No. 7 Gonzaga 79, Pepperdine 61: Byron Wesley scored a season-high 25 points as the Bulldogs reached their 18th straight West Coast Conference tournament final with their 29th straight victory over the Waves.

Kyle Wiltjer shrugged off a hip injury to record 17 points and nine rebounds as top-seeded Gonzaga (31-2) tries for its 13th WCC tournament title in 17 seasons and 14th overall when it meets BYU Tuesday's final. Przemek Karnowski added 13 points and six rebounds for the Bulldogs, who maintained their nation's-best field-goal percentage of 52.4 after shooting 52.5 percent with Wesley converting 10-of-13 from the field and contributing four of Gonzaga's eight steals.

Stacy Davis registered 15 points and seven rebounds while shooting 5-of-15 from the field for fourth-seeded Pepperdine (18-13), which reached the semifinals for the first time since 2004. Jeremy Major added 12 points while Shawn Olden added nine points and six rebounds for the Waves.

Kevin Pangos, the WCC Player of the Year, and teammate Domantas Sabonis were saddled with two early fouls apiece and Wiltjer joined them on the bench with two fouls later in the first half. Wiltjer's 3-pointer gave the Bulldogs a 32-26 lead, though, before they settled for a 35-33 advantage at the break.

Gonzaga took control with a 17-7 run to start the second half as Wiltjer scored eight points - including a pair of 3-pointers - and Wesley added six during the burst as the Bulldogs hit six of their first seven shots from the field. Wiltjer's dunk off what appeared to be an alley-oop pass from Pangos stretched the lead to 60-45, Wesley scored five consecutive points to make it 65-45 with 10:26 remaining and Gonzaga didn't let the lead slip below 15 the rest of the way.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Pepperdine, which lost two games by a combined 10 points to Gonzaga during the regular season, last defeated the Bulldogs in 2002. ... Gonzaga improved to 46-15 in the WCC tournament. ... Pepperdine, which entered the game yielding an average of 61.6 points, didn't allow its previous five opponents to score more than 56.