Saint Mary's Gaels

Pineau scores 17, Saint Mary's beats San Diego 79-46

Published Jan. 3, 2016 12:22 a.m. ET

foxsports

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) Dane Pineau scored 17 points on Saturday night and Saint Mary's beat San Diego 79-46 for the Gaels' seventh straight win.

Stefan Gonzalez had 12 points, Calvin Hermanson and Jock Landale added 11 each for Saint Mary's (13-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference).

The Gaels entered the game as the nation's top overall field-goal shooting team at 54.0 percent and tied for second in 3-point shooting at 45.0 percent. And they improved both by going 32 of 55 from the field (58.2 percent) and 9 of 13 from 3-point range (69.2 percent).

Saint Mary's led 34-21 at halftime and 65-33 with 8:20 left. The Gaels outrebounded San Diego 18-9 in the second half and 35-21 overall.

Brett Bailey led San Diego (5-8, 0-2) with 12 points and seven rebounds. Duda Sanadze added 11 points.

Get more from Saint Mary's Gaels Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

in this topic

Saint Mary's Gaels

San Diego Toreros