Live score updates, Battle 4 Atlantis game highlights

The highly competitive Battle 4 Atlantis tournament concludes Friday night when the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Davidson Wildcats battle for fifth place from the Imperial Arena at the Atlantis Resort in Nassau, Bahamas.

The Zags (6-1) bounced back quickly from a tough overtime loss to West Virginia, which finished third in the eight-team field, with an 89-73 win over No. 14 in Indiana on Thanksgiving. Khalif Battle led a balanced scoring attack with 16 points, Ryan Nembhard recorded his third double-double of the season (11 points, 13 assists) and Gonzaga went on a 21-2 run in the first half to pull away from the Hoosiers for good. Defensively, the Bulldogs held Indiana’s starting frontcourt of Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle combined for 12 points on 4-of-14 from the field, while Malik Reneau laid a goose egg in the first half before finishing the night with a quiet six points in 24 minutes of action. Former Zag Oumar Ballo scored 25 points for the Hoosiers.

Through seven games this season, Battle leads the team with 14.9 points per game. match. The sixth-year guard scored 16 points in the first two Atlantis games to lead the Zags. Nembhard is no. 1 in the nation in assists per game (10.3) and ranks in the top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.0).

After losing to no. 24 Arizona in the quarterfinal round, the Wildcats (5-1) enter Friday’s matchup coming off a 69-58 win over Providence. Connor Kochera led the way with 22 points as he, Bobby Durkin (20 points) and Reed Bailey (18 points, 11 rebounds) combined for 60 of their team’s 69 points and 20 of the Wildcats’ 23 made field goals. That trio has accounted for nearly 64% of Davidson’s total offense this season.

Here are the live updates:

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1ST SEMESTER

Gonzaga 15, Davidson 11 (11:52): Ben Gregg provides a spark off the bench, recovering his own missed layup for a putback after getting away with a steal on the defensive end moments earlier.

Gonzaga 11, Davidson 8 (1:13 p.m.): Graham Ike hits the bench after coming out aggressively with seven points on 3-of-6 from the field. The 6-foot-9 senior got past the Davidson defense for an and-1 score to put the Zags up three.

Gonzaga 4, Davidson 4 (3:45 p.m.): Some heavy legs on both sides lead to a slightly sloppy start in fifth place. The Bulldogs and Wildcats missed 10 of their first 12 field goal attempts combined, including a pair of open looks around the rim.

PREGAME

Game Time Update: Tip time delayed to 5:38 PM PST/8:38 PM EST on ESPN2

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