COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: Ike has big night for Zags

| November 4, 2023 1:10 AM

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SPOKANE — Graham Ike, a redshirt junior transfer from Wyoming, led all scorers with 24 points, hitting 11 of 13 from the field for the No. 11 Gonzaga Bulldogs in a 96-58 exhibition win over the NAIA Lewis-Clark State Warriors at the McCarthy Athletic Center on Friday.

Ike also had seven rebounds for Gonzaga and redshirt freshman Braden Huff added 21 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

Gonzaga led 10-0 at the 15:23 mark to open the game. Lewis-Clark State rallied to cut the score to 22-20 with 7:17 remaining in the first half. The Bulldogs answered with a 10-0 run and finished the half on another 10-0 run to lead 51-28 at the break.

Junior Nolan Hickman had 11 points and fellow junior Ben Gregg added 10 points. Ryan Nembhard, a junior transfer from Creighton had 10 assists and three steals.

Lorenzo Marsh scored 14 points off the bench for Lewis-Clark State.

Gonzaga opens the season at home Nov. 10 against Yale.

LEWIS-CLARK STATE

Grayson Hunt 2-4 2-2 6, Jaedon Bradley 2-5 0-1 5, MaCarhy Morris 0-3 0-0 0, Davian Brown 4-9 0-0 11, Javon Jones 1-6 0-0 2, John Lustig 0-4 2-2 2, Anthony Peoples Jr. 4-9 0-0 8, Alton Hamilton 1-6 0-0 2, Quentin Raynor 2-4 0-0 5, Sam Stockton 0-1 1-2 1, Lorenzo Marsh 4-9 2-2 14, Gordon Boykins 0-0 0-0 0, Erick Chaney 0-1 0-0 0, Jayceon Smith 1-2 0-1 2. Totals 21-63 7-10 58.

GONZAGA

Steele Venters 1-4 0-0 2, Graham Ike 11-13 2-2 24, Anton Watson 1-7 6-8 8, Ryan Nembhard 2-8 0-0 5, Nolan Hickman 5-11 0-0 11, Dusty Stromer 2-5 2-3 8, Ben Gregg 4-7 1-1 10, Braden Huff 8-11 4-4 21, Luka Krajnovic 1-3 0-0 2, Jun Seok Yeo 0-4 0-0 0, Joe Few 0-2 0-0 0, Colby Brooks 1-2 0-0 2, Pavle Stosic 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 38-78 15-18 96.

Halftime — Gonzaga 51-28. 3-point goals — LCSC 9-23 (Bradley 1-3, Morris 0-1, Brown 3-7, Jones 0-1, Lustig 0-1, Raynor 1-2, Marsh 4-7, Chaney 0-1), GU 5-21 (Venters 0-2, Watson 0-2, Nembhard 1-3, Hickman 1-4, Gregg 1-2, Huff 1-4, Krajnovic 0-1, Yeo 0-1, Few 0-1, Stosic 1-1). Rebounds — LCSC 29 (six with 3), GU 55 (Huff 9). Assists — LCSC 12 (Morris 5), GU 25 (Nembhard 10). Team fouls — LCSC 16, GU 15. Fouled out — none. Attendance — 6,000.