Gonzaga didn't have its 'A' game by any stretch, but it played its best during a 10-minute span of the second half, outscoring Pacific 25-8 to produce a hard-fought 71-61 victory Saturday. My unedited game story is below. Day-after post coming in the morning.
Gonzaga and Pacific square off at 1 today at the Spanos Center, the site of Kyle Wiltjer's 45-point performance a year ago. Here's my preview.
Gonzaga has five losses this season by a combined total of 15 points, and the latest -- a 70-67 setback to Saint Mary's -- was the Zags' most frustrating yet. GU blew a 15-point second half lead, and a 10-point edge inside the final 7…
Gonzaga and Saint Mary's meet Thursday in Moraga with first place on the line. Here's my game preview, a quick glance at the matchup and a preview in the San Francisco Chronicle.
No media day today or this week -- inquired as to why but didn't hear back -- so I put together a notebook with Zach Collins batting leadoff. The 6-foot-11 GU recruit has been selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game. Only three other…
You know the drill: My game story, Tyler Tjomsland photos from Gonzaga's 88-52 win over San Diego on Saturday. More below in my day-after San Diego post.
Good evening from the McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga bounced back from a disappointing loss to BYU on Thursday by hammering San Diego 88-52 on Saturday. Kyle Wiltjer went for 25 points and Domantas Sabonis added 14 points and 15 rebounds. Gonzaga's guards had a solid…
Back with my day-after post from Gonzaga’s come-from-ahead-loss to BYU last night – reminded me of Arizona in early December – at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Here’s the S-R coverage: Game story, column, photos. Reports from Utah here, here, here and here. Onward.
Home hasn't been so sweet for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, who dropped their third game this season at the McCarthey Athletic Center, falling to BYU 69-68. The Zags led by 10 in the first half and by 13 in the second half but couldn't hold off…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
By most accounts, the WCC is down this season but the conference has retained its reputation for skilled players. In my notebook that ran in today's S-R, I looked at the WCC's dependence on 3-point accuracy, how the league is going smaller while GU is…
Gonzaga's three-games-in-five-days stretch concludes tonight with a visit from Loyola Marymount. Players will disperse for Christmas on the 24th and return on the 27th to prepare for GU's first WCC road trip (at Santa Clara Dec. 31, at San Francisco Jan. 2). Here's my GU-LMU…
Gonzaga coach Mark Few and Tennessee counterpart Rick Barnes go way back, back when Few was a GU assistant coach and Barnes was head coach at Clemson. The teams clashed in the 1997 Top of the World Classic championship game in Fairbanks with GU upsetting…
Time for my day-after Saint Martin’s post and I’m going to come clean: I don’t have a ton for you. The game wasn’t exactly riveting against a D-II opponent and when I got done with three post-game interviews the locker room was pretty much empty.…
Gonzaga took care of business, routing Division II Saint Martin's 86-50 on Monday. Next, the Zags turn their attention to finals week and Saturday's date with Tennessee in the Battle in Seattle. Domantas Sabonis had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle Wiltjer finished with 18…
Back with my day-after post from Saturday’s 71-66 loss to visiting UCLA. Here's the roundup: My game story, John Blanchette column, Jesse Tinsley pictures and gamer in the LA Times. Read on.
Good evening. Back home after Gonzaga's 71-66 loss to UCLA on Saturday. This one looked a lot like GU's two previous losses (Arizona and Texas A&M): a tight game that came down to the closing minutes with the opponent making more plays than the Zags.…
Round three of Gonzaga-UCLA in the last calendar year takes place Saturday at 7 in the McCarthey Athletic Center. The Zags won both meetings last season, in Pauley Pavilion and in the Sweet 16 in Houston. The Bruins are a little more than a week…
Gonzaga is developing plans for a Center for Athletic Achievement, a three-story structure that could include space for student support services, supplemental nutrition, social events, basketball practice facility, strength and conditioning and a Hall of Fame. More about the project.
Spokane's indoor football team sorted through more than 400 name suggestions and settled on "Empire", a tribute to the area's railroad industry that helped spur growth and economic development in the late 1880s to early 1900s as well as a nod to the Inland Empire,…
Let’s get right to the day-after Montana post. The links: My gamer, Tyler Tjomsland’s photos and the Missoulian gamer. Read on.
Good evening after a wind-blown drive home. The Zags encountered their share of turbulence, some of it self generated, but landed a hard-fought victory over visiting Montana 61-58 Tuesday. Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis each had 16 points. The key shot was a Josh Perkins'…
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