#2/1 Gonzaga (19-2, 8-0 WCC) vs. Pacific (7-16, 2-6 WCC)
THURSDAY, FEB. 10 | 7 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE
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THE TIP OFF
- No. 2/1 Gonzaga hosts Pacific in a West Coast Conference contest Thursday at 6 p.m. It's the 21st meeting between the programs and the Zags own the all-time series 19-1.
- GU has won 17 straight versus the Tigers. Pacific's lone win in the series came in 1976, 70-60, in Stockton.
- The Zags have won 29 straight conference games, which is the longest active streak of its kind in the nation. Gonzaga's last league loss was a 91-78 setback at BYU on Feb. 22, 2020. The Bulldogs have won 26 consecutive WCC games by double-digits by an average margin of 24.96 points.
- GU is one win from its 25th straight 20-win season, which is the second longest active streak in the nation.
- The Bulldogs ride a national-best, and program-best, 64-game home win streak, with the last loss in 2018.
- Gonzaga is coming off a 90-57 win at Brigham Young Saturday. Chet Holmgren had 20 points, 17 rebounds, six assists and five blocks. Julian Strawther scored 19 points and Andrew Nembhard added 15 points and six steals.
- The Zags are one of eight unbeaten teams in conference play. GU is on a 12-game win streak, the third-longest active streak in the nation. It's the sixth straight season Gonzaga has had a 10-game or more win streak.
- The Bulldogs are 8-0 in WCC play for the third straight season, they have opened 13-0 the past three seasons.
- GU has won 10 straight true road games, which is the longest active streak in the country.
- The Zags appear in the Associated Press poll for the 109th consecutive ranking, the longest current streak in the nation, with Villanova second at 54. GU is the only program in the country to appear in every AP poll since 2017, with a No. 5 average ranking. The last time the Bulldogs were not in the Top 5 was Dec. 9, 2019 (No. 6).
- GU is first in the nation in scoring offense (90.9), field goal percentage (53.6), scoring margin (25.6), two-point percentage (62.7) and in defensive rebounds (32.5), second in assists per game (19.3), third in rebounds per game (42.5), fourth in rebound margin (9.4), sixth in assist-turnover ratio (1.6), and eighth in blocks per game (6).
- Chet Holmgren and Drew Timme are fifth and 10th in the nation shooting 64.2 percent and 60.4 percent from the field. Holmgren is sixth with 73 blocks and fifth in the country averaging 3.48 blocks per game. Holmgren is third in the nation shooting 75.2 percent inside-the-arc.
- The Zags are first in KenPom's rankings (second offensive efficiency and 10th efficient defense).
- The Bulldogs have won 71 of their last 75 games, and since the start of the 2019-20 season, GU has won a national-best 81 out of their last 86 games. Gonzaga is also 50-3 since the start of 2020-21.
 
SERIES NOTES
- This is the 21st all-time meeting between GU and Pacific.
- The Zags have won 19 of the previous 20 matchups in the series, including the last 17 straight.
- The Bulldogs are 17-0 against Pacific under Mark Few.
- The Tigers lone victory in the series came in Stockton in 1976, 70-60.
- The Bulldogs won the last meeting between the teams, 76-58, in Stockton on Feb. 4, 2021. Drew Timme scored a season-high 21 points.
- Gonzaga has won all 10 meetings in Spokane, including all nine inside the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- In last season's meeting in Spokane on Jan. 23, Drew Timme scored 22 points as Gonzaga beat Pacific 95-49.
- GU has won eight of the nine meetings in Stockton, including the last seven.
- The Zags edged Pacific, 85-83, in the first-ever meeting in Stockton on Feb. 5, 1959.
 
SCOUTING THE TIGERS  
- Pacific is playing its second game in-a-row against a Top-25 ranked team after falling at No. 21 USC, 74-68, Tuesday. Alphonso Anderson led the Tigers with 22 points and nine rebounds. Pacific led by eight at halftime.
- Anderson averages a team-high 10.9 points per game, followed closely by Jeremiah Bailey at 10.8 points.
- Anderson, a senior transfer from Utah State, grabs a team-best 6.6 rebounds per outing as well.
- Pierre Crockrell II has dished out a team-high 95 assists.
- The Tigers are 0-10 in true road games this season.
 
ON THIS DAY IN ZAG HISTORY
- Gonzaga is 10-6 on Feb. 10 since joining Div. 1 in 1958-59.
- In their last game on this date, the Zags won at Saint Mary's, 78-65, in 2018.
- GU has won seven straight games on Feb. 10.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Chet Holmgren's 73 blocks rank second in program history for most in a season. Brandon Clarke set the record in 2018-19 with 117. Clarke had 66 blocks after 21 games that season, averaging 3.14.
- Holmgren is 12 blocks from 10th for most in a GU career.
- Andrew Nembhard is at 150 steals in his career.
- Rasir Bolton is 10 steals from 100 in his career.
- Anton Watson is 12 steals from 100 in his career.
 
A ZAG WIN WOULD ...
- Extend the nation's longest conference winning streak to 30 games, dating back to a loss at BYU on Feb. 22, 2019.
- Be the 13th straight GU win in February.
- Improve Mark Few's record in February to 157-23.
- Be the 74th in-a-row over an unranked foe.
- Extend the nation's longest home win streak to 65 games, also continuing the program record.
- Be the 60th straight at home over an unranked foe.
- Be the 35th straight home win over a WCC opponent.
- Be the 33rd straight victory on a Thursday.
 
WHAT'S UP NEXT
- The 107th all-time meeting between GU and Saint Mary's.
- GU leads the series 75-31, winning 21 of the last 25 meetings, and is 49-11 against SMC under Mark Few.
- It will be the seventh-ever meeting when both teams are ranked inside the Associated Press Top 25.
- Gonzaga won the last matchup 78-55 in the 2021 WCC Tournament semifinals. Five Zags finished in double-digit scoring led by Drew Timme's 18 points and eight rebounds.
- The Bulldogs won last season's meeting in Spokane, 87-65, on Feb. 18, 2021. Timme had 12 points.
- Gonzaga is 33-11 all-time at home against SMC. GU is 16-4 in the meetings in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- The Bulldogs are 26-18 all-time at Saint Mary's.
- The Zags won the first all-time meeting between the programs, 86-84, in Moraga on Dec. 23, 1971.
- The last 13 WCC Tournament titles have been won by either Gonzaga or SMC. GU has 10 of those 13 titles.
- The Zags are 15-4 against SMC in the WCC Tournament, winning six of the last seven meetings in the event. The teams have met in the tournament 12 of the past 14 years.
 
SAME OL' STORY
- Gonzaga has led the nation in scoring and scoring margin in each of the past three seasons, and currently lead in those stat categories this season.
- Additionally, the Zags have the top offense according to KenPom in each of the last three seasons. (2020-21: 126.4, 2019-20: 121.3, 2018-19: 124.5)
- GU has had the best field goal percentage in two of the last three seasons and was second in 2019-20 (51.5). The Bulldogs currently lead the nation in field goal percentage. (2020-21: 53.5, 2018-19: 52.6)
- Gonzaga led WCC in scoring in each of the past five seasons, scoring margin in every season since 2013, and field goal percentage in the past four seasons.
 
25/20 VISION:
- GU is one win from its 25th straight 20-win season.
- The Zags' 24-straight 20-win seasons rank second behind for the longest active run in the country. (Kansas 30)
- Prior to the previous 24 seasons, the Bulldogs reached 20 wins in a season eight times since 1907-08.
- Gonzaga has won at least 25 games in each of the last 14 consecutive seasons.
 
DOMINANT START
- The Zags have won their first eight West Coast Conference games by an average margin of 29.6 points.
- The 2018-19 GU team set a WCC record beating league opponents by a margin of 27 points. The 2016-17 team has the second-largest margin at 26.2, and last season's team was third at 24.1.
- Gonzaga is averaging 99.4 points per conference game at 55.8 percent shooting from the field.
- Five Zags are averaging double-digit scoring in WCC play led by Drew Timme's 19.1 points per league contest.
- Chet Holmgren is averaging 17.4 points on 68.5 percent shooting from the field, including 18-of-30 from behind-the-arc (60 percent). He's adding 10.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.
 
HOLMGREN SWEEPS WCC WEEKLY HONORS
- Chet Holmgren swept WCC weekly honors, garnering Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week accolades. This marks the second time this season a men's basketball player swept the weekly awards (BYU's Traore on Dec. 27).
- Holmgren posted back-to-back 20-point performances in the Gonzaga wins last week - 23 points at San Diego and 20 points during Gonzaga's 90-57 win at BYU.
- Against the Cougars, he notched a career-best 17 rebounds, along with a season-high tying six assists and five blocks, becoming the fifth Div. 1 player since 2010 to have at least 20 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in a game.
- The Minnesota native grabbed 12 rebounds at San Diego, giving him double-doubles in each contest.
- This is Holmgren's first Player of the Week honor this season, and eighth Freshman of the Week accolade.
- It is the Zags' fourth Player of the Week honor this season.
 
CHET'S HEATING UP
- Chet Holmgren has a team-high 98 points (19.6) on 36-of-50 shooting from the field (72 percent) in his last five games. He's made 14 of his 23 three-pointers (60.9 percent) during those games. The freshman has grabbed 58 (11.6) rebounds over the span, with 18 blocks (3.6).
- Per ESPN stats, he is the first Div. 1 player to average at least 15 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and three three-pointers in any four-game span over the last decade.
- Over the last nine games, Holmgren averages 16.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocks. During that span he's shooting 66.3 percent from the field, 56.3 percent from three-point range (18-of-32), and 24-of-32 from the free-throw line.
- His 68.5 field goal percentage during WCC play tops the conference, followed by Anton Watson (62.3) and Drew Timme (59.8) who are second and fourth in the league.
 
THE FLOOR GENERAL
- Andrew Nembhard is dishing out 6.5 assists in West Coast Conference play, which leads the league. Pacific's Pierre Crockrell II is the next closest at second.
- It's currently the most by a Zag since Jeremy Pargo averaged 6.5 in WCC action during the 2007-08 season.
- Nembhard also tops the conference with a 5.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- He only has 10 turnovers in WCC play to his 52 assists.
- Over the past five games, the senior is averaging 8.67 assists. He has 26 assists to just three turnovers. Over the same span Nembhard is scoring 13.4 points and has made all 14 of his free-throw attempts.
- The Canadian native is averaging 10.6 points league game, while shooting 87.1 percent from the line (27-of-31).