Back with a game recap I cobbled together with quotes sent by Gonzaga's and Memphis's SIDs. Read on for the unedited version.

I included an A.P. article at the end.

Also, San Diego senior guard De'Jon Jackson is out for the season with a torn ACL. The Toreros visit Gonzaga on Saturday.

Staff and wire report

Gonzaga added another quality win to its NCAA Tournament resume, holding off Memphis 66-58 in front of 17,037 on Saturday at the FedEx Forum.

The victory came less than two days after the Bulldogs routed Portland at the McCarthey Athletic Center. GU pulled off a similar feat earlier this season, defeating Oklahoma in Spokane and 36 hours later edging Illinois in Chicago.

“I thought we had a tough-mindedness to us and a tough mentality about us,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “It is hard to play well in this building because the crowd is such a huge part of the game. You can’t hear your sets or hear your calls, but we were able to overcome that.”

The 17th-ranked Bulldogs (19-4) had gone 0-4 versus Memphis the last four years. Senior guard Matt Bouldin, who scored just 20 points in three previous games against the Tigers, led Gonzaga with 19 points. He was 4 of 4 at the free-throw line in the last 62 seconds.

“I don’t think I’ve played well (against Memphis), so it really does feel nice,” Bouldin said. “I’m more proud of my zero turnovers than anything. They seem to rush people and push the tempo a lot. I was happy with how I took care of the ball.”

Center Robert Sacre had 13 points and six rebounds. Steven Gray, whose 3-pointer with 3:40 remaining gave Gonzaga the lead for good at 56-53, added 12 points and seven boards. Backup center Will Foster chipped in a career-high eight points, two days after setting his personal best with six points against Portland.

“I was a bit more relaxed than normal, coming off a good night (Thursday),” Foster said. “We played together and we were really pumped up for this game. It was more of a team effort than anything.”

Demetri Goodson added six points, including a layup on a feed from Elias Harris with 2:04 left and a pair of free throws with 43.2 seconds remaining. Goodson drew three charging fouls on the Tigers.

Gonzaga led by as many as nine in the second half, but Memphis ran off nine unanswered points to pull even at 49. Willie Kemp’s layup gave Memphis a 53-51 lead with 4:48 remaining, but Harris, who was just 2 of 14 from the field, connected in the lane. Gray followed with a clutch 3-pointer from the right wing.

Sacre’s jump hook and a pair of Bouldin free throws gave GU a 62-57 lead with 1:02 left. After a Tigers’ free throw, Bouldin and Goodson each hit two free throws as Gonzaga improved to 5-2 in road games.

Wesley Witherspoon’s 26 points led Memphis (16-7). He made 8 of 11 shots; his teammates were 11 of 37. The Tigers were just 14 of 26 at the free-throw line, including 1 of 4 in the final 5 minutes.

 “To win a game like this, you have to make free throws,” Memphis coach Josh Pastner said. “That’s the bottom line. If we make our free throws like we did on Wednesday (against Alabama-Birmingham) or like we did against Marshall, then we win the game. We didn’t, and that’s why they got the win.”

Gonzaga weathered a shaky start offensively, using a late 9-0 run to take a 28-23 lead at intermission.  The Bulldogs made just 4 of their first 18 shots, but stayed close by keeping Memphis’ offense in check. GU utilized an effective zone defense for stretches in each half and limited the Tigers to 39.6 percent shooting, 28.6 percent on 3-pointers.

“They can hit 3s in bunches and just create turnovers,” Few said. “I am very happy with our guys on the defensive end because we really stayed in our gaps and made them take difficult shots. Taking care of the ball against that athleticism and the way they climb up into us with the crowd going, I am very happy to see the way we kept our poise.”

Gonzaga entertains Saint Mary’s in a WCC showdown Thursday.

AND HERE'S THE AP ARTICLE:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Gonzaga coach Mark Few let his players sleep in Saturday, and the extra rest wound up providing some energy down the stretch.

Matt Bouldin scored 19 points and the 17th-ranked Bulldogs pulled away for a 66-58 victory over Memphis on Saturday.

Gonzaga (19-4) made a cross-country flight Friday after Thursday night’s 76-49 win over Portland. It didn’t take Few long after arriving to know the travel had taken its toll.

“I could tell (Friday) night in the film session, we were done,” Few said. “We needed to sleep in. We got a late breakfast (Saturday) and came to the arena 15 minutes early and got some shots in.”

The extra rest helped the Bulldogs play through the end, closing out Memphis with an 8-1 run to end the game.

“That was huge,” Bouldin said of the extra rest. “We needed rest. It was almost like an NBA trip. Playing one night, flying the next day, playing the next morning.”

Robert Sacre added 13 points and Steven Gray finished with 12, despite shooting 4 of 12 from the field for Gonzaga. Gray had seven rebounds.

Wesley Witherspoon led Memphis (16-7) with 26 points, hitting eight of his 11 shots, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. Elliot Williams finished with 11 points for the Tigers, who lost their second game in the last three.

“(Witherspoon) stepped up big, especially when we were struggling offensively,” Memphis coach Josh Pastner said. “He really picked up the slack and made shots. He made big shots, and he battled.”

Gonzaga led 58-57 after Will Coleman, who had nine points and eight rebounds, scored inside with 1:35 left. But Sacre scored inside and Bouldin hit two free throws to give the Bulldogs enough breathing room for their 11th win in the last 12.

Neither team shot well. Gonzaga converted 41.1 percent (23 of 56), while Memphis managed to shoot 39.6 percent (19 of 48). Gonzaga held a 36-31 advantage on the boards, including 13 on the offensive glass.

Gonzaga went on a 9-0 run to help the Bulldogs take a 28-23 halftime lead.

Bouldin was 3 of 6 in the half for eight points, but the Bulldogs shot 37 percent (10 of 27), while Memphis was 8 of 22 (36.4 percent). The Tigers were hampered by nine turnovers to go with their poor shooting.

Witherspoon led Memphis with 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting, missing only one of his three 3-point attempts.

Gonzaga extended its lead to nine as Sacre began to score inside.

Witherspoon was carrying the Tigers, and Memphis was hurting its own cause by misfiring from the free throw line, ending the game 14 of 26.

“We couldn’t get the stops at the end and couldn’t knock the free throws down,” Williams said. “Free throws and turnovers kind of killed us at the end.”

Before the problems in the stretch run, Memphis rallied for a 53-51 lead with 4:48 left on a layup by Willie Kemp.

From there, Gonzaga recovered to extend a 58-57 lead, including the closing run.