Gonzaga Clinches WCC Title
The Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team defeated Portland 89-48 to clinch its 23rd West Coast Conference regular season title. Forward Graham Ike had a standout performance with 19 points and a program-tying seven steals. The win on Senior Night secured the #1 seed for Gonzaga in the upcoming WCC Tournament.
- This victory marked Gonzaga's first WCC regular-season championship in three years, securing the title and the #1 seed in the conference tournament for the first time since 2022. - The win was a decisive reversal of Gonzaga's only conference loss of the season, an 87-80 defeat at Portland on February 4. - Graham Ike's seven steals tied the program record for steals in a single game, matching the mark set by Derek Raivio in 2004. His 19 points, however, snapped a 10-game streak of scoring 20 or more points, the longest such run by a Gonzaga player under coach Mark Few. - The Bulldogs' defense was a key factor, forcing Portland into 22 turnovers, which was more than their total number of made field goals (17). - This was the team's final WCC home game before Gonzaga joins the Pac-12 Conference for the 2026-2027 season. - As the top seed, Gonzaga will next compete in the WCC Tournament, which runs from March 5-10 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. - Other key contributors in the title-clinching game included Braeden Smith with 15 points, while Mario Saint-Supéry and Tyon Grant-Foster each added 12 points.
