SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 19 points and matched a school record with seven steals as No. 9 Gonzaga routed Portland 89-48 on Wednesday night to clinch at least a share of its first West Coast Conference regular-season championship in three years.
Braeden Smith added 15 points for the Bulldogs (28-2, 16-1), who avenged their 87-80 loss at Portland on Feb. 4. Mario Saint-Supery and
Tyon Grant-Foster each scored 12, and Ike grabbed eight rebounds.
Joel Foxwell led the Pilots (12-18, 5-12) with 12 points. Portland shot 34.7% from the field and committed 22 turnovers.
In their final WCC home game before joining the reconstructed Pac-12 next season, the Bulldogs clinched the top seed in the conference tournament for the first time since 2022. Gonzaga has earned the No. 1 seed 11 times in the 17 seasons the WCC Tournament has been held in Las Vegas since 2009.
Battling through double teams in the post, Ike stepped outside and drilled a pair of early 3-pointers and accounted for 12 of Gonzaga's first 17 points. His second 3 sparked a 16-0 run that gave the Bulldogs a double-digit lead.
Late in the first half, Saint-Supery tossed a lob to Grant-Foster for a two-handed dunk, which sent Gonzaga into the break with a 36-21 lead.
The Bulldogs opened the second half with a 10-0 run — including 3-pointers from
Adam Miller and
Emmanuel Innocenti — and led by at least 20 the rest of the way.
Up next
Gonzaga visits Saint Mary's on Saturday looking to secure an outright WCC crown.
Portland hosts San Diego on Saturday.
Portland vs Gonzaga
02/25/26 6:00 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
GONZAGA 89, PORTLAND 48
PORTLAND (12-18,5-12 WCC)
Joel Foxwell 4-12 2-3 12; Garrett Nuckolls 4-11 1-1 9; James O'Donnell 3-4
2-2 8; Matus Hronsky 3-8 0-0 8; Jermaine Ballisager 1-7 3-4 5; Dante
Censori-Hercul 1-2 2-2 4; NaVaughn Long 1-1 0-0 2; Mikah Ballew 0-4 0-0 0;
Kelson Gebbers 0-0 0-0 0; Samuel Noland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-49 10-12 48.
GONZAGA (28-2,16-1 WCC)
IKE, Graham 7-13 2-2 19; SMITH, Braeden 6-6 0-0 15; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 5-11
2-3 12; SAINT SUPERY, Mario 4-7 0-0 12; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 2-6 3-3 8;
MILLER, Adam 2-7 1-2 6; FOGLE, Davis 3-6 0-0 6; DIAGNE, Ismaila 1-1 1-1 3;
ARAUZMOORE, Joaquim 1-1 0-0 3; VENTERS, Steele 1-3 0-0 3; HAALAND, Noah 1-2
0-0 2; ORNESS, Cade 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-63 9-11 89.
Portland...................... 21 27 - 48
Gonzaga....................... 36 53 - 89
3-point goals--Portland 4-20 (Joel Foxwell 2-6; Matus Hronsky 2-6; Jermaine
Ballisager 0-3; Mikah Ballew 0-3; Garrett Nuckolls 0-2), Gonzaga 14-36
(SAINT SUPERY, Mario 4-7; SMITH, Braeden 3-3; IKE, Graham 3-6; ARAUZMOORE,
Joaquim 1-1; MILLER, Adam 1-4; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 1-4; VENTERS, Steele 1-3;
HAALAND, Noah 0-1; FOGLE, Davis 0-2; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 0-5). Fouled
out--Portland-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--Portland 30 (Jermaine Ballisager
6), Gonzaga 33 (IKE, Graham 8). Assists--Portland 6 (Dante Censori-Hercul
4), Gonzaga 25 (FOGLE, Davis 6). Total fouls--Portland 10, Gonzaga 15.
Technical fouls--Portland-James O'Donnell, Gonzaga-None. A-6000
