National Basketball Association
Gonzaga 87, Portland 75
When: 9:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 3, 2015
Where: Earle A. Chiles Center, Portland, Oregon
Officials:
# Ronald Brokenbrough, # Ken Ditty, # Tom Spitznagel
Attendance:
4852
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No. 8 Gonzaga 87, Portland 75: Przemek Karnowski and Kevin Pangos had 21 points apiece as the visiting Bulldogs survived a late scare in West Coast Conference play.
Karnowski added two steals and Pangos had six free throws in the final 30 seconds for Gonzaga (14-1, 3-0 WCC), which avenged last season's 82-73 upset at the Chiles Center. Gary Bell Jr. had 12 points and Byron Wesley chipped in 10.
Alec Wintering totaled 20 points with a game-high eight assists while Thomas van der Mars had 17 points with eight rebounds for Portland (10-5, 1-2). Bobby Sharp poured in 11 points for the Pilots, who have dropped two straight games after winning three in a row.
Gonzaga ripped off a 13-2 run from the opening tip, but the Pilots climbed within seven just before the first media timeout when Volodymyr Gerun split a pair of defenders in the paint for a two-handed slam. Portland would get no closer as the Bulldogs finished the half on top 43-28 after shooting 56 percent from the field.
Portland rallied around a 15-1 spurt in the second frame and a pair of free throws from Wintering closed the gap to 75-70 with just under two minutes to play. Karnowski came up with a steal of van der Mars and he was fouled on a dunk at the other end as his three-point play stretched the lead back to 10 in the final minute, sealing it for the Bulldogs.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Gonzaga achieved its ninth straight 3-0 start in league play. ... The Bulldogs completed a three-game sweep of WCC teams they lost to on the road last season: San Diego, BYU and Portland.. ... Pilots G Kevin Bailey missed an eighth straight game with a foot injury. He averaged 15.3 points in the six games before his setback.
Top Game Performances
| Gonzaga |
|
Portland |
|
Przemek Karnowski 21 |
Scoring |
Alec Wintering 20 |
|
Kevin Pangos 5 |
Assists |
Alec Wintering 8 |
|
Domantas Sabonis 6 |
Rebounds |
Thomas van der Mars 8 |
|
Kevin Pangos 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Alec Wintering 9 |
|
Przemek Karnowski 2 |
Steals |
Riley Barker 1 |
|
Kyle Dranginis 1 |
Blocks |
Riley Barker 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Gonzaga
|
87 |
56.9 |
6-16 |
23-28 |
12 |
29 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
| Portland
|
75 |
46.7 |
6-15 |
13-21 |
14 |
25 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
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