LSU Uses Last Second Shot to Beat Gonzaga, 81-80

Saturday, November 14

Spokane, WA

12:30 p.m.

Gonzaga University

2-1,0-0Pac-12

LSU

4-0,0-0SEC

Team	1	2	F
LSU	39	42	81
Gonzaga	37	43	80

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Huff scores 18 points and grabs 13 rebounds

SPOKANE, Wash. — Donovan Dent made a three-pointer with one second remaining in regulation to help LSU upset No. 14 Gonzaga in the Bad Boy Mowers Series in the Numerica Veterans Arena Saturday.

Dent finished with a game-high 23 points and 10 assists. He banked in a three as time expired in the first half, before making his game-winning shot from behind-the-arc at the end of the game. Three other Tigers (4-0) finished in double-digit scoring, including Michael Ruzic's 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Braden Huff led Gonzaga (2-1) with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Davis Fogle added 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Isiah Harwell had 14 points.

Following Dent's halftime buzzer-beater, LSU led 39-37, but the Bulldogs responded in the second half and had their largest lead, 68-55, with 8:11 left in the game. The Tigers chipped away at the margin and took the eventual lead on Dent's late three.

LSU made 12-of-26 from three-point range and finished 43 percent from the field. GU was 44.6 percent from the field, including 5-of-17 from behind-the-perimeter. Both teams had 42 rebounds. The Zags had a 46-28 advantage in points in the paint.

Up next
LSU hosts Louisiana-Monroe Wednesday.

Gonzaga hosts Montana State Tuesday.

LSU vs Gonzaga
11/14/26 12:30 pm at Spokane, WA
At Spokane, WA
LSU 81, GONZAGA 80
LSU (4-0,0-0 SEC)
Donovan Dent 9-20 3-4 23; Abdi Bashir Jr. 5-9 0-0 15; Skyy Clark 4-11 3-4
14; Michael Ruzic 4-7 3-4 12; Divine Ugochukwu 2-4 2-2 7; Mo Dioubate 2-10
1-2 5; Brice Dessert 2-3 0-0 4; Saliou Niang 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 28-65 13-18
81.
GONZAGA (2-1,0-0 Pac-12)
HUFF, Braden 8-16 2-2 18; FOGLE, Davis 5-13 4-7 15; HARWELL, Isiah 6-13 0-0
14; LEE, Xaivian 4-7 0-0 9; ALMANSA, Izan 4-10 0-1 8; DIOP, Massamba 3-6 1-2
7; BENNETT, Javon 2-6 2-2 6; WIGGINS, Chauncey 1-3 0-0 3; DE SOUSA, Nathan
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-74 9-14 80.
LSU........................... 39 42 - 81
Gonzaga....................... 37 43 - 80
3-point goals--LSU 12-26 (Abdi Bashir Jr. 5-8; Skyy Clark 3-8; Donovan Dent
2-4; Michael Ruzic 1-1; Divine Ugochukwu 1-3; Mo Dioubate 0-2), Gonzaga 5-17
(HARWELL, Isiah 2-4; FOGLE, Davis 1-5; LEE, Xaivian 1-3; WIGGINS, Chauncey
1-2; BENNETT, Javon 0-1; ALMANSA, Izan 0-1; HUFF, Braden 0-1). Fouled
out--LSU-None, Gonzaga-None. Rebounds--LSU 42 (Michael Ruzic 12), Gonzaga 42
(HUFF, Braden 13). Assists--LSU 15 (Donovan Dent 10), Gonzaga 14 (FOGLE,
Davis 6). Total fouls--LSU 16, Gonzaga 19. Technical fouls--LSU-None,
Gonzaga-None. A-12000