Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) – Kyle Wiltjer scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and the seventh-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs captured their 14th WCC title with a 91-75 win over the BYU Cougars on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Kevin Pangos added 16 points and five assists for the Bulldogs (32-2), who played in their 18th straight WCC Tournament final. Domantas Sabonis and Gary Bell Jr. had 15 points apiece.<\/p>\n
Kyle Collinsworth ended with 28 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Cougars (25-9), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped. Tyler Haws and Skyler Halford contributed 15 and 13 points, respectively.<\/p>\n
BYU and Gonzaga split the regular season series, with each team winning on the road. The Cougars ended the Bulldogs’ 41-game home winning streak with a 73-70 victory less than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs led for most of the first half and took a 48-42 edge into the locker room.<\/p>\n
Ahead 54-52, Przemek Karnowski scored six straight points to spark a 17-7 Gonzaga run. Sabonis capped the surge with a layup to make it a 71-59 contest with 10:55 to play.<\/p>\n
BYU scored the next six points to get within six. But Sabonis’ layup and a Bell 3-pointer made it 76-65 with 7:34 left.<\/p>\n
The Cougars never got closer than seven the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
Game Notes<\/p>\n
Gonzaga improved to 3-0 against BYU in the WCC Tournament, including a victory over the Cougars in last year’s title game … Karnowski had 12 points for the Bulldogs, who shot 53.7 percent from the field and went 8-of-12 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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