The 8-1 Duke Blue Devils will take on the 8-2 Gonzaga Bulldogs at Madison Square Garden on Saturday at 4pm in the Aeropostale Classic. This is a battle of top 15 teams as Duke is ranked 7th and Gonzaga is 15th. The Bulldogs are led by Mark Few who is in his 11th year. He sports a 80.0% winning percentage, one of the top 5 of all time in college basketball. Gonzaga has won 9 consecutive West Coast Conference titles. This is a young team by Gonzaga's standards as they start only one senior and have 7 freshmen and Sophomores in their nine man rotation.
Here are the starters and key reserves.
6-5 Sr. Matt Bouldin 16.8 points,5.1 rebounds,3.7 assists
6-5 Jr. Steven Gray 13.8 points,4.3 rebounds,2.4 assists
6-8 Fr. Elias Harris 13.3 points,6.9 rebounds
7-0 Soph. Robert Sacre 13.0,5.5 rebounds
5-11 Soph. Demetri Goodson 8.1 points
6-6 Soph. Bol Kong 6.3 points
6-1 Fr. Kelly Olynk 3.5 points
6-0 Fr. G.J. Vilarino 3.1 points
6-4 Fr. Grant Gibbs 1.9 points
The Bulldogs average 79.5 points and give up 67.3. They shoot 49.3% from the field and relinquish 39.7%. They shoot 37.5% from three on 5.7 made per game and give up 34.2 % on 6.8 made. They out rebound their opponents by 3.9 per game. They commit 13.4 turnovers per game and force 14.2.
Notes: The game will be televised on CBS. Gonzaga's two losses were to Michigan St 75-71 and home to Wake Forest 77-75. They defeated Wisconsin 74-61. They are looking to avenge a defeat to Duke three years ago in the same venue.
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