Memphis knocks off St. Mary's, 54-52
Memphis' athleticism was the difference against Saint Mary's as they advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
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ST. MARY'S, CALIF. GAELS
Last Game
| Final - 3.21.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Memphis Tigers | 32 | 22 | 54 |
Stories
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Chasing Cinderella: Iona's inspiring run
As part of our 2013 March Madness coverage sponsored by McDonald's, we head to four schools participating in this year's Big Dance. We visited the Iona College Gaels, who overcame tragedy to return to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row.
Dellavedova, St. Mary's move on to Memphis
Memphis went 16-0 in conference, but St. Mary's is a hot upset pick. Can the Gaels continue the tradition of First Four teams making noise in March Madness?
Printable NCAA Tournament brackets are here
March Madness takes over the sports scene on Thursday afternoon. Be sure to get your bracket set before all the action kicks off.
West Coast Conference Standings
(updated 1.18.2013 at 2:54 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
Gonzaga Bulldogs
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4 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| San Diego Toreros | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
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BYU Cougars
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4 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| Santa Clara Broncos | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Pepperdine Waves | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Portland Pilots | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Loyola Marymount Lions | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| San Francisco Dons | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Saint Mary's Out-Toughs Middle Tennessee
The Gaels used size and an efficient offense to prevent MTSU from gaining any momentum on transition buckets, and will now move on to face Memphis in the second round.
Zags roll to WCC title
Bulldogs probable #1 seed, Gaels NCAA hopes on life support.
Gonzaga takes down Saint Mary's for WCC crown
The Zags finished a perfect run through conference play, punctuating the season's effort with their third win over the Saint Mary's Gaels.
Saint Mary's Jorden Page leaves with knee injury
Saint Mary's reserve guard Jorden Page left Monday's WCC championship game against No. 1 Gonzaga with a knee injury in the first half.
MU Loses To SMC On 1st Leg of West Coast Swing
A five goal run in the first half by the Gaels put the game out of reach for Marquette as they began a three game Spring Break road trip.
WCC Tournament: Previewing Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's
Gonzaga and Saint Mary's are both locks for the NCAA Tournament. There will still be plenty on the line when the two schools meet for the WCC championship game on Monday.
Gonzaga, St. Mary's play for WCC Tournament title
The top-two seeds from the West Coast Conference will play for the league championship on Monday night.
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Gaels Senior Ends On Highest Note Possible
Going from zero career points to buzzer-beating three in your last game is pretty sweet - the fact that it was the player's first and last ever basket was probably even better.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma St. Cossacks | Saturday, November 10 2012 | win 95 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Utah State Aggies | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 67 - 58 | coverage |
| Eastern Washington Eagles | Sunday, November 18 2012 | win 85 - 66 | coverage |
| Drexel Dragons | Thursday, November 22 2012 | win 76 - 64 | coverage |
| Pacific Tigers | Friday, November 23 2012 | loss 66 - 76 | coverage |
| @ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Sunday, November 25 2012 | loss 56 - 65 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Cal Poly-SLO Mustangs | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 86 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Drake Bulldogs | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | win 88 - 73 | coverage |
| Jackson St. Tigers | Tuesday, December 11 2012 | win 120 - 67 | coverage |
| Pacific Tigers | Wednesday, December 19 2012 | win 74 - 46 | coverage |
| @ Northern Iowa Panthers | Saturday, December 22 2012 | PPD | coverage |
| @ Northern Iowa Panthers | Sunday, December 23 2012 | loss 75 - 82 | coverage |
| Rhode Island Rams | Thursday, December 27 2012 | win 82 - 59 | coverage |
| Yale Bulldogs | Sunday, December 30 2012 | win 78 - 62 | coverage |
| Harvard Crimson | Monday, December 31 2012 | win 70 - 69 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Loyola Marymount Lions | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 74 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Gonzaga Bulldogs | Thursday, January 10 2013 | loss 78 - 83 | coverage |
| San Francisco Dons | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 78 - 72 | coverage |
| @ BYU Cougars | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | win 70 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Portland Pilots | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 60 - 38 | coverage |
| San Diego Toreros | Thursday, January 24 2013 | win 81 - 48 | coverage |
| Pepperdine Waves | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 84 - 72 | coverage |
| @ San Francisco Dons | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | win 67 - 63 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Portland Pilots | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 77 - 42 | coverage |
| @ Santa Clara Broncos | Thursday, February 07 2013 | win 84 - 63 | coverage |
| @ San Diego Toreros | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 74 - 64 | coverage |
| Gonzaga Bulldogs | Thursday, February 14 2013 | loss 60 - 77 | coverage |
| @ Loyola Marymount Lions | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 61 - 50 | coverage |
| BYU Cougars | Thursday, February 21 2013 | win 64 - 57 | coverage |
| Creighton Bluejays | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 74 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Pepperdine Waves | Wednesday, February 27 2013 | win 87 - 48 | coverage |
| March | |||
| Santa Clara Broncos | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 80 - 67 | coverage |
| San Diego Toreros | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 69 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Gonzaga Bulldogs | Monday, March 11 2013 | loss 51 - 65 | coverage |
| @ Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders | Tuesday, March 19 2013 | win 67 - 54 | coverage |
| @ Memphis Tigers | Thursday, March 21 2013 | loss 52 - 54 | coverage |
Roster
St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Dellavedova | 4 | GUARD | 190 | 6-4 | senior | |
| Treaven Duffy | 20 | GUARD | 190 | 6-2 | freshman | |
| Jordan Giusti | 12 | GUARD | 185 | 6-2 | freshman | |
| Matt Hodgson | 33 | CENTER | 255 | 6-11 | junior | |
| Stephen Holt | 14 | GUARD | 195 | 6-4 | junior | |
| James Walker III | 35 | GUARD | 185 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Beau Levesque | 15 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-6 | junior | |
| Paul McCoy | 2 | GUARD | 175 | 5-11 | senior | |
| Jorden Page | 1 | GUARD | 180 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Eividas Petrulis | 24 | FORWARD | 210 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Chris Reyes | 23 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-7 | freshman | |
| Kyle Rowley | 5 | CENTER | 280 | 7-0 | senior | |
| Zach Sanchez | 10 | GUARD | 175 | 6-1 | So | |
| Brad Waldow | 00 | FORWARD | 260 | 6-9 | sophomore | |
| Tim Williams | 25 | FORWARD | 235 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Mitchell Young | 3 | FORWARD | 235 | 6-9 | senior |
Stats
St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Matthew Dellavedova | 35 | 36.4 | 4.9 | 12.0 | 40.4 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 38.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 85.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 15.8 |
| Stephen Holt | 31 | 32.4 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 40.4 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 34.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 79.7 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
| Beau Levesque | 35 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 49.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 44.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 76.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 10.6 |
| Brad Waldow | 35 | 22.7 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 61.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 53.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 10.2 |
| Mitchell Young | 35 | 20.4 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 51.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 73.4 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| James Walker III | 28 | 21.6 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 45.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 41.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 65.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
| Jorden Page | 33 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 45.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 35.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 67.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| Tim Williams | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Matt Hodgson | 32 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 51.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 84.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Jordan Giusti | 35 | 16.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 37.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 30.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Kyle Rowley | 29 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 63.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 36.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Eividas Petrulis | 20 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 40.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 35.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 57.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Paul McCoy | 14 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Zach Sanchez | 10 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
