STORYLINES
- GU started 2-0 for the fifth consecutive season and 10th time in the last 11 years.
- Earlier this week, Gonzaga held its spot in the AP rankings at No. 10 and moved back up one spot in USA Today Coaches poll to No. 11.
- Gonzaga's big men - 7-1 Przemek Karnowski, 6-11 Domantas Sabonis, 6-10 Kyle Wiltjer and 7-1 Ryan Edwards - combined for 62 of Gonzaga's 91 points against Northern Arizona, and 37 of the Zags' 101 against Mount St. Mary's.
- Six players scored in double figures for Gonzaga against Mount St. Mary's.
- Domantas Sabonis was named WCC Player of the Week, averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds, while making 19-of-23 FGs in two wins.
- After leading the nation in FG% last season at .520, GU picked up where it left off, shooting .560 in two games.
- GU will continue in Paradise Island, Bahamas, Wednesday through Friday, opening with Washington on Wednesday at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET and then at either 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET or 4 p.m. PT/7p.m. ET against either Texas or Texas A&M depending on the result of the first round.

ABOUT GONZAGA
- Gonzaga returns two starters and eight overall letterwinners from its Elite Eight squad last season. - Head coach Mark Few is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I by percentage at .810 (440-103).
- Gonzaga was picked to win the WCC regular season title by the league's coaches receiving all nine possible first-place votes.
- Gonzaga is one of two teams (Kansas) to win at least one NCAA tournament game each of the last 7 seasons.
- 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 last season.

ABOUT WASHINGTON
- Head coach Lorenzo Romar is in his 14th season at UW and has a mark of 273-159 (.631) with six NCAA Tournament appearances.
- The Huskies have one of the younger rosters in the nations with seven freshman, five sophomores, two juniors and one senior.
- Four players are averaging double figures, led by lone senior Andrew Andrews' 19.7 points per game. Andrews has done most of his damage from the free throw line going 26-for-33 in just three games.
- The rookie trio of Marquese Chriss (18.7 ppg), Dejounte Murray (13.7 ppg) and David Crisp (11.0 ppg) has combined to score 43.4 ppg.
- UW defeated fellow Battle 4 Atlantis team Texas 77-71 to open 2015-16. UW also beat a GU common opponent Mount St. Mary's 100-67.

SABONIS NAMED WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore forward Domantas Sabonis put together an ultra-efficient week in averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds while making 19-of-23 field goals to earn West Coast Conference Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career. He's the first Gonzaga men's basketball player to win the award this season, and was one of four GU players to earn the award last season. In a 91-52 win over Northern Arizona, Sabonis scored a career-high 26 points on 12-of-13 shooting, while pulling down seven rebounds (four offensive) and adding one block. Three days later in a 101-56 win over Mount St. Mary's, Sabonis made 7-of-10 shots to score 15 points, but more impressively he set another career-high in pulling down 14 rebounds. For the week he had nine offensive rebounds, helping Gonzaga outscore its opponents a total of 38 to 11 in second-chance points.

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). He's done more of the same this season, notching 13 points and 5 assists against Mount St. Mary's and totaling a team-best 10 assists to go along with 3.5 rebounds per game, two steals and one block.

BENCH PRODUCTION
Gonzaga's bench has been huge this season, led by Domantas Sabonis' 20.5 and Silas Melson's 12.5 ppg. The Zags' bench has outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 37, including a 49-9 mark against Northern Arizona. Sabonis had 26 vs. NAU and 15 vs. MSM, while Melson had 10 vs. NAU and 15 vs. MSM. Bryan Alberts has also provided a spark off the bench from behind the three-point line, making three triples in each game to average 9.0 ppg.

SECOND HALF TEAM
In two full games this season, Gonzaga has been dominant in the second half as compared to the numbers the Zags have posted in the first half. GU has scored 109 second-half points compared to 83 first-half points and shot 44-74 (.594) in second half compared to 31-60 (.517) in the first half. The defense has also put the clamps down in the second half, holding opponents to four less total points in the second half than the first and to a .279 second-half field goal percentage compared to a .371 mark in the first half of games.

SABONIS DOMINATES NORTHERN ARIZONA
Despite playing only 18 minutes in GU's season opener vs. the Lumberjacks, Domantas Sabonis racked up an incredibly efficient 26 points on 12-for-13 shooting from the field. He added seven rebounds, including four on the offensive end. Sabonis led the Zags last season in field goal percentage at .668 and is off to an even better start after Wednesday's performance.

BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS
The Mount St. Mary's game officially kicked off the Battle 4 Atlantis for the Zags. The bracket play for the tournament, which takes place Nov. 25-27 at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas, includes Washington, Texas, Texas A&M, Charlotte, UConn, Syracuse and Michigan.

WASHINGTON RIVALRY BEGINS A YEAR EARLY
Before Gonzaga and Washington were pitted against each other in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis, the two schools had agreed to a four-year home-and-home series that would begin in the 2016-17 season. The location and date of the first game has not been announced. The teams last played on Dec. 9, 2006, with GU taking a 97-77 win. The Zags have won eight of the last nine in the series.

GONZAGA RECRUITING CLASS RANKED NO. 12 BY 247Sports.com
Zach Collins, 7-0, Center, Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman)
Collins brings size and experience playing in big games from one of the most successful high schools in Nevada, Bishop Gorman. He's been a part of three state championships for BGHS and played in the FIBA U-18 3-on-3 World Championships for Team USA this past summer. Collins is ranked No. 32 nationally by Rivals.com and No. 57 nationally by ESPN Top 100, while also ranking as the No. 1 player in Nevada by ESPN. This summer at Adidas Uprising, he ranked tied for fourth in rebounds at 9.4 per game and in blocks at 3.0 per game.

Zachary Norvell, 6-5, Guard, Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)
Norvell comes to Gonzaga from a basketball-rich high school in Chicago, Simeon Career Academy, which has graduated players like Derrick Rose and Jabari Parker in recent years. He's a left-handed shooting guard that has shown a combination of range and athleticism. This summer, the No. 76-ranked recruit nationally by ESPN Top 100 wowed onlookers at an AAU game in Las Vegas in which he put up 53 points, including 14 three-pointers with 11 in the first half.

Killian Tillie, 6-8, Forward, Antibes, France (INSEP)
Tillie, along with fellow signee Larsen, follows in the footsteps of current Zags Domantas Sabonis (Lithuania) and Przemek Karnowski (Poland), crossing the Atlantic Ocean to play for Gonzaga. On the way to winning MVP honors and helping his team to the title at the 2013 FIBA U16 Division A European Championships, he averaged 14.3 points and 9.6 rebounds and a tournament-leading 63.4 field-goal percentage. Tillie also led his country to a bronze medal at the 2015 FIBA 3-on-3 U18 World Championships.

Jacob Larsen, 6-10, Center, Holte, Denmark (SISU Copenhagen)
Larsen, like Tillie, continues the long line of international big men to make their way to Gonzaga. The Denmark native helped his country win the 2013 FIBA U16 Division B European Championship, earning MVP honors. He averaged 20.0 points and 12.1 rebounds, while shooting a tournament-best 67.4 percent from the field. Larsen posted 24 points and 16 rebounds in the championship game victory. For his efforts, Eurobasket.com named him the U16 Division B Best Player and Best Center.

Rui Hachimura, 6-7, Forward, Sendai, Japan (Meisei High School)
Hachimura burst onto the basketball scene in Japan last year, due in large part to his breakout performance at the FIBA U17 World Championships in Dubai in August 2014. He averaged a tournament-best 22.1 points per game. Hachimura also led Meisei High School to a second straight winter All-Japan High School Tournament title, averaging 28.0 points in five games. Hachimura would be only the fifth Japanese-born male to play NCAA Division I college basketball.