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Dec. 2, 2009

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)--Matt Bouldin scored a career-high 28 points and No. 17 Gonzaga rallied for a 74-69 victory over Washington State on Wednesday night.

Elias Harris added 24 points and 12 rebounds for Gonzaga (6-1), which held the Cougars without a field goal for 10 minutes in the late going. The Bulldogs came back from a 13-point second-half deficit to win behind seven 3-pointers by Bouldin.

Klay Thompson scored 15 points to lead Washington State (6-1), but that was 13 points below the season average for the nation's leading scorer. He was just 6 of 21 from the field. DeAngelo Casto had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars.

The schools are located 70 miles apart in eastern Washington. Washington State leads the series 97-47 but has won only two of the past 11 meetings.

Gonzaga is 65-3 in the McCarthey Athletic Center since it opened in 2004.

Washington State led 39-27 at halftime, and Reggie Moore scored five straight points for a 48-35 WSU lead with 15 minutes left.

But Moore's basket that gave WSU a 58-46 lead with just more than 10 minutes left was the last field goal the Cougars made until the closing seconds.

Gonzaga fought back, and Bouldin hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 10-2 run that pulled the Bulldogs within 60-56 with 8:43 left.

Consecutive steals by Gonzaga led to a layup and 3-pointer by Bouldin that cut WSU's lead to 62-61 with 4:18 left. Thompson and Moore each made one free throw for the Cougars.

Harris' inside basket tied it at 63 and his dunk gave the Zags a 65-64 lead, their first since the early going, with 3:14 left. Kelly Olynyk's dunk made it 67-64.

Harris and Olynyk each added a pair of free throws, and the Cougars were harassed into turnovers and misses.

It was a rough defensive battle in the early going, with Gonzaga leading 9-7 at the 13:50 mark. But the Cougars went on a 19-3 run, holding the Zags to one basket in a 5-minute span to take a 26-12 lead.

Washington State led by 12 at halftime after the Zags shot just 34 percent and were outrebounded 25-14. Bouldin's 14 points, including four 3-pointers, kept them in the game.