Gonzaga's Hunter Sallis (5) leans around an Eastern Oregon defender for a shot in the non-conference game between the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the McCarthey Athletic Center Wednesday, Dec . 28, 2022 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW)
Gonzaga's Colby Brooks(25) takes a fast break up for a quick two-point flus in the non-conference game between the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the McCarthey Athletic Center Wednesday, Dec . 28, 2022 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Zags took care of the Mountaineers 100-42. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW)
Gonzaga's Ben Gregg, Rasir Bolton and Hunter Sallis celebrate late points in the non-conference game between the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the McCarthey Athletic Center Wednesday, Dec . 28, 2022 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Zags took care of the Mountaineers 100-42. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW)
Gonzaga's Nolan Hickman (11) makes a clean steal against Eastern Oregon's Slade Dill in the non-conference game between the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the McCarthey Athletic Center Wednesday, Dec . 28, 2022 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Zags took care of the Mountaineers 100-42. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW)
Gonzaga's Nolan Hickman (11) and Malachi Smith (13) pu full pressure against Eastern Oregon's Malachi Afework (10) at midcourt in the non-conference game between the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the McCarthey Athletic Center Wednesday, Dec . 28, 2022 at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Zags took care of the Mountaineers 100-42. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW)
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.