Alex Ducas scored 23 points to lead four Saint Mary's players in double figures, and the No. 16 Gaels held off a late BYU rally for a 76-69 victory Monday night in the West Coast Conference semifinals.
The Gaels will play in their fourth WCC title game in five years Tuesday night, facing No. 9 Gonzaga or San Francisco. Saint Mary's will try to win its first tournament championship since 2019.BYU will wait to see if the NIT has a spot. The Cougars have a NET ranking of No. 85, so they are at best on the bubble. If they don't make the postseason, this was their last game as a WCC team; the program joins the Big 12 Conference next season.
Both regular-season games between Saint Mary's and BYU were close, with the Gaels winning by a combined seven points. BYU also went into a cold spell, going scoreless between a basket from Jaxson Robinson with 4:54 left in the first half until Spencer Johnson's layup 11 seconds into the second period.
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