Timme led Gonzaga with 25 points and 7 rebounds, and Holmgren added 11 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks, but they received insufficient help from their teammates.
“We needed Chet to be able to stay in there a little longer,” Few said of Holmgren, who was not among the three Gonzaga players brought to the postgame news conference.
The rims at the Chase Center were hardly as kind to Arkansas and Gonzaga as they are to the regular denizens of the arena — Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the rest of the Golden State Warriors. For much of the night, 3-pointers clanked off the rims and runners rimmed off them. Neither teams shot free throws with anything resembling proficiency.
When Gonzaga found itself behind at halftime, 32-29, it was not an unfamiliar position in this tournament. The Zags led 16th-seeded Georgia State by only 4 points midway through the second half before winning in…
