SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike had 34 points and 11 rebounds to power No. 8 Gonzaga to an 89-77 victory over Santa Clara on Thursday night.
Ike made 13 of 17 field goal attempts and went 7 for 8 on free throws as the Bulldogs (17-1, 5-0 West Coast Conference) won their 10th straight game.
Emmanuel Innocenti added 13 points and
Braden Huff scored 12 for the Zags, who shot 58% from the floor to 43% for Santa Clara. Ike finished one point short of his career high.
Allen Graves led the Broncos (13-5, 4-1) with 18 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Santa Clara came in leading the WCC in scoring during league play at 93.5 points per game.
Ike scored 13 points as Gonzaga jumped out to a 17-9 lead, but Santa Clara closed the gap to 23-21 on Bukky Oboye's steal and layup.
Brenton Knapper's basket gave Santa Clara a 30-29 edge late in the first half, and the Broncos completed an 11-0 run for a 37-29 lead. But the Bulldogs scored the next eight points, and Ike's free throw tied it 37-all at halftime.
Santa Clara led 45-44 before Ike scored Gonzaga's next 12 points to lift the Zags to a 56-51 lead. Gonzaga then scored 17 straight points to help build a 76-55 advantage with nine minutes left. The Bulldogs had their largest lead of 80-57 at the 5:44 mark of the second half.
Up next
Santa Clara hosts Loyola Marymount on Saturday.
Gonzaga plays at Washington State next Thursday.
Santa Clara vs Gonzaga
01/08/26 8:30 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 89, SANTA CLARA 77
SANTA CLARA (13-5,4-1 WCC)
Allen Graves 7-14 3-4 18; Christian Hammond 7-13 0-0 14; Bukky Oboye 4-7 3-4
12; Brenton Knapper 3-4 4-4 11; Elijah Mahi 3-9 2-2 8; Sash Gavalyugov 2-7
2-2 8; Thierry Darlan 1-6 0-0 3; Jake Ensminger 1-3 0-0 3; Brendan Yarusso
0-0 0-0 0; KJ Cochran 0-2 0-0 0; Francis Chukwudebelu 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
28-65 14-16 77.
GONZAGA (17-1,5-0 WCC)
IKE, Graham 13-17 7-8 34; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 4-4 4-7 13; HUFF, Braden 6-9
0-1 12; MILLER, Adam 2-8 2-2 7; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 3-4 0-1 7; VENTERS,
Steele 2-2 0-0 6; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 2-8 2-2 6; SMITH, Braeden 1-3 0-0 2;
WARLEY, Jalen 1-4 0-0 2; DIAGNE, Ismaila 0-0 0-0 0; FOGLE, Davis 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 34-59 15-21 89.
Santa Clara................... 37 40 - 77
Gonzaga....................... 37 52 - 89
3-point goals--Santa Clara 7-26 (Sash Gavalyugov 2-6; Allen Graves 1-4;
Bukky Oboye 1-2; Brenton Knapper 1-1; Jake Ensminger 1-3; Thierry Darlan
1-4; KJ Cochran 0-2; Elijah Mahi 0-2; Christian Hammond 0-2), Gonzaga 6-16
(VENTERS, Steele 2-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 1-2; MILLER, Adam 1-5; IKE, Graham
1-1; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 1-1; SMITH, Braeden 0-2; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 0-3).
Fouled out--Santa Clara-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--Santa Clara 31 (Allen
Graves 9), Gonzaga 35 (IKE, Graham 11). Assists--Santa Clara 12 (Christian
Hammond 3; Jake Ensminger 3), Gonzaga 17 (SAINT SUPERY, Mario 4; SMITH,
Braeden 4). Total fouls--Santa Clara 20, Gonzaga 18. Technical fouls--Santa
Clara-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6000
