SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Braden Huff scored a career-high 37 points on 16-for-18 shooting as No. 7 Gonzaga beat Campbell 98-70 on Wednesday night.
Graham Ike added 14 points and 11 rebounds, while
Steele Venters had 13 points for Gonzaga (11-1).
Dovydas Butka had 19 points and DJ Smith added 18 for Campbell (5-6), which shot just 5 for 23 from 3-point range and was also outscored 64-38 in the paint.
The Fighting Camels had no answer for Huff, a 6-foot-10 junior who leads the Zags with 17 points per game. Huff scored 26 points in the first half, exceeding his previous high of 24 for a full game, on 12-of-12 shooting.
Huff joined Luka Garza in 2020 as the only NCAA Div. 1 players in the last eight seasons to make 12 shots in a half without a miss, per ESPN Research. It was the first 25-point half by a GU player in the last eight seasons, and Huff is the first Zag to start 13 for 13 from the field over the last 20 seasons.
Gonzaga shot 63 percent in the first half to build a 55-36 lead.
Huff scored eight points during Gonzaga's early 11-0 run that put the Bulldogs up 15-4. Campbell replied with a 7-0 run to cut Gonzaga's lead to 15-11. Huff added five points as Gonzaga went on a 9-2 run to build a 36-22 lead with 6:40 left in the first half.
Campbell stayed within striking range most of the game.
The Fighting Camels scored eight straight points to cut Gonzaga's lead to 72-62 midway through the second half. But Gonzaga replied with a 15-2 run, featuring two 3-pointers by Venters, to take an 87-64 lead with four minutes to play.
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Campbell plays at Minnesota on Sunday.
Gonzaga plays Oregon in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday.
Campbell vs Gonzaga
12/17/25 6:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 98, CAMPBELL 70
CAMPBELL (5-6,0-0 CAA)
Dovydas Butka 8-15 3-8 19; D.J. Smith 4-14 7-7 18; Chris Fields Jr. 3-7 3-4
9; Jeremiah Johnson 3-6 0-2 8; Tasos Cook 4-11 0-1 8; Cam Gregory 2-7 2-2 6;
Muneer Newton 1-2 0-0 2; Dominykas Butka 0-1 0-0 0; Enoch Kalambay 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 25-63 15-24 70.
GONZAGA (11-1,0-0 WCC)
HUFF, Braden 16-18 4-7 37; IKE, Graham 4-9 6-6 14; VENTERS, Steele 5-6 0-0
13; SMITH, Braeden 3-6 4-4 11; FOGLE, Davis 3-3 1-1 7; WARLEY, Jalen 2-7 2-4
6; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 2-6 0-0 4; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 2-5 0-0 4;
GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 1-5 0-2 2; DIAGNE, Ismaila 0-0 0-0 0; MILLER, Adam 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 38-66 17-24 98.
Campbell...................... 36 34 - 70
Gonzaga....................... 55 43 - 98
3-point goals--Campbell 5-23 (D.J. Smith 3-9; Jeremiah Johnson 2-5; Tasos
Cook 0-1; Cam Gregory 0-3; Chris Fields Jr. 0-2; Dovydas Butka 0-3), Gonzaga
5-11 (VENTERS, Steele 3-4; SMITH, Braeden 1-2; HUFF, Braden 1-1; SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 0-1; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-1; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 0-1; MILLER,
Adam 0-1). Fouled out--Campbell-Chris Fields Jr., Gonzaga-None.
Rebounds--Campbell 32 (Chris Fields Jr. 10), Gonzaga 44 (IKE, Graham 11).
Assists--Campbell 8 (D.J. Smith 3), Gonzaga 23 (IKE, Graham 5; SAINT SUPERY,
Mario 5; SMITH, Braeden 5). Total fouls--Campbell 18, Gonzaga 18. Technical
fouls--Campbell-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000
