LAS VEGAS — Mario Saint-Supéry scored 21 points, Tyon Grant-Foster had 20 and No. 12 Gonzaga went out a winner in its final West Coast Conference Tournament by beating Santa Clara 79-68 on Tuesday night in the championship game.
 
The Bulldogs (30-3) received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, though the only mystery was what seed they will get. This was their sixth WCC tournament title in seven years and 12th in the last 14.
 
Santa Clara (26-8) will wait until Sunday to see if it is in the 68-team field, but the WCC appears to be a three-bid league. Gonzaga, Santa Clara and No. 21 Saint Mary's were in the top 38 of the NCAA's NET rankings entering this game and in the top 35 in Kenpom.
 
Four players scored in double figures for the Zags, who made 52.8% of their shots. Graham Ike added 15 points on 7-of-7 shooting.
 
Christian Hammond led the Broncos with 24 points, and Allen Graves scored 11.
 
Sash Gavalyugov, who scored 23 points that included the dagger 3-pointer in the closing seconds to beat Saint Mary's 76-71 in the semifinals, was held to eight. He was 3 of 13, including 2 of 9 from 3-point range.
 
But the Broncos made Gonzaga earn this victory. They led 52-50 nearly midway through the second half before the Bulldogs scored seven straight point to go ahead for good.
 
 
Santa Clara vs Gonzaga
03/10/26 6:00 pm at Las Vegas, NV
At Las Vegas, NV
GONZAGA 79, SANTA CLARA 68
SANTA CLARA (26-8,15-3 WCC)
Christian Hammond 9-16 4-5 24; Allen Graves 4-7 1-1 11; Sash Gavalyugov 3-13
0-0 8; Bukky Oboye 3-6 2-2 8; Elijah Mahi 3-11 0-0 7; KJ Cochran 2-5 0-0 4;
Thierry Darlan 1-3 0-0 3; Jake Ensminger 1-2 0-0 3; Francis Chukwudebelu 0-0
0-0 0; Brenton Knapper 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 26-68 7-8 68.
GONZAGA (30-3,16-2 WCC)
SAINT SUPERY, Mario 6-12 3-4 21; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 7-11 4-7 20; IKE, Graham
7-7 0-0 15; FOGLE, Davis 4-7 4-7 13; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 1-5 2-3 4; SMITH,
Braeden 1-4 0-2 2; WARLEY, Jalen 1-2 0-0 2; MILLER, Adam 1-5 0-0 2. Totals
28-53 13-23 79.
Santa Clara...................   33   35  -   68
Gonzaga.......................   29   50  -   79
3-point goals--Santa Clara 9-34 (Allen Graves 2-5; Christian Hammond 2-4;
Sash Gavalyugov 2-9; Jake Ensminger 1-2; Elijah Mahi 1-5; Thierry Darlan
1-3; Brenton Knapper 0-3; KJ Cochran 0-2; Bukky Oboye 0-1), Gonzaga 10-25
(SAINT SUPERY, Mario 6-12; GRANT-FOSTER, Tyon 2-3; FOGLE, Davis 1-3; IKE,
Graham 1-1; MILLER, Adam 0-3; SMITH, Braeden 0-2; INNOCENTI, Emmanuel 0-1).
Fouled out--Santa Clara-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--Santa Clara 41 (Allen
Graves 9), Gonzaga 35 (FOGLE, Davis 8). Assists--Santa Clara 13 (Sash
Gavalyugov 5), Gonzaga 24 (FOGLE, Davis 6). Total fouls--Santa Clara 20,
Gonzaga 9. Technical fouls--Santa Clara-None, Gonzaga-None. A-6517