Graham Ike scored 30 factors in his return from an ankle damage to guide No. 6 Gonzaga to a 73-65 victory over Saint Mary’s on Saturday evening in West Coast Convention play at Spokane, Wash.
Jalen Warley had 10 factors and 7 rebounds and Emmanuel Innocenti additionally had 10 factors for the Bulldogs (22-1, 10-0 WCC), who gained their fifteenth consecutive contest.
Ike was 11-of-20 capturing — together with 3 of 5 from 3-point vary — to submit his second 30-point outing of the season. Ike missed the earlier three video games.
Joshua Dent scored 16 factors and Paulius Murauskas added 15 for the Gaels (19-4, 8-2). Dillan Shaw had 13 factors for Saint Mary’s, which has dropped two of its final 4 video games.
Gonzaga shot 46.6% from the sector, together with 6 of 17 from 3-point vary, whereas beating Saint Mary’s for the twenty eighth time prior to now 38 conferences.
The Gaels made simply 34% of their makes an attempt and have been 6 of 21 from behind the arc.
Shaw’s 3-pointer early within the second half gave the Gaels a 44-38 benefit.
Gonzaga answered with a 10-2 run and took a two-point lead on Ike’s turnaround jumper with 12:59 left.
Dent adopted with a layup to tie the rating earlier than the Bulldogs rattled off eight extra factors. A basket by Warley capped it and gave Gonzaga a 56-48 lead with 10:12 to play.
Mantas Juzenas drilled a 3-pointer to drag Saint Mary’s inside 60-56 with 8:35 left.
The Zags held off the cost and the lead was 71-61 after Ike made a trey with 1:27 left to play en path to closing it out.
Murauskas scored 13 first-half factors to assist Saint Mary’s maintain a 38-34 halftime lead. Ike had 14 first-half factors for the Bulldogs.
Ike’s dunk gave Gonzaga a 23-13 lead with 8:15 left within the first half earlier than the Gaels dominated the remainder of the half.
Saint Mary’s scored 9 straight factors to chop its deficit to 1 and later moved forward at 33-32 on Dent’s 3-pointer with 59 seconds remaining.
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