Tuesday, November 11
Spokane, Wash.
9:00 PM
Creighton University
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90
Gonzaga
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Creighton
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Gonzaga
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Photo by: Creighton Athletics
#23 Men's Basketball Suffers First Loss at #19 Gonzaga
11/11/2025 11:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SPOKANE, Wash. -- No. 19 Gonzaga opened the second half with a 32-7 run to break open a close game and hand No. 23 Creighton 90-63 loss on Tuesday night at a sold out McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash.
Gonzaga improved to 3-0 on the season with its third straight home win. Creighton fell to 1-1 for just the second time in 16 seasons under Greg McDermott, though the lone previous exception was by CU's 2019-20 team that went on to win the BIG EAST regular-season title.
Both teams came out firing from the outset. Gonzaga center Graham Ike surpassed 2,000 career points as he made career-high three three-pointers in the first four minutes, helping the host Bulldogs to an early 11-7 lead. CU used the long ball to take the lead, getting two three-pointers from Jackson McAndrew and one trey each by Josh Dix and Jasen Green to take its lone lead at 20-19 before the initial media timeout.
Gonzaga headed into halftime with a 44-38 lead, led by 13 from Ike and nine by Adam Miller. GU owned a 20-13 rebound advantage before the break, but turned six offensive rebounds into just one point. Creighton was paced by eight points at the break from Blake Harper.
CU missed its first six shots from the field in the second half as the Bulldogs pushed their lead to 52-40. An 21-0 run over a span of 6:11 stretched the margin to 76-45 and ended any comeback hopes for the visitors. Reserve Mario Saint-Supery had 10 points during that Gonzaga surge.
Ike paced Gonzaga with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Braden Huff (14), Saint-Supery (13) and Miller (11) also scored in double-figures. The Bulldogs shot 37-for-70 for the game (52.9 percent).
Harper and Graves were the lone Bluejays in double-figures with 12 points. CU did make 20-of-31 free throws on the night but shot 18-for-49 from the floor (36.7 percent).
Creighton is back in action on Friday at 7 p.m. when it hosts Maryland Eastern Shore.
NOTES: Creighton and Gonzaga are two of the four teams nationally (with Baylor and Houston) to have won an NCAA Tournament game each of the previous five seasons ... Creighton and Gonzaga are two of the nation's three teams to have won 22 games or more each of the last six years (along with Houston) ... Creighton has made a three-pointer in 1,058 straight games ... Josh Dix has made a three-pointer in 14 straight games ...  Nik Graves has made a free throw in 60 straight games ... Creighton has made six or more three-pointers in 61 straight games, the nation's second-longest active streak ... Graham Ike, who made 23-of-68 three-pointers (.338) in his first 117 collegiate games, was 4-for-4 from three-point range ... Gonzaga evened the all-time series at 6-6 after its fourth straight win over CU ... Creighton is now 18-26 when ranked and facing another ranked foe ... Kerem Konan made his collegiate debut and scored his first points on a dunk with 5:25 left in the second half ... Owen Freeman's streak of 23 straight games scoring double-figures was snapped. It had been the nation's ninth-longest active streak ...  Creighton had won 48 straight games when scoring 17 or more bench points.
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Gonzaga improved to 3-0 on the season with its third straight home win. Creighton fell to 1-1 for just the second time in 16 seasons under Greg McDermott, though the lone previous exception was by CU's 2019-20 team that went on to win the BIG EAST regular-season title.
Both teams came out firing from the outset. Gonzaga center Graham Ike surpassed 2,000 career points as he made career-high three three-pointers in the first four minutes, helping the host Bulldogs to an early 11-7 lead. CU used the long ball to take the lead, getting two three-pointers from Jackson McAndrew and one trey each by Josh Dix and Jasen Green to take its lone lead at 20-19 before the initial media timeout.
Gonzaga headed into halftime with a 44-38 lead, led by 13 from Ike and nine by Adam Miller. GU owned a 20-13 rebound advantage before the break, but turned six offensive rebounds into just one point. Creighton was paced by eight points at the break from Blake Harper.
CU missed its first six shots from the field in the second half as the Bulldogs pushed their lead to 52-40. An 21-0 run over a span of 6:11 stretched the margin to 76-45 and ended any comeback hopes for the visitors. Reserve Mario Saint-Supery had 10 points during that Gonzaga surge.
Ike paced Gonzaga with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Braden Huff (14), Saint-Supery (13) and Miller (11) also scored in double-figures. The Bulldogs shot 37-for-70 for the game (52.9 percent).
Harper and Graves were the lone Bluejays in double-figures with 12 points. CU did make 20-of-31 free throws on the night but shot 18-for-49 from the floor (36.7 percent).
Creighton is back in action on Friday at 7 p.m. when it hosts Maryland Eastern Shore.
NOTES: Creighton and Gonzaga are two of the four teams nationally (with Baylor and Houston) to have won an NCAA Tournament game each of the previous five seasons ... Creighton and Gonzaga are two of the nation's three teams to have won 22 games or more each of the last six years (along with Houston) ... Creighton has made a three-pointer in 1,058 straight games ... Josh Dix has made a three-pointer in 14 straight games ...  Nik Graves has made a free throw in 60 straight games ... Creighton has made six or more three-pointers in 61 straight games, the nation's second-longest active streak ... Graham Ike, who made 23-of-68 three-pointers (.338) in his first 117 collegiate games, was 4-for-4 from three-point range ... Gonzaga evened the all-time series at 6-6 after its fourth straight win over CU ... Creighton is now 18-26 when ranked and facing another ranked foe ... Kerem Konan made his collegiate debut and scored his first points on a dunk with 5:25 left in the second half ... Owen Freeman's streak of 23 straight games scoring double-figures was snapped. It had been the nation's ninth-longest active streak ...  Creighton had won 48 straight games when scoring 17 or more bench points.
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Team Stats
CU
Gonz
FG%
.367
.529
3FG%
.280
.333
FT%
.645
.538
RB
33
41
TO
18
8
STL
7
11
Game Leaders
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
6
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