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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike hits all kind of highs while scoring 35 points in 81-61 win at Oregon State | Analysis

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 7, 2026

Graham Ike hadn’t played 39 minutes since transferring to Gonzaga in 2023-24. Ike hadn’t scored 35 points in a game since his 2021-22 season at Wyoming. Before Gonzaga's trip to Oregon State, the forward had made 13 shots just one other time in his career.

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Returning guard Josiah Lake II has stepped up for Oregon State team that lost top five scorers | Key matchup

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 6, 2026

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The transfer portal carousel started spinning and never stopped for Oregon State this offseason.

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After Portland upset, Gonzaga guarantees improved effort against Oregon State: ‘It won’t happen again’

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 6, 2026

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Gonzaga’s next road test never projected as a game Mark Few’s team would overlook. Not against an Oregon State team that snatched a 97-89 overtime victory the last time Gonzaga visited Gill Coliseum.

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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike selected to Karl Malone Award midseason list

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 5, 2026

Gonzaga players may not have been in the mood for individual honors and accolades one day after a stunning 87-80 upset loss at Portland, but senior forward Graham Ike was still recognized as one of 10 midseason candidates for the Karl Malone Award.

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‘Special’ Joel Foxwell rose to the occasion while helping Portland stun No. 6 Gonzaga | Rewind

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 5, 2026

PORTLAND – Ten seconds before Portland grabbed its biggest lead of Wednesday’s game against No. 6 Gonzaga, guard Sam Noland went to the scorers table to check in for the Pilots.

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‘Poorest’ defensive effort of season bites No. 6 Gonzaga in 87-80 upset loss at Portland | Analysis

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 4, 2026

PORTLAND – One-loss Gonzaga had big plans for the next two to three months.

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No. 6 Gonzaga looking to ‘bottle up’ energy, toughness ahead of Oregon road trip

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 3, 2026

PORTLAND – The month of January could probably fill a full episode of a reality television series about Gonzaga’s 2025-26 basketball season.

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Portland leaning heavily on freshman point guard, WCC assists leader Joel Foxwell | Key matchup

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 3, 2026

PORTLAND – In 2024-25, the West Coast Conference’s Freshman of the Year award went to forward Austin Rapp, a University of Portland standout hailing from Melbourne, Australia.

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Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren becomes third former Gonzaga player to earn NBA All-Star nod

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 1, 2026

Eight months after capturing an NBA championship with the Oklahoma City Thunder, former Gonzaga center/forward Chet Holmgren earned his first NBA All-Star nod.

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Emmanuel Innocenti comes through for No. 6 Gonzaga during second-half surge: ‘I wanted my revenge’ | Rewind

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 1, 2026

The blood stains on Jalen Warley’s white Gonzaga jersey may not have been visible to the 6,000 fans that crammed into McCarthey Athletic Center Saturday night, but they were discernible to a group of reporters sitting within 5 to 20 feet of the senior wing at a postgame news conference.

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Led by Graham Ike’s 30 points, No. 6 Gonzaga prevails 73-65 against Saint Mary’s: ‘It was personal’ | Analysis

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 31, 2026

If tradition holds, Saturday’s game between No. 6 Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s will be the first of three meetings between the longtime West Coast Conference rivals this season.

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Saint Mary’s forward Paulius Murauskas should encounter more tough defense in fourth meeting with Gonzaga | Key matchup

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

Paulius Murauskas has drawn an assortment of defenders in three previous encounters with Gonzaga.

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No. 6 Gonzaga embracing first of two matchups with rival Saint Mary’s: ‘A big opportunity to show we run this league’

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

Many of Gonzaga’s key rotation players will get their formal introduction to one of the West Coast’s top rivalries Saturday night, but most already have a good sense of what they’ll be in for when the first regular-season meeting with Saint Mary’s tips off at McCarthey Athletic Center.

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Gonzaga anticipating Graham Ike’s return for high-stakes WCC matchup with Saint Mary’s | Notebook

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 29, 2026

Gonzaga’s frontcourt still won’t be whole when Saint Mary’s visits McCarthey Athletic Center on Saturday, but the sixth-ranked Bulldogs got positive news on the injury front as they prepare for one of the most important games remaining on the regular-season calendar.

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Going small has paid big dividends for No. 6 Gonzaga amid frontcourt injuries: ‘Their whole identity has changed’

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 28, 2026

Gonzaga spent months workshopping a jumbo lineup with Graham Ike and Braden Huff before springing it on Saint Mary’s last March at the West Coast Conference Tournament.

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Davis Fogle delivers, free throw line doesn’t for No. 8 Gonzaga in narrow victory against San Francisco | Rewind

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 25, 2026

Gonzaga came out on the wrong end of all nine one- or two-possession games it played in last season, watching its season come to an end with a five-point loss to No. 1 Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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No. 8 Gonzaga withstands late wave from San Francisco, stays unbeaten in WCC with 68-66 win| Analysis

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 24, 2026

It was more act of survival than impressive closing job.When Tyon Grant-Foster knocked down a wing 3-pointer stretching Gonzaga’s lead to 10 points with under two minutes remaining Saturday night, there was a collective exhale from 6,000 fans at McCarthey Athletic Center who’d watched a comfortable 14-point advantage shrivel to three points down the stretch against San Francisco.

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Guard Ryan Beasley commanding more defensive attention this season as USF’s leading scorer | Key matchup

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

They don’t share many of the same characteristics on the court, but Gonzaga forward Graham Ike and San Francisco guard Ryan Beasley have a few things in common heading into Saturday’s matchup between the Bulldogs and Dons at McCarthey Athletic Center (5 p.m., CBSSN).

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‘We’ll have to be great.’ Gonzaga hosts San Francisco team seeking first Spokane win since 1989

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

When Gonzaga officially closes its final chapter in the West Coast Conference two months from now, it could be worth taking a trip down memory lane and ranking the various streaks Mark Few’s program kept up during the team’s time in the league.

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‘Very worthy’ walk-on Noah Haaland helps lift Gonzaga in latest West Coast Conference win | Rewind

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 22, 2026

The depth and balance on Gonzaga’s roster suggested an assortment of players would probably make an impact for Mark Few’s team this season.

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No. 8 Gonzaga avoids drama – mostly – while snagging 51st consecutive victory against Pepperdine | Analysis

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

For a wounded Gonzaga team, uneventful West Coast Conference victories are about the best thing you can ask for these days.

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Former Gonzaga standout Drew Timme has fan in Lakers teammate LeBron James: ‘He’s an NBA player’

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

Drew Timme is settling in with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and starting to garner praise from some of his higher-profile teammates.

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Tyon Grant-Foster’s former teammate Styles Phipps leading Pepperdine in three categories | Key matchup

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 21, 2026

It’s a roll of the dice trying to predict who will lead Pepperdine in scoring on a given night.

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How is Gonzaga reinventing itself without Braden Huff and Graham Ike? ‘We had to do things we’ve never dreamed of’

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 20, 2026

From late Friday morning to early Saturday evening, ideas and strategies ping-ponged back and forth as members of Gonzaga’s coaching staff scraped together a plan for the team’s next West Coast Conference game at Seattle U.

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Gonzaga rewind: Young trio takes the lead for undermanned Zags in latest WCC victory over Seattle U

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 18, 2026

SEATTLE – Much has been made about the collective age and experience on Gonzaga’s roster this season.