National Basketball Association
Gonzaga 90, San Diego 62
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 28, 2021
Where: Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, California
Officials:
# Daryl Gelinas, # Gregory Nixon, # David Hall
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Drew Timme recorded 21 points and seven rebounds to help top-ranked Gonzaga remain unbeaten with a 90-62 victory over host San Diego on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play.
Corey Kispert added 19 points and eight rebounds and Jalen Suggs added 17 points, six rebounds and three steals for the Bulldogs (16-0, 7-0 WCC). Julian Strawther added 11 points, Anton Watson scored 10 and Andrew Nembhard registered a season-high 10 assists for Gonzaga, which overcame a slow start.
The Bulldogs have won 20 straight games dating back to last season. That is the second-longest active streak nationally behind Winthrop, which beat UNC Asheville on Thursday for its 21st consecutive victory.
Gonzaga has won the past 13 meetings with the Toreros, 24 of the last 25 and 46 of the past 49.
Finn Sullivan made four 3-pointers while scoring 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting for San Diego (2-7, 1-4), which lost for the fifth time in the past six games. Ben Pyle scored 12 points on four 3-pointers and Vladimir Pinchuk had 11 points for the Toreros.
San Diego shot 43.9 percent from the field and was 8 of 16 from 3-point range.
Gonzaga shot 57.6 percent from the field and made 8 of 19 from behind the arc.
The Bulldogs led 40-29 at halftime and started the second half much stronger than the beginning of the game.
Kispert's 3-pointer gave Gonzaga its first 20-point advantage of the contest at 55-35 with 13:31 left.
A steal and dunk by Suggs pushed the lead to 64-40 with 12 minutes to play.
The lead topped out at 28 points.
San Diego was the better team early in the contest and led 19-14 after a 3-pointer by Pyle with 8:52 left in the first half.
Timme followed with a three-point play and Suggs added a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs their first lead at 20-19 with 8:12 remaining.
Those six points were part of a 15-0 burst. Strawther scored the final five points to give Gonzaga a 10-point advantage with 5:32 remaining.
Kispert capped the first-half scoring with a 3-pointer with 34.5 seconds remaining to make it an 11-point margin.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Gonzaga |
|
San Diego |
|
Drew Timme 21 |
Scoring |
Finn Sullivan 16 |
|
Andrew Nembhard 10 |
Assists |
Finn Sullivan 6 |
|
Corey Kispert 8 |
Rebounds |
Yavuz Gultekin 5 |
|
Drew Timme 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Yavuz Gultekin 1 |
|
Jalen Suggs 3 |
Steals |
Ben Pyle 3 |
|
Joel Ayayi 1 |
Blocks |
Josh Parrish 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Gonzaga
|
90 |
57.6 |
8-19 |
14-21 |
23 |
38 |
3 |
11 |
13 |
| San Diego
|
62 |
43.9 |
8-16 |
4-8 |
13 |
26 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
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