Huff Scores 21 Off the Bench and No. 6 Gonzaga Beats Arizona State 88-80

Sunday, November 10

Spokane, Wash.

2 p.m.

Gonzaga University

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Arizona State

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Team	1	2	F
Arizona St.	38	42	80
Gonzaga	38	50	88

Huff Scores 21 Off the Bench and No. 6 Gonzaga Beats Arizona State 88-80

11/10/2024 5:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Zags’ bench finishes with 36 points after tallying 42 in first game

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Braden Huff scored 21 points off the bench and Ryan Nembhard tallied 13 points and 11 assists as No. 6 Gonzaga hung on for an 88-80 victory over Arizona State on Sunday.

Huff went 9-for-13 from the field and missed only two 2-point attempts for the Bulldogs (2-0), who won their 21st straight home opener.

Khalif Battle scored all 19 of his points in the second half, including a trio of 3-pointers and an alley-oop dunk. Battle and Huff contributed 17 of Gonzaga's last 21 points to help the Zags avoid the loss in the first-ever meeting between the programs.

Basheer Jihad added 22 points and 10 rebounds for Arizona State (2-1). The Ball State transfer was just 1-for-10 in his two first games under Bobby Hurley before going 7-for-14 against Gonzaga.

Takeaways
Gonzaga: In the first half, the Zags shot 3-for-12 from 3-point range, but Graham Ike and Huff combined to go 8-for-10 inside the arc to keep them competitive. ... Gonzaga's bench got 30 points in the second half.

Arizona State: Arizona State's hope for an upset was hurt by 4-for-15 shooting from 3-point range in the second half. Five-star recruit Jayden Quaintance scored all nine of his points in the first half, and fouled out of the game with just a single rebound and zero assists.