{"id":16997,"date":"2026-03-10T03:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-12-gonzaga-beats-oregon-state-65-56-advances-to-29th-straight-wcc-final\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:42:40","slug":"no-12-gonzaga-beats-oregon-state-65-56-advances-to-29th-straight-wcc-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-12-gonzaga-beats-oregon-state-65-56-advances-to-29th-straight-wcc-final\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 12 Gonzaga beats Oregon State 65-56, advances to 29th straight WCC final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LAS VEGAS (AP) &mdash; Graham Ike had 24 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 12 Gonzaga to a 65-56 victory over Oregon State on Monday night and put the Bulldogs in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship game for the 29th straight time.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga (29-3) will play No. 21 Saint Mary&rsquo;s or Santa Clara in the title game. Those teams met later Monday night. It will be the Zags&rsquo; last WCC championship before heading to the Pac-12 Conference next season.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon State&rsquo;s seasons ends at 17-16.<\/p>\n<p>Ike, the WCC player of the year, made 10 of 17 shots for his 14th double-double this season and 45th of his career. He was the only Gonzaga player to score in double figures.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Diaz Graham led the Beavers with 15 points and Noah Amenhauser scored 11.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga, which never trailed, entered the game as the national leader in scoring points in the lane at 45.2 per game and outscored the Beavers 38-24 inside. The Zags&rsquo; defense also was critical to outscoring Oregon State 16-0 on the fast break.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>That defense made its presence felt early, forcing 10-second and shot clock violations during a 15-2 first-half run that put Gonzaga up 21-6. Oregon State missed its first nine shots and shot just 28.6% in the opening half.<\/p>\n<p>The Beavers managed to be somewhat competitive in the second half, though there was little doubt in the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon State lost for just the second time in 11 games this season when holding their opponent to fewer than 70 points.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). 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Gonzaga (29-3) will play No. 21 Saint Mary&rsquo;s or Santa Clara&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-12-gonzaga-beats-oregon-state-65-56-advances-to-29th-straight-wcc-final\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;No. 12 Gonzaga beats Oregon State 65-56, advances to 29th straight WCC final&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}