The Gonzaga Bulldogs arguably put together their best 40-minute effort they've had to this point in the season in a 92-58 blowout win over Loyola Marymount on Tuesday.
Offensively, things were rolling with Nolan Hickman taking the scoring reins. The junior put up a career-high 24 points and shot 10-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-7 on 3-point attempts, in addition to five assists and three rebounds. When Hickman wasn't probing the defense, Graham Ike was getting a lot of touches down low as he dropped 20 points for the fourth time in the last five games.
On the other end, Gonzaga (16-5, 7-1 WCC) took advantage of a lot of mistakes on the part of LMU (10-12, 3-5 WCC). A season-high 20 turnovers from the Lions turned into 29 points the other way for the Bulldogs, who led by double-digits for the last 28 minutes of game time. LMU shot 37.1% and had just six assists as a team.
"This was as good as we've played all year," Mark Few said. "Our defensive intensity, our attention to detail with the scouting report that we put in. Our connectivity, we were talking and more connected. We were doing a great job and just making the right basketball play offensively."
Here are three takeaways from the Bulldogs' win.
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