SPOKANE, Wash. Nike Shox Nz Womens . -- 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. This is their first time coaching against each other.HONOR ROLLWilliams-Goss, a transfer from Washington who became eligible this season, is one of 20 players on the Bob Cousy Award watch list for top point guard in the nation.Gonzaga has won .818 percent of its games this decade, trailing only Kansas and Kentucky.UP NEXTUtah Valley hosts Idaho State on WednesdayGonzaga hosts San Diego State on Monday Nike Shox r4 For Sale . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. Nike Shox Nz Mens .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. http://www.csidusa.com/clearance-nike-shox-r4-51/ . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie is trying to treat Thursdays game against Elon like any other. That might not be so easy, because McCallies daughter, Maddie, plays for the Phoenix.Ive always known the game was on the schedule, but it always seemed so far off. Well, now its here, the coach said.Elons a great school. Elons a little mini Duke, she added. We pay them money and that helps their program, so it made sense. I felt it was the right thing.But the rarity of coaching against her daughter, a reserve guard at Elon, wasnt lost on McCallie.Its a good story, she said. I feel honored for my family. I also have two nieces who play Division I basketball.Maddie McCallie is just excited for the chance to play at No. 21 Duke in its famous home building, Cameron Indoor Stadium.Its going to be a great atmosphere and a lot of fun to play in Cameron, Maddie McCallie said. Its a little weird seeing my mom right there on the sideline, but overall its another game.As much as the McCallies downplayed their mother-daughter matchup, it is definitely unusual. Cal State Bakersfield coach Greg McCall has gone against his daughter, Erica, twice over the last two seasons when his team played Stanford.Although college players often play for their coaching parents, McCallie was happy her daughter chose Elon after transferring from Miami, Ohio, a few years ago.Im really proud of her and shes at the right place for her, McCallie said. I think its unique. One thing it speaks to, as much as Id like Maddie on my team and she could have been, its really important to let your kids do their own thing. It would be fun; I didnt think it was something that would help her develop. A lot of parents dont know how to step away, and try to over-coach their kids. The best thing you can do is love them and step away and let other people coach them.Elon is only about 45 minutes from Duke, so McCallie has gone to see her daughter play a few times this year. Because the teams are scheduled to face each other, she had Maddie ask Elon coach Charlotte Smith for permission to attend.Maddie had both her parents in the stands on Sunday. Hours after Duke upset No. 3 South Carolina, they were cheering on Elon against North Carolina.They have five seniors this year and are a terrific team, McCallie said. We talk often, but mostly not about basketball. Nike Shox Sale. . Its mostly about family. Shes really proud of her team. She was a starter last year and comes off the bench now. Im really proud of her.While mother and daughter both know where they will be on Thursday, a big question will be where Joanne McCallies husband, John, sits and who he supports.I have a feeling that my dad will support me, Maddie McCallie said, laughing. Both ways are kind of weird to think about and both ways are kind of exciting. My dad will probably be supporting the Elon team and be sitting behind our bench.John McCallie, an economics professor at North Carolina, said its going to be a very tough choice.I havent decided on what to wear or where to sit yet, he said in a phone interview Monday. Definitely going to have both colors on.As far as which team hell be rooting for, that one was easy.Im definitely pulling for a Duke win, he said. After all, we just got ranked and would like to keep that. It is going to be exciting, though. Im really proud of Maddie and what shes done forging her own path.Nicholls State coach DoBee Plaisance knows what the McCallies will be going through. She faced her daughter, Theresa, in 2010 when she was a freshman at LSU. The game was billed as a mother-daughter matchup, and the coach got LSU to take the hour-long trip to Thibodaux, Louisiana.Six years later, Coach Plaisance still gets emotional talking about it.I remember the game like it was yesterday, she said. It was for me a very emotional, passionate struggle. There was a struggle from the onset. Scheduling the game, I didnt want to do it. It was emotional for me for a while. Did I do right for the team? Did I show both teams respect?Her daughter had eight points, five rebounds and three assists in the 88-35 victory by LSU. The Nicholls State coach has a framed photo of a postgame hug with her daughter in her office, a constant reminder of a special day.The look on my face was a relief that it was over with, said DoBee Plaisance, a court coach for McCallie at USA Basketball in 2006. 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