The San Francisco Dons entered Spokane having won six of their past seven games. The Gonzaga Bulldogs were coming off a disheartening loss to BYU on Saturday. The result ended up being an ugly offensive affair for both squads, with the Zags pulling out the win in the fourth quarter, 55-49.
The Zags offense immediately looked a bit out of sorts to start the game. Gonzaga shot just 3-of-15 in the first quarter, including missing all five attempts from long range. The Zags owned the rebounding edge, grabbing five offensive rebounds to try and keep it close, but it didn’t matter much as they couldn’t turn too many of those second chances into points.