HONOLULU — After starting the season out 3-0 the Gonzaga Bulldogs dropped their first game of the season on Monday to the #2 Purdue Boilermakers. The Zags lead the game by nine points during the first half, but were outscored 43-28 in the second half en route to a 73-63 loss in the teams first game in the Maui Invitational.
Game time, channel, and how to watch
Here are the details for those wondering what channel the Gonzaga-Syracuse game is on.
The Gonzaga vs Purdue basketball game starts at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21, and can be watched on ESPN2.
Bulldogs vs. Orange
Gonzaga looks to get back to their winning ways after dropping the first game of the Maui Invitational to the #2 ranked Purdue Boilermakers.
Graham Ike led Gonzaga with 14 points and seven rebounds. Ryan Nembhard had 11 points, six assists and three steals, and Nolan Hickman added 11 points and three steals. The Bulldogs were 26-for-69 shooting (37.7%) from the field.
The Boilermakers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, but the Bulldogs answered with a 14-0 run that was capped by a Hickman pull-up jumper at the 14:28 mark.
The Syracuse Orange come into Tuesday's matchup against Gonzaga after losing their first Maui Invitational game to Tennessee by a score of 76-53. The Orange bring a record of 3-1, but like Gonzaga, dropped their most recent game to the best team they have played this season.
Syracuse sophomores Judah Mintz and Chris Bell combined for 31 of the Orange's 56 points in the contest.
The 2023 Maui Invitational was moved to the SimpliFi Arena in Honolulu following the wildfires in Maui earlier in 2023.
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Upcoming Gonzaga men’s basketball schedule
- Nov. 10: Gonzaga vs Yale (W 86-71)
- Nov. 14: Gonzaga vs Eastern Oregon (W 123-57)
- Nov. 20: Gonzaga vs Purdue (L 63-73)
- Nov. 21: Gonzaga vs Tennessee or Syracuse (Allstate Maui Invitational)
- Nov. 22: Gonzaga vs TBD (Allstate Maui Invitational)
- Nov. 28: Gonzaga vs CSU Bakersfield
- Dec. 2: Gonzaga vs USC (Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational)
- Dec. 5: Gonzaga vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Dec. 9: Gonzaga at Washington
- Dec. 11: Gonzaga vs Mississippi Valley State
- Dec. 15: Gonzaga vs Connecticut (Continental Tire Seattle Tip-Off)
- Dec. 20: Gonzaga vs Jackson State
- Dec. 29: Gonzaga vs San Diego State
- Jan. 4: Gonzaga vs Pepperdine (CCF Classic Benefitting Community Cancer Fund at Spokane Arena)
- Jan. 6: Gonzaga vs San Diego
- Jan. 11: Gonzaga at Santa Clara
- Jan. 18: Gonzaga at Pepperdine
- Jan. 20: Gonzaga at San Diego
- Jan. 25: Gonzaga vs San Francisco
- Jan. 27: Gonzaga at Pacific
- Jan. 30: Gonzaga vs Loyola Marymount
- Feb. 3: Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's
- Feb. 7: Gonzaga vs Portland
- Feb 10: Gonzaga at Kentucky
- Feb. 15: Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount
- Feb. 17: Gonzaga vs Pacific
- Feb. 22: Gonzaga at Portland
- Feb. 24: Gonzaga vs Santa Clara
- Feb. 29: Gonzaga at San Francisco
- Mar. 2: Gonzaga at Saint Mary's
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