Wolf Pack wins 91-72, makes history

Seattle - Now Gonzaga knows what it's like to get knocked out by a plucky underdog.

Once the darlings of the NCAA tournament, the second-seeded Bulldogs were blown out by Nevada, 91-72 Saturday in the second round.

Kevinn Pinkney scored 20 points, Todd Okeson had 19 and Kirk Snyder had 18 for 10th-seeded Nevada (25-8).

The loss snapped a school-record 21-game winning streak for Gonzaga (28-3), which had lost only to No. 1 seeds Stanford and St. Joseph's this season.

Players on Gonzaga's bench stood in amazement in the final minute and Kyle Bankhead sobbed at the buzzer, while Wolf Pack fans chanted "Sweet 16! Sweet 16!"

Nevada, in the tournament for the first time in 19 years, was one of just three double-digit seeds to reach the second round. The Western Athletic Conference tournament champions upset Michigan State on Thursday night.

The Wolf Pack go to the St. Louis Regional to play the winner of Sunday's game between Boston College and Georgia Tech.

It was the eighth straight season that at least one No. 10 seed has advanced to the round of 16.

Since 1999, 10th-seeded teams are 8-2 against No. 2 seeds - two of those upsets were by Gonzaga.

This time it was Nevada's turn.

The Bulldogs, who trailed by as many as 20 points in the first half and went into the break behind 47-32, narrowed it to 49-40 on Cory Violette's layup.

Gonzaga was unable to get closer until Sean Mallon's layup pulled the Bulldogs to 58-50.

Despite foul trouble, Ronny Turiaf returned to help Gonzaga, but Pinkney's dunk extended Nevada's lead to 67-54.

Violette led the Zags with 16 points and 11 rebounds.