{"id":106072,"date":"2026-02-17T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/san-francisco-psyched-for-rematch-vs-no-11-gonzaga-at-warriors-arena\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:08:10","slug":"san-francisco-psyched-for-rematch-vs-no-11-gonzaga-at-warriors-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/san-francisco-psyched-for-rematch-vs-no-11-gonzaga-at-warriors-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco psyched for rematch vs. No. 11 Gonzaga at Warriors&#8217; arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\" w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/28081667.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/28081667.jpg\" alt=\"NCAA Basketball: San Francisco at Gonzaga\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Jan 24, 2026; Spokane, Washington, USA; San Francisco Dons guard Ryan Beasley (0) runs the lane against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Tyon Grant-Foster (7) in the second half at McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga Bulldogs won 68-66. Mandatory Credit: James Snook-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>Graham Ike is one of the top players in the West but Gonzaga coach Mark Few feels the big man isn&#8217;t receiving the proper level of respect.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>Ike will look to post a 20-point outing for the eighth consecutive appearance when the No. 11 Bulldogs visit San Francisco on Wednesday night in West Coast Conference play. The contest will be held at the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>Gonzaga will be looking to defeat the Dons for the 35th consecutive time after surviving a close call last month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>Ike registered 21 points and a season-best 15 rebounds as Gonzaga (25-2, 13-1 WCC) recorded a 94-86 road win over Santa Clara on Saturday night to overtake the Broncos for first place in the conference race.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>Ike has scored 30 or more points in three of his last seven appearances, including matching his career best of 35 points in an 81-61 road win over Oregon State on Feb. 7. The fifth-year senior has made 31 of 43 shots (72.1%) over the past three games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>&#8220;I think none of us can take 21 and 15 for granted or the 30-(point games),&#8221; Few said. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s time he starts seeing his name pop up on first-team All-American or second-team All-American (forecasts).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">\n<p>&#8220;I know we&#8217;re all obsessed with these (standout) freshmen, but he&#8217;s literally been delivering night-in, night-out at the highest level. I think he needs to start garnering some attention, at least nationally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">\n<p>Ike is averaging 19.8 points and 8.7 rebounds. He missed the Bulldogs&#8217; 68-66 home win over the Dons on Jan. 24, the final contest of a three-game absence caused by an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">\n<p>Adam Miller stood out against Santa Clara by scoring a season-high 21 points. Miller is averaging a career-low 7.7 points in the fifth season of a four-stop college career.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">\n<p>&#8220;We talked about how unselfish our team is,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;Any day can be a dog&#8217;s day. Coach reminds us of that all the time, but every day you&#8217;ve got to show up and do your role, however that looks, and I just tried to do my job and my teammates definitely did their jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-11\">\n<p>The Bulldogs have been without Braden Huff (left knee) for a month, and Few&#8217;s update on Monday revealed that Huff (17.8 ppg) won&#8217;t return prior to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">\n<p>&#8220;We said four to eight weeks, it&#8217;ll be at least eight,&#8221; Few said on his weekly show. &#8220;He&#8217;s still on crutches. &#8230; He&#8217;s a long ways away from getting back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-13\">\n<p>San Francisco (15-13, 7-8) figures to gain some support by playing in the larger Chase Center as opposed to its cozy on-campus gymnasium.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-14\">\n<p>Despite never leading, the Dons gave Gonzaga a battle last month in Spokane, Wash.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-15\">\n<p>The Dons were down by eight before Vukasin Masic made consecutive 3-pointers in the final 1:20. However, a go-ahead 3-point attempt by Junjie Wang caromed off the backboard and rim with less than two seconds left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-16\">\n<p>USF&#8217;s Legend Smiley matched his season high of 18 points in that contest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-17\">\n<p>&#8220;We have an unbelievable opportunity on Wednesday night at the Chase Center against a team that obviously is a juggernaut,&#8221; Dons coach Chris Gerlufsen said of the rematch. &#8220;We felt we played pretty well against them the first time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-18\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to roll our sleeves up and get to work Wednesday night and take advantage of the opportunity at hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-19\">\n<p>The setback vs. Gonzaga was the beginning of a stretch in which the Don lost five of six games. They halted that funk with a 92-79 road win at San Diego on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-20\">\n<p>Masic scored a season-best 22 points against the Toreros while David Fuchs contributed 21 points and a season-best-tying 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-21\">\n<p>San Francisco&#8217;s most recent win over Gonzaga came in 2012, a 66-65 home decision.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-22\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/san-francisco-psyched-for-rematch-vs-no-11-gonzaga-at-warriors-arena\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 24, 2026; Spokane, Washington, USA; San Francisco Dons guard Ryan Beasley (0) runs the lane against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Tyon Grant-Foster (7) in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}