Gonzaga has little trouble with Pepperdine

Austin Daye scored 19 points and Matt Bouldin had 16 points and six rebounds as Gonzaga beat Pepperdine, 92-57, in a West Coast Conference game Monday night at Malibu.

Daye made seven of eight shots from the field, including two three-point baskets.

David Pendergraft had 14 points and Josh Heytvelt scored 11 with seven rebounds for the Bulldogs, 13-4 overall and 2-0 in the WCC. The Bulldogs improved their winning streak to four.

Gonzaga -- which never trailed -- led by 23 points at intermission, then kicked off the second half with a 10-point spurt.

With five minutes left, the Bulldogs’ lead grew to 38 -- its biggest of the game.

Tyrone Shelley scored 15 points and had four steals for Pepperdine (6-12, 0-2), which has lost six out of seven.

The Bulldogs blazed out to a 20-point lead just eight minutes into the game, and, when the first half ended, they led 50-27.

Jeremy Pargo had eight assists and six steals for the Bulldogs, who outrebounded the Waves, 43-30.

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Loyola Marymount 73, Portland 68 -- Shawn Deadwiler scored 16 points and Orlando Johnson and Corey Counts each had 14 at Gersten Pavilion as Loyola Marymount ended a seven-game losing streak.

The Lions (4-14, 1-1) won for the first time at home in eight games this season.

The Pilots (6-11, 1-1) dropped to 4-8 on the road.

Deadwiler, Johnson and Counts combined to score 33 of Loyola Marymount’s 46 second-half points.

Counts made all six of his free throws in the final 1:28 to seal the victory.

Deadwiler’s basket with 10:47 remaining gave the Lions a 51-45 lead.

Portland cut the lead to 57-55 with 6:12 to play on a basket by Kramer Knutson, but the Lions’ defense stiffened and the Pilots didn’t score another basket until just over a minute to play.

Tim Diederichs also scored 12 points for the Lions. Robin Smeulders led the Pilots with 16 points and Nik Raivio had 14 points.

Jared Stohl’s three-pointer at the buzzer gave the Pilots a 30-27 halftime lead.