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Gonzaga sets program record for margin of victory in 120-42 rout of NAIA Eastern Oregon

Updated 6:57 p.m.

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 sets program record for margin of victory in 120-42 rout of NAIA Eastern Oregon

Updated 6:57 p.m.

WSU football

Reports: Washington State targeting Ben Arbuckle, the co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, to be Cougs’ next OC

Gonzaga women

No. 19 Gonzaga women resume WCC play at Pepperdine after successful nonconference slate

High Schools

Prep roundup: Gonzaga Prep boys bounce back; Chloe DeHaro scores 46 points in West Valley girls win

Updated 10:58 p.m.

Seahawks

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Idaho football

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UW football

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Outdoors

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Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs unable to complete comeback against Thunderbirds

Updated 10:08 p.m.

WSU basketball

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UW basketball

Husky men see struggles vs. ranked teams continue vs. No. 23 Auburn

EWU basketball

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Idaho basketball

Joel Murray’s 21 leads Long Beach State to win against Idaho 82-75

Mariners

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Spokane Indians

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Whitworth

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CCS/NIC

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Gonzaga athletics

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Sounders

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Sports > Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs unable to complete comeback against Thunderbirds

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

For the second night in a row, the Spokane Chiefs entered the third period against the Seattle Thunderbirds, the top team in the entire Canadian Hockey League, with a chance to win. But also for the second night in a row, mistakes and penalties proved costly as Seattle outlasted Spokane, 6-5.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Gonzaga Prep boys bounce back; Chloe DeHaro scores 46 points in West Valley girls win

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Roundup of Wednesday’s high school sports action from the Greater Spokane League.

Sports > Outdoors

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Dec. 29

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Alan Liere's fishing-hunting report for Dec. 29

Sports > Outdoors

Reader Photo: Ice bath time

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Web extra: Submit your own outdoors-related photographs for a chance to be published in our weekly print edition and browse our archive of past reader submissions online at spokesman.com/outdoors.spokesman.com/outdoors

Sports > NCAA football

UW Huskies look to seize opportunity, transcend underdog status against Texas in the Alamo Bowl

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

SAN ANTONIO – Let’s talk about opportunities.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

No. 10 Gonzaga cruises by Eastern Oregon in tune-up before conference play 120-42

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Eastern Oregon played an exhibition. Gonzaga put on one.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga sets program record for margin of victory in 120-42 rout of NAIA Eastern Oregon

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Difference makers: Drew Timme, Anton Watson dominate inside in rout over Eastern Oregon

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

DREW TIMME

Sports > NCAA basketball

Pac-12 MBB projections: Our award winners and all-conference selections

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Arizona owned the honor roll last season; this could be UCLA’s year to dominate.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Pac-12 MBB projections: UCLA, Arizona heavy favorites to control the conference race

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

USC, ASU, Colorado and Oregon lead a muddled second tier.

Sports > Gonzaga women

No. 19 Gonzaga women resume WCC play at Pepperdine after successful nonconference slate

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

The injury to Kayleigh Truong notwithstanding, the Gonzaga women are in a pretty good place.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Eastern Oregon’s Justin Jeske returns home to battle Gonzaga’s bigs again

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

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.

Sports

A Grip on Sports: The crowds and the interest should start picking up with the rest of this year’s bowl slate

Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Is it just us or does it seem like every bowl game thus far has pitted two teams with 6-6 records? It’s happened so often that when we turned on the Adjustable Rate Bowl, or some such nonsense, and we saw Oklahoma State was 7-5, we rejoiced. Of course, the Cowboys lost last night to 6-6 Wisconsin, so both finished the season 7-6.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Key matchup: North Idaho College product Phillip Malatare leading Eastern Oregon in multiple categories

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

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.

Sports > Pro

Answering 4 questions after Seahawks’ loss to Chiefs

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

SEATTLE – Can the Seahawks still make something of this season in the wake of Saturday’s 24-10 loss at Kansas City, the fifth loss in their past six games?

Sports > Pro

Russell Wilson is ‘fixable’ Broncos GM George Paton says

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

DENVER – “Let’s Ride!” became Russell Wilson’s catchphrase.

Sports > WSU football

Reports: Washington State targeting Ben Arbuckle, the co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, to be Cougs’ next OC

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

PULLMAN – Washington State found an up-and-comer to fill its vacant offensive coordinator position, according to multiple reports Tuesday from national media members.

Sports > Gonzaga basketball

Rested Gonzaga returns to action against NAIA opponent Eastern Oregon

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

It’s unlikely one of the country’s hottest players will be too cold coming out of a five-day holiday break.

Sports > Pro

Motorsports Is Looking for the Next Danica Patrick. And the One After That.

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

It has been 14 years since Danica Patrick became the first woman to win a top-class race in a major motorsports series. At the time, pundits predicted her victory in IndyCar would usher in a new era of female racers. But today’s landscape shows a more complicated picture.

Sports > High school sports

Prep roundup: Fourth ranked Gonzaga Prep boys fall to No. 3 Federal Way; Ferris girls win at Eagle Classic

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Roundup of Tuesday’s high school basketball action from the Greater Spokane League.

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