PORTLAND STATE 77 , #7 GONZAGA 70

Biggest upset in our university basketball team's history! Wowie ... just happened to catch the end, first on net, then on radio. And the team got to Spokane for the game in a snow storm!

1 2 Total
Portland St. 38 39 77 Final
(7) Gonzaga 37 33 70

Portland State upsets No. 7 Gonzaga 77-70

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)—Jeremiah Dominguez scored 25 points and Portland State upset No. 7 Gonzaga 77-70 on Tuesday night for its first win over a ranked team since it reinstated its basketball program for the 1996-97 season.

Portland State (9-3), which relied on a short, quick lineup, managed to outrebound the Zags 39-30. The Vikings kept the lead by hitting 12 3-pointers.

Portland State, which is 1-11 against nationally ranked teams, broke a 10-game losing streak to Gonzaga.

Gonzaga (8-3) was coming off an 88-83 overtime loss to No. 2 Connecticut in Seattle on Saturday that resulted in the Bulldogs rising one spot in the Top 25. But they looked sloppy against the Vikings, committing 11 turnovers, missing layups and shooting only 42 percent.

It was the Zags’ third home loss in 58 games since the McCarthey Athletic Center opened in 2004.

The Vikings, the defending Big Sky Conference champions, endured a roundabout trip to Spokane after winter storms closed a portion of Interstate 84. They bused up to Seattle and then across the state to Spokane, arriving Tuesday.

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