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The Zags will try to spend the next eight weeks collecting marquee wins over high-major opponents, but they’re now 1-0 in that department, with Saturday's dominant showing vs. Oklahoma.
Graham Ike logged a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double Saturday night and No. 21 Gonzaga led by double figures for the final 27:29 of an 83-68 win over Oklahoma in Spokane, Wash.
Jalen Warley and Braden Huff each scored 13 points for Gonzaga (2-0) and the duo combined to grab 17 rebounds. Freshman point guard Mario Saint-Supry finished with eight points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals. Nijel Pack led Oklahoma (1-1) with 20 points and Xzayvier Brown scored 19. Derrion Reid finished with 11 points.
The Gonzaga men will play Oregon in a game at Climate Pledge Arena in the next season or two as a sort of home-and-away series as they play in Portland next month.
Gonzaga women’s basketball tips off its campaign with a tough road test against the North Dakota State Bison in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. PT.
Gonzaga’s nonconference game against Oregon on Dec. 21 at Portland’s Moda Center will be the first of two meetings between the Pacific Northwest powers over the next few seasons.
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Lisa Fortier and the Gonzaga women's basketball program closed out the preseason with a dominant exhibition win on Sunday, defeating Carroll College by a score