MBB | Well Balanced Attack Helps Gaels Down Dons 82-68 on the Road

Tuesday, January 13

San Francisco, CA

8:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

17-2,6-0WCC

San Francisco

12-8,4-3WCC

Saint Mary's (CA)

San Francisco

Andrew McKeever: 10 pts, 17 reb, 6 ast, 2 blks

MBB | Well Balanced Attack Helps Gaels Down Dons 82-68 on the Road

1/13/2026 11:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO — The Saint Mary's Gaels continued their dream start to West Coast Conference play, defeating the San Francisco Dons 82-68 at the Sobrato Center Tuesday night. The Gaels had five scorers in double-figures, helping them move to 6-0 in conference play.

Paulius Murauskas continues to look like an unstoppable force offensively, scoring 20+ in his fourth straight, dropping 21 to lead the Gaels. Joshua Dent added 19, including a perfect 10-10 clip from the stripe, to go along with seven assists, four steals and no turnovers. Mikey Lewis chipped in 14,burying a pair of threes, while Dillan Shaw also buried two triples and scored 10. Arguably the biggest contributor, however, was Andrew McKeever, who scored ten, ripped down a career-high tying 17 boards, and new career-high six assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
USF (12-8, 4-3 WCC) took an early 14-13 lead at the 13:27 mark of the first half, but the Gaels (17-2, 6-0 WCC) responded with a 17-0 run, helping them outscore the Dons 29-14 by the time the halftime horn sounded. At the break, the Gaels led 42-28.

The Dons cut the deficit to 11 at 44-33 just one minute into the second half, but a 7-0 run punctuated with a Mikey Lewis three gave the Gaels their largest lead at 18 points. San Francisco refused to bow ou of the fight, and chipped away at the deficit, cutting all the way down to three with 4:13 left. Again, the Gaels were able to respond, finishing out the game on a 14-3 run to finish off the Dons.

GAME NOTES

Paulius Murauskas dropped 21 points for his fourth straight 20+ point scoring outing.
The Lithuanian National continues to lead the WCC in scoring, now averaging 19.6 PPG.
Murauskas was one of five Gael double-digit scorers, marking the second time this season that the Gaels have accomplished this feat (vs. UC Merced, Nov. 22).
Andrew McKeever put together arguably the best game of his career, going for 10 points, a career-high tying 17 boards, a new career best six assists and two blocks.
McKeever is now tied for second in the conference with five double-doubles
After falling behind 14-13, the Gaels responded with a 17-0 run and never surrendered the lead for the remainder of the contest.
This was the fifth time this season that the Gaels have shot both 50% or better from the field and from three, and the second time that the Gaels shot better from three than from two.

THE FINAL WORD

The Gaels will next take on another Bay Area Rival, heading to Santa Clara on Saturday, January 17. Tip-off at the Leavey Center is set for 4 PM.

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