The biggest shock of the week, if not more, happened in college basketball. Pacific north west thursday night Loyola Marymount Upset No.6 Gonzaga 68-67 in the kennel. An upset of this magnitude meant that Spokane exploded with massive streaks and drought. Washington.
Gonzaga entered the night with the longest home winning streak in men’s Division I basketball.The NCAA officially recognized it as 76 games, but it was a 75-game streak at Gonzaga’s on-campus home venue, The Kennel.Earlier this season, Gonzaga beat kentucky Contributed a +1 to the streak at nearby Spokane Arena and is now Caputo.
The LMU win (14-7, 4-3 WCC) is the first time since the visitors beat the Bulldogs (16-4, 5-1) at the McCarthy Athletic Center. St. Mary’s Almost five years ago on January 18, 2018.
The 16.5-point underdogs have ended a 32-year futile drought on the Gonzaga campus. Their last win with GU came in his 1991, when LMU was declining from its peak as a program in the late ’80s. LMU also snapped a 25-game overall losing streak to Zag. His last win in this series came on February 18, 2010 at the LMU.
LMU senior guard Cam Shelton was a standout on Thursday night, scoring a game-high 27 points along with nine rebounds. The Lions also scored his 15 points off the bench from junior guard Jarin Anderson. Shelton’s right-handed runner with 14.7 remaining proved to be the winner of the game.
For Gonzaga, All-American contender Drew Timm had a team-high 17 points and 7 rebounds. On the final possession of the game, Tim set his screen hard on Shelton at the top of the key, allowing a pick-and-roll his drive to the rim. A desperate recovery and uplift from Julian Strother didn’t stand a chance.
Thursday night marked the first time in 83 games that a ranked Gonzaga team lost to an unranked opponent.It last happened in November 2019 Michigan At the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. Gonzaga had been flirting with the conference loss for a month.It took a late rally on the road to escape San Francisco, Santa Clara When BYUwon those three games by a total of eight points.
Gonzaga’s loss also means St. Mary’s, who are still undefeated in conference play, are No. 1 in the WCC. The last time Zag didn’t top his WCC standings was on 10 February 2018, after his victory at St. Mary’s leveled his rivals on the losing line.
Beating a Top 10 team is rare for a program like Loyola Marymount, who last achieved the feat in the 1961 NCAA Tournament. USCaccording to ESPN Stats and Information.
As a result, Gonzaga dropped from 9th to 14th due to the Bulldogs quad 3 loss. ken pom dot com. auburn‘s 28-game home winning streak is currently the longest in the country.
