Jim Meehan

Three takeaways at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 83-53 victory over Washington State on Tuesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Gonzaga took a step toward returning to the Associated Press poll’s top 10 and the NET’s top five.

Mikey Lewis was standing just outside the 3-point line, appropriately enough, and surrounded by hundreds of celebrating Saint Mary’s fans when he began to answer a reporter’s question about his recent hot shooting streak.

LAS VEGAS – Three takeaways at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 79-68 win over Santa Clara in Tuesday’s West Coast Conference Tournament championship game.

Sean Miller kept pushing the right coaching buttons, starting with a momentum-changing sequence late in the first half.

Texas only made five 3-pointers, but they came at opportune times. Jordan Pope, an Oregon State transfer, hit late triples with 5:30 and 2:36 remaining, the latter extending the Longhorns lead to 69-64.

The end of the line in the NCAA Tournament comes swiftly and often cruelly, especially when a winnable game isn’t decided until the closing seconds. And so it was for Gonzaga, which saw its hopes of advancing to the Sweet 16 fade away when Camden Heide hit his only shot of the game with just under 15 seconds left to seal the Texas Longhorns’ 74-68 upset victory.

Cheney experienced many of the ups and downs that golf is fully capable of dishing out during Tuesday’s opening round of the State 3A boys tournament.

Andrew Von Lossow and the Rosauers Open Invitational leaderboard don’t need a formal introduction.

Bradley Mulder, a key contributor on Mead High’s 2023 state championship and Colorado Christian University’s Division II national title the ensuing year as a freshman, is no stranger to high-pressure holes or putts in golf tournaments.