The first game of the college basketball season for Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs is halfway done, with the Zags carrying a 36-33 lead into the break over the Purdue Boilermakers.
It was a back-and-forth half between these two programs, with plenty of highlight-reel plays and also a lot of reminders that this is the first game of the year – and there are a lot of new faces on each squad.
The star for Gonzaga was – unsurprisingly – Davis Fogle, who took over in the final few minutes of the half, recording a game-high 11 points, with two rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 16 minutes. He shot 4-7 on twos and 1-3 from three, using his long arms to finish multiple acrobatic lay-ins under the basket over bewildered Purdue defenders.
Hot shooting from Zags
Gonzaga did not waste any time establishing the outside shot, with an unlikely player – Massamba Diop – hitting the first three, and scoring the first points, of the season…