<div id="subtitle">Bouldin scores 20 as No. 17 Gonzaga beats Portland 76-49 to retain first in WCC</div><div><p>Portland and No. 17 Gonzaga opened with a desultory 12 minutes of play, with both teams missing shots, turning the ball over and deadlocked at 15 points.</p><p>Then the Zags went on 20-2 run, launching the blowout of a team that had been expected to challenge them for the West Coast Conference title.</p><p>The 76-49 win Thursday was a team effort, with 11 different Bulldogs scoring. Matt Bouldin, as usual, led the way with 20 points.</p><p>"We challenged them to play as hard as they have played in this building and they did it," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.</p><p>"That's a great win for us. That's a very, very good Portland team that is playing as well as anyone in our league."</p><p>Gonzaga (18-4, 7-1 West Coast) made the Pilots look lousy. They were held to 35 percent shooting, including 5-of-21 3-pointers. The Pilots (14-8, 5-3) were outrebounded 40-30 and pushed into 16 turnovers. Gonzaga had 17 offensive rebounds.</p><p>Demetri Goodson added 12 points for Gonzaga, which was coming off a rare WCC loss, in overtime at San Francisco last Saturday. It was only their sixth league loss in the past six seasons.</p><p>Playing without leading-scorer Nik Raivio, out with an Achilles' injury, Portland had a four-game winning streak snapped. The Pilots have lost 14 straight to Gonzaga since 2003. Robin Smeudlers led them with 12 points and Ethan Niedermeyer had 11.</p><p>"The bottom falls out, as it's apt to do here," Portland coach Eric Reveno said. "The tale of the game was turnovers and offensive rebounds."</p><p>Portland was expected to battle the Bulldogs for the WCC title this year, and lost by just three points earlier in Portland.</p><p>Both teams started sloppily and the score was tied at 15 with 7:30 left in the first.</p><p>Then the Zags found their shot and buried the Pilots. Mangisto Arop's putback ignited Gonzaga's decisive run that led to 35-17 lead. They led 41-21 at halftime, behind 12 points by Bouldin. Portland shot just 37 percent in the first and was outrebounded 22-10.</p><p>It got worse for the Pilots in the second half, as they fell behind by more than 30 points.</p><p>Elias Harris added 10 points and seven rebounds for Gonzaga, which shot 50 percent in the game.</p><p>Bouldin, a senior guard, displaced Casey Calvary for 10th place on Gonzaga's career scoring list with 1,518 points.</p><p>At halftime, there was a ceremony honoring the selections of former Gonzaga star John Stockton and former Michigan State basketball coach Jud Heathcote into the state of Washington Sports Hall of Fame. Stockton is a Spokane native and Heathcote coached high school basketball in Spokane and later was an assistant at nearby Washington State.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68489244&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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