GONZAG

PEPPER

No. 7 Gonzaga routs Pepperdine 96-56 in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams

AP
Dec 28, 2025

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) Reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 18 points and four blocks, and Braeden Smith and Davis Fogle scored 15 points apiece to lead No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs to a 96-56 win over Pepperdine Waves in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams Sunday night.

Gonzaga (13-1), in its last West Coast Conference season before moving to the Pac-12 next season, displayed the same dominance that helped it win 26 WCC titles. The Bulldogs seemingly dunked and scored at will in winning their sixth straight game since their only loss of the season, against Michigan on Nov. 26.

The Bulldogs have a 50-game win streak over the Waves (5-9, 0-1), who were no match for 6-foot-10, 245-pound forward Braden Huff, forward Graham Ike and Co. Huff, who leads the WCC in scoring at 19.1 points per game, had 10 points, three rebounds and four assists.

Ike had 13 points and 10 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season. Ike, who ranks third in WCC scoring (17.0) and second in rebounding (8.3), reached 1,000 career rebounds Sunday. He needed five entering the game and reached the milestone in the first half. He is the only active Division I player with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in his career.

Gonzaga pulled away midway through the first half with an 18-0 run. During that time, Pepperdine had a scoreless drought of 5:17, which ended with a pair of free throws by Styles Phipps.

Gonzaga was tough at both ends of the floor. During one series in the first half, Adam Miller blocked Aaron Clark’s shot, then Grant-Foster scored on an alley-oop dunk off a Jalen Warleyon assist on the fastbreak.

Clark, Pepperdine’s leading scorer, was held to four points on 2-for-14 shooting. Yonatan Levy led Pepperdine with 15 points.

Gonzaga: At San Diego on Tuesday.

Pepperdine: Hosts Saint Mary’s on Tuesday.

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1st Half
GONZ
Bulldogs
44
PEP
Waves
26

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bulldogs gains possession)
19:33	+2	Braeden Smith makes two point layup	2-0
19:04		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
19:02		Graham Ike defensive rebound
18:54		Steele Venters misses three point jump shot
18:52		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
18:44		Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot
18:42		Braeden Smith defensive rebound
18:36	+2	Steele Venters makes two point dunk (Braeden Smith assists)	4-0
18:15		Pavle Stosic misses three point jump shot
18:13		Braeden Smith defensive rebound
18:02		Graham Ike misses three point jump shot
18:00		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
17:43		Danilo Dozic misses two point jump shot
17:41		Graham Ike defensive rebound
17:34	+2	Emmanuel Innocenti makes two point layup (Braeden Smith assists)	6-0
17:13		Pavle Stosic turnover (bad pass)
17:02	+3	Steele Venters makes three point jump shot (Braeden Smith assists)	9-0
16:33	+2	Aaron Clark makes two point jump shot	9-2
16:23		Steele Venters misses three point jump shot
16:21		Aaron Clark defensive rebound
16:17		Styles Phipps misses two point layup
16:15		Graham Ike defensive rebound
16:08		Graham Ike misses two point layup
16:06		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
15:54		Steele Venters personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:40	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Javon Cooley assists)	9-5
15:23	+2	Graham Ike makes two point hook shot	11-5
15:03	+3	Yonatan Levy makes three point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	11-8
14:49		Danilo Dozic blocks Braeden Smith's two point layup
14:47		Braeden Smith offensive rebound
14:46		Braeden Smith misses two point layup
14:43		Braden Huff offensive rebound
14:41	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup	13-8
14:22		Styles Phipps turnover (bad pass)
14:01	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup	15-8
13:48		Graham Ike shooting foul (Yonatan Levy draws the foul)
13:48	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-9
13:48	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-10
13:31	+3	Tyon Grant-Foster makes three point jump shot (Braden Huff assists)	18-10
13:06		Stefan Cicic misses two point layup
13:04		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry defensive rebound
12:58	+2	Jalen Warley makes two point layup (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry assists)	20-10
12:57		Aaron Clark shooting foul (Jalen Warley draws the foul)
12:57		Jalen Warley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:57		Stefan Cicic defensive rebound
12:39	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Aaron Clark assists)	20-13
12:22		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses two point jump shot
12:20		Stefan Cicic defensive rebound
12:05		Tyon Grant-Foster blocks Javon Cooley's three point jump shot
12:03		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
11:52		Adam Miller misses two point jump shot
11:50		Stefan Cicic defensive rebound
11:41		Adam Miller blocks Aaron Clark's two point layup
11:39		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
11:35	+2	Tyon Grant-Foster makes two point dunk (Jalen Warley assists)	22-13
11:25		Waves 30 second timeout
11:25		TV timeout
11:14		Jalen Warley personal foul
10:58		Stefan Cicic misses two point jump shot
10:56		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
10:48		Jalen Warley misses two point jump shot
10:46		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
10:39		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry personal foul
10:39		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry personal foul
10:32		Braden Huff blocks Styles Phipps's two point jump shot
10:30		Braeden Smith defensive rebound
10:23		Adam Miller misses three point jump shot
10:21		Braden Huff offensive rebound
10:16		Braden Huff turnover (Stefan Cicic steals)
10:08		Tyon Grant-Foster blocks Stefan Cicic's two point jump shot
10:06		Pavle Stosic offensive rebound
9:55	+3	Javon Cooley makes three point jump shot (Pavle Stosic assists)	22-16
9:50	+3	Tyon Grant-Foster makes three point jump shot (Jalen Warley assists)	25-16
9:28		Javon Cooley turnover (Jalen Warley steals)
9:23	+2	Braeden Smith makes two point layup	27-16
9:23		David Mager shooting foul (Braeden Smith draws the foul)
9:23	+1	Braeden Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 1	28-16
9:11		Braeden Smith personal foul
9:09		Yonatan Levy turnover (Tyon Grant-Foster steals)
9:05		David Mager shooting foul (Tyon Grant-Foster draws the foul)
9:05		Tyon Grant-Foster misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:05	+1	Tyon Grant-Foster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-16
8:54		Tyon Grant-Foster personal foul (Aaron Clark draws the foul)
8:54		Aaron Clark misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:54		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
8:31		David Mager shooting foul (Jalen Warley draws the foul)
8:31	+1	Jalen Warley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-16
8:31	+1	Jalen Warley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-16
8:22		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
8:20		Aaron Clark offensive rebound
8:17		Aaron Clark misses two point layup
8:15		Bulldogs defensive rebound
7:55		Braden Huff misses two point jump shot
7:53		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
7:32		Tyon Grant-Foster blocks Aaron Clark's two point layup
7:30		Steele Venters defensive rebound
7:24		Steele Venters misses three point jump shot
7:22		Aaron Clark defensive rebound
7:13		TV timeout
6:56		Steele Venters personal foul (Yonatan Levy draws the foul)
6:55		Yonatan Levy misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:55		Graham Ike defensive rebound
6:34	+3	Steele Venters makes three point jump shot (Braeden Smith assists)	34-16
6:17		Yonatan Levy misses two point layup
6:15		Braeden Smith defensive rebound
6:08	+2	Braeden Smith makes two point jump shot	36-16
5:56		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
5:54		Emmanuel Innocenti defensive rebound
5:42	+2	Graham Ike makes two point jump shot	38-16
5:33		Waves 30 second timeout
5:10		Yonatan Levy misses two point jump shot
5:08		Graham Ike defensive rebound
5:02	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup (Braeden Smith assists)	40-16
4:42		Steele Venters personal foul
4:42	+1	Danilo Dozic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-17
4:42	+1	Danilo Dozic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-18
4:27		Adam Miller misses two point jump shot
4:25		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
4:19		Braden Huff personal foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
4:19	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-19
4:19	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-20
4:07		Braeden Smith turnover (Yonatan Levy steals)
3:44		Styles Phipps turnover
3:44		TV timeout
3:33	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup (Graham Ike assists)	42-20
3:20		Styles Phipps misses two point layup
3:18		Graham Ike defensive rebound
3:10		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry turnover (Styles Phipps steals)
2:59		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
2:57		Aaron Clark offensive rebound
2:50		Aaron Clark turnover (Davis Fogle steals)
2:41		Braden Huff misses two point layup
2:39		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
2:21	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point layup	42-22
2:07		Graham Ike turnover (lost ball)
1:52		Yonatan Levy misses three point jump shot
1:50		Graham Ike defensive rebound
1:35		Graham Ike turnover (Yonatan Levy steals)
1:24	+2	Aaron Clark makes two point jump shot	42-24
1:23		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
1:02		Davis Fogle misses three point jump shot
1:00		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
0:41	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	42-26
0:33	+2	Davis Fogle makes two point dunk (Graham Ike assists)	44-26
0:00		Pavle Stosic misses two point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
GONZ
Bulldogs
52
PEP
Waves
30

Time		Play	Score
19:44	+3	Braeden Smith makes three point jump shot (Braden Huff assists)	47-26
19:18		Styles Phipps misses two point jump shot
19:16		Pavle Stosic offensive rebound
19:01	+2	Pavle Stosic makes two point hook shot (Danilo Dozic assists)	47-28
18:40	+3	Braeden Smith makes three point jump shot (Braden Huff assists)	50-28
18:25		Styles Phipps turnover (bad pass) (Steele Venters steals)
18:19		Yonatan Levy personal foul
18:10		Emmanuel Innocenti misses three point jump shot
18:08		Pavle Stosic defensive rebound
17:48		Pavle Stosic misses three point jump shot
17:46		Graham Ike defensive rebound
17:39	+2	Braden Huff makes two point dunk (Braeden Smith assists)	52-28
17:23	+3	Yonatan Levy makes three point jump shot (Aaron Clark assists)	52-31
17:09	+2	Braeden Smith makes two point pullup jump shot	54-31
16:54		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
16:49		Yonatan Levy offensive rebound
16:31		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
16:30		Yonatan Levy offensive rebound
16:29		Braden Huff shooting foul (Yonatan Levy draws the foul)
16:29	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-32
16:29	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-33
16:20		Yonatan Levy personal foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
16:12	+2	Graham Ike makes two point layup	56-33
16:04		Yonatan Levy turnover (lost ball) (Emmanuel Innocenti steals)
15:45	+2	Braden Huff makes two point dunk (Braeden Smith assists)	58-33
15:37		Styles Phipps turnover (bad pass) (Braden Huff steals)
15:34		TV timeout
15:18	+2	Braden Huff makes two point layup (Braeden Smith assists)	60-33
14:45		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
14:43		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry defensive rebound
14:32	+3	Adam Miller makes three point jump shot (Jalen Warley assists)	63-33
14:15	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point alley-oop dunk (Vladimir Sudar assists)	63-35
13:59		Stefan Cicic shooting foul (Graham Ike draws the foul)
13:59		Graham Ike misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:59	+1	Graham Ike makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-35
13:51		Vladimir Sudar turnover (back court violation)
13:43		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses two point jump shot
13:41		Graham Ike offensive rebound
13:35	+2	Graham Ike makes two point jump shot	66-35
13:17	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point layup	66-37
13:07		Adam Miller misses three point jump shot
13:05		Graham Ike offensive rebound
13:02		Graham Ike misses two point layup
13:02		Waves defensive rebound
12:42		Graham Ike blocks Aaron Clark's two point layup
12:40		Stefan Cicic offensive rebound
12:36		Tyon Grant-Foster blocks Stefan Cicic's two point layup
12:34		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry defensive rebound
12:17	+2	Tyon Grant-Foster makes two point layup	68-37
12:11		Adam Miller personal foul
12:06		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry personal foul
11:55	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point jump shot	68-39
11:39		Javon Cooley shooting foul (Tyon Grant-Foster draws the foul)
11:39		TV timeout
11:39	+1	Tyon Grant-Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-39
11:39		Tyon Grant-Foster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:39		Stefan Cicic defensive rebound
11:26		Danilo Dozic turnover (lost ball)
11:04	+2	Davis Fogle makes two point jump shot (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry assists)	71-39
10:48		Styles Phipps misses two point jump shot
10:46		Jalen Warley defensive rebound
10:41	+3	Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry makes three point jump shot	74-39
10:25		David Mager misses two point layup
10:23		Adam Miller defensive rebound
10:10		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses two point jump shot
10:08		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
10:00	+2	Stefan Cicic makes two point hook shot (Styles Phipps assists)	74-41
9:43		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses two point jump shot
9:41		Braden Huff offensive rebound
9:36	+3	Davis Fogle makes three point jump shot (Braden Huff assists)	77-41
9:25		Waves 30 second timeout
9:25		TV timeout
9:09		Davis Fogle personal foul (Pavle Stosic draws the foul)
9:07		Styles Phipps misses two point jump shot
9:05		David Mager offensive rebound
8:59		David Mager turnover (traveling)
8:54		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry turnover (lost ball) (Styles Phipps steals)
8:41	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point jump shot	77-43
8:19		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses three point jump shot
8:17		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
8:05		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry personal foul
8:02		Yonatan Levy turnover (bad pass) (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry steals)
8:00		Styles Phipps shooting foul (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry draws the foul)
8:00		TV timeout
8:00	+1	Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-43
8:00	+1	Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-43
7:45		Aaron Clark misses two point jump shot
7:43		Ismaila Diagne defensive rebound
7:28		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry turnover (lost ball)
7:21		Davis Fogle personal foul (Javon Cooley draws the foul)
7:19	+2	Yonatan Levy makes two point layup (Aaron Clark assists)	79-45
7:00		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry misses two point jump shot
6:58		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry offensive rebound
6:53	+3	Davis Fogle makes three point jump shot (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry assists)	82-45
6:39		Javon Cooley misses three point jump shot
6:37		Tyon Grant-Foster defensive rebound
6:30		Tyon Grant-Foster misses two point layup
6:28		Emmanuel Innocenti offensive rebound
6:22		Yonatan Levy blocks Emmanuel Innocenti's two point layup
6:20		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
6:22		Jump ball. (Waves gains possession)
6:20		Jump ball. (Waves gains possession)
6:09		Ismaila Diagne shooting foul (Yonatan Levy draws the foul)
6:09	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-46
6:09	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-47
5:48	+2	Tyon Grant-Foster makes two point alley-oop dunk (Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry assists)	84-47
5:18		Ismaila Diagne personal foul (Yonatan Levy draws the foul)
5:18	+1	Yonatan Levy makes regular free throw 1 of 2	84-48
5:18		Yonatan Levy misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:17		Bulldogs defensive rebound
5:14		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry turnover (bad pass)
5:03		Danilo Dozic misses two point hook shot
5:01		Styles Phipps offensive rebound
4:58		Mario Saint-SupÃ©ry shooting foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
4:58	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	84-49
4:58	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	84-50
4:34		Emmanuel Innocenti misses three point jump shot
4:32		Aaron Clark defensive rebound
4:26		Emmanuel Innocenti personal foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
4:26		Styles Phipps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:26		Styles Phipps misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:26		Ismaila Diagne defensive rebound
4:05		Davis Fogle misses two point jump shot
4:03		Ismaila Diagne offensive rebound
4:01		Javon Cooley shooting foul (Ismaila Diagne draws the foul)
4:01	+1	Ismaila Diagne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-50
4:01		Ismaila Diagne misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:01		Davis Fogle offensive rebound
3:41		Adam Miller misses two point jump shot
3:39		Ismaila Diagne offensive rebound
3:28		Adam Miller misses three point jump shot
3:26		Davis Fogle offensive rebound
3:20		Adam Miller turnover (bad pass) (Yonatan Levy steals)
3:13		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
3:11		Ismaila Diagne defensive rebound
2:57		Emmanuel Innocenti misses three point jump shot
2:56		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
2:50		Styles Phipps turnover (bad pass) (Adam Miller steals)
2:45	+2	Davis Fogle makes two point layup	87-50
2:45		Yonatan Levy shooting foul (Davis Fogle draws the foul)
2:45		TV timeout
2:45	+1	Davis Fogle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	88-50
2:27		Aaron Clark misses two point jump shot
2:25		Tyon Grant-Foster defensive rebound
2:18	+2	Tyon Grant-Foster makes two point layup	90-50
2:05	+2	Luka Vudragovic makes two point jump shot (Pasha Shemirani assists)	90-52
1:44		Adam Miller misses two point jump shot
1:42		Ismaila Diagne offensive rebound
1:39	+2	Ismaila Diagne makes two point layup	92-52
1:19		David Mager misses two point layup
1:17		Stefan Cicic offensive rebound
1:14	+2	Stefan Cicic makes two point layup	92-54
0:57		David Mager personal foul (Davis Fogle draws the foul)
0:57	+1	Davis Fogle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	93-54
0:57	+1	Davis Fogle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	94-54
0:37	+2	David Mager makes two point layup	94-56
0:27		Pasha Shemirani shooting foul (Tyon Grant-Foster draws the foul)
0:27	+1	Tyon Grant-Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	95-56
0:27	+1	Tyon Grant-Foster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	96-56
0:13		Joaquim ArauzMoore personal foul (Stefan Cicic draws the foul)
0:13		Stefan Cicic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:13		Stefan Cicic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:13		Ismaila Diagne defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Ismaila Diagne defensive rebound