College Hoops | Gonzaga dominates Division III Augustana 79-40

SPOKANE — Steven Gray scored 12 points and No. 21 Gonzaga overwhelmed Augustana of Illinois 79-40 on Wednesday, rebounding from a tough loss to Wake Forest by pounding the Division III Vikings.

Bol Kong added 10 points and 12 different players scored for Gonzaga (7-2).

Augustana (5-1), from Rock Island, Ill., was on the schedule because members of the two coaching staffs are friends. The Vikings are a power in D-III, ranked 15th this week.

But they could do little right against the Zags, starting with the warmup. The Vikings dunked during the warmup, and were assessed a technical. Matt Bouldin made both free throws and the game began with the Vikings already trailing 2-0.

This one was over early, the Zags taking a 20-7 lead on Gray's three-pointer midway through the first.

Bouldin, Gonzaga's leading scorer, bumped heads with an Augustana player in the first half and was on the floor for a couple of minutes. He was able to walk off, but did not play in the second half as a precaution.

The Bulldogs play Davidson on Saturday during their annual home game at KeyArena.

Other men's games

No. 4 Kentucky 64, No. 14 Connecticut 61

Freshman John Wall scored a season-high 25 points, including 12 of Kentucky's last 15 in the game, and the Wildcats (9-0) beat Connecticut (6-2) in the SEC/Big East Invitational at New York's Madison Square Garden.

At No. 1 Kansas 99, Radford 64

Cole Aldrich had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Kansas (8-0) used a dominating first half to rout Radford (4-3). The Jayhawks extended the nation's longest home winning streak to 47 games.

No. 3 Villanova 97, Saint Joseph's 89

Scottie Reynolds scored 22 points and Taylor King had 20 to lead four Villanova players in double digits, and the Wildcats (9-0) beat St. Joseph's (3-5) at the Palestra.

At No. 5 Purdue 86, Valparaiso 62

JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore each scored 19 points to lead Purdue (8-0), off to its best start since the 1993-94 season.

At No. 6 West Virginia 68, Duquesne 39

Kevin Jones scored 16 points, Wellington Smith had 11 and Da'Sean Butler scored 10 to lead West Virginia (6-0).

At Arizona 83, Louisiana Tech 67

Nic Wise scored 24 points and Jamelle Horne had 20 points and eight rebounds as five players scored in double figures for the Wildcats (4-4).

California 79, at Pacific 54

Patrick Christopher had game-high totals of 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead California (6-3) past Pacific (6-2).

Women's games

San Jose State 68, at No. 22 California 66

Chasity Shavers scored a career-high 32 points and made three free throws in the final 34 seconds to close out San Jose State's upset of California (4-4).

Shavers repeatedly beat the Bears with fast-break layups and was 11 of 19 from the field.

Alexis Gray-Lawson scored 21 but missed on a drive to the basket with 6 seconds left.

At No. 14 Arizona St. 67, North Dakota 43

Kayli Murphy scored 15 points and Arizona State (7-1) used smothering defense and dominance on the boards to cruise past North Dakota (2-7).

New Mexico 81, at Arizona 61

New Mexico (6-3) made 12 of 20 three-point shots to knock off Arizona (5-2) at McKale Center. The Lobos' starting backcourt of Amy Beggin, Lauren Taylor and Sara Halasz combined to shoot 20 for 29.