#1/1 Gonzaga (7-0) vs. Northern Arizona (1-5, 0-1 Big Sky)
MONDAY, DEC. 28 | 6 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE, WASH.
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THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga returns home to face Northern Arizona in a rescheduled matchup Monday at 6 p.m., in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- This is the 21st meeting between the Zags and NAU. GU has won 14 of the previous matchups. After not meeting since 1979, the programs played in Spokane in 2015, which was the latest matchup. The Bulldogs won that 2015 contest, 91-52, at home.
- According to KenPom, GU boasts the nation's most efficient offense.
- The Zags have traveled 12,106 miles so far this season during their unbeaten start.
- The Zags are coming off of an impressive 98-75 win over No. 16/15 Virginia in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday. Corey Kispert scored a career-high 32 points and matched a program record with nine made threes. Texas native Drew Timme added a career-high 29 points in his homecoming. Gonzaga made 60.3 percent from the field.
- GU is second in the nation in scoring offense (95.1), third in field goal percentage (55.7), and sixth in assists (21.6).
- Corey Kispert (22.4) and Drew Timme (21.6) are 11th and 19th in the country in scoring. Kispert's 3.7 made threes per game ranks 13th, while his 52 percent shooting from behind-the-arc is 20th.
- The Bulldogs 11 consecutive wins dating back to last season is tied for the third-longest active streak in nation.
- Gonzaga currently owns the nation's longest home win streak at 41 straight victories. The Zags own the country's longest neutral win streak at seven.
- The Bulldogs have won 28 of their last 29 games, and 38 out of their last 40 games. The best stretch in the country since the start of the 2019-20 season.
- Gonzaga is the first team ever to beat four AP Top-20 teams in its first seven games of the season.
- It's the first time in program history that GU has beat four ranked opponents in the same season prior to opening conference play.

SERIES NOTES
- This is the 21st all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Northern Arizona. The Zags hold a 14-6 advantage in the all-time series.
- GU won the latest meeting, the 2015-16 season-opener, 91-52, in Spokane.
- Prior to that, the programs had not met since an 85-64 Lumberjack win in Flagstaff on Feb. 15, 1979. That was during the Bulldogs' final season in the Big Sky Conference, before moving to the West Coast Conference in 1979-80.
- The programs met twice every season in Big Sky play from 1970-71 to 1978-79.
- Gonzaga won the first-ever meeting, 107-106, in a non-conference game in Spokane on Dec. 4, 1965.
 
SCOUTING THE LUMBERJACKS
- After opening the season 0-5, Northern Arizona picked up its first victory in its latest game. The Lumberjacks won at Denver last Tuesday, 68-65. Cameron Shelton led NAU with a season-high 27 points.
- Shelton averages a team-high 19.7 points per game. He has scored in double-digits in every game this season, including 20-point performances in the last three contests. He is tied for most assists on the team (14), and second averaging 4.5 rebounds.
- Luke Avdalovic chips in 11.2 points per outing and has made a team-best 14 three-pointers at 38.9 percent.
- Carson Towt has a team-high 32 rebounds and leads Northern Arizona averaging 5.3 boards per game.
- NAU has already played a Big Sky Conference game, falling to Eastern Washington at home, 80-64, on Dec. 19.
 
TEXAS SIZED PERFORMANCE
- Gonzaga had an impressive 98-75 victory in Fort Worth, Texas, over No. 16/15 Virginia on Dec. 26.
- The Zags are the first team ever to beat four AP top-20 teams in its first seven games of the season.
- The 23-point margin of victory matches Gonzaga's largest against a ranked team under Mark Few.
- GU scored 1.485 points per possession, the most points per possession Virginia has allowed under Tony Bennett. The previous high under Bennett (according to KenPom's database) was 1.437 vs. Washington in November 2010.
- The Bulldogs made 60.3 percent from the field, the first time a team has shot 60 percent from the field against Virginia since 2008. Gonzaga's 98 points were the most allowed by the Cavaliers since Washington scored 106 in 2010.
- Corey Kispert (32) and Drew Timme (29) both scored career-highs in the win.
- Kispert matched the program record for made three-pointers in a single game.
(9/12) - Dan Dickau at Loyola Marymount (1-19-02)
(9/13) - Kevin Pangos vs. Washington State (11-14-11)
(9/13) - Dan Dickau at Santa Clara (2-22-01)