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THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2016

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 2016

McClellan stepping up at GU

Senior guard Eric McClellan has had a unique five-year college journey, stocked with good-bad-good stretches. He seems to be finishing on an upswing. He's emerged as a key player for the Zags as they pursue a WCC title and another trip to the NCAA tournament.…

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UCLA’s Bryce Alford knifes between Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis, left, and Kyle Wiltjer, right, and draws the foul Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at McCarthey Athletic Center. UCLA edged the Zags 71-66. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Numbers adding up for Wiltjer, Sabonis

Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis are Gonzaga's best scoring tandem since, well, that's a barstool conversation to be sure. Numerically, Morrison/Batista, Morrison/Turiaf, Calvary/Dickau, Olynyk/Harris, Hendix/Santangelo are in that debate. The current frontcourt duo is putting up numbers that haven't been seen around GU since Morrison/Batista…

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TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 2016

MONDAY, JAN. 11, 2016



SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 2016

Gonzaga forward Domantas Sabonis (11) passes against Portland State during a college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)

Day after Portland

A tad sleepy in the first half at the McCarthey Athletic Center last night with the students still not in session (school starts Tuesday) and the Zags’ uneven play not giving a docile crowd much to cheer about. Late in the half, Kyle Wiltjer provided…

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SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 2016




Game day for Zags, Pilots

Gonzaga returns home to face travel partner Portland tonight, and the Pilots look an awful lot like San Francisco and Santa Clara. Here's my game preview. Chris Sarbaugh, a former Zag walk-on who has also played at North Idaho College, San Diego and now Idaho,…

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FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 2016




THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 2016


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