The eighth-longest home winning streak in college basketball history was snapped Thursday night in Spokane, Washington.
Loyola Marymount defeated No. 6 Gonzaga 68-67, ending the Bulldogs 76-game winning streak as a home team.
Loyola Marymount guards Chance Stephens, right, and Kwane Marble celebrate the team’s 68-67 victory against Gonzaga, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Spokane, Washington.
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The Zags had won 75 straight games at the McCarthy Athletic Center and beat Kentucky at Spokane Arena in November 2022, which the NCAA deemed a home game for the Bulldogs.
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Gonzaga got a 17-point, seven-rebound performance from senior Drew Timme, but LMU’s Cam Shelton scored on a floater with 14.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the Lions improved to 14-7 on the year.
«The home streak is over,» Zags coach Mark Few said, according to ESPN. «It was going to end at some point and it ended in a tough, close battle. Our guys fought back and had a chance to move on… I don’t think anyone is going to touch that.» [streak] for some time.»
Loyola Marymount center Rick Issanza, left, and double-team Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, guard Cam Shelton, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Spokane.
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It’s LMU’s first win in Spokane since 1991, snapping a 25-game losing streak to Gonzaga.
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«For us, it’s another sign that our program is moving in the right direction, and that’s the most important thing,» Loyola Marymount coach Stan Johnson said. «Not a lot of people are going to come here and win, so I think it just stands out and validates the guys that we have in the locker room and all the things that we’ve been trying to accomplish.»
Shelton’s floater in the lane was the last of his 27 points on the night, with the senior guard taking 23 of LMU’s 57 field goal attempts.
Loyola Marymount guard Cam Shelton celebrates the team’s 68-67 victory against Gonzaga, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Spokane, Washington.
(AP Photo/Kwak Young)
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«Cam’s had a really tremendous year so far and I think he’s pushed them into the paint,» Johnson said. «I think he made some good decisions finding his guys and I thought he had great poise, and that’s what you want from a veteran point guard.»
loss broke Gonzaga’s 93-game winning streak against unranked opponents.
Associated Press contributed to this report