College basketball results: Indiana, Oregon upset on surprising Thursday

No. 6 Gonzaga jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, defeating Pepperdine, 82-56. The win improves the Bulldogs to 22-2 on the season and improves them to 9-0 in the WCC.

Gonzaga started quickly with a 16-2 run that put Pepperdine in an early hole. The Bulldogs extended the lead to 35-20 at the half. Gonzaga was able to maintain that lead in the second half thanks to some poor shooting by the Waves and more frequent turnovers.

Drew was seemingly unwilling to let any of his teammates take the final shot, as he attempted to shake off three defenders with time winding down. And, upon looking at the field goal numbers for UCLA’s other starters over the course of the game, who can blame him?

That’s why Drew II, who actually made more than half of his shots in the game, decided to take matters into his own hands:

NC State has now lost five out of seven games since upsetting then-No. 1 Duke on Jan. 12. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils look to be back on track with four straight wins.

Programming note: Duke/NC State is not on national television. You can catch it on ESPN3.com, where bitching about the choppy feed to your significant other is strongly encouraged.

No. 1 Indiana vs. Illinois (7 p.m./ESPN)