Braden Huff recorded 24 points and seven rebounds and Mark Few notched his 750th career victory as No. 11 Gonzaga steamrolled North Florida 109-58 on Sunday night at Spokane, Wash.
Tyon Grant-Foster scored 19 points and Davis Fogle added 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Bulldogs (9-1), who shot a sizzling 61.4% from the field and drained 10 of 18 3-point attempts.
Few is the second-fastest coach in Division I history to reach 750 wins. He achieved the milestone in 904 career games, trailing only legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp (902 games).
Gonzaga leading scorer and rebounder Graham Ike sat out the game due to left ankle soreness.
Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and seven assists, and Steele Venters had 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Zags.
Trey Cady scored 14 points for North Florida (2-7), which dropped to 0-4 on the road.
Kamrin Oriol and Kent Jackson scored 11 points apiece for the Ospreys, who made 33.3% of their attempts and were 10 of 38 from behind the arc.
Gonzaga held a 48-25 rebounding advantage, 58-14 edge in points in the paint and had 19 fast-break points to North Florida’s five.
The Bulldogs’ lead topped out at 52 points.
Gonzaga shot 63.6% from the field in the first half en route to a 53-28 lead.
North Florida scored the first basket for its lone lead of the contest before the Bulldogs responded with a 10-2 burst.
Venters drained a 3-pointer to give Gonzaga a 29-16 lead with 8:55 remaining.
The Ospreys moved within 31-22 on a 3-pointer by Dalton Gayman with 8:02 to go before the Zags rolled off 20 straight points.
Huff had a tip-in and dunk for back-to-back Gonzaga baskets to make it 42-22 and later drained a turnaround jumper to make it a 26-point margin with 3:59 left.
Grant-Foster split two free throws to culminate the run and make it 51-22 with 2:34 left.
Oriol drilled a trey to end a North Florida drought of nearly seven minutes.
Saint-Supery and Venters hit a 3-pointer during a 10-0 burst to open the second half as the Bulldogs went up 63-28.
Grant-Foster’s steal and layup boosted Gonzaga’s lead to 82-45 with 10:26 left in the game. The advantage went above 40 on Fogle’s layup with 8:27 remaining.
Gonzaga’s lead reached 50 on Grant-Foster’s layup with 5:30 remaining.
