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NCAA.com | April 1, 2017

Gonzaga holds off South Carolina to book spot in title game

  Gonzaga is heading to its first national championship game on Monday.

Gonzaga is heading to its first national championship game in school history, after the Bulldogs scraped past pesky South Carolina in the first game of Saturday's Final Four. Nigel Williams-Goss scored a team-high 23 points and twin towers Przemek Karnowski and Zach Collins combined for 27 more down low in a 77-73 finish.

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