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No. 7 Gonzaga routs Loyola Marymount 82-47
1/4/2026 8:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Zags get 53 points from their bench in ninth straight win
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga overcame early shooting trouble to beat Loyola Marymount 82-47 on Sunday night for its ninth consecutive victory.
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Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and Jalen Warley 12 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which was coming off an 80-72 overtime win over Seattle on Friday night.
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Rodney Brown scored 11 points to lead Loyola Marymount (10-7, 1-3). The Lions shot just 30% in the game, compared to 54% for Gonzaga.
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The Bulldogs made the first basket of the game, then missed its next nine shots to fall behind 10-2. But Gonzaga went on a 15-0 run to take a 19-14 lead midway through the first.
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Loyola Marymount was scoreless for more than eight minutes, missing 11 consecutive shots, before Brown's basket broke the drought. They tied the score at 19-19 on Nakyel Shelton's 3-pointer.
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But Gonzaga scored the final 14 points of the first half to take a 33-19 lead at the break. The Zags ended the first half on a 29-5 run
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The Lions shot only 25 percent in the first half, sinking only two of their final 20 shots, while the Zags shot 41 percent in the first.
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Gonzaga opened the second half by sinking three 3-pointers, two by Adam Miller, and ran out to a 46-23 lead. After Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lions, Gonzaga scored the next 21 points for a 67-29 lead.
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Up next
Loyola Marymount hosts San Francisco on Thursday.
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Gonzaga hosts Santa Clara on Thursday.
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LMU (CA) vs Gonzaga
01/04/26 6:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 82, LMU (CA) 47
LMU (CA) (10-7,1-3 WCC)
Rodney Brown Jr. 4-11 0-0 11; Nakyel Shelton 3-6 0-0 8; Jan Vide 3-12 0-0 6;
Rokas Jocius 3-5 0-0 6; Jalen Shelley 2-12 0-2 4; Jael Martin 2-2 0-1 4;
Aaron McBride 1-1 0-0 3; Rick Issanza 1-1 0-0 2; Myron Amey Jr. 0-9 2-2 2;
Joshua Dalton 0-1 1-2 1; AJ Thomas 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 3-7 47.
GONZAGA (16-1,4-0 WCC)
IKE, Graham 7-12 1-1 16; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 5-7 2-2 13; WARLEY, Jalen 6-7
0-0 12; MILLER, Adam 4-6 0-0 11; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 4-7 0-2 9; HUFF, Braden
4-10 0-0 8; HAALAND, Noah 2-2 0-0 4; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 2-4 0-1 4; SMITH,
Braeden 1-3 1-2 3; FOGLE, Davis 1-4 0-0 2; DIAGNE, Ismaila 0-0 0-0 0;
ARAUZMOORE, Joaquim 0-0 0-2 0; VENTERS, Steele 0-5 0-0 0; ORNESS, Cade 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 36-67 4-10 82.
LMU (CA)......................  19  28 -  47
Gonzaga.......................  33  49 -  82
3-point goals--LMU (CA) 6-23 (Rodney Brown Jr. 3-8; Nakyel Shelton 2-3;
Aaron McBride 1-1; Jalen Shelley 0-4; Myron Amey Jr. 0-5; Joshua Dalton 0-1;
Jan Vide 0-1), Gonzaga 6-20 (MILLER, Adam 3-5; IKE, Graham 1-4; SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 1-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 1-1; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-1; SMITH,
Braeden 0-1; VENTERS, Steele 0-5; HUFF, Braden 0-1). Fouled out--LMU
(CA)-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--LMU (CA) 33 (Rokas Jocius 7), Gonzaga 46
(HUFF, Braden 9). Assists--LMU (CA) 7 (AJ Thomas 3), Gonzaga 20 (SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 5). Total fouls--LMU (CA) 9, Gonzaga 13. Technical fouls--LMU
(CA)-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000
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Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and Jalen Warley 12 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which was coming off an 80-72 overtime win over Seattle on Friday night.
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Rodney Brown scored 11 points to lead Loyola Marymount (10-7, 1-3). The Lions shot just 30% in the game, compared to 54% for Gonzaga.
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The Bulldogs made the first basket of the game, then missed its next nine shots to fall behind 10-2. But Gonzaga went on a 15-0 run to take a 19-14 lead midway through the first.
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Loyola Marymount was scoreless for more than eight minutes, missing 11 consecutive shots, before Brown's basket broke the drought. They tied the score at 19-19 on Nakyel Shelton's 3-pointer.
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But Gonzaga scored the final 14 points of the first half to take a 33-19 lead at the break. The Zags ended the first half on a 29-5 run
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The Lions shot only 25 percent in the first half, sinking only two of their final 20 shots, while the Zags shot 41 percent in the first.
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Gonzaga opened the second half by sinking three 3-pointers, two by Adam Miller, and ran out to a 46-23 lead. After Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lions, Gonzaga scored the next 21 points for a 67-29 lead.
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Up next
Loyola Marymount hosts San Francisco on Thursday.
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Gonzaga hosts Santa Clara on Thursday.
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LMU (CA) vs Gonzaga
01/04/26 6:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 82, LMU (CA) 47
LMU (CA) (10-7,1-3 WCC)
Rodney Brown Jr. 4-11 0-0 11; Nakyel Shelton 3-6 0-0 8; Jan Vide 3-12 0-0 6;
Rokas Jocius 3-5 0-0 6; Jalen Shelley 2-12 0-2 4; Jael Martin 2-2 0-1 4;
Aaron McBride 1-1 0-0 3; Rick Issanza 1-1 0-0 2; Myron Amey Jr. 0-9 2-2 2;
Joshua Dalton 0-1 1-2 1; AJ Thomas 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 3-7 47.
GONZAGA (16-1,4-0 WCC)
IKE, Graham 7-12 1-1 16; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 5-7 2-2 13; WARLEY, Jalen 6-7
0-0 12; MILLER, Adam 4-6 0-0 11; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 4-7 0-2 9; HUFF, Braden
4-10 0-0 8; HAALAND, Noah 2-2 0-0 4; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 2-4 0-1 4; SMITH,
Braeden 1-3 1-2 3; FOGLE, Davis 1-4 0-0 2; DIAGNE, Ismaila 0-0 0-0 0;
ARAUZMOORE, Joaquim 0-0 0-2 0; VENTERS, Steele 0-5 0-0 0; ORNESS, Cade 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 36-67 4-10 82.
LMU (CA)......................  19  28 -  47
Gonzaga.......................  33  49 -  82
3-point goals--LMU (CA) 6-23 (Rodney Brown Jr. 3-8; Nakyel Shelton 2-3;
Aaron McBride 1-1; Jalen Shelley 0-4; Myron Amey Jr. 0-5; Joshua Dalton 0-1;
Jan Vide 0-1), Gonzaga 6-20 (MILLER, Adam 3-5; IKE, Graham 1-4; SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 1-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 1-1; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-1; SMITH,
Braeden 0-1; VENTERS, Steele 0-5; HUFF, Braden 0-1). Fouled out--LMU
(CA)-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--LMU (CA) 33 (Rokas Jocius 7), Gonzaga 46
(HUFF, Braden 9). Assists--LMU (CA) 7 (AJ Thomas 3), Gonzaga 20 (SAINT
SUPERY, Mario 5). Total fouls--LMU (CA) 9, Gonzaga 13. Technical fouls--LMU
(CA)-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
LMU
Gonz
FG%
.302
.537
3FG%
.261
.300
FT%
.429
.400
RB
33
46
TO
13
8
STL
3
9
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