SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Tyon Grant-Foster made three straight baskets in overtime to give No. 7 Gonzaga its first lead since early in the first half, and the Bulldogs rallied for an 80-72 win over Seattle on Friday night in the first meeting between the cross-state programs since 1980.
 
Braden Huff scored 28 points and Graham Ike added 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs (15-1, 3-0 West Coast Conference), who trailed by eight points at halftime and by 13 early in the second half. Gonzaga won its eighth straight game since losing to current No. 2 Michigan in the Players Era Festival in late November.
 
Grant-Foster finished with 19 points. His layup with 2:25 left in overtime put Gonzaga ahead 70-68, and he added two more buckets for a six-point advantage.
 
Brayden Maldonado scored 17 points for Seattle (12-4, 1-2 WCC), which is in its first season as a member of the WCC and is off to its best start since rejoining Division I in 2008.
 
Gonzaga came in averaging 93 points per game, 12th most in the country, but struggled offensively most of the night.
 
Seattle led 37-29 at halftime. It was only the second time this season the Zags were behind at the break.
 
Junseok Yeo, a former Gonzaga player, hit a pair of 3-pointers as Seattle expanded its lead to 52-39.
 
The Zags methodically closed the gap over the final eight minutes of regulation. Braeden Smith's two free throws tied it at 65-all with 20 seconds left, and Maldonado missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer that would have won it for the Redhawks.
 
Up next
Seattle: At Saint Mary's on Sunday.
 
Gonzaga: Hosts Loyola Marymount on Sunday. The game will be broadcast locally on KAYU FOX 28, and elsewhere on ESPN Plus.
 
 
Seattle U vs Gonzaga
01/02/26 6:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 80, SEATTLE U 72
SEATTLE U (12-4,1-2 WCC)
Brayden Maldonado 6-16 2-2 17; John Christofilis 4-8 0-0 12; Jun Seok Yeo
3-11 1-2 10; Will Heimbrodt 4-19 1-2 10; Houran Dan 3-6 1-2 7; Miles Amos
2-2 1-2 6; Brock Felder 2-2 0-0 4; Austin Maurer 2-3 0-0 4; Maleek Arington
0-3 2-2 2; Jojo Murphy 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-72 8-12 72.
GONZAGA (15-1,3-0 WCC)
HUFF, Braden 11-14 4-6 28; IKE, Graham 8-15 8-11 24; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 7-9
4-5 19; SMITH, Braeden 2-6 2-2 7; MILLER, Adam 1-3 0-0 2; VENTERS, Steele
0-4 0-0 0; FOGLE, Davis 0-1 0-0 0; WARLEY, Jalen 0-0 0-1 0; INNOCENTI,
Emmanuel 0-2 0-0 0; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 29-59 18-25 80.
Seattle U.....................   37   28    7  -   72
Gonzaga.......................   29   36   15  -   80
3-point goals--Seattle U 12-36 (John Christofilis 4-7; Brayden Maldonado
3-10; Jun Seok Yeo 3-9; Will Heimbrodt 1-6; Miles Amos 1-1; Jojo Murphy 0-2;
Maleek Arington 0-1), Gonzaga 4-15 (HUFF, Braden 2-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon
1-2; SMITH, Braeden 1-2; VENTERS, Steele 0-3; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-2; SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 0-2; MILLER, Adam 0-1; IKE, Graham 0-1). Fouled out--Seattle
U-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--Seattle U 41 (Will Heimbrodt 12), Gonzaga 40
(IKE, Graham 10). Assists--Seattle U 14 (Brayden Maldonado 5), Gonzaga 14
(SMITH, Braeden 6). Total fouls--Seattle U 20, Gonzaga 13. Technical
fouls--Seattle U-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000