Graham Ike made a career-best four 3-pointers and recorded 20 points and 10 rebounds while leading No. 19 Gonzaga to a 90-63 romp over No. 23 Creighton on Tuesday in nonconference play at Spokane, Wash.
Braden Huff scored 14 points, Mario Saint-Supery added 13 and Adam Miller had 11 for the Bulldogs (3-0), who broke the game open with a 21-0 second-half run.
Nik Graves and Blake Harper scored 12 points apiece for the Bluejays (1-1), who were outscored 46-25 in the second half.
Gonzaga shot 52.9% from the field, including 9 of 27 (33.3%) from 3-point range. Ike didn’t miss from behind the arc and connected on 8 of 10 field-goal attempts overall.
The Bulldogs owned a 41-33 rebounding advantage and had a 27-5 edge in points off turnovers.
Creighton shot just 36.7% and was 7 of 25 (28%) from behind the arc. The Bluejays committed 12 of their 18 turnovers in the second half.
Gonzaga led by six at halftime but opened the second half with an 8-2 push to take a 52-40 advantage on a layup by Huff.
Austin Swartz knocked down a 3-pointer with 13:44 left as Creighton moved within 10 before the Zags began the game-sealing burst.
Saint-Supery scored 10 points during the run and Ike made his fourth 3-pointer. Huff ended the streak of 21 straight points by sinking a jumper with 7:39 remaining to give the Bulldogs a 76-45 advantage.
The lead topped out at 32 points.
Ike scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting — including three treys — to help the Bulldogs hold a 44-38 lead at the break.
Ike drained those treys in the first 3:06 to raise his career point total to an even 2,000. He finished the night at 2,011. Ike spent his first two seasons at Wyoming and is in his third campaign with Gonzaga.
Ike had made just 23 3-pointers in 117 games entering Tuesday, and he missed all four of his long-range attempts in Gonzaga’s first two games this season.
Creighton took a 20-19 lead on a 3-pointer by Jasen Green with 12:32 left in the first half, but the Bulldogs scored six of the next seven points and never trailed again.
–Field Level Media
