Zags renew rivalry, dump UW

The Gonzaga-Washington rivalry picked up about where it left off. Gonzaga, which won eight of the last nine – seven by double digits – before the series took a nine-year hiatus, thumped the Huskies 80-64 Wednesday inside cozy Imperial Arena in the quarterfinal round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. The 10th-ranked Zags (3-0) led by 10 after Przemek Karnowski scored on the low block over Noah Dickerson just 7 minutes into the game. Gonzaga bullied the athletic but shorter and thinner Huskies as Kyle Wiltjer (24 points, 11 rebounds), Domantas Sabonis (17 points and nine rebounds) and Karnowski (12 points, six rebounds) dominated in the lane. The Zags will face the winner of the Texas-Texas A&M matchup at 10 a.m. PST Thursday in the semifinals. Washington (3-1) will take on the Texas-Texas A&M loser at 4 p.m. Thursday/ Jim Meehan , SR. More here.