{"id":121342,"date":"2025-08-05T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121342\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:44:09","slug":"gonzaga-and-oklahoma-to-meet-in-spokane-arena-nov-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121342\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzaga and Oklahoma to Meet in Spokane Arena Nov. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 <strong>SPOKANE, Wash. \u2013 <\/strong>Gonzaga men&#8217;s basketball and Oklahoma will square off in the Spokane Arena Nov. 8.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTickets will go on sale through the Spokane Arena on Aug. 22. Tipoff time and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGonzaga has won three of the four all-time meetings against the Sooners, including the last matchup, 87-71, in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis. Drew Timme led the Zags with 30 points and 13 rebounds, while Austin Reaves scored 27 points for Oklahoma.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Zags have won the last three matchups versus the Sooners. In the 2012 Old Spice Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., GU rolled to a 72-47 semifinal victory en route to the tournament title. The Bulldogs beat OU in the 2009 Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic, played inside the Spokane Arena, 83-69. Oklahoma won the first meeting in the 2007 All-College Challenge in Oklahoma City, 72-68.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLast season in the Spokane Arena, Gonzaga eased to a 101-63 victory over No. 7 Baylor in a battle of Top-10 ranked teams on opening night. On Jan. 2 in the Community Cancer Fund Classic in the Spokane Arena, the Bulldogs beat Portland, 81-50.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEarly in the 2022-23 season, GU cruised to an 88-72 victory over Kentucky in the Spokane Arena. The Top-5 matchup drew 12,333 fans, the largest crowd ever for any event in the history of the Spokane Arena. The Zags are 15-6 all-time in their games inside the Spokane Arena since it opened in 1995.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGonzaga Men&#8217;s Basketball History in the Spokane Arena<br \/>\n11\/24\/95 Washington State L 67-72 (OT)<br \/>\n11\/30\/96 Washington State L 62-75<br \/>\n12\/8\/98 Washington W 82-71<br \/>\n11\/29\/99 Washington State W 73-63<br \/>\n1\/2\/01 New Mexico L 80-81 (OT)<br \/>\n1\/6\/01 Prairie View W 93-50<br \/>\n12\/22\/02 Eastern Washington W 67-64<br \/>\n11\/24\/03 Georgia W 82-76 (OT)<br \/>\n12\/31\/03 Eastern Washington W 70-49<br \/>\n12\/21\/04 Eastern Washington W 83-70<br \/>\n12\/19\/05 Eastern Washington W 75-65<br \/>\n2\/17\/07 Memphis L 77-78 (OT)<br \/>\n2\/7\/09 Memphis L 50-68<br \/>\n12\/12\/09 Davidson W 103-91<br \/>\n2\/5\/11 Memphis L 58-62<br \/>\n11\/26\/11 Western Michigan W 78-58<br \/>\n12\/10\/14 Washington State W 81-66<br \/>\n11\/20\/22 Kentucky W 88-72<br \/>\n1\/4\/24 Pepperdine W 86-60<br \/>\n11\/4\/24 Baylor W 101-63<br \/>\n1\/2\/25 Portland W 81-50<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; SPOKANE, Wash. \u2013 Gonzaga men&#8217;s basketball and Oklahoma will square off in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-121342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114977168677969346","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}