SPOKANE -- Guy Landry Edi came off the bench to score 15 points and spark Gonzaga to a 74-63 win over San Francisco on Thursday night.
Edi, a junior college transfer, had 10 points in the first half, one more than his previous Gonzaga high, as the Bulldogs used a closing 10-1 flourish to build a 41-32 halftime lead.
Three starters reached double figures for Gonzaga (15-3, 5-1 West Coast) -- Elias Harris and Robert Sacre with 14 apiece, and Kevin Pangos with 12.
Angelo Caloiaro had 14 points and nine rebounds and was the only player to score in double figures for San Francisco (12-9, 2-5), which hasn't won a game at Gonzaga since Feb. 10, 1989. The Bulldogs have won 25 of the past 28 meetings between the schools.
The Dons, who got points from all eight players who got into the game, gave the Bulldogs fits in the first half, and the game was tied at 31 with four minutes to go. Then three straight turnovers led to the first six points of an 8-0 Gonzaga run.
Gonzaga went on an 11-0 run early in the second half, including back-to-back dunks by Sacre on feeds from Harris and David Stockton, to lead 57-37 with 13:32 left.
The Bulldogs needed that burst as a host of turnovers -- six in nine possessions -- and a drought of 7:12 without a basket allowed the Dons to get back within 59-50 when Caloiaro hit a 3-pointer with 7:15 to play. It could have been much closer, but USF missed four straight free throws when trailing by 11.
Marquise Carter and Sacre had three-point plays in a 9-0 spurt as the Bulldogs weathered the storm.
Down the stretch Gonzaga got every rebound, winning the battle of the boards 36-27, with Pangos, a 6-foot-1 freshman, grabbing a game-high seven.
The Bulldogs also hit their free throws in the closing minutes, finishing 23 of 32 from the line while the Dons were just 12 of 21.















