No. 12 Gonzaga, No. 7 Michigan clash in Players Era Festival championship

Nov. 26—First half

15:56 — UM 13, GU 5: Huff gets a shot to fall out of the timeout to snap the Wolverines run. Michigan ball after the first media timeout.

16:49 — UM 13, GU 3: Tremendous start for Michigan, which gets Gonzaga to call an early timeout on an 8-0 run.

Lendeborg has been a problem early with his size and has two 3-pointers. Wolverines also playing solid defense, limiting GU to 2 of 6 from the field and no offensive rebounds.

19:51 — UM 3, GU 0: Wolverines win the jump and Lendenborg wastes no time nailing a 3-pointer to open the scoring. We're under way in Las Vegas.

Starting 5s

No changes to the Zags' starting lineup.

Gonzaga: Tyon Grant-Foster (11.9 ppg), Mario Saint-Supery (9.1), Adam Miller (9.6), Graham Ike (17.0), Braden Huff (16.0).

Michigan: Elliot Cadeau (8.5 ppg), Nimari Burnett (9.2), Morez Johnson Jr. (13.5), Yaxel Lendeborg (15.3), Aday Mara (9.7).

Pregame

Gonzaga and Michigan will play for $1 million in Las Vegas tonight.

The No. 12 Bulldogs (7-0) and No. 7 Wolverines (6-0) face off for the top prize in the Players Era Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena at 6:30 p.m. on TNT.

The Bulldogs knocked off No. 8 Alabama and rolled Maryland, securing enough point differential for a spot against the Wolverines, who routed San Diego State and No. 21 Auburn.

Gonzaga is looking for its third ranked win of the young season, while Michigan will easily face its greatest test, having survived close games against Wake Forest (OT) and Texas Christian in past weeks.

The matchup figures to pit two of the nation's top frontcourts. Gonzaga's Graham Ike and Braden Huff are averaging 17 and 16 points a game, respectively. Michigan will counter with more size in a three-man contingent of Yaxel Lengeborg (6-9, 15.3 ppg), Morez Johnson Jr. (6-9, 13.5 ppg) and Aday Mara (7-3, 9.7 ppg).

The losing team will collect an additional $500,000 on top of the guaranteed $1 million NIL boost for competing in the field.

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