finish in Atlantis harder to swallow, or provides confirmation that Gonzaga, with the exception of a few late-game execution issues and defensive blunders, is operating at a high level and right where it needs to be after eight games.
We take a deeper look at Gonzaga’s showing on Paradise Island this week, with five takeaways from the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Passing clinic in paradise
Before players starting taking questions at the postgame news conference late Friday evening, a sports information official listed off the tournament records Ryan Nembhard claimed during the team’s stay on Paradise Island.
By the end, Ben Gregg, seated three chairs down from Nembhard, let out a long “Sheeeesh,” and another teammate, Graham Ike, responded with a concise “Wow.”
Thirty-nine total assists from Nembhard gave Gonzaga’s point guard the Battle 4 Atlantis record, shattering the previous mark of 32 set by Michigan’s Zavier Simpson in 2019.
With 12 assists in the opener against West Virginia, Nembhard tied the tournament single-game record, then took sole ownership roughly 24 hours later when he delivered 13 against Indiana.
That record lasted all of one day.
Nembhard put on another masterful passing display against Davidson, dishing out a career-high 14 assists with just two turnovers in a 25-point win.
“There was a quote, one of our managers puts together like a media report, so we see all of the highlights and the quotes from press conferences throughout the year, and coach (Mark) Few called him…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-12-01 03:03:00
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