What Gonzaga Players Said After Beating Seattle U Short-handed

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Without 2 imaginable All-American forwards successful nan fold, Gonzaga wholly dominated nan overgarment and nan solid successful a thorough triumph complete a Seattle U squad that pushed nan Graham Ike and Braden Huff-led Bulldogs to nan brink conscionable 2 weeks anterior to Saturday's rematch astatine Climate Pledge Arena.

Go figure.

The Zags (19-1, 7-0 West Coast Conference) couldn't trust connected Ike (ankle soreness) aliases Huff (knee) for illustration they did nan first clip aorund pinch nan Redhawks (13-7, 2-5 WCC) backmost successful Spokane connected Jan. 2, though losing their apical 2 scorers didn't look to clasp them backmost during their 71-50 triumph connected Saturday.

Defense, rebounding and shotmaking from perimeter players — Mario Saint-Supéry and Davis Fogle chiefly — told nan communicative of nan rematch betwixt nan in-state rivals. Gonzaga, which was outrebounded by Seattle U successful nan first meeting, dominated nan boards to nan tune of 44-24 successful nan 2nd go-around, successful summation to scoring 22 points disconnected 18 turnovers from nan Redhawks.

Saint-Supéry vanished pinch a season-high 20 points connected 4 3-pointers. Fogle logged a season-high 24 minutes and tallied 13 points, while Jalen Warley chipped successful 14 points, six rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.

Ismaila Diagne earned his first profession commencement pinch Ike retired of nan lineup. The 7-footer was a unit connected nan boards, finishing pinch 8 rebounds to spell on pinch 3 points and 1 block.

Here's what Diagne, Warley and Saint-Supéry had to opportunity aft nan game.

Warley connected Gonzaga coming together aft nan Huff and Ike wounded news

"We conscionable benignant of support nan mentality of 'next man up'. Obviously, we sewage 2 of nan champion players successful nan country, we sewage to measurement up for them. So, it's conscionable putting a small spot much connected each person's sheet and trying to conscionable instrumentality together and fig retired ways to triumph games."

Diagne connected getting his first profession commencement

"It's benignant of crazy, because like, each day, you'd beryllium fighting pinch nan 2 champion bigs successful nan country, I tin say. And truthful I ever put my mind to enactment ready."

"It's not nan first clip I was connected nan large shape or, like, trying to person minutes and stuff. So I would conscionable say, like, if I'm ready, I'm gonna do it and [Huff and Ike were] pushing maine much and springiness maine much advice."

Saint-Supéry connected his shotmaking

"We had to alteration nan measurement we were playing these games. I deliberation we did it. We conscionable tried to play our best, effort to thief nan squad arsenic overmuch arsenic I can. And today, I made nan shots."

Warley connected Gonzaga outrebounding Seattle U and being fierce defensively

"We benignant of conscionable had to clasp it, conscionable causing chaos. Since we already played them 1 clip astatine nan Kennel, we benignant of knew immoderate of their sets, and their guys' tendencies; truthful conscionable really trying to make them do thing that's not their beardown suit, and conscionable bent our chapeau connected defense. I consciousness for illustration we did a awesome occupation of each feline that came in, benignant of conscionable mounting nan reside defensively, and we benignant of carried connected discourtesy and carried it passim nan full game."

Warley connected Gonzaga's extent coming through

"I deliberation it shows nan depth. But I besides deliberation it shows nan connectivity. I consciousness for illustration a batch of teams could person hanged their caput erstwhile you sewage 2 of nan apical players successful nan state not playing. We could person tucked our tail and interest astir whenever they get healthy, but we proceed to push, and we sewage a really bully chemistry that we've been building since nan summer. So I consciousness for illustration it conscionable showed coming pinch nan adjacent man for illustration mentality."