LAS VEGAS (AP) – Braden Huff scored 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting as No. 12 Gonzaga shredded Maryland's defense in a 100-61 blowout Tuesday night at the Players Era Championship.
 
Emmanuel Innocenti added 15 points off the bench on five 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (7-0). Steele Venters had 14 points, including four 3s, and Graham Ike scored 13.
 
Mario Saint-Supery racked up nine of Gonzaga's 30 assists on 37 baskets.
 
Pharrel Payne paced Maryland (5-2) with 14 points. Darius Adams added 13 and Andre Mills scored 11, but the Terrapins committed 18 turnovers and got outrebounded 39-29. They shot just 36% from the field, including 5 for 21 (24%) from 3-point range.
 
Gonzaga shot 42.4% from behind the arc (14 for 33) and 57.8% from the floor overall. The Bulldogs got 51 points from their bench to nine for the Terps.
 
Gonzaga led by 21 with 8:10 left in the first half but Maryland cut it to 36-27 with 2:45 remaining in the period. During that 16-4 run, Adams had five points and Payne made four free throws.
 
Venters hit a 3 at the buzzer to extend Gonzaga's lead to 47-32 at the break.
 
Maryland got no closer than 14 in the second half, and the Zags extended their largest lead to 42.
 
 
Maryland vs Gonzaga
11/25/25 6:30 pm at Las Vegas, NV
At Las Vegas, NV
GONZAGA 100, MARYLAND 61
MARYLAND (5-2,0-0 Big Ten)
Pharrel Payne 5-10 4-6 14; Darius Adams 3-8 5-7 13; Andre Mills 4-8 2-2 11;
Elijah Saunders 3-5 2-3 8; David Coit 2-7 2-2 6; Isaiah Watts 1-6 0-0 3;
Guillermo Del Pino 1-5 0-0 3; Aleks Alston 1-3 0-1 2; Myles Rice 0-2 1-2 1;
Collin Metcalf 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 16-23 61.
GONZAGA (7-0,0-0 WCC)
HUFF, Braden 9-10 1-3 20; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 5-7 0-0 15; VENTERS, Steele
4-7 2-2 14; IKE, Graham 4-7 4-4 13; FOGLE, Davis 3-7 2-2 8; GRANT-FOSTER,
Tyon 3-7 0-0 6; MILLER, Adam 2-5 0-0 5; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 2-6 0-0 5;
WARLEY, Jalen 2-2 1-2 5; SMITH, Braeden 2-3 0-0 5; DIAGNE, Ismaila 1-1 2-2
4; HAALAND, Noah 0-2 0-0 0; ARAUZMOORE, Joaquim 0-0 0-0 0; ORNESS, Cade 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 37-64 12-15 100.
Maryland......................   32   29  -   61
Gonzaga.......................   47   53  -  100
3-point goals--Maryland 5-21 (Darius Adams 2-4; Andre Mills 1-1; Guillermo
Del Pino 1-3; Isaiah Watts 1-5; Aleks Alston 0-2; David Coit 0-4; Elijah
Saunders 0-2), Gonzaga 14-33 (INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 5-7; VENTERS, Steele 4-7;
SAINT SUPERY, Mario 1-5; MILLER, Adam 1-4; SMITH, Braeden 1-1; IKE, Graham
1-2; HUFF, Braden 1-2; HAALAND, Noah 0-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 0-2; FOGLE,
Davis 0-1). Fouled out--Maryland-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--Maryland 29
(Aleks Alston 8), Gonzaga 39 (IKE, Graham 6). Assists--Maryland 9 (David
Coit 4), Gonzaga 30 (SAINT SUPERY, Mario 9). Total fouls--Maryland 20,
Gonzaga 21. Technical fouls--Maryland-None, Gonzaga-INNOCENTI, Emmanuel.