Elias Harris News

The national reputation of No. 21 Gonzaga has been built mostly on a platform of fast breaks, outside shooting and sharp passing: A finesse game.

A career-best 28 points from Matt Bouldin Wednesday highlighted a Gonzaga rally that brought the 16th-ranked Bulldogs a 74-69 win over Washington State.

Before last week, neither Gonzaga nor Washington State had done a lot to rouse attention as basketball teams headed anywhere good this season.

Gonzaga's Steven Gray drives through Wake Forest's Al-Farouq Aminu, left, and C.J. Harris during the second half Saturday.

After ending November with a whimper by losing to William & Mary at home, Wake Forest started December with enough of a bang to be leading at No.

Washington State men's basketball team has played six decent teams in this young season.

Bring'em Out: Wake Forest vs. No. 17 Gonzaga at the McCarthey Athletic Center at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

Gonzagaa s Matt Bouldin, who scored 28 points, tries to grab a rebound from WSUa s Xavier Thames in the first half.

Bragging rights in the Evergreen State are up for grabs tonight, as the 17th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs and the undefeated Washington State Cougars clash at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane.

Steven Gray shut down the nation's leading scorer in Klay Thompson and Elias Harris and Matt Bouldin sparked a huge second half rally to lead #17 Gonzaga to a win over Washington State at the McCarthey Athletic Center in front of a sold-out crowd of 6,000. Gray held Thompson to 15 points on 6-20 shooting from the field, well under Thompson's 28 ...

No. 17 Gonzaga will play Washington State on Wednesday in an early showdown for two surging programs that have already won from Alaska to Hawaii.

Klay Thompson wears uniform No. 1 and he's presumably the No. 1 concern on Gonzaga's scouting report.

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are my thoughts on the early action at the Maui Invitational: Gonzaga had problems guarding Colorado's Princeton offense and went to a matchup zone that was just recently put in.

's basketball team. The native of Highlands Ranch, Colo. , played pick-up ball with many of the Buffaloes over the summer.

Coach Mark Few had reason to be excited on Wednesday as Gonzaga won the 2009 Maui Invitational.

Robert Sacre scored 14 points and Gonzaga won the Maui Invitational for the first time in three tries, beating Cincinnati 61-59 in overtime Wednesday night at the Lahaina Civic Center.

When coach Mark Few uses the word "finesse" to describe last year's edition of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, he doesn't quite assign to it all the distasteful connotations a football coach might.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs came back from a 15-point deficit in the first half to beat Colorado 76-72 in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.

Gonzaga gets a stiff early season test, as they play No. 2 Michigan State at East Lansing Tuesday night in one of ESPN's featured games in their College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few was not particularly impressed with his young team's sloppy play in a season-opening win over Mississippi Valley State.