nr/rv Gonzaga (15-5, 7-2) vs. Santa Clara (7-14, 3-6)
Game 22 | Jan. 28 | 6 p.m. PT | McCarthey Athletic Center | Spokane, Wash.
SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 55-31
LAST MEETING: 2016 - Gonzaga won 79-77 in Santa Clara, Calif.
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NOTES: Gonzaga - Santa Clara

STORYLINES
- Last time out: Gonzaga beat Pacific for the sixth straight time, putting together a 23-6 second half run to take the lead for good.
- Gonzaga has won 11 straight games against Santa Clara and 33 of the last 35. GU hasn't lost to Santa Clara at home since 2007 (8 games).
- With the bounceback win at Pacific, Gonzaga has followed up each of its last 10 losses with a victory.
- The BYU loss was GU's third home loss of the season, marking the first time since the 1990-91 season to reach three home losses.
- Gonzaga has held nine of its last 11 opponents under 45 percent shooting from the field, including four at 40 percent or below.
- Kyle Wiltjer is averaging 2.3 more points per game in WCC play than in non-conference -- 22.9 to 20.6.
- Eric McClellan has recently emerged as a go-to offensive weapon, averaging 12.6 ppg in WCC play, compared to 8.6 in non-conference.
- HBO is filming a special on Gonzaga Basketball chronicling the season, which will debut Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. as a five-part weekly series.

ABOUT GONZAGA
- Gonzaga has had a higher field goal percentage than 18 of 20 opponents and only been outrebounded two times in those 20 games.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging a double-double at 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds/game (No. 7 in the NCAA) while shooting .616 from the floor, which ranks him first in the WCC in rebounding and third in field goal percentage.
- Sabonis posted his league-leading 11th double-double of the season with 12 points and 20 rebounds at Pacific. He's missed a double-double by either one point or one rebound three other times this season.
- Kyle Wiltjer leads the league in scoring at 21.6 points per game, and has had 20-plus 12 times this season along with double figures in 17 of 19. He had just his second single-digit game of the year at Saint Mary's with six points.
- Wiltjer and Sabonis have combined total four 20-point halves. Wiltjer has three (WSU, UA, LMU) and Sabonis has one (UT).
- Head coach Mark Few is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I by percentage at .807 (453-108).
- Gonzaga was picked to win the WCC regular season title by the league's coaches receiving all nine possible first-place votes.

ABOUT SANTA CLARA
- Head coach Kerry Keating is in his ninth year at the helm of the Bronco program and has compiled a 135-153 record.
- Jared Brownridge is the WCC's third-leading scorer at 19.4 points per game. He posted 44 versus Arizona earlier this year.
- Nate Kratch is the Broncos' top rebounder at 9.0 per game to go along with 10.7 points per game.
- The Broncos have posted fewer than 10 turnovers in five of the last eight games. They rank fourth in the WCC in fewest turnovers (11.9 pg).
- Eight of 14 losses have been by eight points or less, including six that were within three. The Broncos have lost three times in overtime.

SABONIS REBOUNDS EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
Domantas Sabonis had one of the most dominating rebounding games in Gonzaga history at Pacific with 20 boards. It was his career high and the first 20-rebound game for a GU player since Josh Heytvelt had 22 at Pepperdine in 2007. Forthe season, Sabonis is averaing 11.5 rebounds per game, which if kept up, would mark the first double-digit rebounder for a season since Paul Cathey's 11.5 per game during the 1977-78 season. Sabonis already has posted 11 double-doubles to rank 10th in the nation and has a team-high 10 games with at least 13 rebounds.

BOUNCEBACKS
With the win at Pacific following the loss at Saint Mary's, Gonzaga has followed each of its last 10 losses up with a victory, having not lost back-to-back games since Feb. 20-22, 2014, at BYU and at San Diego. What's even more impressive is in those 10 games following a loss, GU's margin of victory is +23.4 points, with only two of those 10 games being a single-digit scoring margin.

FEW vs. WCC NOTES
- Few is 218-27 all-time against the WCC, a winning percentage of .890.
- Few has led GU to four undefeated WCC campaigns (2004, '06, '09, '13) and four one-loss WCC seasons (2001, '02, '08, '15).
- Under Few, Gonzaga has not lost more than three WCC games in any year, and never finished lower than second in the regular season race.

MCCLELLAN GETTING IT ROLLING
Guard Eric McClellan had his two biggest games offensively since joining the Zags just over a year ago. Last week, he averaged 21.0 points and shot .714 (15-21) from the field. On Thursday in a tight loss on the road at Saint Mary's, McClellan scored his career-best at Gonzaga with 23 points on 9-for-12 from the floor, including three three-pointers. He added six rebounds, three assists and one highlight reel block on a fastbreak to deny a Saint Mary's layup. Two days later, McClellan helped spark a Gonzaga comeback at Pacific when he scored 19 points on 6-for-9 shooting. The senior guard had six straight points as part of a 23-6 GU run that took the Zags from down five to up 12 over a nine-minute stretch. McClellan was also spectacular from the free throw line and on defense going 7-for-8 from the line and notching three steals. Overall for the week, he was .714 from the field, .429 (3-7) from three and .818 (9-11) from the free throw line.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE WIN-LOSS NOTES
- GU has won 46 of its last 48 conference games at home, with both losses coming to BYU.
- GU's streak of 13 straight WCC road games won was snapped at Saint Mary's, but the Zags have won 28 of the last 32 on the road.
- GU has won 18 WCC regular-season titles and the last three in a row after winning a league-record 11 straight from 2001-2011.

NOTES FROM THE LAST 5 GAMES
- Kyle Wiltjer is averaging 24.2 points while shooting .557 from the field and .519 from behind the arc.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging 15.2 points and 14.2 rebounds.
- Eric McClellan is averaging 12.4 points and is a team best 11-13 (.846) from the free throw line.
- Kyle Dranigins is 9-for-18 from three-point land.
- Josh Perkins is averaing 4.8 assists and has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 6.0:1.
- Gonzaga has outrebounded opponents by an average of 8.2 rebounds per game.
- GU has made 10 more threes and 11 more free throws than its opponents.
- Five players are averaging 27.6 minutes or more.