Drew Timme scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting in his final college home game to help No. 10 Gonzaga rout Chicago State 104-65 on Wednesday night in nonconference play at Spokane, Wash.
Timme took part in pregame senior activities after saying over the weekend he would not use the extra COVID-19 season available to him. He departed the contest with 9:18 remaining.
Nolan Hickman had 15 points on a career-best five 3-pointers, Rasir Bolton also scored 15 points and Malachi Smith recorded 14 points and nine rebounds for Gonzaga (26-5). Julian Strawther added 11 points, Anton Watson had 10 points, seven assists and four steals and Ben Gregg also scored 10 points as the Bulldogs won their seventh straight game.
Jahsean Corbett recorded 22 points and seven rebounds for Chicago State (11-19), which had a three-game winning streak halted. Wesley Cardet added 16 points and Elijah Weaver had 11 as the Cougars fell to 3-19 on the road.
Timme moved into seventh place on the West Coast Conference’s all-time scoring list with 2,175 points. He passed former Loyola Marymount star Anthony Ireland (2,169 from 2010-14).
Timme needs just 22 points to surpass Frank Burgess (2,196 from 1958-61) as Gonzaga’s all-time leading scorer. Burgess played three seasons for the Bulldogs.
Gonzaga shot 60.7 percent from the field and made 13 of 26 attempts from 3-point range.
The Cougars connected on 43.3 percent of their shots, including 9 of 27 from behind the arc.
Weaver split two free throws 41 seconds into the second half as Chicago State trailed by just 13.
But Bolton scored on a layup 20 seconds later to start an 11-0 burst. Strawther scored the final five points of the run to give the Bulldogs a 53-29 advantage with 17:44 remaining.
Gonzaga pushed the lead over 30 for the first time when Hickman drained a 3-pointer to make it 69-37 with 13:31 remaining.
Hickman also sank a trey to boost the lead to 40 — 83-43 with 9:11 left. The advantage topped out at 44 points.
Bolton was 4 of 5 from 3-point range while scoring 13 points as Gonzaga held a 42-28 halftime lead. Corbett had 13 points in the half for the Cougars.
The Bulldogs used a 20-2 surge to take a 33-13 lead. Bolton capped the run with a 3-pointer with 5:40 left in the first half.
–Field Level Media