Graham Ike took care of the offense with 30 points, but Gonzaga took care of Saint Mary’s 73-65 Saturday in large part by shutting down the Gaels’ Paulius Murauskas in the second half and winning the glass throughout.
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. That's the expectation anymore, considering the Zags and Gaels have played more …
Paulius Murauskas has drawn an assortment of defenders in three previous encounters with Gonzaga. The Zags matched size with size in the two regular-season meetings last year, putting 6-8, 230-pound forward Ben Gregg on the 6-8, 235-pound Murauskas. When Gregg …
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.
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.
Omar. In compiling a Hall of Inflame from the annals of Gonzaga basketball, it is the first name among triggering baddies – and so identifiable that a last name isn’t really necessary. The Big O from Saint Mary’s thoroughly dwarfs any rival in this little broom closet of Zag lore – and not only because he stands 6-foot-11 and packed around some 265 pounds, proportions apt for a would-be first round pick in the WWE heel draft.
We connected with Steve Kroner to get a closer look on the Gaels and Saturday’s showdown. Kroner covered Bay Area college basketball for the San Francisco Chronicle for two decades. He works for Saint Mary’s as a broadcaster and a writer and still covers the other Bay Area schools as a freelancer for the Chronicle.
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. The Zags played through their advantage down low, nullified Gaels forward Paulius Murauskas …
FRISCO, Texas – Nolan Hickman has no doubts he made the right choice to play basketball at Gonzaga. Now a guard for the G League’s Capital City Go-Go, Hickman – a former McDonald’s All-American who wrapped up his GU career …
Former Gonzaga center Richard Fox, now an analyst for GU telecasts on KHQ and SWX, and yours truly spent at least half of our near hour-long Zags Insiders Podcast on Monday breaking down the matchup – with or without Graham Ike (ankle) in Gonzaga’s lineup. Here are a few of our thoughts.
The lines have been drawn even though the competition is nine months away: Will the new Pac-12 overtake the Big East next season as the “best of the rest” – the toughest league outside the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC?
Gonzaga moved up again in the Associated Press college basketball rankings, reaching a season-high No. 6 on Monday. The Zags (21-1, 9-0 West Coast Conference) have been in the top 10 in the last seven polls, including two weeks in …
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.
Jalen Warley's versatility has led others to refer to him as a Swiss Army knife and a problem solver. Whatever the moniker, Warley’s unique ability to influence games – particularly with standout forwards Braden Huff (knee) and Graham Ike (ankle) sidelined – on both ends of the court was once again on full display in Gonzaga’s 68-66 win over San Francisco on Saturday.
Tyon Grant-Foster came through when Gonzaga needed it the most.The Zags' 14-point second-half lead melted to 61-57 when Grant-Foster scored on a layup with 3:36 remaining while being fouled. He missed the free throw but responded with a huge corner 3-pointer just inside the 2-minute mark, giving GU a seemingly comfortable 10-point lead.
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.
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).
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.
Hugh Hobus would never take credit for being the guy who started the Kennel Club. However ... A couple of days before the University of San Francisco Dons would make their first visit to the Gonzaga campus back in 1981, …
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. Even then, it would’ve been hard to predict this trio of Zags showing up to the postgame …