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Bellingham brings in a catcher and right-handed pitcher.

Hernandez came up limping after getting a late start covering a play at first base in the 4th inning.

Williams-Goss is a junior and will have to decide if he wants to return to the Zags or leave early for the NBA.

“I had no idea,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said after the game. “I just, from my angle it didn’t look like it was a situation where there was an out-of-bounds situation or I else I would have called for a review.

Bellingham and Sehome suffer losses

Justin Jackson delivered the go-ahead three-point play and North Carolina scored the last eight points for a 71-65 win over Gonzaga and a title that heartbreakingly eluded the Tar Heels last year.

Felix Hernandez, making his 10th opening day start, allowed two runs and five hits while striking out six in five innings before leaving with tightness in a groin.

The Blazers lead Denver by 1½ games in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Drake placed 5th in the javelin at the Stanford Invitational before winning the event at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival

The last time Few and Williams’ teams met in the NCAA Tournament, they took a late-night road trip to a casino two days before the game and they have played enough cards together that Few has taught his kids a version of seven-card stud nicknamed “Roy Williams.”