> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Gonzaga Shuffles Starters in Historic 122-50 Rout of Southern Utah - URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/gonzaga-shuffles-starters-historic-rout-southern-utah/ - Published: 2025-11-18T06:42:27.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T05:54:39.000Z - Author: Corbin Smith - Tags: Analysis, Gonzaga, Zags, Bulldogs, Mark Few, Mario Saint-Supéry, Tyon Grant-Foster, Braden Huff, Davis Fogle \[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2174"\] ![ Southern Utah Thunderbirds guard Elijah Duval (1) defends against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Jalen Warley (8) in the first half at McCarthey Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: James Snook-Imagn Images ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1d/f2/1df2f77b-83dd-4bc0-a6d2-6d1bb5df89a3/content/images/2026/10/usatsi_27614904-format-original.jpg) Southern Utah Thunderbirds guard Elijah Duval (1) defends against Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Jalen Warley (8) in the first half at McCarthey Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: James Snook-Imagn Images \[/caption\] Amidst No. 13 Gonzaga’s 4-0 start to the season, there were still some areas to nitpick. The first of those would be sluggish starts to their games, as the Zags trailed at the first media timeout of three out of their first four contests. The other weak component has been their lack of efficiency shooting from three-point range, which was already a question mark heading into the year. Well, after their 122-50 bludgeoning of Southern Utah Monday night – the largest margin of victory against a D1 opponent in program history – it seems the Bulldogs took a step in the right direction in both of those aspects. The starting lineup received a shakeup for this game, as head coach Mark Few inserted first-year player Mario Saint-Supéry and Tyon Grant-Foster into the five-man crew to begin the game, replacing Braeden Smith and Emmanuel Innocenti, respectively. Simply put, Saint-Supéry and Grant-Foster bring more energy on the floor, particularly offensively, that can give Gonzaga a heightened level of juice out of the gate. Saint-Supéry seemingly has gotten increasingly more comfortable in each game, and he had his best performance yet in the win over the Thunderbirds. Dropping 16 points, seven assists, and six steals while draining all three of his shots beyond the arc makes for an encouraging sign if the Zags continue to go to Saint-Supéry as their primary ball-handler. But Few still doesn’t think he’s flat-out run away with the starting one-guard role. “There’s not a whole lot of separation with this crew…I just felt like we needed to just, kinda, mix it up a little bit,” Few said. “Wasn’t based on anything other than that, just giving some other guys a chance.” Coming off a double-double in a victory over Arizona State, Grant-Foster carried his momentum into another impactful night on both ends of the floor. In 16 minutes, he had eight points and three rebounds, including getting a block down low before saving the ball from going out of bounds. Earlier in the contest, he completed a lob on a fast break off a dish from Adam Miller. His experience, activity, and aggressiveness continues to exude as he settles into GU’s system. Outside of Saint-Supéry, the Bulldogs indeed had a stride of improvement shooting from deep. They shot 8-for-15 from three, with Adam Miller knocking down two of his five attempts, stacking back-to-back solid games in terms of long-range efficiency. Steele Venters missed his lone three-point shot, and with not having played games in two years until this season, it’s reasonable to give the graduate student grace as he gets his feet under himself, but he is a deciding factor in how GU will fare from the outside in 2025-26\. Regardless, the Zags will resort to their strengths, and even if Few isn’t very caught up with the matter of dialing up launch calls from behind the arc at the moment, he predicts his team will develop that skillset eventually. “We’re built inside out, so I don’t know that we’re going to be raining in 20 threes a night or anything,” he said. “We've got great offensive players on the inside and got some guys that can really finish around the basket. But sure, yeah, I think this crew, hopefully when it’s all said and done, will be shooting the ball really, really well from out there.” GU once again leaned into its identity against the Thunderbirds. Southern Utah couldn’t stop turning the ball over in this one, as the Bulldogs poked, reached, and cheated into passing lines, forcing 26 takeaways on the night. Defensively, they limited SUU to a 30 percent field goal shooting performance and an even worse 16 percent game from three. Gonzaga also pushed the ball inside, scoring 66 of their points in the paint with Braden Huff posting a game-high 22-point night on 11-of-13 shooting with six rebounds. He was one of five Zags to tally at least 13 points, one of them being a player who hasn’t gotten much run in the early goings of the season. Davis Fogle hasn’t seen substantial action so far, which isn’t necessarily atypical for a true freshman at face value. Playing only in garbage time minutes across three games where Gonzaga had put things out of reach by the time he checked in, Fogle has still maximized his few chances on the floor. Against the Thunderbirds, he had 19 points, connecting on seven of his 10 shots, including a spinning stepback mid-range jumper over a defender’s contest and throwing down a dunk on a fast break after jumping a pass in the lane. The team’s wing depth of Grant-Foster, Innocenti, Venters, and Jalen Warley makes it difficult to find valuable playing time for the 6-7 guard, but his calm demeanor and confidence are astute traits that make the case for him to be slotted into an uber-experienced Zags rotation. “Just taking advantage of every opportunity and then just learning,” Fogle said. “Got a lot of older guys, \[who’ve\] been in a lot of different situations, other schools…most important thing is staying confident. I know how much work I put in, so once I get in there, just make the most of it.” The competition really ramps up for GU in its next several matchups, as after a week off, the Bulldogs will head to the Players Era Festival, with games slotted against No. 11 Alabama and Maryland next Monday and Tuesday, respectively, in Las Vegas, with a third game scheduled for that Wednesday, with the opponent TBD. Gonzaga has prepared and performed adequately through their first handful of games, but a tournament setting without rest days against some of the best teams in the country will be a good measuring stick for this group that prides itself on embracing challenges.