Provo • BYU billed Thursday’s visit from No. 4 Gonzaga as an opportunity to create some Marriott Center magic, the kind that enabled the Cougars to go 10-1 at home.
The powerful Zags dominated from start to finish, took advantage of some frosty BYU shooting, and crushed the Cougars 93-63 for their fourth straight win in the series, and fifth straight at the 19,000-seat arena. Before a national television audience (ESPN2), Gonzaga improved to 20-2 overall, 7-0 in the West Coast Conference, with a wicked and suffocating display of explosive offense and clamp-down defense.
The Cougars fell to 13-10 overall, 5-3 in the WCC, and will try to regroup for Loyola Marymount’s visit Saturday.