SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -Freshman Austin Daye scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help No. 14 Gonzaga open its season by beating Montana 77-54 on Sunday.
Gonzaga (1-0) largely smothered the Montana offense, and coach Mark Few was able to give plenty of minutes to his bench players.
Montana (1-1), expected to be one of the top contenders in the Big Sky Conference, got into a hole early because of poor shooting and never threatened after that.
The Bulldogs made 53 percent of their field goals and 15 of 21 free throws. Montana made just 30 percent of its shots, including 5 of 22 3-pointers.
Gonzaga also dominated the rebounding 40-29.
The Grizzlies were led by Matt Martin’s 18 points.
Daye, a 6-foot-10 forward from Irvine, Calif., is the son of former UCLA and NBA player Darren Daye. He made 8 of 13 field goals.
No. 22 Pittsburgh 69, Saint Louis 58
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Levance Fields and freshman DeJuan Blair each scored 16 points to help Pittsburgh hand Rick Majerus his first loss as coach of the Billikens.
Blair also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. The Panthers (3-0) completed a sweep of three games at the Hispanic College Fund Basketball Challenge.
Sam Young, the tournament’s MVP, added 12 points for Pittsburgh, which hosted the four-team, round-robin exempt tournament, played over the past three days.
The Panthers, smaller and quicker this season while playing in their first season without 7-footer Aaron Gray, a second-round NBA draft pick of the Chicago Bulls, couldn’t break free from Saint Louis in the first half and led 27-21 at halftime.
But Pittsburgh wore down the Billikens (2-1) in the second half and built a 15-point lead before holding on to start a season 3-0 for the 10th consecutive time.
No. 23 Stanford 67, UC Santa Barbara 48
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) – Anthony Goods scored 10 straight points during one first-half stretch and finished with 23, and Stanford beat UC Santa Barbara to win the Basketball Travelers Classic.
Goods also grabbed six rebounds, and Robin Lopez added 12 points, two blocks and two steals for the unbeaten Cardinal, off to their first 3-0 start since beginning 26-0 in 2003-04.
Santa Barbara fell to 2-1.
No. 25 Kansas State 76, Pittsburg State 66
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Michael Beasley scored 30 points, most of them during a critical second-half run, and Kansas State escaped an upset.
The freshman forward also had 14 rebounds, posting his second double double in as many games. He had 32 points and a Big 12 Conference-record 24 rebounds in the Wildcats’ victory over Sacramento State on Friday night.
Beasley scored 16 points over the final 9 minutes Sunday, leading Kansas State (2-0) on a 26-9 spurt to close the game and avoid a loss to the Division II Gorillas.
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