nr/rv Gonzaga (18-5, 10-2) at Pepperdine (14-9, 7-5)
Game 25 | Feb. 6 | 9 p.m. PT | Firestone Fieldhouse | Malibu, Calif.
SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 50-31
LAST MEETING: 2016 - Gonzaga won 99-73 in Spokane, Wash.
TELEVISION: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Brad Daugherty)
RADIO: 1510 KGA/Sirius XM/TuneIn App (Tom Hudson, Matt Santangelo)
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NOTES: Gonzaga - Pepperdine

STORYLINES
- Last time out: Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount for the 13th straight time, putting four players in double figures in the win.
- Gonzaga has won 30 straight games against Pepperdine -- last overall loss in 2002, 88-79 at Pepperdine.
- Gonzaga is 5-1 on the road this season and has won 15 of its last 16 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 12 of its last 14 opponents under 45 percent shooting from the field, including four of the last six 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 11.6 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 21 of 23 opponents and only been outrebounded two times in those 23 games.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging a double-double at 17.3 points and 11.5 rebounds/game (No. 7 in the NCAA) while shooting .611 from the floor, which ranks him first in the WCC in rebounding and third in field goal percentage.
- Sabonis posted his league-leading 13th double-double of the season on Thursday at LMU with 21 points and 11 rebounds. 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. 12 in the NCAA), and has had 20-plus 14 times this season along with double figures in 21 of 23.
- 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 PEPPERDINE
- Head coach Marty Wilson is in his fifth season in Malibu with a 69-76 record, but is coming off a loss at home to Portland on Thursday.
- Pepperdine has one of the most versatile players in the WCC in Stacy Davis who averages 14.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists/game.
- Lamond Murray Jr. has had a breakout season averaging 15.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and Jett Raines is at 12.7/game.
- Raines and Davis each had 27 points in the loss to Portland on Thursday. It was a career-high for Raines and season-high for Davis.
- The Portland loss was also Pepperdine's first home loss of 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 eight. 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). In three of the last four games, Gonzaga has also kept their opponents' shooting percentages well below .400: Pacific .311, Santa Clara .365 and San Francisco .305.

NOTES FROM THE LAST 5 GAMES
- Kyle Wiltjer is averaging 20.4 points while shooting .581 from the field and .484 from behind the arc.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging 15.4 points and 13.6 rebounds.
- Eric McClellan is averaging 13.6 points and is 24-for-41 (.585) from the field.
- Ryan Edwards is a team-best 6-for-7 (.857) from the free throw line after going 6-for-6 vs. Santa Clara.
- Josh Perkins is averaging 3.4 assists per game.
- Gonzaga has outrebounded opponents by an average of 11.6 rebounds per game.
- GU has made 21 more threes and four more free throws than its opponents.
- GU has held opponents to .373 from the field and .240 from the behind the arc.

BALANCED ATTACK
Gonzaga scored the ball from everywhere on the floor over the last two games. Against San Francisco last Saturday, GU put 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. Then on Thursday, the Zags had four score in double figures, led by Wiltjer's 23 and Sabonis' 21 points. McClellan had 14 and Dranginis had 11.