for Utah Valley (0-1), which was 12-18 last season.They are a hard team to play against, Utah Valley coach Mark Pope said. This is a hard venue.G

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski missed almost all last season with a back injury, but he showed few signs of rust as he scored 14 points in the 14th-ranked Bulldogs 92-69 victory over Utah Valley on Friday night.I havent been playing for so long, said Karnowski, who was 7 of 10 from the field and had seven rebounds. Im excited to be out there.Its a great start for the season, Karnowski said. Everyone contributed.Silas Melson scored 17 points, Jordan Mathews had 16 and Nigel Williams-Goss added 14 points and six assists for Gonzaga, which was 28-8 last season and advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament.Melson added four assists and two steals.He was great for us, Karnowski said. You will see him rise and shine this season.Mathews is one of four transfers playing for the Zags, who lost Domantas Sabonis and Kyle Wiltjer to the NBA after last season.I can score the basketball, said Mathews, who made four 3-pointers. Thats what Coach wants me to do.Conner Toolson scored 19 points and Kenneth Ogbe added 13 for Utah Valley (0-1), which was 12-18 last season.They are a hard team to play against, Utah Valley coach Mark Pope said. This is a hard venue.Gonzaga outshot the Wolverines 52 percent to 36 percent and dominated the rebounding 52-30.Were just a much better team than that, Pope said. My guys played hard.They drilled us in the post, said Pope, pointing to Gonzagas 42-24 advantage on points in the paint.Gonzaga made its first three shots to take an 8-0 lead. Mathews 3-pointer, part of a 9-0 run, helped push the Bulldogs lead to 28-13.Utah Valley put together a 12-2 run, and consecutive 3-pointers by Toolson and Ogbe cut Gonzagas lead to 30-25. It was the closest they would come to the lead.Gonzaga responded with a 15-7 run to take a 45-32 lead at halftime.Karnowskis stuff highlighted an 8-2 run early in the second half that gave Gonzaga a 56-37 lead.The Wolverines cut Gonzagas lead to 63-50 on Isaac Neilsons basket midway through the second half. But Gonzaga pushed the lead back to 20 points on Killian Tillies basket with 7:56 left and was not threatened again.Gonzaga has won 13 straight season openers dating to a 2003 loss to Saint Josephs.BIG PICTUREUtah Valley: The scrappy Wolverines kept it close for much of the first half, but didnt have the talent to run with the Bulldogs in the first meeting between the programs.Gonzaga: The Bulldogs have made the NCAA Tournament every year since 1999 and showed they have the talent to make it 19 straight years.POLL IMPLICATIONSGonzaga shouldnt lose ground for dominating Utah Valley, but they probably wont rise much in the poll either.FAMILY TIESGonzaga assistant coach Donny Daniels is the father of Utah Valley assistant Eric Daniels. 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With Australia on top in the third Test at the Adelaide Oval, Hogmanays victory at Rosehill has provided some icing on the cake for skipper Steve Smith.Smith and fellow NSW cricketer Moises Henriques are part-owners of the Chris Waller-trained gelding.It has been a tough summer for Smith with Australia capitulating in the first two Tests to sink to an embarrassing home series defeat.But with his teams fortunes improving during a dead rubber in Adelaide, Hogmanay gave him further cause for celebration by winning a benchmark handicap over 1500m on Saturday.Australias first innings lead over South Africa was as decisive as jockey James Innes front-running ride as he cruised to a 1-3/4 length victory.On a race track, everyones equal, Waller said.You still get that winning feeling regardless of how many runs you make, what age you are, what nationality you are.Thats why people like those guys appreciate it because they still get that winning feeling.Money came for Hogmanay with bookmakers turning him from $7 to $5 and he held off $4.60 favourite Unbiased with Embley ($20) a neck away third.Hogmanay jumped from the widest barrier and Innes had no hesitation in taking the horse to the lead, a decision which he said was a no-brainer.ddddddddddddWaller praised the performance of the 2kg claiming apprentice who has won six of his last 19 rides.It was a very mature and decisive ride from James Innes which was certainly a big key from a bad barrier, he said.It was Hogmanays second win from 11 starts with his other success in a maiden race at Scone.Hogmanays victory wasnt first time cricket figured in conversation at Rosehill with South African jockey Glyn Schofield enjoying the key dismissal of Usman Khawaja after getting Soviet Courage home in the 2400m benchmark handicap.A good five minutes - a winner and a wicket, he said.The tough staying performance took Soviet Courages career earnings to almost $250,000 with five wins to his name.That victory was one of four winners for Waller who also scored with promising filly Zumbelina and rank outsider The Rumour File in earlier races. 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