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It might take another college basketball player four years to undergo the range of experiences and emotional swings Graham Ike packaged into Gonzaga’s past four games.

Gonzaga players may not have been around for a decades-long run of futility against Oregon State – a stretch where the Bulldogs accumulated just two victories compared to 25 losses over 80 years – but all were on hand 12 days ago in Corvallis when the Beavers erased a late six-point deficit and rallied for an upset win in overtime, sending hundreds of zealous students onto the hardwood floor at Gill Coliseum.

Graham Ike, whose game-tying 3-pointer eventually became a footnote in the first meeting between the schools, landed a handful of early jabs, Khalif Battle broke out of a two-game scoring slump and the Zags showed the defensive resolve that was missing two weeks ago, thumping OSU 98-60 for their first win over the Beavers since 1932.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs mixed up their starting lineup in a big win over Portland last Saturday.

After giving up 200 points in two losses, including 97 in overtime to Oregon State, Gonzaga responded by holding Portland to 62 points and the Beavers to 60 in Tuesday’s rematch. The Zags’ defense against OSU was sharper across the board, spurring a 98-60 rout in front of a loud audience at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 98-60 win over Oregon State on Tuesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Over the last two weeks, Gonzaga players and coaches have used a variety of words to characterize recent performances that haven’t matched up to the program’s lofty standards.

After Oregon State hung 97 points on Gonzaga during an overtime victory two weeks ago at Gill Coliseum, there probably isn’t a matchup the Bulldogs can afford to ignore Tuesday evening when the teams meet again at McCarthey Athletic Center.

WSU slips four spots to No. 11 after suffering pair of defeats.

Former Gonzaga basketball star Julian Strawther is not unlike a lot of NBA players who remember the biggest difference between their first season and their second. After a rookie season in Denver where he averaged 4.5 points and 1.2 rebounds over 50 games, the former Zag likes where he’s at midway through his sophomore campaign as a Nugget.

A resounding road win against Portland wasn’t enough to push Gonzaga back into the Associated Press Top 25, but the 105-62 victory helped the Bulldogs make up some of the ground they’d lost in the NCAA’s NET rankings after consecutive losses in West Coast Conference play.