Gonzaga Vs St Mary's Ca — Saint Mary's Beats No. 9 Gonzaga 70-59 in Final WCC Regular-Season Meeting
Gonzaga Vs St Mary's Ca ended with Saint Mary’s beating No. 9 Gonzaga 70-59 in Moraga on Feb. 28, 2026, a result that gave the Gaels a share of the West Coast Conference regular-season title. The win was built on a late rally and a scoring outburst from Mikey Lewis.
Key moments and the final score
Mikey Lewis made seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points as Saint Mary’s beat Gonzaga 70-59, giving the Gaels a share of the WCC regular-season crown. Joshua Dent scored 14 and Mantas Juenaz added 12 for Saint Mary’s, which improved to 27-4 overall and 16-2 in WCC play. The Gaels rallied for their seventh consecutive win and stretched their home streak to 26 straight victories.
Mikey Lewis' hot shooting and a decisive 23-6 run
Saint Mary’s trailed by seven at halftime but tied the game with 11 minutes left before pulling away. Lewis hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points during a 23-6 run that turned the game. Gonzaga missed seven of its first nine shots and endured a three-minute scoreless stretch while the Gaels stayed close and then surged.
Gonzaga's standout efforts and late foul trouble
Graham Ike scored 17 points for Gonzaga (28-3, 16-2) but fouled out with four minutes remaining. Adam Miller added 14 and Tyon Grant-Foster scored 13 for the Bulldogs. Grant-Foster sparked a brief Gonzaga revival with six points in three minutes, and Ike followed with a quick eight points that included a clutch three-point play, but the Bulldogs were unable to close the gap late and suffered their second loss this season to an unranked opponent.
What the result means for the WCC tournament
Gonzaga had already secured the top seed for the WCC tournament and will receive multiple byes into the conference semifinals on March 9. Saint Mary’s earned the No. 2 seed and also gets a bye into the semifinals, setting up the conference bracket after the regular season.
Conference realignment and the end of an era
This game was the final regular-season meeting between these long-time WCC rivals before Gonzaga joins the Pac-12 next season. The two schools have dominated the conference for more than two decades, combining to win or share the WCC title for the past 27 seasons. The matchup closed out a chapter that included play at the McCarthey Athletic Center — The Kennel — which opened in 2004 and hosted 175 WCC games in which Gonzaga lost 10.
How the rest of the WCC fared this season
Conference history and this season’s results were a patchwork: Pepperdine’s last victory over Gonzaga came in 2002, and the Waves have since lost 51 straight to the Zags. San Diego has dropped 20 in a row and stands 4-54 against Mark Few. Loyola Marymount has lost 35 of 37 recent meetings. Santa Clara, at 23-7, could be eyeing its first NCAA tournament bid in 30 years despite losing two games to Gonzaga this season by 12 and eight points and dropping 53 of the last 57 in the series. San Francisco’s national championships came in the 1950s when Bill Russell was on campus; the Dons have since lost 35 consecutive games to Gonzaga.
Upsets, first meetings and season highlights
Pacific, newer to WCC play under Few’s era, has gone 0-23 versus his teams, with a most recent loss of 71-62. Seattle joined the WCC this season; its Jan. 2 trip to Spokane was the first meeting since 1980, an overtime win for Gonzaga at home, while the teams’ other meeting finished 71-50. Portland handed Gonzaga its only WCC loss so far, beating a No. 6 Gonzaga squad 87-80 after confounding the Bulldogs into 40 percent shooting — a season milestone for Portland, which had lost 20 straight and was 2-47 against Few before that win. Coach Shantay Legans said he would have been stunned at the start of the year to imagine his team taking the ball out with under a minute to go while up 11 on Gonzaga. Portland later visited The Kennel on Wednesday night and Gonzaga won its final WCC home game 89-48. Saint Mary’s has beaten Few-coached Gonzaga 17 times, accounting for 41. 6 percent of Few’s conference defeats; the Gaels are 6-6 against Gonzaga over the past 12 meetings.
Other sports notes from Feb. 28, 2026
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