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West Virginia knocks off No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in overtime in the Battle 4 Atlantis

AP
Nov 27, 2024

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) Javon Small scored five of his 31 points in overtime and Tucker DeVries added key free throws late in regulation and finished with 16 points as West Virginia beat No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday.

Small's layup with under 2 minutes left in OT gave West Virginia a 79-75 lead. After a Gonzaga miss, Sencire Harris hit two free throws to make it a six-point lead. With 27.1 seconds left, Harris made a steal and scored on a dunk for an eight-point lead, putting the game out of reach.

Amani Hansberry scored a career-high 19 points and Toby Okani added 10 for West Virginia (3-2).

Braden Huff scored 19 points and Khalif Battle 16 for Gonzaga (5-1).

Gonzaga showed its depth, outscoring the West Virginia bench 30-2.

West Virginia’s only loss was by 24 points at Pitt, but the rebuild under Darian DeVries is showing promise.

Gonzaga turned it over at midcourt late in regulation when Tucker DeVries poked it away from Nolan Hickman and raced the other way before getting fouled. DeVries made two free throws with 5.9 seconds left to tie it at 71-all. Battle inbounded the ball and got it back, but lost control on a drive as time expired.

The shorter Mountaineers outrebounded Gonzaga 42-36 and shot 50% in the second half, battling the Zags to a draw in the paint. Nembhard had 12 assists and just one turnover in 43 minutes, but was 1 of 10 from the field.

West Virginia will play Louisville on Thursday in the winner's bracket. Gonzaga faces No. 14 Indiana on the consolation side.

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1st Half
WV
Mountaineers
31
GONZ
Bulldogs
39

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bulldogs gains possession)
19:43		Graham Ike misses three point jump shot
19:41		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
19:20		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
19:18		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
19:07		Toby Okani turnover (lost ball)
18:53		Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot
18:51		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
18:38	+3	Amani Hansberry makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	3-0
18:09		Tucker DeVries blocks Graham Ike's two point layup
18:07		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
17:58		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
17:56		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
17:49	+3	Khalif Battle makes three point jump shot (Michael Ajayi assists)	3-3
17:39	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point hook shot (Javon Small assists)	5-3
17:26		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
17:24		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
17:24		Michael Ajayi personal foul
17:11		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
17:09		Graham Ike defensive rebound
17:00	+3	Michael Ajayi makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	5-6
16:27	+3	Toby Okani makes three point jump shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	8-6
16:11	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	8-9
15:51		Michael Ajayi blocks Javon Small's two point jump shot
15:49		Graham Ike defensive rebound
15:40		TV timeout
15:31		Eduardo Andre shooting foul (Michael Ajayi draws the foul)
15:31	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-10
15:31	+1	Michael Ajayi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-11
15:28		Javon Small turnover (lost ball) (Michael Ajayi steals)
15:28		Michael Ajayi turnover (out of bounds)
15:21		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
15:19		Eduardo Andre offensive rebound
15:08		Jonathan Powell turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
14:57		Tucker DeVries blocks Ryan Nembhard's two point layup
14:55		Graham Ike offensive rebound
14:55		Eduardo Andre shooting foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
14:55	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-12
14:55		Graham Ike misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:55		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
14:44	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	10-12
14:21		Michael Ajayi turnover (traveling)
14:07	+3	Amani Hansberry makes three point jump shot	13-12
13:56		Amani Hansberry blocks Ben Gregg's two point layup
13:54		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
13:36		Amani Hansberry misses two point jump shot
13:34		Ben Gregg defensive rebound
13:26	+3	Braden Huff makes three point jump shot (Dusty Stromer assists)	13-15
13:16	+3	Tucker DeVries makes three point jump shot	16-15
13:01		KJ Tenner personal foul
12:51		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
12:49		Mountaineers defensive rebound
12:35		Ben Gregg blocks Amani Hansberry's two point layup
12:33		Ben Gregg defensive rebound
12:18	+2	Nolan Hickman makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	16-17
11:59		KJ Tenner misses three point jump shot
11:57		Ben Gregg defensive rebound
11:35		Dusty Stromer misses two point jump shot
11:33		Dusty Stromer offensive rebound
11:31	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Braden Huff assists)	16-20
11:31		TV timeout
11:16		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
11:14		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
10:47		Nolan Hickman misses two point jump shot
10:45		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
10:39		Sencire Harris misses two point layup
10:37		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
10:32	+2	Braden Huff makes two point hook shot (Dusty Stromer assists)	16-22
10:12		Toby Okani misses two point layup
10:10		Nolan Hickman defensive rebound
10:03		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
10:01		Javon Small defensive rebound
9:53		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
9:51		Dusty Stromer defensive rebound
9:44	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot	16-24
9:44		Jonathan Powell shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
9:44	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	16-25
9:18		Ben Gregg shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
9:18	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-25
9:18	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-25
9:11		Dusty Stromer turnover (bad pass) (Tucker DeVries steals)
9:02	+2	Tucker DeVries makes two point dunk	20-25
8:38	+2	Ryan Nembhard makes two point layup	20-27
8:13		Ben Gregg personal foul
8:11		Toby Okani misses two point dunk
8:09		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
7:56		Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot
7:54		Mountaineers defensive rebound
7:54		Braden Huff personal foul
7:54		TV timeout
7:36		Amani Hansberry misses two point hook shot
7:34		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
7:28		Amani Hansberry personal foul
7:20		Graham Ike turnover (lost ball) (Amani Hansberry steals)
7:08		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
7:06		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
6:36		Ryan Nembhard misses two point jump shot
6:34		Graham Ike offensive rebound
6:27		Graham Ike misses two point jump shot
6:25		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
6:16		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
6:16	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 3	21-27
6:16	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 3	22-27
6:16	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 3 of 3	23-27
5:57		Graham Ike turnover (bad pass) (Javon Small steals)
5:46		Eduardo Andre turnover (lost ball)
5:31		Toby Okani shooting foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
5:31	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-28
5:31	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-29
5:04		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
5:02		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
4:54		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
4:52		Mountaineers defensive rebound
4:48		Graham Ike personal foul
4:28	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot	26-29
4:15		Ryan Nembhard misses three point jump shot
4:13		Javon Small defensive rebound
4:06		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
4:04		Javon Small offensive rebound
3:59		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
3:57		Nolan Hickman defensive rebound
3:56		Khalif Battle turnover (traveling)
3:56		TV timeout
3:31		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
3:29		Michael Ajayi defensive rebound
3:23	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	26-31
3:23		Javon Small shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
3:23	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	26-32
3:06		Javon Small turnover (bad pass)
2:52		Braden Huff misses two point hook shot
2:50		Javon Small defensive rebound
2:49		Ryan Nembhard shooting foul (Jonathan Powell draws the foul)
2:49	+1	Jonathan Powell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-32
2:49	+1	Jonathan Powell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-32
2:29	+3	Khalif Battle makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	28-35
2:02		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
2:00		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
1:52	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup	28-37
1:49		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
1:29	+3	Toby Okani makes three point jump shot (Tucker DeVries assists)	31-37
0:57	+2	Michael Ajayi makes two point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	31-39
0:41		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
0:39		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
0:33		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
0:31		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
0:06		Tucker DeVries turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
0:06		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:01		Braden Huff misses three point jump shot
0:00		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WV
Mountaineers
40
GONZ
Bulldogs
32

Time		Play	Score
19:48	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup	33-39
19:31		Toby Okani personal foul
19:27	+2	Nolan Hickman makes two point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	33-41
18:53		Amani Hansberry misses two point hook shot
18:51		Mountaineers offensive rebound
18:48		Mountaineers turnover (5-second violation)
18:37	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	33-43
18:15		Khalif Battle personal foul
18:08		Tucker DeVries misses two point jump shot
18:06		Toby Okani offensive rebound
17:58		Tucker DeVries turnover (bad pass)
17:43		Graham Ike misses two point jump shot
17:41		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
17:34		Graham Ike blocks Sencire Harris's two point layup
17:32		Mountaineers offensive rebound
17:30	+2	Toby Okani makes two point dunk (Tucker DeVries assists)	35-43
17:11		Sencire Harris personal foul
17:05		Ryan Nembhard turnover (bad pass) (Sencire Harris steals)
16:55	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup	37-43
16:47		Tucker DeVries blocks Khalif Battle's two point jump shot
16:45		Bulldogs offensive rebound
16:36		Michael Ajayi misses two point jump shot
16:34		Toby Okani defensive rebound
16:19	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	40-43
16:17		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
16:17		TV timeout
15:55		Graham Ike misses two point jump shot
15:53		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
15:26	+3	Amani Hansberry makes three point jump shot (Tucker DeVries assists)	43-43
15:11		Ben Gregg misses two point layup
15:09		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
14:49	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup	45-43
14:39		Amani Hansberry shooting foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
14:39		TV timeout
14:31		Sencire Harris blocks Nolan Hickman's two point layup
14:29		Nolan Hickman offensive rebound
14:19	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup (Nolan Hickman assists)	45-45
14:06	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Eduardo Andre assists)	48-45
13:39		Braden Huff misses two point jump shot
13:37		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
13:09		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
13:07		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
12:51		Nolan Hickman misses three point jump shot
12:49		Mountaineers defensive rebound
12:35		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
12:33		Tucker DeVries offensive rebound
12:26	+2	Tucker DeVries makes two point layup	50-45
12:11	+2	Ben Gregg makes two point layup (Khalif Battle assists)	50-47
11:53		Sencire Harris turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
11:44		Ryan Nembhard misses two point layup
11:44		Khalif Battle offensive rebound
11:44	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point dunk	50-49
11:44		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
11:44		TV timeout
11:24		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
11:22		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
11:14	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup	52-49
11:02		Khalif Battle turnover (traveling)
10:41		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
10:39		Bulldogs defensive rebound
10:13	+2	Braden Huff makes two point jump shot (Khalif Battle assists)	52-51
9:37	+2	Sencire Harris makes two point layup (Tucker DeVries assists)	54-51
9:20		Ryan Nembhard misses two point layup
9:18		Ben Gregg offensive rebound
9:17		Tucker DeVries shooting foul (Ben Gregg draws the foul)
9:17	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-52
9:17	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-53
8:59	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot	57-53
8:43		Braden Huff offensive foul
8:43		Braden Huff turnover (offensive foul)
8:19		Toby Okani misses two point layup
8:17		Mountaineers offensive rebound
8:08		Ben Gregg shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
8:08		Javon Small misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:08	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-53
7:55	+3	Nolan Hickman makes three point jump shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	58-56
7:22		Mountaineers turnover (shot clock violation)
7:22		TV timeout
7:00		Sencire Harris blocks Ryan Nembhard's two point jump shot
6:58		Bulldogs offensive rebound
6:58		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
6:40		Sencire Harris turnover (bad pass) (Ben Gregg steals)
6:30		Toby Okani shooting foul (Ben Gregg draws the foul)
6:30		Ben Gregg misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:30	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-57
6:18		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
6:16		Braden Huff defensive rebound
6:00	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup (Ryan Nembhard assists)	58-59
5:33		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
5:31		Bulldogs defensive rebound
5:06		Toby Okani shooting foul (Ben Gregg draws the foul)
5:06	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-60
5:06	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-61
4:45	+2	Javon Small makes two point jump shot	60-61
4:23		Braden Huff misses three point jump shot
4:21		Jonathan Powell defensive rebound
3:52	+2	Sencire Harris makes two point layup	62-61
3:20		Ryan Nembhard misses two point jump shot
3:19		Ben Gregg offensive rebound
3:19		Tucker DeVries personal foul
3:19		TV timeout
3:19	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-62
3:19	+1	Ben Gregg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-63
2:50		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Tucker DeVries draws the foul)
2:50		Tucker DeVries misses regular free throw 1 of 3
2:50	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 3	63-63
2:50	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 3 of 3	64-63
2:32	+2	Braden Huff makes two point jump shot (Nolan Hickman assists)	64-65
2:15		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
2:13		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
1:50	+2	Braden Huff makes two point hook shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	64-67
1:44		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
1:19		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
1:17		Jonathan Powell offensive rebound
1:07		Braden Huff shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
1:07	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-67
1:07	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-67
0:52	+2	Braden Huff makes two point hook shot (Ryan Nembhard assists)	66-69
0:32		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
0:30		Javon Small offensive rebound
0:25		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
0:25		Ryan Nembhard defensive rebound
0:25		Sencire Harris personal foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-70
0:25	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-71
0:18	+3	Tucker DeVries makes three point jump shot (Jonathan Powell assists)	69-71
0:18		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
0:06		Nolan Hickman turnover (lost ball) (Tucker DeVries steals)
0:06		Nolan Hickman shooting foul (Tucker DeVries draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-71
0:06		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:06	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-71
0:06		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:00		Khalif Battle turnover (lost ball) (Toby Okani steals)
0:00		End of period

OT
WV
Mountaineers
15
GONZ
Bulldogs
7

Time		Play	Score
5:00		(Mountaineers gains possession)
4:55	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup (Amani Hansberry assists)	73-71
4:36		Tucker DeVries blocks Ryan Nembhard's two point layup
4:34		Mountaineers defensive rebound
4:12		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
4:10		Ben Gregg defensive rebound
3:50		Dusty Stromer misses three point jump shot
3:48		Mountaineers defensive rebound
3:30		Amani Hansberry turnover (bad pass) (Dusty Stromer steals)
3:20	+2	Dusty Stromer makes two point layup	73-73
2:59		Ben Gregg shooting foul (Toby Okani draws the foul)
2:59	+1	Toby Okani makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-73
2:59	+1	Toby Okani makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-73
2:36		Braden Huff misses two point jump shot
2:34		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
2:34		Braden Huff personal foul
2:34	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-73
2:34	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-73
2:32		Sencire Harris personal foul
2:32	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-74
2:32	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-75
2:18		Javon Small turnover (bad pass) (Ryan Nembhard steals)
2:14		Javon Small blocks Khalif Battle's two point layup
2:12		Bulldogs offensive rebound
2:03		Ben Gregg misses three point jump shot
2:01		Javon Small defensive rebound
1:47	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup	79-75
1:38		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
1:36		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
1:08		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
1:06		Mountaineers offensive rebound
1:06		Ryan Nembhard personal foul
1:04	+1	Sencire Harris makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-75
1:04	+1	Sencire Harris makes regular free throw 2 of 2	81-75
0:53		Sencire Harris shooting foul (Ryan Nembhard draws the foul)
0:53	+1	Ryan Nembhard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-76
0:53		Ryan Nembhard misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:53		Javon Small defensive rebound
0:36		Michael Ajayi personal foul
0:35		Javon Small misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:35	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-76
0:29		Nolan Hickman turnover (lost ball) (Sencire Harris steals)
0:27	+2	Sencire Harris makes two point dunk	84-76
0:21		Ryan Nembhard misses three point jump shot
0:19		Braden Huff offensive rebound
0:13	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup	84-78
0:13		Nolan Hickman personal foul
0:13	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-78
0:13	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-78
0:07		Khalif Battle misses two point layup
0:05		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Amani Hansberry defensive rebound