SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) \u2014 Graham Ike scored 30 points in his first game back from injury and No. 6 Gonzaga beat rival Saint Mary’s 73-65 on Saturday night in their final West Coast Conference meeting at McCarthey Athletic Center.<\/p>\n
Jalen Warley had 10 points and seven rebounds as the Bulldogs (22-1, 10-0) won their 15th straight game and improved to 11-0 at home. Emmanuel Innocenti also scored 10, all during a three-minute stretch in the second half.<\/p>\n
Joshua Dent led the Gaels (19-4, 8-2) with 16 points. Paulius Murauskas scored 15 and Dillan Shaw added 13 for Saint Mary’s, which led by four at halftime.<\/p>\n
With the Bulldogs moving to the revamped Pac-12 next season, it was the last conference matchup between the schools in Spokane. They will square off at Saint Mary’s in California to close the regular season Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
Saint Mary’s, for years Gonzaga’s toughest challenger for WCC supremacy, won its previous two visits to The Kennel.<\/p>\n
Ike picked up where he left off after missing three games with right ankle soreness. The fifth-year forward scored Gonzaga’s first basket on a left-handed push shot before knocking down a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Zags a 9-2 lead.<\/p>\n
They pushed the advantage to 19-9 when Warley intercepted a post entry pass and found Tyon Grant-Foster down the floor. Grant-Foster spun through the lane before hoisting up a contested layup that fell through.<\/p>\n
Saint Mary\u2019s responded behind Murauskas, who accounted for three of its first six field goals. The WCC\u2019s leading scorer converted a three-point play that sparked a 9-0 run and pulled the Gaels within one.<\/p>\n
Saint Mary\u2019s went 15 for 16 from the free-throw line in the first half and took a 38-34 lead into the break after Liam Campbell sank two foul shots with 0.1 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
Innocenti followed a scoreless first half with 10 quick points to help Gonzaga tie it at 46. Ike then hit a turnaround jumper along the baseline to put the Bulldogs back in front.<\/p>\n
Gonzaga, the nation\u2019s leader in points in the paint, outscored the Gaels 36-20 inside and outrebounded them 39-34.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Saint Mary\u2019s hosts San Diego on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Gonzaga visits Portland on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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