No. 10/12 Gonzaga (0-0) vs. Northern Arizona (0-2)
GAME 2 | NOV. 18 | 6 P.M. | MCCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE
SERIES: Gonzaga leads all-time series 13-6
FIRST MEETING: 1965: Gonzaga won 107-106 in Spokane, Wash.
LAST MEETING: 1979: NAU won 84-65 in Flagstaff, Ariz.
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STORYLINES
- Gonzaga will play its first official game of 2015-16 after Armed Forces Classic game in Okinawa, Japan, against Pitt was canceled at halftime due to slippery floor conditions.
- Gonzaga dropped one spot in the AP rankings to No. 10 and one spot in USA Today Coaches poll to No. 12.
- Josh Perkins returns to the floor after a jaw injury sidelined him for the season in the fifth game of `14-15.
- All three big men return - 7-1 Przemek Karnowski, 6-11 Domantas Sabonis, 6-10 Kyle Wiltjer - in addition to the return of redshirt sophomore 7-1 Ryan Edwards.
- Gonzaga has won 11 consecutive season openers and is 42-13 all-time in season openers.
- GU is 14-2 in season openers under Mark Few (only losses at Illinois in 2001 and in N.Y. vs. St. Joe's in 2003).

ABOUT GONZAGA
- Gonzaga is one of two teams (Kansas) to win at least one NCAA tournament game each of the last 7 seasons.
- Gonzaga led the nation in FG% last season at .520.
- Gonzaga was the nation's only team last season ranked in the top 25 in both FG% offense and FG% defense.
- Head coach Mark Few is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I by percentage at .810 (438-103).
- Gonzaga has won at least 20 games for 18 consecutive seasons.
- The Zags set school records in 2014-15 with a 22-game win streak and 35 overall wins.
- Gonzaga won its 14th WCC regular season title in the last 15 years.
- GU appeared in the WCC title game for the 18th straight year, winning its third straight.

ABOUT NORTHERN ARIZONA
- Head coach Jack Murphy enters his third season at the helm and has a career record of 26-40.
- NAU is 0-2 this season with losses at Washington State (82-70) and at Boise State (101-81) during a three-game roadtrip.
- Three Lumberjacks are averaging double figures on those two games, led by Jaleni Neely at 16.5 per game. Neely has six three pointers in just two games and is 9-11 from the free throw line.
- NAU is giving up an average of 91.5 points per game this season, and is being out rebounded by an average of 41.5-33.0.
- NAU has forced 31 turnovers in two games this season by collecting 21 steals.
- Kris Yanku is averaging 12.5 points and 5.5 assists per game.

WILTJER LIGHTS IT UP IN EXHIBITION
Senior Kyle Wiltjer racked up 33 points and added 14 rebounds to lead GU to a 90-58 exhibition win over Eastern Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 7. Five Zags scored in double figures in all, including Wiltjer, Przemek Karnowski (13), Eric McClellan (12), Josh Perkins (10), and Ryan Edwards (10).

REGULAR SEASON OPENER CANCELED AT HALF
Gonzaga's matchup with Pitt at the Armed Forces Classic ended abruptly at halftime when officials deemed the playing surface too slippery to continue. In a hot and humid environment on the U.S. Marine Base Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, the Camp Foster Fieldhouse filled up with 3,000 troops and their families, but condensation on the floor made the conditions tough for both teams. Players slipped often in the first half, but Pitt held a 37-35 lead. Kyle Wiltjer had a game-high 15 points for the Zags, although the win-loss results and stats will not count toward official game and career records.

ZAGS TO TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE
In its first month of the season, Gonzaga made the 5,900-mile (one way) trip to Okinawa, Japan, to take on Pitt at the Armed Forces Classic on November 13. After returning home on Nov. 14, the Zags will next jump back on the plane on Nov. 22 to travel to Paradise Island, Bahamas, for the Battle for Atlantis. That trek amounts to nearly 2,700 miles one way. All-told, between the two roundtrips, the Zags will travel more than 17,000 miles in the season's first three weeks.

BIG ATTENTION ON BIG MEN
Gonzaga's returning trio of big men in 7-1 Przemek Karnowski, 6-11 Domantas Sabonis and 6-10 Kyle Wiltjer has warranted national pundits to call it the "best frontcourt in America." That group combined to average 37.4 points and 19.1 rebounds per game, while shooting a combined .594 (566-953) on the season.

WILTJER NAMED PRESEASON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CBSSports.com named Kyle Wiltjer its preseason national player of the year. Last season, Wiltjer led the team with 16.8 points per game and shot a team-best .466 from behind the arc while making 68 three-pointers. He led the team in scoring 18 times and had a team-best 30 games with double-digit points, including 11 with more than 20. His highest-scoring game came at Pacific on Feb. 19 with 45 points, the third-highest single-game total ever at GU. Wiltjer became the seventh Zag named WCC Newcomer of the Year and was also a USBWA and NABC Second Team All-American, AP Third-Team All-American, First Team All-WCC selection and WCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

ZAGS PICKED TO WIN WCC
Gonzaga earned all nine possible first-place votes by the WCC coaches in the preseason poll, while three players were named Preseason All-WCC - Przemek Karnowski, Kyle Wiltjer, and Domantas Sabonis.

THE BIG KARNOWSKI
Center Przemek Karnowski returns for his senior season after averaging 10.9 points and 5.8 rebounds and earning All-WCC First Team honors in `14-15. The Poland native was first on the team in blocks with 39 and second on the team with a .622 field goal percentage. Karnowski also spent the latter part of the summer and early fall with the Polish National Team playing in the European Championships, advancing out of the group stage.

SABONIS: YEAR TWO
Often called the top NBA prospect on the team, 6-11 Domantas Sabonis enters his second season after leading the team with a .668 field-goal percentage as a freshman, including seven perfect shooting games. He also led the team in rebounding at 7.1 per game and scored 9.7 points per game, while earning All-WCC Second Team honors. Sabonis hit double figures in scoring 20 times and rebounding six times. He also played for the Lithuanian National Team in the European Championships, helping his squad advance to the title game, which also earned the team berth in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

PERKINS BACK ON COURT
Gonzaga's most heralded freshman last season, was forced from action in just the fifth game in `14-15 after a freak collision left him with a broken jaw. In those five games, Perkins averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 assists while shooting .500 (9-18) from the field and .400 (4-10) from behind the arc.

JACK OF ALL TRADES
Senior Kyle Dranginis will be relied upon for leadership and his ability to fill up the stat sheet. Coming off the bench in `14-15, the Nampa, Idaho, native was third in the team in blocks (15), fourth in steals (23), fifth in assists (63) and sixth in rebounding (2.6/game).

NIKE N7 GAME
Gonzaga and Nike N7 are partnering on Wednesday, Nov. 18, for the men's basketball game against Northern Arizona at 6 p.m. in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. As part of the event, the Bulldog men's basketball team will wear turquoise uniforms against NAU, which is a color symbolic of friendship and harmony in Native American cultures. N7 is Nike's long-time commitment and mission to inspire and enable two million Native American and Aboriginal youth in North America to participate in sport and physical activity. The N7 philosophy embraces the Native philosophy: "In every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."