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Graham Ike's point scoring total versus Houston will be available at BetUS by Friday evening.
Graham Ike said that was key to their performance, not only scoring 27 in the first minutes of the game, but also holding Georgia to just 3 points in that span.
"Keep getting stops. Keep getting stops. We know we're going to score the ball, can we keep getting stops? That was the focus," Ike said.
Gonzaga manhandled Georgia to win 89-68 in the first round.
Khalif Battle scored 24 points, Nolan Hickman had 18 and the eighth-seeded Zags routed Georgia 89-68 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
Battle went 9 for 13 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds in his first March Madness game in his sixth season of college basketball. The graduate student played for Butler, Temple and Arkansas before joining the Bulldogs.
He gave Gonzaga coach Mark Few a high-five as he ran down the court after making one of his four 3-pointers.
“It felt good, I can’t put it into words,” Battle said. “You’ve kind of been watching this as a kid. ... So to be dancing with these guys is special. And I'd run through a wall for them any day after I have the jersey on. So it’s been special for me, and I just want to keep on dancing.”
Braden Huff added 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting as Gonzaga (26-8) advanced to an intriguing second-round matchup with top-seeded Houston. The Cougars rolled to a 78-40 victory over SIU Edwardsville.
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