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Gonzaga puts together complete performance, routs Loyola Marymount 96-68 for third WCC win

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 4, 2025

LOS ANGELES – Gonzaga’s past four games, played over a stretch of eight days, each warranted different letter grades on a traditional report card.

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Key matchup: Gonzaga, Michael Ajayi have plenty of history with LMU’s Jevon Porter

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 3, 2025

LOS ANGELES – Gonzaga has a deep file on Jevon Porter, stemming from four previous matchups with the skilled wing in West Coast Conference play over the past two seasons.

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Resembling ‘NBA schedule,’ demanding week for Gonzaga concludes with road game against unpredictable LMU

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 3, 2025

LOS ANGELES – There aren’t many basketball teams around the country that will encounter a stretch of games as physically demanding or mentally exhausting as the one Gonzaga’s faced this week.

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Buzzer breakdown: Gonzaga makes another lineup change in 81-50 rout of Portland

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 2, 2025

Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 81-50 win over Portland on Thursday night at the Arena.

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‘Grab every rebound like it’s my last.’ Michael Ajayi takes move to Gonzaga’s bench in stride, grabs 15 rebounds in win over Portland

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 2, 2025

Michael Ajayi believes his offensive production will come. Until then, the senior wing is focused on doing all the little things in a big way for the 19th-ranked Gonzaga basketball team.

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‘A huge safety blanket.’ Khalif Battle assertive from the outset, clutch down the stretch in Gonzaga’s WCC opener

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 31, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – Gonzaga’s offense sputtered both before and after Khalif Battle’s flagrant 2 foul led to an ejection late in the first half of Saturday’s 65-62 loss to UCLA.

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Gonzaga withstands Pepperdine tidal wave, emerges with 89-82 win in WCC opener

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 30, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – With only a handful of visits remaining to various gyms in the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga can expect the target on its back to grow over the next 24 months as longtime league rivals realize their chances to topple the Bulldogs are probably numbered.

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No. 19 Gonzaga hangs on to beat upset-minded Pepperdine 89-82

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 30, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – With a handful of visits left to various gyms in the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga can only expect the target on its back to grow over the next 24 months, as longtime league rivals realize chances to finally topple the Bulldogs are probably numbered.

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UCLA loss drops Gonzaga five spots to No. 19 in new Associated Press poll

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 30, 2024

Gonzaga's third nonconference loss in December – and fourth this season – dropped the Bulldogs five more spots in the final Associated Press poll of 2024.

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Key matchup: Michael Ajayi, Pepperdine’s top scorer last season, could take assignment against Waves’ leading scorer Monday

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 29, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – Michael Ajayi has likely had Monday’s game against Pepperdine circled, underlined and highlighted ever since the West Coast Conference revealed Gonzaga’s 18-game league schedule on Aug. 6.

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‘Hungry’ Gonzaga ready to shake December doldrums in West Coast Conference opener at Pepperdine

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 30, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – The month of December has brought more anguish than joy for Gonzaga in recent years. Three of the Zags’ four losses this season have come within the last four weeks, and December games have also accounted for half of GU’s 12 losses the last two years.

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‘It’s going to be World War III today.’ As expected, physicality at a premium during latest Gonzaga-UCLA meeting

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 28, 2024

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – With four losses to Gonzaga in four previous attempts, UCLA’s Mick Cronin may not have been bold enough to forecast a victory for the 22nd-ranked Bruins over the 14th-ranked Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Intuit Dome.

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‘That doesn’t just happen.’ Teammates marvel at performance from WSU’s Kyle Williams after WR breaks Dez Bryant record

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 28, 2024

SAN DIEGO – With 1,000 receiving yards to his name this season, 13 touchdown receptions over Washington State’s past 12 games and possibly a bright future ahead playing professional football, Kyle Williams had a number of reasons to pass on Friday’s Holiday Bowl against Syracuse, in an era when many star players have opted out of postseason games.

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‘It doesn’t accidentally happen.’ Mark Few’s Hall of Fame nomination puts Gonzaga coach in ‘rarefied air’

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 26, 2024

It’s a line of questioning Mike Roth got frequently during a 24-year tenure as Gonzaga’s athletic director. Probably more times than he can count.

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Through 12 games, Gonzaga’s free throw shooting on par with best teams in school history

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 24, 2024

A few days before Gonzaga’s nonconference home swing against Nicholls State and Bucknell, Graham Ike and Braden Huff decided to get in some extra work on their short game after practice at the Volkar Center.

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Disruptive Gonzaga forces 19 turnovers, gets 25 points from Graham Ike in comfortable 86-65 win over Bucknell

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 21, 2024

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Disruptive Gonzaga forces 19 turnovers, gets 25 points from Graham Ike in comfortable 86-65 win over Bucknell

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 21, 2024

It probably wasn’t everything Mark Few had on his wish list, but Gonzaga’s home nonconference finale against Bucknell served the only purpose it needed to before Bulldogs players began a brief holiday break.

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‘We’re not panicking.’ Recent losses haven’t impacted Gonzaga’s resume – or confidence – as nonleague slate winds down

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 19, 2024

When drawing parallels between Gonzaga’s current team and the 2023-24 group that extended the program’s streak of consecutive Sweet 16 appearances, the easiest place to start is the win-loss column.

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Led by low-post tandem of Huff and Ike, Gonzaga overcomes slow start to beat Nicholls State 102-72

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 18, 2024

Gonzaga fans who watched Wednesday’s game against Nicholls State from the opening tip probably grew frustrated seeing the Bulldogs struggle with many of the same issues that surfaced in recent losses to Kentucky and Connecticut.

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Braden Huff’s 25 points help Gonzaga roll past Nicholls State 102-72

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 18, 2024

Gonzaga fans who watched Wednesday’s game against Nicholls State from the opening tipoff probably grew frustrated watching the Bulldogs struggle with many of the same issues that surfaced in recent losses to Kentucky and Connecticut.

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Key matchup: Jamal West Jr. has been defensive anchor, rebounding leader for surging Nicholls State team

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 17, 2024

Not unlike Gonzaga, Nicholls State has relied on a balanced attack this season, with multiple players capable of stepping up and carrying the offensive torch on any given night for a team that’s won five consecutive games.

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Following 28-day hiatus from Kennel, No. 13 Gonzaga returns home for nonleague test against Nicholls State

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 17, 2024

There’s no place like home – and perhaps no better time to be back there for Gonzaga’s basketball team.

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Gonzaga’s AP Top 25 slide continues as Bulldogs drop to No. 13 in rankings

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2024

After losing consecutive games for the first time since 2018-19, Gonzaga took another hit in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings, dropping five spots to No. 13 after Saturday’s 77-71 loss to Connecticut at Madison Square Garden.

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Graham Ike’s off night at the forefront of Gonzaga’s offensive issues in UConn loss

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 15, 2024

NEW YORK CITY – Determined to shake off a slow first half against Connecticut, Graham Ike returned to the court at halftime to warm up his shot. The forward retrieved a basketball, planted himself a few feet from the hoop and started working through his portfolio of low-post moves.

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Late offensive issues resurface for No. 8 Gonzaga in 77-71 loss to No. 18 UConn at Madison Square Garden

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 14, 2024

NEW YORK – After beating Gonzaga 77-71 on Saturday night, Connecticut coach Dan Hurley told a room of reporters he wouldn’t mind negotiating a new nonconference series with Mark Few’s program, or extending the one that just concluded in front of 18,900 passionate fans at historic Madison Square Garden.