nr/rv Gonzaga (17-5, 9-2) at LMU (10-12, 3-8)
Game 24 | Feb. 4 | 7 p.m. PT | Gersten Pavilion | Los Angeles
SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 66-21
LAST MEETING: 2016 - Gonzaga won 85-62 in Spokane, Wash.
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NOTES: Gonzaga - LMU

STORYLINES
- Last time out: Gonzaga beat San Francisco for the ninth straight time and 27th straight time at home.
- Gonzaga has won 12 straight games against Loyola Marymount overall - dating back to a 74-66 LMU win in LA in 2010.
- Gonzaga is 4-1 on the road this season and has won 14 of its last 15 away from The Kennel.
- Gonzaga made 28 three-pointers in two games last weekend -- 13 vs. Santa Clara and 15 vs. San Francisco.
- Gonzaga has held 11 of its last 13 opponents under 45 percent shooting from the field, including four of the last five below 37 percent.
- Kyle Wiltjer is averaging 2.7 more points per game in WCC play than in non-conference -- 23.3 to 20.6. - Eric McClellan has recently emerged as a go-to offensive weapon, averaging 11.4 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 20 of 22 opponents and only been outrebounded two times in those 22 games.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging a double-double at 17.1 points and 11.5 rebounds/game (No. 7 in the NCAA) while shooting .609 from the floor, which ranks him first in the WCC in rebounding and third in field goal percentage.
- Sabonis posted his league-leading 12th double-double of the season and fourth in a row with 12 points and 17 rebounds against Santa Clara last Thursday. 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 22.0 points per game (No. 14 in the NCAA), and has had 20-plus 13 times this season along with double figures in 20 of 22.
- Wiltjer and Sabonis have combined total five 20-point halves. Wiltjer has four (at WSU, UA, LMU, SCU) and Sabonis has one (vs. UT).
- Head coach Mark Few is the winningest active coach in NCAA Division I by percentage at .808 (455-108).
- Gonzaga was picked to win the WCC regular season title by the league's coaches receiving all nine possible first-place votes.

ABOUT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
- Head coach Mike Dunlap is in his second season at the helm of the LMU program with a 18-35 overall mark and 7-22 record in WCC play.
- LMU leads the league in turnover margin at +2.5 and has notched 33 more steals than its opponents on the season.
- Three players average double-figures for the Lions, led by Adom Jacko's 15.7 points per game.
Brandon Brown averages 13.0 points per game and Steven Haney is at 10.2 ppg and has made a team-high 50 threes already this season.
- Marin Mornar is a force on the defensive end with 24 blocks on the season.

DEFENSE CARRYING THE LOAD
Since giving up 94 points in an overtime win at San Francisco-- the first 90-plus-point opponent for Gonzaga since a 96-91 OT loss at USF in 2011 -- GU opponents have averaged just 63.0 points per game over the last seven. That includes just two opponents reaching the 70 mark, while two other opponents were held to 48 (USF at home) and 52 (San Diego at home). Over the last three games, Gonzaga has also kept their opponents' shooting percentages in check: Pacific .311, Santa Clara .365 and San Francisco .305.

WILTJER OUTSHINING HIS BREAKOUT JUNIOR YEAR
After a spectacular junior season in 2014-15 for the Zags, Kyle Wiltjer has been even better in 2015-16, albeit to much less fanfare. Here are the breakdowns and differences between his performance a year ago and his performance through 22 games:
Stat, 2014-15, 2015-16, Difference
Points per game, 15.6, 22.0, +6.4
Total points, 343, 483, +140
Rebound per game, 5.0, 6.8, +1.8
Total rebounds, 109.0, 150.0, +41.0
Three pointers, 32, 57, +25
Three FG%, 41.7, 44.5, +2.8
Free Throws Made, 41, 88, +47
Free Throws Att., 52, 103, +51
Free Throw %, 78.8, 85.4, +6.6
Blocks, 14, 17, +3

NOTES FROM THE LAST 5 GAMES
- Kyle Wiltjer is averaging 20.8 points while shooting .578 from the field and .519 from behind the arc.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging 14.0 points and 14.4 rebounds.
- Eric McClellan is averaging 12.0 points and is 21-for-39 (.538) from the field.
- Ryan Edwards is a team-best 8-for-9 (.889) from the free throw line after going 6-for-6 vs. Santa Clara.
- Bryan Alberts is 8-for-13 (.615) from behind the arc, while Josh Perkins is 7-for-13 (.538).
- Josh Perkins is averaging 3.4 assists and has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.83:1.
- Gonzaga has outrebounded opponents by an average of 12.0 rebounds per game.
- GU has made 23 more threes and nine more free throws than its opponents.
- GU has held opponents to .353 from the field and .243 from the behind the arc.

BALANCED ATTACK
Gonzaga scored the ball from everywhere on the floor against San Francisco last Saturday, putting five players in double figures. Three players scored 15 points, including Kyle Wiltjer, Domantas Sabonis and Silas Melson. Josh Perkins chipped in 13 points and Bryan Alberts had 10. That marks the first time GU has had five players in double figures since it had six against Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 21, a span of 20 games.

MORE Kyle Wiltjer SCORING NOTES
- After starting the season 8-for-27 3FG (.296), Wiltjer has made 49-of-101 (.485), raising his percentage to .445 overall. He's also made 32 of 62 (.516) three-point attempts in WCC play.
- Scored 30-plus five times this season, including a stretch of three straight earlier this year -- 35 vs. BYU, 32 vs. Portland and 30 at USF
- Scored in double figures in 20 of 22 games and when including 2014-15 he has double figures in 25 of the last 28
- Scored 20-plus 14 times this season, including a stretch of six in a row which was snapped at Saint Mary's
- 35 points vs. BYU and Santa Clara tie for the second-highest total of his career (45 at Pacific 2/19/15)
- Topped 1,000 points in his Gonzaga career in BYU game, becoming the 40th Bulldog and second this season (Karnowski) to do so
- Currently No. 20 in the nation in career scoring among active players at 1656 points (535 points at Kentucky)

SABONIS REBOUNDS EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
Domantas Sabonis had one of the most dominating rebounding games in Gonzaga history at Pacific with 20 boards, and then followed it up with 17 at home against Santa Clara. The 20 was his career high and the first 20-rebound game for a GU player since Josh Heytvelt had 22 at Pepperdine in 2007. For the season, Sabonis is averaging 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 12 double-doubles to rank ninth in the nation and has a team-high 11 games with at least 13 rebounds.

WILTJER'S MASTERFUL HALF
Kyle Wiltjer had the biggest half of his career on Thursday against Santa Clara, scoring 23 points. He was nearly perfect, knocking down 8 of 10 field goals, including 6-of-7 from behind the three point line. He made his only free throw of the half and grabbed four rebounds. It marked the fourth time this year that he has posted at least 20 points in a half. Wiltjer ended the game with a season-high-tying 35 points, marking his fifth game with 30-plus on the year.