#4/4 Gonzaga (19-2, 6-0) at BYU (13-9, 5-2)
JAN. 31 | 8 P.M. PT | PROVO, UT | MARRIOTTCENTER
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THE TIP-OFF:
- Gonzaga and BYU meet for the 21st time on Thursday in Provo, Utah, at 8 p.m. Pacific Time. GU owns a 14-6 advantage in the series.
- GU has won five of the seven meetings in Provo, including the last four matchups at BYU.
- The Bulldogs are 14-6 against BYU under Mark Few.
- Gonzaga is coming off a 98-39 win at Santa Clara last Thursday. Six Zags finished in double-figure scoring led by Josh Perkins' 18 points.
- Brandon Clarke is first in the nation in field goal percentage (69.0), third with 66 blocks, and fourth averaging 3.14 blocks. Perkins is seventh in the country with 138 assists and is 12th averaging 6.57 assists per game.
- The Zags are first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.4 percent), first in scoring margin (25.1), first in scoring offense (91.4), second with 395 total assists and seventh with 369 made free throws.
- Through the first six games, the Bulldogs are outscoring their conference opponents by an average of 31.2 points.
- Gonzaga has won 27 consecutive conference games on the road, which is the longest active such streak in the nation.
- The Zags' 20-game win streak over conference opponents is the longest active streak of its kind in the country.
 
SERIES NOTES:
- BYU is coming off of a 71-66 home win over Saint Mary's last Thursday.
- Yoeli Childs paced the Cougars with 23 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and two steals. TJ Haws and Gavin Baxter added 17 and 10 points. Haws dished out seven assists.
- BYU committed only two turnovers in the win, while forcing 15 Saint Mary's turnovers. SMC outrebounded the Cougars 42-28, including 17-11 on offensive rebounds.
- Childs leads the conference averaging 22.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. He is shooting 53.5 percent from the field, and has a team-best 22 blocks, along with 19 steals.
- Haws is averaging 17.6 points per outing and has made a team-high 43 three-pointers on 37 percent shooting from behind-the-arc.
 
SCOUTING THE COUGARS:
- BYU is coming off of a 71-66 home win over Saint Mary's last Thursday.
- Yoeli Childs paced the Cougars with 23 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and two steals. TJ Haws and Gavin Baxter added 17 and 10 points. Haws dished out seven assists.
- BYU committed only two turnovers in the win, while forcing 15 Saint Mary's turnovers. SMC outrebounded the Cougars 42-28, including 17-11 on offensive rebounds.
- Childs averages 22.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, and is shooting 53.5 percent from the field. He has a team-best 22 blocks, along with 19 steals.
- Haws is averaging 17.6 points per outing and has made a team-high 43 three-pointers on 37 percent shooting from behind-the-arc.
 
A ZAG WIN WOULD ...
- Be Gonzaga's 33rd straight over an unranked team.
- Extend Gonzaga's national best conference win streak record to 21, including WCC Tournament games, 18 without.
- Extend GU's national best conference road win streak to 28.
- Be GU's 12th consecutive road win over an unranked team.
- Improve Josh Perkins' record to 121-17 in games he has played in for Gonzaga, including 30-1 in WCC road games.
 
20/20 VISION
- GU is eyeing its 22nd straight 20-win season Thursday.
- The Zags' 21-straight 20-win seasons ranks third behind for the longest active run in the country. (Kansas 29, Duke 22)
- Prior to the previous 20 seasons, the Bulldogs reached 20 wins in a season eight times since 1907-08.
- GU also has a streak of 11 consecutive 25-win seasons, and 30-win seasons in three of the past four years.
 
WE'RE GOING STREAKING
- Gonzaga's 10-game win streak is the third-longest active winning streak in the country; Hofstra (16) and Tennessee (14).
- The Zags' 20-game conference win streak is the longest active streak of its kind in the nation; Lipscomb (14), Radford (12) and Villanova (12).
- GU's 17-game home win streak is the sixth-longest active winning streak of its kind in the country. Houston owns the longest home win streak in the nation with 30 consecutive wins at home.
 
HISTORIC ROUT:
- According to STATS, Gonzaga's 59-point win (98-39) is the largest road win by a Div I team against a Div I opponent since on Dec. 15, 1996, when USC won at UC Irvine by 62 (107-45).
- It was GU's 3rd 50-point road win under Mark Few (since 1999-00), no other team has more than 1 over that span.
- The Zags led by 36 (53-17) at the half at Santa Clara. It's only the 3rd time in the past 10 years any Division I team has led by 36+ points at halftime in a road game.
- The last time Gonzaga had that big of a halftime lead on the road was on 12/01/1997 at Chicago State.