National Basketball Association
Gonzaga 85, San Francisco 62
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 2, 2021
Where: McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington
Officials:
# Jeff Ketchu, # Horace Shields, # Jeremy Dente
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Corey Kispert scored 26 points on 9 of 11 shooting as top-ranked Gonzaga defeated San Francisco at home for the 32nd consecutive time with an easy 85-62 victory on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play at Spokane, Wash.
Joel Ayayi recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds for his third straight double-double for Bulldogs (10-0, 1-0 WCC), who beat the Dons for the 20th straight overall time. San Francisco hasn't won in Spokane since 1989.
Andrew Nembhard added 14 points and Drew Timme contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga, which has won its past six games by an average of 29.3 points.
Jamaree Bouyea scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half for the Dons (7-5, 1-1). Dzmitry Ryuny added 11 points as San Francisco dropped to 2-36 all-time in Spokane.
The Bulldogs are 43-4 against the Dons in Mark Few's 22 seasons as Gonzaga coach.
The Bulldogs shot 52.6 percent from the field and were 5 of 15 from 3-point range. Gonzaga owned a 40-25 rebounding edge.
Gonzaga's 85 points were a season low.
San Francisco made 38.9 percent of its shots, including 8 of 23 from behind the arc.
The Dons had the ball near the end of the first half with the opportunity to trail by just four or five at halftime but Bouyea was called for travelling with 2.5 seconds left.
The Bulldogs in-bounded the ball to Kispert, who let fly with a 40-foot shot that swished through the net to cap his 18-point first half and make it 47-37 as time expired.
That dagger carried over to the second half, as Gonzaga scored the first seven points to increase the margin to 17.
Anton Watson converted a three-point play with 11:59 left to push the lead above 20 for the first time at 66-45.
The Bulldogs continued their assault with their lead eventually topping out at 29 points.
San Francisco's last lead of the game was at 14-13 on Bouyea's 3-pointer with 13:57 left in the first half. Ayayi knocked down a 3-pointer 16 seconds later to start a 12-2 run as the Bulldogs took the lead for good and eventually pulled away.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| San Francisco |
|
Gonzaga |
|
Jamaree Bouyea 18 |
Scoring |
Corey Kispert 26 |
|
Khalil Shabazz 3 |
Assists |
Andrew Nembhard 4 |
|
Khalil Shabazz 7 |
Rebounds |
Drew Timme 11 |
|
Dzmitry Ryuny 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Corey Kispert 7 |
|
Jamaree Bouyea 1 |
Steals |
Joel Ayayi 1 |
|
Dzmitry Ryuny 1 |
Blocks |
Anton Watson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| San Francisco
|
62 |
38.9 |
8-23 |
12-16 |
9 |
23 |
1 |
6 |
16 |
| Gonzaga
|
85 |
52.6 |
5-15 |
20-26 |
15 |
40 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
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