SPOKANE (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points as the No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs overcame early shooting trouble to beat Loyola Marymount 82-47 on Sunday night for their ninth consecutive victory.
Gonzaga Bulldogs 82, Loyola Marymount Lions 47: Box Score
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, and had a slow start against the Lions.
Rodney Brown scored 11 points to lead Loyola Marymount (10-7, 1-3), which defeated Gonzaga in Spokane during the 2022-23 season. The Lions shot just 30% in the game, compared to 54% for Gonzaga.
Gonzaga’s only loss this year was to No. 2 Michigan in Las Vegas.
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 12-0 run to take a 16-14 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.
Friday: No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs survive scare, beat Seattle U 80-72 in OT