No. 8 Gonzaga takes on No. 18 UConn at Madison Square Garden

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Dec. 14—Follow along with this thread for updates and highlights throughout the night.

Second half

8:00 — UC 65, GU 59: Zags scrape a couple back with layups from Stromer and Nembhard, have possession at the U8 media timeout.

10:08 — UC 65, GU 55: Dunk from Reed and 3-pointer from McNeeley give UConn a 10-0 run over the last 1:30 and the Zags call a timeout.

Zags go from tying the game to down double figures in an instant.

10:57 — UC 60, GU 55: Reed gets a block, Huskies on a quick 5-0 run at the U12 media timeout and will have possession when play resumes.

11:51 — UC 55, GU 55: Battle and Nembhard hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie it and the Huskies call the timeout. First time UConn doesn’t have the lead this half.

Battle up to 18 points for the Zags, making 4 of 5 3-point attempts. Nembhard has 14 points and seven assists.

15:17 — UC 53, GU 47: Diarra called for his second foul and the Zags will have two free throws after the U16 media timeout.

Huskies have controlled the second half so far, mainly on the glass, where they have seven offensive rebounds. UConn could have expanded its lead, but the Huskies are 1 of 7 on 3-pointers in the half.

Ajayi and Ike on the bench with three fouls each for GU.

17:56 — UC 47, GU 42: Ike called for his third foul and he’ll head to the bench, really struggling tonight with one point, no rebounds and two runovers.

Halftime

Ryan Nembhard capped a solid first half with a layup at the buzzer to pull Gonzaga within striking distance of UConn, trailing 43-40 at Madison Square Garden

Nembhard scored 10 points with six assists for the Zags, who were dominated in the first few minutes. The Huskies opened the game on a 13-2 run, but the Zags came back to lead multiple times in the half.

Khalif Battle leads GU with 11 points, making 3 of 4 3-point attempts.

Liam McNeeley pacing UConn with 13 points. Huskies are 11 of 11 from the free throw line and have a slight edge in the paint (20-16 points) and the bench (15-11).

First half

3:41 — UC 35, GU…

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