Gonzaga’s Nolan Hickman went from zero points against UConn to 11 points and one of his better all-around efforts of the season against Nicholls State on Wednesday. Graham Ike, limited to three points by the Huskies, matching his lowest output in a Gonzaga uniform, responded with better than a point-per-minute pace.
Here are three observations from No. 13 Gonzaga’s 102-72 win over Nicholls State on Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Post production Graham Ike and Braden Huff combine to average 26 points per game, a figure that was even higher …
The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now scattered across the ACC, Big …
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.
There’s no place like home – and perhaps no better time to be back there for Gonzaga’s basketball team. Four weeks ago on Nov. 20, the Zags closed out a convincing 84-41 win over Long Beach State at McCarthey Athletic …
The tip time is set for Gonzaga’s last nonconference marquee matchup. The 13th-ranked Zags and No. 18 UCLA will meet at 1 p.m. on Dec. 28 in the first college basketball game at the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers’ …
Jeremy Jones took the long road home. After seeing action for Gonzaga basketball from 2016 to 2019, Jones ventured abroad, spending five seasons playing professionally in Austria, Germany and Japan. Now 28, he's back home in Texas with Rio Grande Valley (RGV), the Houston Rockets’ affiliate in the NBA G League.
From staff reports Ryan Nembhard was exhausted, Graham Ike seemed sluggish and Nolan Hickman never found a rhythm. Still, despite Saturday night’s loss to UConn at Madison Square Garden – Gonzaga’s second straight loss and third of the season – …
UConn freshman forward Liam McNeeley has literally walked in Drew Timme’s shoes. And wore Timme’s old T-shirts. McNeeley put up a Timme-like stat line Saturday with 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the Huskies’ 77-71 victory over Gonzaga …
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.
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.
Sometimes, the simplest description is the best. That simple thought popped into our head about the 10th time Jason Benetti pointed out the obvious Saturday night. “What a game.” And it was, for at least a half. The second? Not …
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.
UConn led by three points at halftime, capitalized on Graham Ike’s worst offensive outing in a Gonzaga uniform and stymied the Bulldogs down the stretch to come out with a 77-71 victory in New York City.
Saturday was Gonzaga senior Khalif Battle’s first time playing at Madison Square Garden, but the New Jersey native watched as many NBA games as he could at one of the world’s most famous arenas. He made the most of his debut performance at MSG, draining four 3-pointers and matching his season-high of 21 points in No. 8 Gonzaga’s 77-71 loss to No. 18 UConn.
NEW YORK – Here are three observations from No. 8 Gonzaga’s 77-71 loss to No. 18 Connecticut on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Off nights for Ike, Hickman For the second straight season against UConn, Gonzaga starting center Graham …
NEW YORK CITY – In building out the December portion of its nonconference schedule, Gonzaga might as well have pulled up a descending list of programs with multiple national championships, scrolled to the top and started making phone calls to see who was available.
NEW YORK CITY – When Dan Hurley was mulling a reported six-year, $70 million offer from the Los Angeles Lakers in June – one of the most compelling storylines of the summer, not only in college basketball but American sports at large – UConn’s basketball coach had a number of conversations that influenced and informed his final decision.
If there’s any PTSD left over from Gonzaga’s double-digit losses to UConn the past two seasons, it should be reassuring to know these will hardly be the same old Huskies lining up against the Bulldogs on Saturday night in New York City.