No. 19 Gonzaga Hosts No. 23 Creighton Tuesday

No. 19 Gonzaga hosts No. 23 Creighton on Tuesday night in Spokane, Washington, as both teams seek to build momentum early in the 2025-26 college basketball season. The Bulldogs, riding a two-game winning streak, face the Bluejays at McCarthey Athletic Center with tipoff set for 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Gonzaga enters the matchup at 2-0 after dominant victories to open the year. The Bulldogs first routed Texas Southern 98-43 on Monday, with Tyon Grant-Foster leading the way with 15 points and Graham Ike recording a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds. They followed that with an 83-68 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in the Bad Boy Mowers Series at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Ike again shone with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Grant-Foster added 14 points. Jalen Warley and Braden Huff each scored 13 points and combined for 17 rebounds, helping Gonzaga build a 49-30 halftime lead behind 54 percent shooting and strong second-chance scoring off 10 offensive rebounds.

Those performances propelled Gonzaga up two spots to No. 19 in the latest Associated Press poll, where they earned 46 sixth-place votes and 466 total points. Coach Mark Few's team has now made the NCAA Tournament...