After another close loss, No. 14 Gonzaga opens WCC play at Pepperdine

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If there was one thing No. 14 Gonzaga failed to do in nonconference play, it was learn how to finish.

And the Bulldogs may not get many chances to play close games in West Coast Conference play, which they'll open Monday against Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif.

Sure, the Bulldogs (9-4) trounced then-No. 8 Baylor 101-63 and then-No. 14 Indiana 89-73.

But they also lost in overti