WASHINGTON FEDERAL BATTLE IN SEATTLE
rv/21 Gonzaga (7-3) vs. Tennessee (5-4)
Game 12 | Dec. 19 | 8 p.m. PT | KeyArena | Seattle, Wash.

SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 2-1
LAST MEETING: 2009 - Gonzaga won 89-79 in Knoxville, Tenn.
TELEVISION: ESPNU (Eric Rothman, Corey Williams, Jill Montgomery)
RADIO: 1510 KGA/Sirius XM/TuneIn App (Tom Hudson, Matt Santangelo)
LIVE VIDEO: WatchESPN.com | LIVE STATS: | NOTES: Gonzaga - Tennessee

STORYLINES
- Gonzaga is 8-4 all-time in the Washington Federal Battle in Seattle, including four straight victories with a win over Cal Poly last season.
- The Gonzaga-Tennessee matchup for the Washington Federal Battle in Seattle is a rematch of the 2007 game in which the Volunteers were victorious by a score of 82-72.
- Mark Few is 2-0 all-time against Rick Barnes-coached teams (both meetings while Barnes was at Texas).
- Gonzaga was without center Przemek Karnowski (back) for the fifth straight game against Saint Martin's. The Washington State game was Karnowski's first-career game missed due to injury.
- In Karnowski's absence, Wiltjer and Sabonis have logged 36.0 and 32.0 minutes per game, seven and nine more each per game.
- GU has followed up its last seven losses with a win (dating back to 2/22/14) and followed 20 of its last 21 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
- Gonzaga has had a higher field goal percentage than nine of 10 opponents and only been outrebounded one time in those 10 games.
- 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 15.4 points and 10.3 rebounds/game while shooting .644 from the floor.
- Sabonis posted his fourth double-double of the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds against Saint Martin's. He's missed a double-double by either one point or one rebound three other times this season.
- Gonzaga is 6-2 when Sabonis scores in double figures, and 1-1 when he scores less than 10 points.
- Kyle Wiltjer leads the team in scoring at 20.3 points per game, and has had 20-plus five times this season and double figures in all 10.
- 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 .808 (445-106).
- Gonzaga was picked to win the WCC regular season title by the league's coaches receiving all nine possible first-place votes.

ABOUT TENNESSEE
- Head coach Rick Barnes is in his first season in Knoxville with a 5-4 record. He was 604-314 in 28 years previously as a head coach.
- Four Vols average double figures, led by Kevin Punter's 23.0 points per game. He's made 18 threes and is shooting .520 from the field.
- Armani Moore is a do-it-all player for UT, averaging 15.8 points and leading the team in rebouding (7.3/game), assists (33) and blocks (20).
- Tennessee averages 80.6 points per game and has turned it over just 10.6 times per game, but is -2.4 in rebounding margin.

WASHINGTON FEDERAL BATTLE IN SEATTLE HISTORY
All-time results
Dec. 13, 2003 - No. 17 Gonzaga 87, No. 3 Missouri 80 (ot)
Dec. 4, 2004 - Gonzaga 68, Massachusetts 57
Dec. 10, 2005 - No. 9 Gonzaga 64, Oklahoma State 62
Dec. 30, 2006 - No. 18 Nevada 82, Gonzaga 74
Dec. 29, 2007 - No. 11 Tennessee 82, Gonzaga 72
Dec. 20, 2008 - No. 2 Connecticut 88, No. 8 Gonzaga 83 (ot)
Dec. 12, 2009 - No. 21 Gonzaga 103, Davidson 91
Dec. 4, 2010 - No. 20 Illinois 73, Gonzaga 61
Dec. 17, 2011 - Gonzaga 71, Arizona 60
Dec. 15, 2012 - No. 14 Gonzaga 68, Kansas State 52
Dec. 14, 2013 - No. 20 Gonzaga 68, South Alabama 59
Dec. 20, 2014 - No. 8 Gonzaga 63, Cal Poly 50

Top 10 Attendance
16,763 - Dec. 20, 2008 vs. Connecticut
16,241 - Dec. 15, 2012 vs. Kansas State
15,141 - Dec. 29, 2007 vs. Tennessee
15,127 - Dec. 17, 2011 vs. Arizona
15,110 - Dec. 30, 2006 vs. Nevada
14,789 - Dec. 4, 2010 vs. Illinois
13,644 - Dec. 10, 2005 vs. Oklahoma State
13,176 - Dec. 12, 2009 vs. Davidson
12,831 - Dec. 13, 2003 vs. Missouri
11,741 - Dec. 20, 2014 vs. Cal Poly

ALBERTS EARNS STARTING ROLE
Redshirt freshman guard Bryan Alberts earned his first-career start in Gonzaga's last game, and he responded with 14 points against Saint Martin's. Alberts played a game-high 34 mintues and made 5-of-7 overall from the field. Known in practice as one of the best three-point shooters on the team, he showed it against Saint Martin's going 4-of-5 from behind the arc. He is 11-for-17 (.647) from three this year.

WILTJER VS. TENNESSEE
Forward Kyle Wiltjer has faced the Vols four times previously, going 3-1 against Tennessee as a member of the Kentucky Wildcats from 2011-13. Wiltjer's most recent matchup with Tennessee saw the Vols beat the 25th-ranked Wildcats by 30 points, 88-58, on Feb. 16, 2013, in Knoxville. He totaled 18 points and six rebounds in the loss. In his four games against UT, Wiltjer averaged 10.5 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting .448 overall, .357 from 3-point range and .917 from the free-throw line.

CUTTING BACK ON TURNOVERS
After averaging 15.0 turnovers per game in the first seven games of the season, Gonzaga has taken better care of the ball over the last three games. Against UCLA, Montana and Saint Martin's (all home games), the Zags averaged just 11.3 turnovers per game, including their first single-digit effort with nine against the Saints.

FREE THROW IMPROVEMENT
After shooting 64 percent (59-92) from the free throw line in the first five games of the season, the Zags have made 76.2 percent (48-63) of their trips to the charity stripe in the last five games. GU was especially good from the line in a three-point win over Montana, going 13-17 in the game and 6-7 in the final 66 seconds to seal the victory.

DOUBLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Domantas Sabonis and Kyle Wiltjer each had double-doubles vs. Saint Martin's on Dec. 14, marking the first time since Jan. 29, 2015, that a pair of Zag teammates had double-doubles in the same game. That night against Portland, Przemek Karnowski had 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Sabonis had 13 points and 11 rebounds.