Gonzaga, in the brutally honest words of top scorer and team spokesperson Drew Timme, was “tired of playing barn burner” against a few of the undermatched opponents that came through McCarthey Athletic Center before the holiday break.
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Gonzaga, in the brutally honest words of top scorer and team spokesperson Drew Timme, was “tired of playing barn burner” against a few of the undermatched opponents that came through McCarthey Athletic Center before the holiday break.
For the second straight season, Eastern Oregon’s Justin Jeske was able to enjoy a homecoming of sorts playing at Gonzaga’s McCarthey Athletic Center. The redshirt junior from Spokane started Wednesday in the NAIA Mountaineers’ 120-42 loss to the 10th-ranked Zags, roughly 14 months after a 115-62 setback to Gonzaga last season.
Considering he didn’t score in last year’s preseason exhibition between Gonzaga and Eastern Oregon, it might be a surprise to see Phillip Malatare occupying this space ahead of Wednesday’s matchup between the Bulldogs and Mountaineers – a game that will count toward the win-loss column for Gonzage but is an exhibition for Eastern Oregon.
OMAHA, Nebraska – Over the past two decades, Mark Few and his coaching staff have turned over an assortment of stones to locate prospective Gonzaga basketball players.
Ray Giacoletti sat in the first row behind Gonzaga’s bench for the Alabama game last Saturday at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. He was roughly six feet from seats he'd occupied for 34 years at arenas around the country during a coaching career that included stops at Eastern Washington as head coach from 2001-04 and Gonzaga as an assistant from 2008-13.
Our latest rewind looks at Gonzaga’s guard play and defense in Tuesday’s win over Montana – spoiler alert: some good and bad – and the Zags’ improvement since their 5-3 start.
It had been seven years since Gonzaga and Montana had last gone head-to-head on a basketball court – with their last meeting coming in 2015 when the then-No. 20 Bulldogs escaped an upset attempt 61-58. This time around, the 11th-ranked Zags allowed Montana to stick around again, holding on to win 85-75 on Tuesday in the McCarthey Athletic Center.