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No. 16 Gonzaga hopes to shake off OT loss when Santa Clara visits
Santa Clara ended a 26-game losing streak to Gonzaga last season for its first win over the Bulldogs since January 2011.,Now the Broncos look to halt a string of 17 straight road losses in the series when they face No. 16 Gonzaga on Saturday night in Spokane, Wash.,Santa Clara (12-7, 4-2 WCC) hasn't...

Michael Rataj, Oregon State get past No. 16 Gonzaga in OT
Michael Rataj scored Oregon State's first eight points of overtime and finished with a career-high 29 to lead the Beavers to a 97-89 upset of No. 16 Gonzaga on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play at Corvallis, Ore.,Nate Kingz scored 20 points and Parsa Fallah had 16 before fouling out as Or...

No. 16 Gonzaga, Oregon State renew rivalry after 34 years
Oregon State is the rare program with a dominating record against the powerhouse Gonzaga program.,The catch is the teams last met during the 1990-91 season when the Bulldogs were still four seasons away from their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. So it goes that No. 16 Gonzaga is just 2-25 all...

No. 18 Gonzaga, Washington St. ready for first game as WCC rivals
It's not that Washington State and No. 18 Gonzaga are unfamiliar with each other historically. They've played 150 times prior to Saturday night's West Coast Conference matchup on the Bulldogs' floor in Spokane, Wash.,But this will be the first time they've met as WCC rivals, thanks to the Cougars ne...

No. 18 Gonzaga makes it 19 straight wins over San Diego
Five players scored in double figures and No. 18 Gonzaga outgunned visiting San Diego 93-80 in a West Coast Conference matchup Wednesday night in Spokane, Wash.,Ben Gregg pumped in a game-high 23 points for the Bulldogs (13-4, 4-0), while Khalif Battle added 20. Graham Ike made just 1 of 5 field goa...

Graham Ike leads No. 18 Gonzaga into tilt vs. San Diego
Graham Ike is on the proverbial heater for No. 18 Gonzaga.,His 27-point performance in Saturday's 96-68 West Coast Conference romp at Loyola Marymount marked the fourth time in six games that he's scored at least 20. It was his second-best output of the season.,Ike and the Bulldogs (12-4, 3-0) will ...

No. 19 Gonzaga rolls past Loyola Marymount
Graham Ike recorded 27 points and nine rebounds and Khalif Battle added a season-high 26 points to lead No. 19 Gonzaga to a 96-68 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play at Los Angeles.,Ike made 12 of 16 field-goal attempts and Battle was 10 of 12 from the field, in...

No. 19 Gonzaga extends decades of dominance over Portland
Nolan Hickman scored 13 points and Michael Ajayi collected a season-high 15 rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga cruised to an easy 81-50 victory over visiting Portland on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play at Spokane, Wash.,Dusty Stromer scored a season-best 12 points as the Bulldogs defeated Portl...

Pepperdine's comeback bid falls short vs. No. 19 Gonzaga
Khalif Battle scored 21 points as No. 19 Gonzaga held off a furious second-half rally to win its 29th consecutive West Coast Conference opener, defeating Pepperdine 89-82 on Monday in Malibu, Calif.,The Bulldogs (10-4, 1-0 WCC) defeated the Waves for the 48th time in a row, a streak dating to 2002.,...

After another close loss, No. 14 Gonzaga opens WCC play at Pepperdine
If there was one thing No. 14 Gonzaga failed to do in nonconference play, it was learn how to finish.,And the Bulldogs may not get many chances to play close games in West Coast Conference play, which they'll open Monday against Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif.,Sure, the Bulldogs (9-4) trounced then-No....

No. 14 Gonzaga, No. 22 UCLA take rivalry into lap of luxury
In a rivalry that has delivered some memorable games, No. 14 Gonzaga is set to face No. 22 UCLA on a brand-new stage Saturday when they become the first college teams to play at the Intuit Dome, the new $2 billion home of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers in Inglewood, Calif.,Saturday's matchup is the ...

Graham Ike scores 25 as No. 13 Gonzaga blasts Bucknell
Graham Ike scored 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 13 Gonzaga defeated Bucknell 86-65 Saturday night in a nonconference game at Spokane, Wash.,Ben Gregg came off the bench to score 15 points for the Bulldogs (9-3) and Nolan Hickman had 14, with those two p...

Busy Bucknell faces latest tough opponent in No. 13 Gonzaga
Looking at the schedule, it would appear Bucknell will have had 13 days to prepare for Saturday night's matchup against No. 13 Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash.,But that's not really the case, because the Bison are dealing with final exams.,"Our players have three-hour exams, multiple 10-page papers ... I t...

No. 13 Gonzaga routs Nicholls to snap rare two-game skid
Braden Huff scored 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting to help No. 13 Gonzaga cruise to a 102-72 victory over Nicholls on Wednesday night at Spokane, Wash.,Graham Ike added 20 points and Ryan Nembhard had 18 points and 10 assists as the Bulldogs (8-3) broke a two-game slide. It was the program's first ba...

Liam McNeeley leads No. 18 UConn past No. 8 Gonzaga
Liam McNeeley scored a career-best 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds as No. 18 UConn recorded a 77-71 victory over No. 8 Gonzaga on Saturday night at New York.,Tarris Reed Jr. contributed 12 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots and Jaylin Stewart scored 10 points for the Huskies (8-3), wh...

Back on track, No. 18 UConn gets test from No. 8 Gonzaga
No. 18 UConn feels it has regained its stride, and it gets another chance to show it when it battles No. 8 Gonzaga on Saturday night in New York.,The two-time defending national champions were removed from their No. 2 perch in the rankings when they went 0-3 at the Maui Invitational late last month....

No. 4 Kentucky outlasts No. 7 Gonzaga in overtime
Andrew Carr recorded 19 points and seven rebounds and made a game-ending steal to help No. 4 Kentucky notch a 90-89 overtime victory over No. 7 Gonzaga at the Battle in Seattle on Saturday night.,Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points and Otega Oweh added 13 as the Wildcats (8-1) defeated Gonzaga after fa...

Ben Gregg excels as No. 3 Gonzaga trounces Davidson
Ben Gregg scored a career-high 24 points as No. 3 Gonzaga took control in the first half and surged ahead in the second for a 90-65 victory over Davidson in the fifth-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Bulldogs (7-1) earned their sixth double-digit win this s...

No. 3 Gonzaga rebounds to hammer No. 14 Indiana
Khalif Battle scored 16 points to lead No. 3 Gonzaga to an 89-73 win over No. 14 Indiana in the consolation bracket of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Bulldogs' Nolan Hickman scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half, finishing with three 3-pointers. Michael Ajayi also sco...

West Virginia knocks off No. 3 Gonzaga in overtime
Javon Small scored 31 points to rally West Virginia to an 86-78 overtime upset of No. 3 Gonzaga in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, Wednesday in Nassau, Bahamas.,The Mountaineers (4-1) trailed by 10 points early in the second half and by five in the final minute. But over the f...