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The Bruins cut a double-digit deficit to three points late, but Anton Watson scores a career-high 32 points on near-perfect shooting to help the 11th-ranked Bulldogs hold them off, 69-65, in the fifth-place game.
In the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday night, No. 11 Gonzaga defeated UCLA 69-65 behind a career-high 32 points from almost perfect shooting by Anton Watson. It was the fourth encounter between the teams in as many seasons. Gonzaga won the last four matchups, including a 79-76 victory against UCLA in the 2023 Sweet 16.
Nolan Hickman scored 12 of his team-high 19 points after halftime and Graham Ike and Anton Watson posted double-doubles to lead No. 11 Gonzaga to a 76-57 win over Syracuse in a losers bracket game at the Maui Invitational on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (3-1) got 16 points and 14 rebounds from Ike, and 12 points and 13 rebounds from Watson. Ike, a 6-foot-9 redshirt junior forward, also came up with four steals. Ryan Nembhard added 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Judah Mantz had 22 points and JJ Starling 15 for Syracuse.
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HONOLULU -- Fletcher Loyer scored 27 points, Zach Edey had a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds and No. 2 Purdue escaped with a 71-67 win over No. 7 Tennessee in the Maui Invitational semifinals Tuesday.