What Gonzaga Players Said About The Bulldogs' Blowout Win Over Pepperdine

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Gonzaga's extent and versatility has been connected show connected season; nan Bulldogs are apical 10 successful nan federation successful chair points while putting together 10 different starting lineups done their first 20 games of nan season.

Without 2 of nan apical station players successful nan state starring nan complaint for Wednesday night's West Coast Conference tilt against Pepperdine, different furniture of nan Zags' roster elasticity revealed itself — possibly 1 of nan unlikeliest ones truthful acold this season, astatine that.

Noah Haaland, a redshirt inferior who joined Gonzaga arsenic a walk-on successful 2024, underscored conscionable really heavy nan Zags' rotation is during an inspiring 10-point capacity from nan Rathdrum, Idaho, native, arsenic Gonzaga (20-1, 8-0 WCC) rode 56 chair points to an 84-60 triumph complete Pepperdine (6-15, 1-7 WCC) Wednesday nighttime from McCarthey Athletic Center.

Haaland, whose domiciled has accrued pinch nan absence of Graham Ike (ankle soreness) and Braden Huff (knee), was 1 of 4 reserves to people successful double-figures for nan Zags, on pinch Davis Fogle (17), Tyon Grant-Foster (12) and Mario Saint-Supéry (12).

Adam Miller chipped successful 11 points for Gonzaga, which extended its triumph streak to 13 and improved to 51-0 successful its past 51 meetings pinch Pepperdine acknowledgment to Wednesday's result.

Here's what Haaland, Miller and Fogle had to opportunity aft nan game.

Haaland connected stepping up into a larger domiciled complete nan past mates games

"I mean, it feels great. Obviously, nan main point is conscionable beryllium fresh defensively. We sewage a ton of violative weapons already, and moreover though we're down 2 of our main weapons, we still sewage group that tin score."

"So, conscionable being capable to sub successful and not beryllium a liability connected 1 extremity of nan floor, and past beryllium capable to do my occupation connected nan violative extremity is conscionable nan main point I was focusing on."

Miller connected rebounding from a quiet crippled successful Seattle

"To me, it's easy. I wish each crippled was a bully game, but nan much you play this game, you cognize that that hasn't ever happened, truthful you sewage to ever beryllium ready."

"I deliberation mentation coming was beautiful good; didn't sprout it from 3 really I wanted to today, aliases nan past game. At slightest I made 1 today; that's progress. Got to spot your work."

"I cognize my teammates sewage my back. I've been connected teams wherever if I miss shots and I don't show up immoderate games, it's for illustration nan world is over. So, that's conscionable kudos to my teammates. I cognize they ever sewage my back, and it's a consciousness of relief, honestly."

Fogle and Miller connected Haaland's capacity and what he's done to gain his caller role

Fogle: "He's conscionable ever playing ace hard, making it hap connected some ends; connected defense, obviously, conscionable just staying his crushed and past offensively, getting a batch of rebounds. He's ever successful nan correct spot for nan dump down, truthful I knew erstwhile he went successful location he was gonna do his thing."

Miller: "Noah's astonishing man. We sewage a batch of guys who don't ever get nan radiance immoderate nights ... immoderate guys will get successful there, but this squad doesn't tally without those guys. So, kudos to him for being fresh for nan moment. We wouldn't beryllium arsenic bully arsenic we are without those guys. I'm happy that he had a bully crippled today."

Fogle connected creating discourtesy without Huff and Ike

"[Coaches are] preaching a batch of overgarment touches and trying to get arsenic galore cuts arsenic we can, and past conscionable find unfastened 3s. We tin each put it connected nan floor, we tin each get downhill, truthful I deliberation we're each conscionable trying to effort to beryllium much assured successful ourselves. Obviously, unspeakable to spot [Huff and Ike] spell down, but we're gonna set to it, and we're going to fig it out."

Haaland connected staying fresh for his moment

"I deliberation nan main point — I benignant of sewage it from David Stockton, I talked to him concisely earlier past twelvemonth — is taking each nan reps successful practice, moreover nan scout squad reps, very seriously, and playing difficult and treating it for illustration it's a game. Obviously, knowing erstwhile to backmost disconnected truthful cipher gets wounded aliases thing for illustration that, for illustration earlier games and stuff; but that I deliberation has been nan astir important thing, is conscionable not sitting backmost into that domiciled of being a scout squad subordinate nan full twelvemonth and really taking advantage of nan clip being capable to play pinch these really high-level guys has helped maine amended truthful much."