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No. 20/17 MBB Hosts Saint Martin's on Monday

Dec. 13, 2015

No. 20/17 Gonzaga (6-3) vs. Saint Martin's (5-3)
Game 11 | Dec. 14 | 6 p.m. PT | McCarthey Athletic Center | Spokane, Wash.
SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 10-0
LAST MEETING: 1998 - Gonzaga won 82-55 in Spokane, Wash.
TELEVISION: KHQ/ROOT Sports (Greg Heister, Dan Dickau, Richard Fox)
RADIO: 1510 KGA/Sirius XM/TuneIn App (Tom Hudson, Matt Santangelo)
LIVE VIDEO: WatchESPN.com | LIVE STATS: | NOTES: Gonzaga - Saint Martin's

STORYLINES
- Gonzaga last faced Saint Martin's during the 1998-99 season, winning 82-55 early in the season. That was the season that marked GU's first-ever NCAA Tournament win and subsequent run to the Elite Eight.
- Gonzaga was without center Przemek Karnowski (back) for the fourth straight game against UCLA. The Washington State game was Karnowski's first-career game missed due to injury.
- In Karnowski's absence, Wiltjer and Sabonis have logged 38.2 and 33.2 minutes per game, nine more each per game than first five games.
- Gonzaga hasn't lost back-to-back home games since Jan. 19 & 21, 1995, a span of more than 20 years.
- GU has followed up its last six losses with a win (dating back to 2/22/14), and followed 19 of its last 20 losses with a win (12/10/11).
- HBO has begun filming a special on Gonzaga Basketball chronicling the season. More info to come in the near future from HBO and IMG.

ABOUT GONZAGA
- UCLA was the first opponent to have a higher field goal percentage than Gonzaga this season.
- The UCLA loss marked the first time Gonzaga has lost two games at home in the same season since 2010-11.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging a double-double at 14.8 points and 10.1 rebounds/game while shooting .625 from the floor.
- Sabonis posted his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Montana. He's missed a double-double by either one point or one rebound three other times this season.
- Gonzaga is 5-2 when Sabonis scores in double figures, and 1-1 when he scores less than 10 points. - Kyle Wiltjer leads the team in scoring at 20.6 points per game, and has had 20-plus five times this season and double figures in all nine.
- Wiltjer had the second-highest scoring game of his career with 33 against Arizona. He had 20 in the first half for the second straight game.
- Head coach Mark Few is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I by percentage at .807 (444-106).
- Gonzaga was picked to win the WCC regular season title by the league's coaches receiving all nine possible first-place votes.

ABOUT SAINT MARTIN'S
- Head coach Alex Pribble is in his first season at the helm of the Saints' program and owns a 5-3 record.
- After opening the season with two losses, the Saints have won four of their last five games.
- Fred Jorg leads the team with 11.3 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game.
- Tyler Copp and Isaac Bianchini are an accurate duo from behind the arc. Copp is 18-for-37 (.486) and Bianchini is 19-for-34 (.559).
- As a team, Saint Martin's is shooting .435 from behind the arc, making an average of 9.3 three-pointers per game.

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Players Mentioned

Przemek Karnowski

#24 Przemek Karnowski

Center
7' 1"
Senior
Domantas Sabonis

#11 Domantas Sabonis

Forward
6' 10"
Freshman
Kyle Wiltjer

#33 Kyle Wiltjer

Forward
6' 10"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Przemek Karnowski

#24 Przemek Karnowski

7' 1"
Senior
Center
Domantas Sabonis

#11 Domantas Sabonis

6' 10"
Freshman
Forward
Kyle Wiltjer

#33 Kyle Wiltjer

6' 10"
Redshirt Junior
Forward