Gonzaga, on the other hand, couldn't buy one. We were trying to stay locked in and trail him on pin downs, but he was getting loose. "Jordan Hawkins definitely had a big one. "I think their guards controlled the game tonight," Gonzaga guard Rasir Bolton said. Gonzaga lost the sophomore guard on too many 3-pointers, and Hawkins made the Bulldogs pay, converting 6 of 10 from behind the arc. Hawkins, the 6-foot-5, All-Big East guard, finished with 20 points despite failing to make a shot inside the 3-point arc. The Huskies, primarily, were the better backcourt. Regardless of whether we want to say what-ifs, the refs didn't control that game. "What if they didn't call a foul? But the bottom line is they were the better team tonight. "Look, we can say 'what if' right?" Timme said. The three-time All-American who leaves Gonzaga with a career record of 121-13 subbed out of the game for the final time with less than two minutes remaining, exchanging a long hug with Few before embracing every teammate, assistant coach and trainer before taking a seat on the bench. It was still a 10-point game when Gonzaga's forward checked out with 17:39 remaining, but UConn extended the lead to 21 points in the non-Timme minutes and the Huskies - led by the shot-making and skill of Jordan Hawkins - added to the cushion when Timme returned to the game about four minutes later. ![]() Gonzaga has funneled its offense through Timme, the school's all-time scoring leader, for much of the season but didn't have the option to do so after the All-American was whistled for his third and fourth fouls within the first three minutes of the second half. And we can't absorb a game like that when our offense is as bad as it was tonight." "And we didn't have any answers, especially when kind of everything really didn't bounce our way. ![]() "UConn was just terrific tonight," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.
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