Third-seeded Gonzaga holds off No. 14 seed Kennesaw State for a 73-64 March Madness win

— Graham Ike scored 19 points and third-seeded Gonzaga held off tenacious No. 14 seed Kennesaw State 73-64 in a defensive battle that ended with some drama Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA...
Mar 20, 2026, 01:20 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--KENN
100%
--GONZ

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • RJ Johnson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Graham Ike makes layup
  • Adam Miller misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Graham Ike misses layup
  • Amir Taylor makes driving layup
  • Emmanuel Innocenti misses 14-foot jumper
  • Graham Ike misses 8-foot jumper
  • Amir Taylor makes driving layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Braedan Lue misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Johnson misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Davis Fogle misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses tip in layup
  • Trey Simpson misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Amir Taylor misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes 18-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Trey Simpson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Simpson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Graham Ike makes layup
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kaden Rickard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kaden Rickard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Davis Fogle misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Braedan Lue misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kaden Rickard makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Innocenti misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaden Rickard makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Graham Ike misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Graham Ike makes 0-foot alley oop dunk (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • RJ Johnson misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Kaden Rickard misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Perry Smith Jr. misses tip in layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mario Saint-Supery makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amir Taylor misses layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Johnson misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Frankquon Sherman makes layup
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaden Harris misses driving layup
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Braedan Lue misses dunk
  • Adam Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Braedan Lue misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Frankquon Sherman misses layup
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses driving layup
  • Jalen Warley misses layup
  • Graham Ike makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • RJ Johnson makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Mario Saint-Supery makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Warley assists)
  • Braedan Lue misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jalen Warley makes layup (Tyon Grant-Foster assists)
  • RJ Johnson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes driving layup
  • RJ Johnson makes driving layup
  • Kaden Rickard makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Harris misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Davis Fogle misses driving layup
  • Jalen Warley makes driving layup (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • Frankquon Sherman makes layup
  • Jalen Warley makes driving layup (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • Braedan Lue misses layup
  • Davis Fogle makes layup (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • Davis Fogle makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Braedan Lue misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Emmanuel Innocenti makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Emmanuel Innocenti makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Frankquon Sherman misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Davis Fogle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • RJ Johnson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Amir Taylor misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Adam Miller makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Frankquon Sherman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Innocenti makes layup (Jalen Warley assists)
  • Amir Taylor makes layup (RJ Johnson assists)
  • Graham Ike makes driving layup (Emmanuel Innocenti assists)
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 1 of 1
  • RJ Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amir Taylor misses driving layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Graham Ike misses driving layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jalen Warley misses tip in layup
  • Amir Taylor makes driving layup
  • Braedan Lue makes driving layup
  • Braedan Lue misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Graham Ike misses layup
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • RJ Johnson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kaden Rickard makes driving layup
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Amir Taylor misses 16-foot jumper
  • Kaden Rickard misses driving layup
  • Davis Fogle misses layup
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tyon Grant-Foster misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Simpson misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Graham Ike misses driving layup
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 1 of 3
  • RJ Johnson misses free throw 2 of 3
  • RJ Johnson makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • RJ Johnson misses driving layup
  • Frankquon Sherman makes layup (RJ Johnson assists)
  • Emmanuel Innocenti makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • Tyon Grant-Foster makes 0-foot dunk
  • Braedan Lue misses layup
  • Davis Fogle makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jalen Warley assists)
  • Braedan Lue makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Davis Fogle misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Davis Fogle misses driving layup
  • Mario Saint-Supery makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Warley assists)
  • Braedan Lue misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Innocenti misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Warley misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Davis Fogle makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amir Taylor makes layup (Braedan Lue assists)
  • Davis Fogle makes 1-foot dunk (Mario Saint-Supery assists)
  • Jalen Warley makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Warley makes free throw 2 of 2
  • RJ Johnson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Graham Ike misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • RJ Johnson makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Graham Ike misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Amir Taylor makes driving layup
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Graham Ike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amir Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Amir Taylor makes layup (Trey Simpson assists)
  • Amir Taylor makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Davis Fogle misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Davis Fogle makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mario Saint-Supery misses driving layup
  • Jalen Warley makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Frankquon Sherman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amir Taylor assists)
  • Davis Fogle makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jalen Warley assists)
  • Kaden Rickard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kaden Rickard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Frankquon Sherman makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Frankquon Sherman makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Simpson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Simpson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Davis Fogle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Braedan Lue misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Braedan Lue makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Warley misses driving layup
  • Jalen Warley makes driving layup
  • Braedan Lue misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Frankquon Sherman makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Frankquon Sherman makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Graham Ike makes 9-foot jumper
  • Trey Simpson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Davis Fogle makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Davis Fogle makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kaden Rickard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Frankquon Sherman misses layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Kennesaw State OwlsKENNKENN
(21-14)
(21-14, 4-8 Away)
o157.5
-110
+20.5
-110
o152.5
-108
+1400
Gonzaga BulldogsGONZGONZ
(31-3)
(31-3, 15-0 Home)
-18.5
-110
-20.5
-110
u152.5
-112
-3200
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