Gonzaga has easy time in conference opener
Rui Hachimura scored 19 points, Josh Perkins added 16, and No. 20 Gonzaga beat Pacific 81-48 on Thursday night in Spokane, Wash., winning its 22nd consecutive West Coast Conference opener.
Zach Norvell Jr. scored 13 points for the Bulldogs (11-3), who have beaten the Tigers (5-9) 11 times in a row.
Jahlil Tripp scored nine points for Pacific, which shot 33% in losing its fifth game in a row.
Gonzaga led 31-21 at halftime and used a 17-4 run in the second half to take a 6139 lead.
“We played a great second half,” said Gonzaga coach Mark Few, who has never lost a conference opener in 19 seasons. “Our guys stuck with it. They played good defense.”
Few’s record in WCC games is 244-29.
at No. 23 Seton Hall 90, No. 25 Creighton 84: Khadeen Carrington hit a go-ahead layup with 2:05 to play and the Pirates (12-2) rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second half in the Big East opener for both teams. Martin Krampelj had a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Jays (10-3), who did not score in the final 3:32.