SPOKANE, Wash. — Rui Hachimura scored 19 points, Josh Perkins added 16, and No. 20 Gonzaga beat Pacific 81-48 on Thursday night, winning its 22nd consecutive West Coast Conference opener.
Zach Norvell Jr. scored 13 points for Gonzaga (11-3, 1-0 West Coast), which has beaten Pacific 11 consecutive times.
Jahlil Tripp scored nine points to lead Pacific (5-9, 0-1), which has lost five games in a row.
Pacific was undone by 33 percent shooting and lost the rebound battle 46-32 against the taller Zags.
Pacific scored the first six points of the game, but Gonzaga replied with a 13-2 run to take the lead.