#2/2 Gonzaga (22-1, 8-0 WCC) at San Francisco (16-7, 5-3 WCC)
FEB. 1 | 1 P.M. | WAR MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
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THE TIP OFF:
- Gonzaga and San Francisco meet for the 93rd time on Saturday in San Francisco, Calif., at 1 p.m. GU owns a 60-22 advantage in the series.
- The Zags have won 15 straight versus the Dons. USF's last win in the series came in 2012, 66-65, at USF.
- GU is 22-18 all-time at San Francisco. The Bulldogs are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings at USF.
- In the latest matchup, GU cruised to a 92-62 home win last season on Feb. 7.
- The Bulldogs are coming off of an 87-72 win at Santa Clara Thursday. Gonzaga's Filip Petrusev scored 31 points.
- Gonzaga's 35 straight regular season conference wins is currently the longest streak of its kind in the nation, and a new WCC record (Pepperdine '91-'93 won 32 straight).
- The Zags are the lone team in the nation to have six players averaging double-digit scoring per game.
- Gonzaga was the first team in the nation to reach 20 wins this season. The Bulldogs have reached 20 wins in a season for the 23rd straight season.
- The Bulldogs have the country's third-longest win streak currently at 14 consecutive victories.
- GU's 35 straight wins at home is the longest active streak in the nation, and third longest in program history.
- The Bulldogs' 15 consecutive true road wins is currently the longest active streak in the country. Gonzaga has won 36 straight conference road wins.
- GU is first in the nation in scoring offense (88.9), scoring margin (22.2) and total rebounds (952), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.64) and total assists (411).
 
SERIES NOTES:
- This is the 83rd all-time meeting between Gonzaga and San Francisco. GU has a 60-22 advantage in the series.
- GU is 39-4 against San Francisco under Mark Few.
- The Zags have won 16 straight versus the Dons. USF's last win in the series came on Feb 18, 2012, 66-65, at USF.
- GU is 22-18 all-time at San Francisco. The Bulldogs are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings at USF.
- The Zags won latest meeting, 92-62, in Spokane last season on Feb. 7. Brandon Clarke scored 20 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and had five blocks for GU.
- In the meeting last season at USF, Brandon Clarke scored 24 points and Gonzaga got a tiebreaking 3-pointer from Zach Norvell Jr. with less than three minutes remaining as part of a game-ending 17-2 run that led to a 96-83 victory over the Dons. Rui Hachimura added 21 points.
- Gonzaga has won 30 in-a-row in Spokane in the series, including all 15 in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- The Bulldogs are 34-2 against USF in Spokane all-time. The Dons last won in Spokane on Feb. 10, 1989, 67-64.
- San Francisco edged GU, 64-62, in the first-ever meeting at USF on Jan. 28, 1961.
 
SCOUTING THE DONS:
- San Francisco is coming off of a 69-44 rout win at San Diego Thursday. Charles Minlend scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half to lead USF. He added 10 rebounds. Jimbo Lull and Khalil Shabazz both scored 15 points.
- Minlend averages a team-high 15 points per game, while Jamaree Bouyea adds 13.7 points. Lull averages a team-best seven boards a game, and chips in 11.5 points. Bouyea has dished out a team-high 83 assists this season.
 
A ZAG WIN WOULD ...
- Extend the nation's third-longest active win streak to 15.
- Improve the nation's current longest road win streak to 16.
- Extend the Bulldogs' conference regular season win streak to 36 victories.
- Improve the national best conference road win streak to 37.
- Be GU's 22nd consecutive road win over an unranked team.
 
FILL IT UP PETRUSEV:
- Filip Petrusev scored a career-high 31 points in the Zags' win at Santa Clara.
- He made 14 of his 18 shots from the field and drew five fouls. The sophomore added nine rebounds and three steals.
- His previous career-high was 25 points scored earlier this season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Spokane.
 
WE'RE GOING STREAKING:
- Gonzaga's 35 straight regular season conference wins is currently the longest streak of its kind in the nation.
- The 35 consecutive regular season league victories also broke the longest winning streak of its kind in WCC history.
* San Francisco won 31 games 1955-57
* Pepperdine won 32 regular season games 1/12/91-1/29/93 (36 overall vs. WCC opponents – including WCC Tournament)
- Gonzaga has won 36 straight conference road games, the longest streak by any Division I team over the last 30 seasons, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
 
ALL-STAR ZAGS:
- Former Gonzaga standouts Domantas Sabonis, Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke were all selected to be a part of this year's NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago Feb. 14-16.
- Sabonis became the second Zag to be named an NBA All-Star, after being selected as a reserve for the East.
- John Stockton was the first former GU player to be selected as an All-Star. He was a 10-time NBA All-Star, with the most recent in 2000.
- Hachimura (Japan) and Clarke (Canada) were named to the World Roster for the NBA Rising Stars Game on Feb. 14.