Gonzaga’s backcourt search is still centered on finding a true point guard, but another familiar name could enter the picture if the eligibility fight breaks the right way.
With Mario Saint-Supery gone back to Spain after one season in Spokane, Mark Few and the Bulldogs have at least two open roster spots heading into the 2026-27 season. Former UCLA guard Donovan Dent sits near the top of the wish list as Gonzaga looks for a pure lead guard, but Skyy Clark is another player worth watching.
Clark, a 6-foot-3 guard from Los Angeles, is among the four-year seniors who have filed a lawsuit seeking a fifth year of eligibility after the NCAA’s implementation of the 5-in-5 rules this season. Like Dent, Aidan Mahaney, Ines Bettencourt and others, he is trying to buy himself one more year in college before moving on to the pros.
The fit with Gonzaga is not as clean as Dent’s, but there’s a clear appeal. Clark has been a strong outside shooter throughout his career, and his ball security would fit well in Spokane for Few’s team in the new-look Pac-12.
Clark’s path has taken him from Heritage Christian High School in Los Angeles to Montverde Academy, the same high school attended by Zags Filip Petrusev and Andrew and Ryan Nembhard. He was a top-35 recruit and chose Illinois over offers from Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Michigan, among others.
His college career started with 13 games as a freshman at Illinois in 2022-23, when he averaged 7.0 points and 2.1 assists before leaving the team midseason to help care for his ailing father.
He then transferred to Louisville, where he played for Kenny Payne during a rough year for the Cardinals. Clark still produced, averaging a career-best 13.2 points and 3.0 assists in 31.8 minutes per game while shooting 35.3% from three.
After that, he returned to California and joined Mick Cronin at UCLA. As a junior in 2024-25, he played in 34 games and averaged 8.5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.1 turnovers while shooting 39.7% from beyond the arc.
He stayed at UCLA for his senior season and played off the ball alongside Dent. In 26 games, he bumped his scoring to 11.5 points per game, added 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals, and hit a career-high 42.7% of his threes while taking 4.8 per game.
Over 102 games across three schools, Clark has averaged 10.4 points and shot 38.5% from deep on more than four attempts per game, with 163 made threes.
Clark worked out for several NBA teams before the draft, but he never signed and did not take part in the summer league, which ended Sunday.
He has spent plenty of time at point guard in college, but his best stretches came when he was playing off the ball. Over the last four years, he averaged 2.5 assists and 1.7 turnovers per game, though at UCLA that number improved to 2.4 assists and 1.1 turnovers as he served as a secondary creator next to Dylan Andrews as a junior and Dent this past season.
That’s why he wouldn’t be the perfect Saint-Supery replacement. Still, Gonzaga could use exactly what he brings: spacing. Clark has improved his three-point shooting every season and would give the Bulldogs a needed boost in both shooting and creation in a backcourt that lacks much of either right now.
The dream scenario would be pairing Dent and Clark together, but that would require both players to win eligibility through the courts and both to be willing to reunite while splitting whatever Gonzaga has left in NIL funds.
For now, a true point guard remains the priority for Few and his staff. But if the injunction is granted in California, Clark is absolutely a name to keep on the radar.
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