Gonzaga defeats Sacramento State 104-58
Kyle Wiltjer scored 18 points and No. 13 Gonzaga routed Sacramento State 104-58 in the season opener for both teams on Friday night, Nov. 14, 2014, at McCarthey Athletic Center.
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Gonzaga’s longtime Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Oliver Pierce is recognized for 26 years with the GU athletic department before the game against Sacramento State.
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Gonzaga’s Connor Griffin (14) pokes out the ball and outraces Sacramento State’s Zach Mills for the steal, then lost his footing before reaching the lay-in.
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Gonzaga’s Angel Nunez skies over Sacramento State’s Trevis Jackson (11) to deny the basket.
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Gonzaga Mark Few shouts at his team, even when they’re up by 30 in the first half against Sacramento State.
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Gonzaga’s Kyle Dranginis tries to wrench the ball away from Sacramento State’s Dreon Bartlett (1) and the held ball is quickly called.
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Sacramento State’s Dylan Garrity (5) is fenced out by the defense of Gonzaga’s Josh Perkins (13) and Angel Nunez (2).
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Gonzaga’s Gary Bell Jr. goes up against Sacramento State’s Eric Stuteville (44) to score a basket.
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Sacramento State’s Nick Hornsby, center, is sandwiched between Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis (11) and Byron Wesley, right, under the basket in the first half.
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Sacramento State’s Cody Demps (2) struggles to put up a shot between Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis (11) and Przemek Karnowksi, right, in the first half.
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Gonzaga’s Josh Perkins (13) celebrates after sinking a three-pointer at the first half buzzer to put the Bulldogs up 60-26 over Sacramento State.
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Gonzaga’s Przemek Karnowski hugs teammate Josh Perkins after Perkins sinks a a three-pointer at the first half buzzer to put the Bulldogs up 60-26 over Sacramento State. It was Perkins’ only points of the first half. Karnowski also had three points in the first half.
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Gonzaga’s Angel Nunez, center, chases a rebound and going through Sacramento State’s Justin Strings, left, and Cody Demps.
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Sacramento State’s Eric Stuteville drives on Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis (11).
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Gonzaga bench erupts as Connor Griffin gets a steal in the second half against Sacramento State but slips and loses the handle on it before he could make the lay-in.
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Sacramento State’s Justin Strings, left, aggressively boxes out Gonzaga’s Rem Bakamus (15) after a second half free throw.
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Sacramento State’s Eric Stuteville, right, tries to direct a rebound towards teammate Dylan Garrity (5) while Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis (11) and Byron Wesley (22) vie for it.
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