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Gonzaga guard Derek Dixon passed midcourt alone, looking back for the ball and hoping for an easy fast-break basket.
It was the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference matchup between No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 9 Bishop McNamara, and the Eagles were up big. The Carmody Center gym was buzzing as Gonzaga made one last surge, putting the finishing touches on the kind of blowout you don’t often see at the upper levels of this talented league.
The outlet pass took Dixon beyond the three-point line, and he caught the ball in front of his team’s bench. The path to the hoop was clear, but the sophomore paused while beyond the arc.
“Go ahead — shoot it,” Eagles Coach Steve Turner said from the sideline, nearly in his player’s ear. “Right there.”
Dixon pulled up and nailed the three-pointer, a late crescendo during another impressive showing by the Eagles. Minutes later, the buzzer sounded on a 75-40 victory.
Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/10/gonzaga-bishop-mcnamara-basketball/
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