No. 2 Gonzaga (23-7) vs. No. 7 Portland (12-19)
Game 32 | March 5 | 9 p.m. PT | Orleans Arena | Las Vegas, Nev.
SERIES: Gonzaga leads, 96-66
LAST MEETING: 2016 - Gonzaga won 92-66 at Portland, Ore.
TELEVISION: ESPN2 (Roxy Bernstein, Brad Daugherty)
RADIO: 1510 KGA/Sirius XM/TuneIn App (Tom Hudson, Matt Santangelo)
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NOTES: Gonzaga - Portland

STORYLINES
- Last time out: Gonzaga avenged an early season loss to BYU with a victory in Provo, 71-68. Kyle Wiltjer had 21 points.
- Gonzaga has won five in a row over Portland with a season-sweep this season, 25 of the last 26 meetings and 39 of the last 41.
- Gonzaga is 3-1 in neutral site games and 9-2 on the road this season, and also defeated BYU at the Marriott Center last year. - Gonzaga won its 19th WCC regular season title with a 15-3 record, tied with Saint Mary's and earned No. 2 due to two losses to Gaels.
- Gonzaga has the nation's third-longest active streak of games played without back-to-back losses: Villanova 100, Kansas 93, Gonzaga 76.
- Gonzaga has held 11 straight opponents under 70 points, and 13 of the last 14 under 70.
- Gonzaga has taken care of the ball in WCC play, averaging 10.4 TOs/game, compared to 13.2 in 11 non-conference games.
- Gonzaga leads the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense at .285 and ranks No. 2 the nation in defensive rebounding at 29.67.
- HBO is filming a special on Gonzaga Basketball chronicling the season, which will debuted Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. as a five-part weekly series.

ABOUT GONZAGA
- Gonzaga has had a higher field goal percentage and outrebounded 26 of 30 opponents so far this season.
- Domantas Sabonis is averaging a double-double at 17.2 points and 11.9 rebounds/game (No. 6 in the NCAA) while shooting .602 from the floor, which ranks him first in the WCC in rebounding and second in field goal percentage.
- Sabonis posted his league-leading 19th double-double of the season on Saturday in the win over BYU with 15 points and 14 rebounds and has 13 in the past 16 games. 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 20.8 points per game (No. 20 in the NCAA), and has had 20-plus 18 times this season along with double figures in 27 of 30 games.
- 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 .807 (461-110).

ABOUT PORTLAND
- Head coach Eric Reveno is in his 10th season leading the UP program and has a 140-177 (60-96 WCC) mark.
- Portland enters the game having lost four of the last five games.
- The backcourt duo of Alec Wintering and Bryce Pressley leads the Pilots with Wintering at 18.4 points per game and Pressley at 14.6.
- Portland hoists a lot of threes, having made 282-764. By comparison, Gonzaga is 230-617 on the season.
- Portland is averaging 78.3 points per game in WCC games this season, but is giving up 82.2.

WCC RETURNERS
Last season, Kyle Wiltjer was dominant on his way to earning WCC Most Outstanding Player honors as he averaged 18.0 points and 9.0 rebounds on .595 shooting from the field. He was 8-for-13 (.615) from behind the arc and averaged 2.0 assists per game. In the championship win over BYU, Wiltjer posted a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Also for the tournament Domantas Sabonis (7-for-12) and Kyle Dranginis (7-for-11) were efficient from the field in combining to make 14 of 23 field goals and 16 of 22 free throws.

WCC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- Gonzaga is 45-15 all-time in the WCC Tournament with 14 titles and 21 finals appearances, including each of the last 18 seasons.
- Mark Few is 28-4 all-time in WCC Tournament with title-game appearances in all 16 previous seasons.
- Gonzaga carries an eight-game winning streak in the league tournament.
- Redshirt senior Kyle Dranginis is 8-0 in the three WCC tournaments he's played in.

McCLELLAN NAMED WCC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Redshirt senior guard Eric McClellan was chosen by the league coaches as the WCC Defensive Player of the Year, while Domantas Sabonis and Kyle Wiltjer were named to the All-WCC First Team and Josh Perkins was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team. McClellan becomes the sixth Zag to take home the DPOY honors and second in a row after Gary Bell won the award last season. He notched 26 steals this season and chipped in with seven blocks from his guard position. He also added 9.6 points and 3.2 rebounds per game for the Zags.

SABONIS NAMED COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN
Sophomore forward Domantas Sabonis brought home one of the nation's highest honors when he was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American on Thursday, College Sports Information Directors of America officials announced. Sabonis, who carries a 3.46 grade-point average as a Sport Management major, was named to the Second Team and becomes the eighth Gonzaga men's basketball player overall to earn the award and 14th honoree overall. He's just the third sophomore in program history to be recognized at the Academic All-America level and one of just four sophomores nationwide this season that earned the distinction on the list comprised of three five-player teams.

WILTJER, SABONIS MOVING UP RECORD BOOKS
In just two seasons, Kyle Wiltjer has put himself among the top Zags when it comes to scoring. His total of 638 points last season currently ranks as the seventh-best single-season total in program history, but his current total of 624 points this season has a chance to surpass it. His total of 1,262 points as a Zag also ranks 25th all-time at GU. For Sabonis, his rebounding numbers has been the most impressive, currently ranking as the sixth-best single-season total with 357 rebounds this season, just 10 boards out of the top five. His career-total of 625 rebounds, is just 17 boards out of the top 10 all-time at GU.

IRONMAN: WILTJER MINUTES
Kyle Wiltjer has steadily grow his playing time, going from 11.6 to 23.8 minutes per game in his two seasons at Kentucky, but he's taken on an even bigger role at Gonzaga. Last season, he averaged 27.6 minutes per game and was the team's leading scorer, but coupled with the injury to Przemek Karnowski, Wiltjer not only leads the team in scoring but also in minutes played at 33.4 per game.

PERKINS LEADING AT THE POINT
Redshirt freshman Josh Perkins has shown his growth over the last month. In the last nine games, he's had at least five assists on seven occasions, and over the last five games, he's had a 2.86 assist-to-turnover ratio. He's had at least eight points in six straight games, including a 21-point outburst against Saint Mary's at home. In 18 conference games, Perkins is second in the league three-point shooting at .463 (25-for-54) and is fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.7.

MELSON FINDING HIS ROLE
Sophomore guard Silas Melson has been a force on both ends of the floor for Gonzaga, especially in the last nine games, where's he's knocked down 33-for-64 (.516) from the floor, 16-of-34 (.471) from behind the three-point line and 20-of-25 (.800) from the free throw line. Melson is coming off a career-high 18 points in Thursday's win over San Diego and 13 more points in Saturday's win at BYU.

ACADEMICS, TOO
Gonzaga was the only team in the league with three players named to the WCC All-Academic First Team announced by conference officials on Friday. Kyle Wiltjer (3.76, MBA), Kyle Dranginis (3.88, Masters in Organizational Leadership) and Domantas Sabonis (3.46, Sport Management) each earned their first league academic honor. It also marks the first time GU has had three on the first team in a season since the 1999-00 squad had four with Mike Nilson, Ryan Floyd, Matt Santangelo and Jimmy Tricco earn the award.

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 64.3 points per game over the last 15 games. 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 15-game span, Gonzaga has held opponents to just .397 percent shooting overall and just 26.7 percent from behind the arc.