Colgate Game Notes

RV/RV Gonzaga (8-2) vs. Colgate (3-7)
2:00 p.m. | Thursday, Dec. 22 | McCarthey Athletic Center
TV: Dish Network Sling TV | Verizon go90 App
Radio: Magic AM 790 KJRB Gonzaga IMG Radio Network
| Live Video

HOW TO WATCH
- Sling TV, an Over-the-Top (OTT) Internet TV service, is available for $20 a month and can be used through an array of Internet-connected devices, including Xbox One, Roku media streamers, PCs, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, and iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The Gonzaga game is available live on the Campus Insiders Channel, which is available to those who have purchased the extra Sling TV Sports Pack. The game is also available on Verizon's go90 service. The go90 app is a free download for Verizon customers and the game streams live.

FOURTH QUARTER MAGIC
- The (RV) Gonzaga Bulldogs hung around all night and exploded in the fourth quarter to down the visiting (RV) Northwestern Wildcats of the Big 10 Conference on Monday. GU entered the fourth quarter trailing 48-44, but ended up with a double-digit victory, 67-56. Former WCC Player of the Week Kiara Kudron recorded her second-straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. It was the second straight-game she led the team in both categories.

SERIES HISTORY
- The Zags lead the series all-time 3-0 against the Raiders of Hamilton, NY, in a series that began in 2001.
- In the first-ever meeting, Gonzaga won 67-56 inside the Spokane Arena, and Triana Allen had career-high totals of 16 points and four steals on January 2, 2001.
- On November 30, 2013, Gonzaga defeated the Raiders by 50, 81-31, inside the McCarthey Athletic Center. Lindsay Sherbert scored a career-high 22 points and senior Haiden Palmer added a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.
- Most recently, Gonzaga won 80-50 in Hamilton, New York on December 13 last season. It was the first time the women's program had played in the state of New York. Five Zags finished in double-digit scoring, the last time that happened, led by Zhané Templeton's game-high 16 points.
- The Bulldogs have won by an average of 30.3 points per game with a shooting percentage average of 51 percent. The Zags have a positive rebound advantage of 17 rebounds per game and in the last two meetings the Gonzaga bench has outscored the Raider bench, 94-32.
- Both teams have shot the three well in the series with Gonzaga averaging nine per game and CU averaging six, even though they were 0-12 in 2013.
- In the 2013 matchup, Gonzaga recorded 18 steals on 26 Colgate turnovers for 22 points off turnovers.

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Colgate allowed a late lead to slip away and UMass Lowell rallied for an 82-77 overtime victory on Sunday afternoon.
- Katie Curtis leads the Raiders at 11.7 points per game, the only player averaging double figures.
- Curtis also averages 4.1 rebounds per game, just behind team leader Kateri Stone at 4.2.
- Rachel Thompson has won two The Rock Patriot League Rookie of the Week awards.
- They opened the season by taking Providence of the Big East Conference to double-overtime before dropping a 92-85 thriller.
- Colgate was picked to finish ninth of 10 teams in the Patriot League.
- First-year head coach Bill Cleary spent eight seasons at Bloomsburg (PA) and five at Wilmington (Del.). During his eight-year tenure at Bloomsburg, Cleary compiled a 164-69 (.704) overall record.
- Before the matchup with the Zags, the farthest west the Raiders have come this season is Indiana.

HITTING THEIR MARK
- The Zags have scored 65 points or more in all 10 of their games this season.
- They did that in six of their 12 non-conference games last year.
- The Zags last did that in 10 games in 2011 when they scored 65 or more in 10 of their 13 non-conference games.
- They last did it in their first 10 games in 2009.

COACH FORTIER'S BEST START
- This season the Zags are off to an 8-2 start, the best start in head coach Lisa Fortier's three seasons.
- The Zags started the season 6-4 in head coach Lisa Fortier's first two seasons.
- From 2010-2014 the Zags recorded four 10-win starts, with 10-2 starts in 2013-14 and 2011-12.
- The best start in school history was in 2004-05 when GU started 11-2, and they also were 8-2 through 10 games that year.

SIZING UP THE BIG 10
- GU is the only WCC school to beat a Big 10 opponent this season.
- Santa Clara fell to Northwestern in the only other WCC vs. Big 10 meeting so far.
- Gonzaga's three wins against Power-5 conference teams is the most since 2013.
- The Zags fell 66-78 to Michigan in the Virgin Islands on Thanksgiving in their lone other match against the Big 10 Conference this year.
- The Zags did not play any Big 10 teams last year, and lost at Northwestern and against Iowa in Las Vegas in 2014-15.
- In 2013-14, GU defeated Wisconsin and Ohio State on the road, their last Big 10 wins.
- Gonzaga is 3-4 against Big 10 teams since 2012-13 and did not play a Big 10 opponent between 2008-2011.

QUARTER BALANCE
- The Zags have scored in double figures in all 40 quarters they have played in this season. Their opponents have hit the double figures mark in 29 of those quarters. Last season, the first year women's basketball adopted the quarter system, the Zags scored in double figures in 35 of their first 40 quarters.
- The Presbyterian Blue Hose failed to score more than 10 points in a quarter in the first three quarters. That marked the second-straight game GU had held their opponent below 10 points in the first three stanzas. The Zags have held their opponent below 10 points in a quarter on 11 separate occasions this year already. Last year, the Zags' opponent failed to score 10 points in a quarter on 21 different occasions throughout the entire season.

SWEET HOME SPOKANE
- The Zags numbers at home this year are staggering. Besides the 5-0 record, GU is averaging 81 points per game inside McCarthey Athletic Center and beating their opponent by an average of 33 points per game.
- GU is shooting 48 percent and holding their opponent to 31 percent from the field.
- The Zags have controlled the glass as well, averaging 46.6 rebounds per game, a 19.4 rebound per game advantage over their competitor.
- The Bulldogs are averaging 19.2 assists per game while only seeing 8.8 per game headed in the other direction.
- The Zags have blocked 29 shots in five games, and have only had 10 of their shots blocked in 200 minutes of action in The Kennel.
- GU is dialing 42 percent from long range and their opponent is struggling at 19 percent behind the arc.

LOCKED IN UNDER THE LIGHTS
- The Zags are 4-0 this year in games that are televised live.
- They beat Northwestern, Washington State, and Eastern Washington on SWX, and Stanford on the Pac-12 Bay Area Network.
- GU was 4-5 in televised games last season.
- The SWX lineup will finish with three West Coast Conference home games including San Francisco at 6 pm on January 5, Santa Clara at 6 pm on January 19, and Saint Mary's at 2 pm on February 11. GU's final regular-season game at BYU on February 25 will be available regionally on BYUtv. The television package may expand as other games are under consideration by broadcast partners.