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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Up next
Loyola Marymount hosts San Francisco on Thursday.
Gonzaga hosts Santa Clara on Thursday.
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
