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Pineau scores 17, Saint Mary's beats San Diego 79-46
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Pineau scores 17, Saint Mary's beats San Diego 79-46

Published Jan. 3, 2016 12:22 a.m. ET

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) Dane Pineau scored 17 points on Saturday night and Saint Mary's beat San Diego 79-46 for the Gaels' seventh straight win.

Stefan Gonzalez had 12 points, Calvin Hermanson and Jock Landale added 11 each for Saint Mary's (13-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference).

The Gaels entered the game as the nation's top overall field-goal shooting team at 54.0 percent and tied for second in 3-point shooting at 45.0 percent. And they improved both by going 32 of 55 from the field (58.2 percent) and 9 of 13 from 3-point range (69.2 percent).

Saint Mary's led 34-21 at halftime and 65-33 with 8:20 left. The Gaels outrebounded San Diego 18-9 in the second half and 35-21 overall.

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Brett Bailey led San Diego (5-8, 0-2) with 12 points and seven rebounds. Duda Sanadze added 11 points.

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