No. 19 Arizona gets past No. 13 Gonzaga, 68-63

Sean Miller keeps a tally of how a game is going based around four-minute segments and for one of the rare times, Arizona lost every one of those segments to Gonzaga in the first half Saturday at Spokane, Wash.

“Very seldom have we been 0 for 5. Usually you get one of them,” the Arizona coach said.

Thanks to the shooting of Gabe York and key contributions from freshman Allonzo Trier, the No. 19 Wildcats won each of those segments in the second half and walked out with a 68-63 victory over the No. 13 Bulldogs.

York scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, including an 11-point flurry in the first six minutes of the second half that gave the Wildcats (7-1) an opportunity to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit. Trier had 14 points, including two key baskets in the last 10 minutes that gave Arizona the lead then helped extend it.

Arizona became the first nonconference team to win in Spokane since Illinois in 2012 and handed Gonzaga only its 13th home loss overall since 2004.

“Gabe gave us a chance to win by him making shots the way he did and his confidence,” Miller said. “He’s played in a lot of games and been in this type of atmosphere and environment throughout his career and I think there is something to be said for that.”

Kyle Wiltjer scored 33 points, second-most in his career, and Domantas Sabonis had 18 points and 16 rebounds, but the Bulldogs (5-2) lost for the second time in eight days. No other Gonzaga player scored more than six points and the Bulldogs committed 16 turnovers.

Gonzaga missed 12 of its final 13 shots and scored seven points over the final 11 minutes 25 seconds.

“We were definitely the aggressors in the first half at both ends . we were proactive,” Coach Mark Few said. “In the second half, we were reactive, and Arizona did a good job. They became the aggressor at both ends.”

at No. 4 Kansas 75, Harvard 69: Frank Mason III scored 21 points and the Jayhawks (6-1) held off the Crimson (2-6), which scored 32 points in the paint and had 11 offensive rebounds. Freshman reserve Weisner Perez had 15 points for Harvard. Perez’s free throw tied the score, 56-56, with 7 minutes 35 seconds to play but Kansas pulled away.

at Georgetown 79, No. 14 Syracuse 72: Bradley Hayes scored a career-high 21 points and the Hoyas (4-3) pulled off the upset despite blowing a 21-point lead. Michael Gbinije scored 23 points for the Orange in the first game of Coach Jim Boeheim’s nine-game NCAA suspension. On the Syracuse sideline, a white piece of tape ran down the back of a black folding chair, with the words “COACH” and “BOEHEIM” written in black ink. That seat remained empty throughout the game.