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Three hours before tipoff Saturday in the seventh Battle in Seattle, Gonzaga players found out they'd play Davidson without leading scorer Matt Bouldin, held out as a precaution after taking a blow to the head earlier in the week.

Steven Gray scored 12 points and No. 21 Gonzaga overwhelmed Augustana of Illinois 79-40 on Wednesday, rebounding from a tough loss to Wake Forest by pounding the Division III Vikings.

Gonzagaa TMs Kelly Olynyk shoots in front of Wake Foresta TMs Tony Wood, right, on Saturday in Spokane.danp@spokesman.com Gonzaga had the upper hand, until a misplaced elbow turned the momentum.

It's going to be hard for me to watch Gonzaga games and not embarrassingly gush about Elias Harris.

Matt Bouldin scored a career-high 28 points and No. 17 Gonzaga rallied for a 74-69 victory over Washington State on Wednesday night.

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.

Last day of the Maui Invitational and Gonzaga has made it to the championship game for the second straight time.

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.

Gonzaga head coach Mark Few loves the Maui Invitational for all the reasons you might think - location, weather - and several others that probably wouldn't cross the mind of the average fan.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few is not given to easy praise for his team, but he could find little to criticize after Friday's 90-55 win over IPFW.

Gonzaga took it to No. 2 Michigan State from the opening tip, leading by as many as 13, before the Spartans rallied within 35-30 lead at half.

An interesting and physical contest Tuesday at the Breslin Center as Michigan State used a late comeback to edge the Bulldogs 75-71. Gonzaga went toe-to-toe with the Spartans and it looked like they might withstand one last MSU rally.

They are who Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few thought they would be. As might be expected with seven players making their GU debuts, the Bulldogs looked sharp at times and sloppy at others as they opened the regular season with a 92-74 victory over Mississippi Valley State in front of 6,000 fans Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Gonzaga's Robert Sacre insists the Bulldogs are not looking past Mississippi Valley State, their opponent in the season opener on Saturday.

OUTLOOK: Every season in the West Coast Conference of late, resembles the one before it, as Gonzaga wins the conference crown going away and everyone else falls in line behind.

Ten things to love and hate about Gonzaga basketball: LOVE - Every Zags game is televised.

Gonzaga University head coach Mark Few came away with a pretty good feeling about his team following Monday's 94-53 exhibition rout of the University of Alberta in front of a sold out McCarthey Athletic Center crowd.

It's game time, sort of. GU opens tonight with an exhibition game against the University of Alberta at the MAC.

Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few will be a weekly part of "The Mark Few Show" on KHQ this fall and winter As Gonzaga's basketball season approaches, so does a brand new show to TV that highlights the Zags' famous head coach, Mark Few.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Nine players who are new to the program are on Gonzaga 's roster, and although none looks like an immediate star, several figure to help this season.