Santa Clara's defense fights Gonzaga's Roberts Sacre and Gary Bell Jr. for the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game today in Spokane. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)

Sam Dower scored 17 points and No. 25 Gonzaga pulled away in the second half for an 80-58 win over Santa Clara on Saturday night for the Bulldogs’ eighth straight win. Freshman Gary Bell Jr. added 15 points for the Bulldogs (13-2, 3-0 West Coast Conference), who broke the game open early in the second half with an 18-0 run. The Zags have not allowed more than 65 points during their streak. Santa Clara (8-7, 0-2), which fell to 0-5 on the road with its third-straight loss, was led by Raymond Cowels III with 13 points and Brandon Clark with 12. Bell also did most of the defensive work that limited junior guard Kevin Foster, who had 36 and 29 in two games last season, to nine points — half his average/Jim Meehan, SR. More here. And: ESPN boxscore here.

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• EWU 76, Northern Arizona 59, and: Big Sky scoreboard