The up-and-coming younger performers attracted the Friday spotlight at Harrah’s Philadelphia, ahead of two consecutive cards with Pennsylvania Sire Stakes races for two-year-olds, with three $12,600 events for the various classifications.
The Somebeachsomewhere sophomore colt Literl Lad Hanover, a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes winner earlier this year, got back on the winning track with a lifetime mark of 1:50.4 going wire-to-wire against the pacing males. Driver George Napolitano, Jr. put the three-year-old quickly on the lead and hung up splits of :27.1, :55.3, and 1:22.3 while boosting his lifetime earnings to $172,611 for the meet’s leading trainer, Ron Burke, and the partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, J&T Silva- Purnel & Libby, and Wingfield Five LLC.
The Favorite
Gonzaga (24-0, 15-0 WCC): The Bulldogs got their first No. 1 preseason ranking in program history and still hold that spot today. Conference coach of the year Mark Few’s team has the best offense in the nation and can brag about being the last undefeated team. This is the first perfect regular season in program history.
The Zags have four players averaging double digits in conference play. Sophomore forward Drew Timme recorded 18.7 point per game, senior Corey Kispert 18.5 ppg, freshman Jalen Suggs 13.3 ppg and redshirt junior Joel Ayayi 11.2 ppg. But it’s not just those guys who are dangerous in the offense, any other player can step up on any given night.
LAWRENCE, Kan. Kansas finally put a blemish on second-ranked Baylor s perfect season.
David McCormack bruised his way to 20 points, Marcus Garrett added 14 on his senior night, and the No. 17 Jayhawks beat the Bears 71-58 on Saturday to leave top-ranked Gonzaga as the nation s only unbeaten team.
They also made the sure Baylor would need to wait at least a few more days to clinch its first conference title since 1950.
Kansas (18-8, 12-6) improved to 17-5 against top-10 teams in Allen Fieldhouse under coach Bill Self.
Baylor (18-1, 11-1) led wire-to-wire when the teams met last month in Waco, Texas.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) At this point in its long run of success, it’s hard to find a new accomplishment for Gonzaga to check off.
The top-ranked Bulldogs completed one of those unfinished tasks on Saturday night, closing out an unbeaten regular season with an 86-69 win over Loyola Marymount.
Corey Kispert made six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, and the top-ranked team remained the only unbeaten in the country after No. 2 Baylor lost earlier on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (24-0, 15-0 WCC) won their 51st straight home game to set a school record, and finished off the first perfect regular season in program history. Gonzaga has won 28 straight games dating to last season and is the first team to finish the regular season unbeaten since Kentucky in 2014-15.
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