National Basketball Association
Gonzaga 94, Texas Southern 54
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 15, 2014
Where: McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington
Officials:
# Rick Batsell, # Kevin Brill, # Justin Shamion
Attendance:
6000
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No. 8 Gonzaga 94, Texas Southern 54: Kyle Wiltjer scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting as the Bulldogs routed the Tigers.
Domantas Sabonis had 16 points and six rebounds for Gonzaga (10-1), which shot 63.6 percent from the field while improving to 6-0 at home. Silas Melson scored 13 points and Kevin Pangos added 11 points and six assists.
Deverell Biggs and Madarious Gibbs scored 12 points apiece to lead Texas Southern (1-8), which lost its third straight game. David Blanks added 11 for the Tigers, who shot 35.6 percent from the field and 3-of-17 from 3-point range.
Gonzaga scored the first nine points and steadily stretched out its lead. Texas Southern trailed by 14 on Gibbs’ layup with 4:33 to go in the first half before the Bulldogs scored 19 consecutive points.
The first 10 points of the run ended the half with Gonzaga up 40-16 and Gary Bell Jr., Pangos and Wiltjer all hit 3-pointers to start the second half to increase the margin to 33 points. The lead reached 81-37 on two free throws by Kyle Dranginis with six minutes remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wiltjer registered his third straight 20-point outing and is 27-of-38 from the field during the stretch. … Tigers F Jason Carter was 2-of-15 from the field and missed all seven of his 3-point attempts. … Gonzaga was 10-of-19 from 3-point range with Pangos and Wiltjer each making three.
Top Game Performances
| Texas Southern |
|
Gonzaga |
|
Deverell Biggs 12 |
Scoring |
Kyle Wiltjer 21 |
|
David Blanks 2 |
Assists |
Kevin Pangos 6 |
|
Nick Shepherd 5 |
Rebounds |
Angel Nunez 7 |
|
David Blanks 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Domantas Sabonis 6 |
|
David Blanks 1 |
Steals |
Silas Melson 2 |
|
Chris Thomas 1 |
Blocks |
Przemek Karnowski 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas Southern
|
54 |
35.6 |
3-17 |
9-17 |
8 |
20 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
| Gonzaga
|
94 |
63.6 |
10-19 |
14-18 |
17 |
30 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
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