#1/1 Gonzaga (15-0, 6-0 WCC) at San Diego (2-6, 1-3)
THURSDAY, JAN. 28 | 6 P.M. | JENNY CRAIG PAVILION | SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
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THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga visits San Diego in the 98th all-time meeting between the programs Thursday at 6 p.m.
- GU leads the series 75-22, and has won 12 straight versus the Toreros, 23 of the last 24, and 45 of the last 48 matchups. The Bulldogs are 46-4 against USD under Few.
- Gonzaga is 32-13 all-time at San Diego. The Zags have won 11 of their last 12 at USD.
- The Toreros' last win in the series came on Feb. 22, 2014, 69-66, at San Diego.
- In the last meeting in the series, the Bulldogs clinched the
program's eighth-straight West Coast Conference regular season title with a 94-59 win at home on Feb. 27, 2020. Corey Kispert scored 16 points for Gonzaga.
- The Zags are coming off of a 95-49 win over Pacific Saturday. Drew Timme scored 22 points and freshman Jalen Suggs came close to a triple-double (9 pts, 11 rbs, 8 asts).
- GU is 6-0 in WCC play for the fifth straight season.
- The Zags have only trailed in three conference games this season (vs San Francisco for 16 seconds, Pepperdine for 34 seconds and at SMC, 13:24), and only for 50 seconds total at home this season.
- Gonzaga is one of the last five unbeaten teams in the nation, and one of three teams that have at least 15 wins.
- The Zags' 19 straight wins dating back to 2019-20 is the second-longest active streak in nation with Winthrop (20).
-GU is first in the nation in scoring offense (94.4), field goal percentage (54.9), and two-point percentage (63.9).
- According to KenPom, GU boasts the nation's most efficient offense and 12th best defense.
- Corey Kispert (20.6) and Drew Timme (18.5) lead the WCC in scoring and field goal percentage (Timme, 61.2) (Kispert, 58.2). Kispert also tops the conference in three-pointers made per game (3.1) and three-point field goal percentage (49.0).
- Jalen Suggs is first in the conference in steals (2.31). Andrew Nembhard is first in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.81).
- Jalen Suggs was named the Freshman of the Week for the sixth time this season Monday.

SERIES NOTES
- This is the 98th all-time meeting between Gonzaga and San Diego. GU has a 75-22 lead in the series.
- GU has won 12 straight versus the Toreros, 23 of the last 24, and 45 of the last 48 matchups.
- The Bulldogs are 46-4 against San Diego under Mark Few.
- The Toreros' last win in the series came on Feb. 22, 2014, 69-66, at San Diego.
- In the last meeting in the series, the Bulldogs clinched the program's eighth-straight West Coast Conference regular season title with a 94-59 win at home on Feb. 27, 2020. Corey Kispert scored 16 points for Gonzaga.
- Gonzaga is 32-13 all-time at San Diego. The Zags have won 11 of their last 12 at USD.
- In the meeting last season at San Diego, Joel Ayayi scored 20 points and Filip Petrusev had 17 for Gonzaga, which sprinted past San Diego 94-50.
- Gonzaga is 36-5 at home versus San Diego all-time, including 17-0 in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- GU has won 21 straight games at home in the series, dating back to an 82-70 loss on Feb. 17, 2000.
- The Zags won the first-ever meeting, 72-62, on Feb. 1, 1980, in San Diego.
 
SCOUTING THE TOREROS:
- San Diego is coming off of a 78-70 win at Portland Saturday. The Toreros led for all but 10 seconds.
- Five of the seven USD players that got in reached double-digits, with a six scoring nine points. Josh Parrish scored a team-high 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting. He grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Finn Sullivan had 10 points and five assists.
- Joey Calcaterra averages a team-best 14.7 points per game, while Parrish is adding 11.9 points per outing.
- Yauhen Massalski leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per game, and has 11 blocks.
- Ben Pyle and Sullivan lead the team with 21 and 20 assists.
 
A ZAG WIN WOULD ...
- Be the 25th straight GU win in January.
- Make Gonzaga 158-17 in January games under Mark Few.
- Extend the nation's longest active win streak to 20.
- Be the 27th straight over an unranked foe on the road.
- Be the 49th victory out of the last 50 regular season conference games.
- Be the 42nd victory out the last 43 true road WCC games.
- Improve Corey Kispert' career record in games he appeared in to 111-10.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Corey Kispert recently passed Gary Bell for eighth in GU history for most career three-pointers. Kispert is currently at 226. John Rillie is seventh with 230.
- Kispert is two wins shy of moving to seventh in GU history for most victories in a career (110-10 current career record).
- Kispert is 40 points from passing John Stockton for 24th in GU scoring history.
- Aaron Cook is four points away from 900 in his career.
- Andrew Nembhard is 27 points from 800 in his career.
- Joel Ayayi is 23 points away from 600 in his career.
- Drew Timme needed 21 points against Pacific to get to 600 in his career, he finished with 22.
 
SUGGS NAMED WCC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
- For the sixth time in the first nine weeks of the award, Jalen Suggs was named the WCC Freshman of the Week.
- He earned the honor for the third straight week, and fifth time in the last six weeks. The exception was on Jan. 4, when teammate Oumar Ballo got the recognition.
- Suggs nearly had a triple-double in Gonzaga's victory over Pacific, which would have just been the Zags' second-ever triple-double after teammate Joel Ayayi achieved the feat on Jan. 9. Suggs scored nine points Saturday, had a game-high 11 rebounds, and dished out eight assists.
- His 11 rebounds were a career-high, and his eight assists matched a career-best.