Logan Johnson, No. 23 Gaels beat San Diego for 16th straight time

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Logan Johnson scored 14 points, Kyle Bowen had 12 and No. 23 Saint Mary's beat San Diego 60-46 Thursday night for their 16th straight win against the Toreros.

Saint Mary's (23-6, 11-3 West Coast) clinched the No. 2 seed in next week's conference tournament. Matthias Tass had 10 points and nine rebounds for Saint Mary’s, and Tommy Kuhse added 10 points.

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The Gaels have won 26 of their last 28 games against San Diego (14-14, 7-8) dating to 2009, and it was the second win over the Toreros in two weeks (86-57 on Feb. 10).

"This is a really good win. We needed to get it," Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said. "It was a key game. Our guys were really dialed in. We’ll take it."

Jase Townsend scored 13 for the Toreros, who have lost five of six games.

St. Mary's forward Kyle Bowen (14) looks to shoot as San Diego forward Yavuz Gultekin, right, and forward Marcellus Earlington defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego was playing without 6-foot-10 Terrell Brown-Soares for the second straight game, and it showed as the bigger, stronger Gaels dominated this one from early in the first half. They held the Toreros without a field goal for seven minutes while going on a 15-2 run to take control. Bowen had seven points during that stretch, including a 3-pointer.

San Diego missed eight straight shots until Townsend made a bank shot with 11:38 to go before halftime to pull the Toreros to 16-9. The Gaels scored the next six points.

Enjoying a size mismatch along the front line, the Gaels dominated inside on both