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Killian Tillie high-fives Corey Kispert
Mike Wootton
54
San Francisco USF 17-11,6-7 WCC
71
Winner Gonzaga Gonz 27-1,13-0 WCC
San Francisco USF
17-11,6-7 WCC
54
Final
71
Gonzaga Gonz
27-1,13-0 WCC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
San Francisco USF 31 23 54
Gonzaga Gonz 22 49 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Tillie leads No. 2 Gonzaga over San Francisco 71-54

Four Zags scored in double figures led by Tillie’s 22 points

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Killian Tillie scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as No. 2 Gonzaga rallied to beat San Francisco 71-54 on Thursday night for its 19th consecutive victory.

Filip Petrusev scored 16 points and Ryan Woolridge 12 for Gonzaga (27-1, 13-0 West Coast), which trailed at halftime. The Bulldogs are seeking to go undefeated in the league for the second consecutive season.
Gonzaga outscored the Dons 49-23 in the second half for the win.

Charles Minlend scored 22 points and Khalil Shabazz 13 for San Francisco (17-11, 6-7), which lost 83-79 at home to Gonzaga on Feb. 1. The Dons have lost 18 straight to Gonzaga, dating to their last win in 2012.

With the win, Gonzaga clinched at least a share of an eighth consecutive regular-season WCC title.

Five of San Francisco's first seven baskets were 3-pointers, three by Minlend, as the Dons took a 19-16 lead. They pushed the lead to 25-16.

Gonzaga scored three straight baskets to cut San Francisco's lead to 25-22.

Minlend scored a pair of baskets as the Dons took a 31-22 lead at halftime, despite shooting just 33 percent in the first half. Gonzaga shot 38 percent, but committed eight turnovers and made just one 3-pointer, compared to five for the Dons.

Gonzaga, which trailed by eight at halftime in the first game between the teams, scored the first 12 points of the second half to take a 34-31 lead. The Dons were scoreless for the first six and a half minutes of the second half.

Corey Kispert hit a pair of 3-pointers as the Zags extended their lead to 46-33, outscoring the turnover-prone Dons 24-2 to open the second.

San Francisco found its shooting touch and a basket by Minlend cut Gonzaga's lead to 56-49 late in the second.

But the Bulldogs outscored the Dons the rest of the way for the win.

STREAKS
Gonzaga has won 40 straight regular-season conference games and 37 straight home games, both the longest streaks in the nation.

UP NEXT
San Francisco hosts Pepperdine on Saturday.

Gonzaga plays at No. 23 BYU on Saturday. The Zags beat the Cougars 92-69 in Spokane earlier.
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