-/RV Gonzaga (15-4, 6-0 WCC) at San Diego (10-9, 2-5 WCC)
SATURDAY, JAN. 28 | 2 P.M. | JENNY CRAIG PAVILION | SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
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THE TIP OFF
- The Gonzaga Bulldogs travel to Pepperdine this Saturday, Jan. 29, for a 2 p.m. tipoff
- Gonzaga is coming off its sixth-straight WCC win with a 66-54 win over Pepperdine. The Bulldogs were led by senior
Melody Kempton, who scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds. Sophomore
Eliza Hollingsworth was right behind her with a career-high 12 points and junior
Kaylynne Truong rounded out the double-figure scoring efforts with 11 points and five assists.
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Kaylynne Truong leads the team with 11.0 points and 3.7 assists a game as she averages 25.6 minutes. Senior
Melody Kempton is right behind her with 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Kayleigh Truong also averages 10.9 points and 3.4 assists per contest.
Yvonne Ejim leads the team in blocks (24) and steals (27) with averaging 20.1 minutes off the bench.
- GU is forcing an average of 14.4 turnovers per game and a total of 273 so far this season.
- The Zags are averaging 40.1 rebounds a game and a 10.2 rebound margin, which ranks sixth in the nation and first in the WCC.
- Offensively, Gonzaga averages 68.6 points per game and has an average margin of victory of 16 points over WCC teams so far this year.
- The Zags ranked 15th in the nation and first in the WCC in free-throw percentage with a 78.3 percent along with 25th in the nation in and first in the conference three-point field goal percentage with 36.1 percent. The team also ranks first in the conference in scoring defense with 56.2 points along with first in free throws made with 256 so far this season.
- Last season, the Zags advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-straight year under head coach
Lisa Fortier.
- Gonzaga returns two starters and seven letterwinners from last season's squad that claimed the Zags' fifth consecutive West Coast Conference regular season title.
-The Zags won their ninth WCC Tournament Title in 2021 with a thrilling victory over BYU in the championship game.
GAME AT A GLANCE
SERIES INFO: 73 all-time meetings, Gonzaga leads 50-23. Head coach
Lisa Fortier is 11-3 overall against USD.
STREAK: Gonzaga - 10
FIRST MEETING: Gonzaga defeated San Diego on the road in 1987, 64-60.
LAST MEETING: GU won at home against USD earlier this year, 76-66. San Diego is the second WCC team that the Zags have a rematch with so far this season with Portland being the only other conference team.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Bulldogs are on a three-game road stretch. The Zags just won on the road at Saint Mary's on Jan. 22 and Pepperdine on Thursday, Jan. 27.
IN THE POLLS: GU has received votes in every week's coaches poll, except for two weeks this year.
SCOUTING THE TOREROS
- San Diego sits at 10-9 overall and 2-5 in the WCC.
- The Toreros are coming off a 68-55 home loss to the University of Portland as USD is currently on a five-game losing streak.
- Since playing Gonzaga on Jan. 15, the Toreros have lost to Saint Mary's, Portland and BYU twice.
- USD only had one common foe as Gonzaga in the non-conference, defeating the University of Hawaii,
86-53, in their season opener.
- Steph Gorman leads the Toreros with 9.9 points a game and averaging a team-high 29.8 minutes a game as she has played in 18 of their 19 games.
- Sydney Hunter leads the team in boards with 5.5 a game and also has a team-high 43 steals. Overall, the team has recorded 255 steals so far this year, which ranks second in the nation and first in the conference.
- The Toreros average 13.4 steals a game, which ranks fifth in the country and first in the WCC.
- USD is currently 5-5 at home this season and the Zags are 7-2 on the road going into the contest.
