Monday, December 21
Spokane, WA
6 p.m.
Gonzaga University
vs
Northwestern State
Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia
No. 1/1 MBB Opens Home Schedule Monday
12/20/2020 8:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Gonzaga welcomes Northwestern State for first of two games
#1/1 Gonzaga (4-0) vs. Northwestern State (1-7)
MONDAY, DEC. 21 | 6 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE
TELEVISION: ROOT/KHQ
LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga opens its home schedule against Northwestern State on Monday, at 6 p.m., in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane.
- This is the first-ever meeting between the programs.
- The Bulldogs are 3-0 all-time versus current members of the Southland Conference, with the latest matchup being a 76-57 win over Southeastern Louisiana in Spokane on Dec. 2, 2014.
- GU has won 31 consecutive regular season home-openers since a 73-65 loss to Boise State on Dec. 7, 1988.
- GU has won all 16 regular season home-openers in the McCarthey Athletic Center and all 21 regular season home-openers under Mark Few.
- The Zags are coming off of an impressive 99-88 win over No. 3/3 Iowa in Sioux Falls, S.D., Saturday. Jalen Suggs scored a team-high 27 points. Four other Zags finished in double-digit scoring. Joel Ayayi's 18 rebounds were the most by a Bulldog guard since 1958-59.
- It was GU's fourth all-time win over a third-ranked Associated Press team, and fifth over a top-three ranked team.
- Per ESPN stats and info, With (1) Gonzaga's win over (3) Iowa, the Bulldogs became just the third team all-time to beat three AP Top-15 opponents in their first four games of a season, joining 1974-75 Indiana and 1968-69 UCLA.
- The Zags have traveled 8,390 miles so far this season during their unbeaten start. If you include the trip to Fort Worth for the game versus Virginia, GU will travel 12,106 miles before WCC play.
- Gonzaga currently owns the nation's longest home win streak at 39 straight victories. The Zags and Baylor own the country's longest neutral win streaks at six.
SERIES NOTES
- This is the first-ever meeting between the programs.
- The Bulldogs are 3-0 all-time versus current members of the Southland Conference, with the latest matchup being a 76-57 win over Southeastern Louisiana in Spokane on
Dec. 2, 2014.
- This is the fourth game against a program from the state of Louisiana for GU. Along with defeating Southeastern Louisiana, the Zags beat Southern University twice in 2010 and 2013.
SCOUTING THE DEMONS
- Northwestern State has played six of its first eight games away from its home in Natchitoches, La.
- The Demons are coming off of a 94-67 loss at Missouri State Saturday. Carevll Teasett led NSU with 14 points, while Trenton Massner added 10 points.
- Massner is averaging a team-high 11.7 points per game. Jairus Roberson and Jamaure Gregg add 10.8 and 10.6 points per outing.
- Kendal Coleman is pulling down a team-best 8.4 rebounds per game, and C.J. Jones dishes out 3.13 assists per game.
- The Demons cruised to a victory on Dec. 12 at home over Champion Christian, 77-44.
- Northwestern State was picked 10th in the 13-member Southland Conference preseason poll.
STELLAR IN SIOUX FALLS
- The Bulldogs rolled to a 99-88 win over No. 3 Iowa in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Dec. 19.
- It was Gonzaga's fourth all-time win over a third-ranked Associated Press team, and fifth over a top-three ranked team.
- GU freshman Jalen Suggs scored a team-high 27 points. Four other Zags finished in double-digit scoring.
- Joel Ayayi's 18 rebounds were the most by a Bulldog guard since the program moved to NCAA Div. 1 in 1958-59. His 18 boards were also the fourth most for a Gonzaga player since Mark Few took over as head coach.
WHAT A START
- Per ESPN stats and info, With (1) Gonzaga's 99-88 win over (3) Iowa, the Bulldogs became just the third team all-time to beat three AP Top-15 opponents in their first four games of a season. They join 1974-75 Indiana and 1968-69 UCLA.
ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANY PLACE
- The Zags have traveled 8,390 miles so far this season during their unbeaten start.
- If you include the trip to Fort Worth for the game versus Virginia, GU will travel 12,106 miles before WCC play.
2,931 miles: Spokane - Ft. Myers, FL
1,108 miles: Ft. Myers, FL - Indianapolis
1,951 miles: Indianapolis - Spokane
1,200 miles: Spokane - Sioux Falls, SD
1,200 miles: Sioux Falls, SD - Spokane
1,858 miles: Spokane - Ft. Worth, TX
1,858 miles: Ft. Worth, TX - Spokane
GONZAGA AT NO. 1
- The Zags are No. 1 for the sixth time in program history.
- Last season, Gonzaga spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the AP poll, before finishing No. 2 with a first-place vote.
- In 2018-19, GU was the top-ranked AP team for five weeks, after winning the Maui Invitational for two weeks and three straight weeks late in the regular season.
- The Bulldogs were No. 1 in in the last three rankings of the 2012-13 season, prior to the NCAA Tournament.
- GU climbed to No. 1 after a 22-0 start to the 2016-17 season. The Zags were No. 1 for four straight weeks, before finishing the regular season 29-1, and advancing to the national championship game.
- The Zags have now been ranked No. 1 in five of the last nine seasons.
- Gonzaga boasts a 30-5 record all-time as the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Poll.
- In total, the Bulldogs have spent 20 weeks at No. 1 in the AP Poll in program history.
- GU has been ranked No. 1 in five of the last nine seasons.
GREGG ENROLLS EARLY, JOINS GU ROSTER
- Ben Gregg has graduated high school early and will join the program for the 2020-21 season.
- Gregg officially signed with the Zags in November on National Signing Day. He will be available to play as a freshman once he passes all university health protocols.
- The Clackamas, Ore., native, will wear No. 33 for GU.
- Gregg was No. 29 in ESPN's top 100. Following his junior season at Clackamas High School, he was named the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, after averaging 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
ZAGS ARE GETTING OFFENSIVE
- Gonzaga boasts one of the top offenses in the country. The Bulldogs have the second most efficient offense in the nation according to KenPom.com (118.6).
- GU is shooting 62.2 percent from inside-the-arc, which ranks fifth in the country.
- The Zags are fourth in the nation shooting 54.3 percent from the field, and fourth averaging 94.5 points per game.
- Gonzaga ranks eighth in the nation shooting 35.3 percent of its shots in transition.
GONZAGA ADDS MATCHUP VS VIRGINIA
- No. 1/1 Gonzaga and No. 17/16 Virginia will square off in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 26.
- CBS will broadcast the game at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. The game will be played in Dickies Arena. Chicago-based Intersport will lead the event operations.
- This is the fourth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Virginia. The Zags have won two of the three previous matchups.
- GU won the first-ever meeting, 86-85, in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. The programs met in Spokane in 2005, an 80-69 Bulldog win. The following season, the Cavaliers won the rematch in Charlottesville, 108-87.
ZAGS ADD NSU AND NAU TO SCHEDULE
- Gonzaga added two additional games to its 2020-21 schedule, Northwestern State and Northern Arizona.
- The Bulldogs will face Northwestern State on Dec. 21 and 22, with both tipoffs scheduled for 6 p.m.
- GU last faced the same opponent in back-to-back games when it hosted Portland on Jan. 21, before traveling to Portland two days later in the 2016-17 season.
- The Bulldogs last faced the same opponent back-to-back in non-conference action when they won at Eastern Washington on Dec. 13, 1990, and then at home on Dec. 15, 1990.
- Gonzaga last faced the same opponent in back-to-back days when it won at Hawaii on Jan. 20 and 21, 1978.
- The last time GU played the same opponent in back-to-back days at home was on Feb. 27 and 28, 1970, when it split a series against Montana State in Big Sky Conference play.
- The last time Gonzaga played the same opponent in back-to-back days in non-conference games at home was a pair of victories over Eastern Montana on Dec. 10 and 11, 1965.
- The Zags also rescheduled a game with Northern Arizona in Spokane on Dec. 28. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
MONDAY, DEC. 21 | 6 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE
TELEVISION: ROOT/KHQ
LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga opens its home schedule against Northwestern State on Monday, at 6 p.m., in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane.
- This is the first-ever meeting between the programs.
- The Bulldogs are 3-0 all-time versus current members of the Southland Conference, with the latest matchup being a 76-57 win over Southeastern Louisiana in Spokane on Dec. 2, 2014.
- GU has won 31 consecutive regular season home-openers since a 73-65 loss to Boise State on Dec. 7, 1988.
- GU has won all 16 regular season home-openers in the McCarthey Athletic Center and all 21 regular season home-openers under Mark Few.
- The Zags are coming off of an impressive 99-88 win over No. 3/3 Iowa in Sioux Falls, S.D., Saturday. Jalen Suggs scored a team-high 27 points. Four other Zags finished in double-digit scoring. Joel Ayayi's 18 rebounds were the most by a Bulldog guard since 1958-59.
- It was GU's fourth all-time win over a third-ranked Associated Press team, and fifth over a top-three ranked team.
- Per ESPN stats and info, With (1) Gonzaga's win over (3) Iowa, the Bulldogs became just the third team all-time to beat three AP Top-15 opponents in their first four games of a season, joining 1974-75 Indiana and 1968-69 UCLA.
- The Zags have traveled 8,390 miles so far this season during their unbeaten start. If you include the trip to Fort Worth for the game versus Virginia, GU will travel 12,106 miles before WCC play.
- Gonzaga currently owns the nation's longest home win streak at 39 straight victories. The Zags and Baylor own the country's longest neutral win streaks at six.
SERIES NOTES
- This is the first-ever meeting between the programs.
- The Bulldogs are 3-0 all-time versus current members of the Southland Conference, with the latest matchup being a 76-57 win over Southeastern Louisiana in Spokane on
Dec. 2, 2014.
- This is the fourth game against a program from the state of Louisiana for GU. Along with defeating Southeastern Louisiana, the Zags beat Southern University twice in 2010 and 2013.
SCOUTING THE DEMONS
- Northwestern State has played six of its first eight games away from its home in Natchitoches, La.
- The Demons are coming off of a 94-67 loss at Missouri State Saturday. Carevll Teasett led NSU with 14 points, while Trenton Massner added 10 points.
- Massner is averaging a team-high 11.7 points per game. Jairus Roberson and Jamaure Gregg add 10.8 and 10.6 points per outing.
- Kendal Coleman is pulling down a team-best 8.4 rebounds per game, and C.J. Jones dishes out 3.13 assists per game.
- The Demons cruised to a victory on Dec. 12 at home over Champion Christian, 77-44.
- Northwestern State was picked 10th in the 13-member Southland Conference preseason poll.
STELLAR IN SIOUX FALLS
- The Bulldogs rolled to a 99-88 win over No. 3 Iowa in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Dec. 19.
- It was Gonzaga's fourth all-time win over a third-ranked Associated Press team, and fifth over a top-three ranked team.
- GU freshman Jalen Suggs scored a team-high 27 points. Four other Zags finished in double-digit scoring.
- Joel Ayayi's 18 rebounds were the most by a Bulldog guard since the program moved to NCAA Div. 1 in 1958-59. His 18 boards were also the fourth most for a Gonzaga player since Mark Few took over as head coach.
WHAT A START
- Per ESPN stats and info, With (1) Gonzaga's 99-88 win over (3) Iowa, the Bulldogs became just the third team all-time to beat three AP Top-15 opponents in their first four games of a season. They join 1974-75 Indiana and 1968-69 UCLA.
ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANY PLACE
- The Zags have traveled 8,390 miles so far this season during their unbeaten start.
- If you include the trip to Fort Worth for the game versus Virginia, GU will travel 12,106 miles before WCC play.
2,931 miles: Spokane - Ft. Myers, FL
1,108 miles: Ft. Myers, FL - Indianapolis
1,951 miles: Indianapolis - Spokane
1,200 miles: Spokane - Sioux Falls, SD
1,200 miles: Sioux Falls, SD - Spokane
1,858 miles: Spokane - Ft. Worth, TX
1,858 miles: Ft. Worth, TX - Spokane
GONZAGA AT NO. 1
- The Zags are No. 1 for the sixth time in program history.
- Last season, Gonzaga spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the AP poll, before finishing No. 2 with a first-place vote.
- In 2018-19, GU was the top-ranked AP team for five weeks, after winning the Maui Invitational for two weeks and three straight weeks late in the regular season.
- The Bulldogs were No. 1 in in the last three rankings of the 2012-13 season, prior to the NCAA Tournament.
- GU climbed to No. 1 after a 22-0 start to the 2016-17 season. The Zags were No. 1 for four straight weeks, before finishing the regular season 29-1, and advancing to the national championship game.
- The Zags have now been ranked No. 1 in five of the last nine seasons.
- Gonzaga boasts a 30-5 record all-time as the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Poll.
- In total, the Bulldogs have spent 20 weeks at No. 1 in the AP Poll in program history.
- GU has been ranked No. 1 in five of the last nine seasons.
GREGG ENROLLS EARLY, JOINS GU ROSTER
- Ben Gregg has graduated high school early and will join the program for the 2020-21 season.
- Gregg officially signed with the Zags in November on National Signing Day. He will be available to play as a freshman once he passes all university health protocols.
- The Clackamas, Ore., native, will wear No. 33 for GU.
- Gregg was No. 29 in ESPN's top 100. Following his junior season at Clackamas High School, he was named the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, after averaging 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
ZAGS ARE GETTING OFFENSIVE
- Gonzaga boasts one of the top offenses in the country. The Bulldogs have the second most efficient offense in the nation according to KenPom.com (118.6).
- GU is shooting 62.2 percent from inside-the-arc, which ranks fifth in the country.
- The Zags are fourth in the nation shooting 54.3 percent from the field, and fourth averaging 94.5 points per game.
- Gonzaga ranks eighth in the nation shooting 35.3 percent of its shots in transition.
GONZAGA ADDS MATCHUP VS VIRGINIA
- No. 1/1 Gonzaga and No. 17/16 Virginia will square off in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 26.
- CBS will broadcast the game at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. The game will be played in Dickies Arena. Chicago-based Intersport will lead the event operations.
- This is the fourth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Virginia. The Zags have won two of the three previous matchups.
- GU won the first-ever meeting, 86-85, in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. The programs met in Spokane in 2005, an 80-69 Bulldog win. The following season, the Cavaliers won the rematch in Charlottesville, 108-87.
ZAGS ADD NSU AND NAU TO SCHEDULE
- Gonzaga added two additional games to its 2020-21 schedule, Northwestern State and Northern Arizona.
- The Bulldogs will face Northwestern State on Dec. 21 and 22, with both tipoffs scheduled for 6 p.m.
- GU last faced the same opponent in back-to-back games when it hosted Portland on Jan. 21, before traveling to Portland two days later in the 2016-17 season.
- The Bulldogs last faced the same opponent back-to-back in non-conference action when they won at Eastern Washington on Dec. 13, 1990, and then at home on Dec. 15, 1990.
- Gonzaga last faced the same opponent in back-to-back days when it won at Hawaii on Jan. 20 and 21, 1978.
- The last time GU played the same opponent in back-to-back days at home was on Feb. 27 and 28, 1970, when it split a series against Montana State in Big Sky Conference play.
- The last time Gonzaga played the same opponent in back-to-back days in non-conference games at home was a pair of victories over Eastern Montana on Dec. 10 and 11, 1965.
- The Zags also rescheduled a game with Northern Arizona in Spokane on Dec. 28. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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