PORTLAND, Ore. --- Junior Kelly Olynyk scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half as the No. 8 Gonzaga Bulldogs defeated the Portland Pilots 71-49 Thursday night before a sold out Chiles Center crowd of 4,852. Sophomore guard Kevin Bailey scored 16 points for the Pilots, while freshman guard Oskars Reinfelds added 12 off the bench.

Elias Harris #20 & Ryan Nicholas #32 (NCAA Men's Basketball, Portland 49 vs Gonzaga 71, Chiles Center, Portland OR, Jan 17, 2013) - Photo by Craig Clark

Kevin Pangos scored 14 points for the Bulldogs (17-1, 4-0 WCC), while Elias Harris finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. Gonzaga extended its winning streak over Portland to 19 games with the victory.

The Pilots (8-11, 1-3) were outrebounded by a 36-22 margin and committed 17 turnovers in the game. Gonzaga took advantage with 30 points off of turnovers, a 19-4 edge in second chance points, and 36-18 margin in points in the paint.

After staking the visiting Bulldogs an early 16-2 lead, Reinfelds sparked an 8-0 rally with a three-pointer and assist on Bailey’s jumper to bring the Pilots within five at 31-26 with 1:47 left in the first half. Gonzaga answered with a Harris dunk and the third three-pointer of the period by Drew Barham to take a 36-26 lead into the half.

Portland hung around early in the second half as Bailey made back-to-back jumpers to make it 38-30. A pair of Ryan Nicholas free throws once again brought the deficit to single digits at 43-34, but the Bulldogs used an 11-2 run to take an 18-point lead.

The Pilots had one more rally to pull within 61-49 on a steal and layup by Bailey with 7:23 remaining, but that would be the final points of the game for Portland as Gonzaga scored the last ten points.

The team will have a quick turnaround before continuing its four-game West Coast Conference homestand against defending league champions Saint Mary’s on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com or through the Pilot Box Office (503) 943-7525. The game will be televised live on ROOT Sports.

Newspaper Box Score

Gonzaga vs Portland

01/17/13 7:00 PM at Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)

At Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)

GONZAGA 71, PORTLAND 49

GONZAGA (17-1, 4-0 WCC)

OLYNYK, Kelly 8-9 5-6 21; PANGOS, Kevin 5-9 0-0 14; HARRIS, Elias 5-16 0-0

10; BARHAM, Drew 3-4 0-0 9; EDI, Guy Landry 2-3 2-2 7; HART, Mike 2-4 0-0 4;

BELL JR., Gary 1-2 0-0 3; DOWER, Sam 1-5 0-0 2; STOCKTON, David 0-3 1-3 1;

KARNOWSKI, Przemek 0-3 0-0 0; DRANGINIS, Kyle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 8-11

71.

PORTLAND (8-11, 1-3 WCC)

BAILEY, Kevin 7-9 2-5 16; REINFELDS, Oskars 4-8 2-2 12; NICHOLAS, Ryan 2-5

2-2 7; AHERN, David 1-4 2-2 4; RODGERS, Derrick 2-6 0-0 4; BARKER, Riley 1-3

0-0 2; THIELEKE, Korey 0-5 2-2 2; PRESSLEY, Bryce 1-2 0-0 2; VAN DER MARS,

Thomas 0-1 0-0 0; EHLERS, Jake 0-0 0-0 0; BAILEY, John 0-1 0-0 0; RILEY,

Tanner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-44 10-13 49.

Gonzaga.......................   36   35  -   71

Portland......................   26   23  -   49

3-point goals--Gonzaga 9-21 (PANGOS, Kevin 4-8; BARHAM, Drew 3-4; EDI, Guy

Landry 1-1; BELL JR., Gary 1-2; STOCKTON, David 0-2; DOWER, Sam 0-1; HART,

Mike 0-2; HARRIS, Elias 0-1), Portland 3-10 (REINFELDS, Oskars 2-4;

NICHOLAS, Ryan 1-1; RODGERS, Derrick 0-1; BARKER, Riley 0-1; PRESSLEY, Bryce

0-1; AHERN, David 0-1; BAILEY, Kevin 0-1). Fouled out--Gonzaga-None,

Portland-None. Rebounds--Gonzaga 36 (HARRIS, Elias 9), Portland 22

(NICHOLAS, Ryan 8). Assists--Gonzaga 13 (STOCKTON, David 4), Portland 8

(REINFELDS, Oskars 3). Total fouls--Gonzaga 15, Portland 17. Technical

fouls--Gonzaga-None, Portland-None. A-4852