Hoops

Saint Mary's vs Gonzaga ***Spoiler***

Mills did not play a second after the main break and his Gael's did not react well to losing their best player.

Gonzaga overturned the half time deficit and ended up running out comfortable winners,

Mills still led all scorers with 18 points despite not seeing action in the 2nd half.

Lucas Walker played his best game of the season coming off the bench. He hit 9 points on 4/7 shooting to go with 3 rebounds.

Steindl on the other hand arguably played his worst game as a Freshman. He went 0/7 for the game.

Mills is definitely out of action and has not played a minute uin the 2nd half.

In that time, the Gael's now trail the Bulldogs 48-58 with 7:22 remaining in the game. Gonzaga's biggest lead of the game.

Aussie Lucas Walker has now hit the court for the first time in this game.

Steindl is 0/6 from the field, including 0/3 from downtown.

Not looking good for the Gael's or Mills.

Mills has started the second half on the bench and talk is he is out for the rest of the game. Let's hope otherwise.

On ESPN coversation there is talk Mill's has injured his right-hand/wrist going into the half time break. Apparently he was seen to be having it wrapped up at the half time break. Hopefully he comes out for the second half.

Saint Mary's is just ahead of Gonzaga at the main break, 39-33. Aussie Carlin Hughes hit a jumper with 3 seconds left to open up a 6-point lead.

Here si how 4 of the 5 Aussies are faring in the game so far:

- Mills has 18 points on 6/14 shooting (6/8 from downtown), with 1 rebound and 1 assist at the half.

- Hughes has 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 1 rebound and 1 assist.

- Ben Allen is also 1/2 from the field for 2 points to go with 3 rebounds and 2 assists. He has provided some great minutes off the bench in this game.

- Clint Steindl is 0/2 from the field and has 2 boards.

Mills now 6/8 on triples for 18 first half points! He is putting on a long distance shooting display so far - hopefully he can keep it up. However he has missed every single 2-point attempt in the game - go figure!

3:06 left in 1st half with Gael's leading 34-28.

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