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Huskies feast on Lions, await GU

Washington's Bobby Jones drives to the basket with Loyola Marymount's Dustin Brown defending during the first half in Seattle. The Huskies beat the Lions 112-65 on Friday and await a date with Gonzaga on Dec. 4. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Washington's Bobby Jones drives to the basket with Loyola Marymount's Dustin Brown defending during the first half in Seattle. The Huskies beat the Lions 112-65 on Friday and await a date with Gonzaga on Dec. 4. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Enough with the Washington preliminaries. Bring on Gonzaga.

“We’re going to see how good we are. No more of this, ‘Oh, we don’t know how good you are because of the teams you’ve been playing,’ ” senior team leader Brandon Roy said of the No. 25 Huskies.

Roy scored 19 points and Ryan Appleby added 18 – all on 3-point shooting – as Washington breezed past overwhelmed Loyola Marymount 112-65 Friday afternoon at Seattle.

Wes Wardrop scored 13 to lead Loyola Marymount (1-2). Matthew Knight, who scored 40 points over his first two games, finished with eight.

Washington (6-0) turned a school-record 65 points and 22 Lions turnovers in the first half into its 28th consecutive home win at Bank of America Arena. The longest home winning streak in the nation will get a stern test in the Huskies’ next game, the much-awaited Dec. 4 date with No. 8 Gonzaga.

“It’s a tremendous chance to see where we’re at,” coach Lorenzo Romar said.

The Huskies shot 61 percent in the opening period, which began with the Lions in a soft, 2-3 zone. Washington shredded that by making 14 of its first 21 shots – the last a baseline jumper by Roy that put the Huskies ahead 41-17 with 8:38 remaining in the opening half.

Even when Loyola changed to man-to-man, Washington rolled. Appleby, a sophomore transfer from Florida, swished consecutive 3-pointers within the last 70 seconds of the half. That gave Washington a 65-31 halftime lead.

Gonzaga has beaten Washington seven straight times.

“If we beat Gonzaga, that should put all the criticism to rest that we play a soft schedule,” Jones said.

(16) UCLA 57, Drexel 56: At New York, Jordan Farmar made the second of two free throws with 0.8 seconds to play to give the Bruins a victory over the Dragons in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

UCLA (4-1) had tied the game at 56 with 6.8 seconds left on two of three free throws by Arron Afflalo. Drexel (3-2) then turned the ball over when Bashir Mason couldn’t handle a hard inbounds pass from Chaz Crawford.

California 83, Northern Colorado 59: At Berkeley, Calif., DeVon Hardin scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double, and the Golden Bears defeated the winless Bears in the opening round of the Golden Bear Classic.

Cal plays Northeastern, a 102-81 winner over Cal State Northridge in Friday’s first game, for the championship.