SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Jalen Warley scored 19 points and
Davis Fogle added 15 points and a last-second rebound as No. 8 Gonzaga edged San Francisco 68-66 on Saturday night for its 14th consecutive victory of the season and 34th win in a row over the Dons.
Tyon Grant-Foster added 15 points for Gonzaga (21-1, 9-0 West Coast Conference), which was without its two leading scorers for the third straight game.
Legend Smiley scored 18 points and Ryan Beasley 14 for San Francisco (13-9, 5-4), which has not beaten Gonzaga since 2012. The Dons' last win in Spokane was in 1989.
San Francisco sank 14 of 28 3-point attempts to nearly end its long victory drought at Gonzaga.
Junjie Wang had a basket and two free throws to cut Gonzaga's lead to 60-57 with five minutes left. But the Dons went cold after that and Grant-Foster's basket and a late 3-pointer with two minutes left lifted the Zags to a 67-57 lead.
Vukasin Masic hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Dons to cut Gonzaga's lead to 68-66 with 30 seconds left.
The Dons played for the final shot and Wang launched a long 3-pointer that clanged off the rim. Fogle rebounded for Gonzaga and time expired.
The Zags opened the game with a 12-0 run. San Francisco missed its first eight field goal attempts and didn't score until Tyrone Riley's 3-pointer with 12:40 left in the first.
But the Dons hit four more 3-pointers in the first to close within 26-21. Gonzaga then went on a 10-4 run to build a 36-25 lead at halftime.
San Francisco made six 3-pointers early in the second half, including three by Smiley, to cut Gonzaga's lead to 53-47.
Up next
San Francisco: Plays at Santa Clara on Wednesday.
Gonzaga: Hosts rival Saint Mary's next Saturday.
San Francisco vs Gonzaga
01/24/26 5:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 68, SAN FRANCISCO 66
SAN FRANCISCO (13-9,5-4 WCC)
Legend Smiley 5-8 3-3 18; Ryan Beasley 5-11 0-0 14; Vukasin Masic 4-9 1-2
11; Tyrone Riley IV 3-9 0-0 7; Junjie Wang 2-6 2-2 7; Veniamin Abosi 2-4 1-2
6; Mookie Cook 1-4 1-2 3; Guillermo Diaz Graha 0-2 0-0 0; David Fuchs 0-2
0-2 0. Totals 22-55 8-13 66.
GONZAGA (21-1,9-0 WCC)
WARLEY, Jalen 7-10 5-7 19; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 6-12 2-8 15; FOGLE, Davis 6-15
2-4 15; SMITH, Braeden 4-8 0-1 9; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 2-6 2-2 6; INNOCENTI,
Emmanuel 2-5 0-0 4; DIAGNE, Ismaila 0-1 0-0 0; MILLER, Adam 0-3 0-0 0;
VENTERS, Steele 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 11-22 68.
San Francisco................. 25 41 - 66
Gonzaga....................... 36 32 - 68
3-point goals--San Francisco 14-28 (Legend Smiley 5-6; Ryan Beasley 4-7;
Vukasin Masic 2-5; Tyrone Riley IV 1-2; Veniamin Abosi 1-2; Junjie Wang 1-4;
Guillermo Diaz Graha 0-1; Mookie Cook 0-1), Gonzaga 3-18 (GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon
1-3; FOGLE, Davis 1-6; SMITH, Braeden 1-3; MILLER, Adam 0-2; VENTERS, Steele
0-1; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-1; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 0-2). Fouled out--San
Francisco-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--San Francisco 41 (Tyrone Riley IV
10), Gonzaga 37 (FOGLE, Davis 9). Assists--San Francisco 12 (Ryan Beasley
6), Gonzaga 10 (SMITH, Braeden 4). Total fouls--San Francisco 18, Gonzaga
12. Technical fouls--San Francisco-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000