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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Braden Huff scored 21 points off the bench and Ryan Nembhard tallied 13 points and 11 assists as No. 6 Gonzaga hung on for an 88-80 victory over Arizona State on Sunday.
Huff went 9-for-13 from the field and missed only two 2-point attempts for the Bulldogs (2-0), who won their 21st straight home opener.
Khalif Battle scored all 19 of his points in the second half, including a trio of 3-pointers and an alley-oop dunk. Battle and Huff contributed 17 of Gonzaga's last 21 points to help the Zags avoid the loss in the first-ever meeting between the programs.
Basheer Jihad added 22 points and 10 rebounds for Arizona State (2-1). The Ball State transfer was just 1-for-10 in his two first games under Bobby Hurley before going 7-for-14 against Gonzaga.
NO. 15 CREIGHTON 96, FDU 70: Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 24 points, Steven Ashworth added 15 points on five 3-pointers, and Creighton rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson in Omaha.
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The victory gave coach Greg McDermott win No. 327 in 15 seasons at Creighton, tying Dana Altman for the program's most coaching wins.
Kalkbrenner was coming off a 49-point game against UT-Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday, the second-highest single-game total in program history. After making a school-record 20 field goals on 22 attempts in that game, he went 9 of 10 against the Knights (1-2).
NO. 17 INDIANA 90, EASTERN ILLINOIS 55: Mackenzie Mgbako scored 18 points, Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau each had 17, and Indiana defeated Eastern Illinois in Bloomington.
The Hoosiers (2-0) trailed the upset-minded Panthers by five points before going on a 24-2 run early in the second half. Mgbako, Ballo and Reneau combined to make 23 of 32 shots overall and grab 22 rebounds. Indiana outscored Eastern Illinois 54-18 in the second half.
Nakyel Shelton led Eastern Illinois (1-2) with 17 points. The Panthers made five 3-pointers to take a one-point halftime lead but were just 2 of 10 from beyond the arc in the second half.
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