SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Domantas Sabonis scored 23 points as Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 99-73 on Monday in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams.

Josh Perkins added 17 points and Eric McClellan 15 for Gonzaga (9-3, 1-0), which has won three straight games. They have a 30-game winning streak against Pepperdine dating to 2002.

Jeremy Major scored 21 points for Pepperdine (7-5, 0-1), which had won five straight games. Stacy Davis added 15.

Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski has missed seven straight games with a back injury. The Zags are 5-2 without him, including losses at home to Arizona and UCLA that knocked them from the Top 25. It is the first time since the 2010-11 season that Gonzaga has lost two home games.

Gonzaga won the rebound battle 38-25, and made 16 3-pointers, compared with just six for the Waves.

Four of Gonzaga's first five baskets were 3-pointers, by four different players, as the Bulldogs built a 14-3 lead.

Sabonis hit six consecutive baskets for Gonzaga, including a layup, a 3-pointer and a dunk, to push their lead to 29-6. The Zags had made 12 of 15 shots at that point. Pepperdine made just four of its first 15 shots.

Silas Melson hit a 3-pointer as Gonzaga took a 37-9 lead.

Pepperdine finally came to life, as Major scored 10 points during a 12-0 run that brought the Waves within 37-21.

Gonzaga led 48-32 at halftime, behind eight 3-pointers and 52.9 percent shooting.

Perkins sank four 3-pointers in the first 12 minutes of the half as the Zags gradually pulled away, leading 85-60 with five minutes left.

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Pepperdine plays at Portland on Wednesday.

Gonzaga hosts Loyola Marymount on Wednesday at 6 p.m. on KHQ and ROOT Sports.