#17/17 Gonzaga (17-2, 4-0) vs. Saint Mary's (8-9, 1-2)
SATURDAY, JAN. 19 | 2 P.M. | SPOKANE, WA | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER (6,000)
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THE TIPOFF
- The No. 17/17 Gonzaga women's basketball team returns home this Saturday to host Saint Mary's.
- GU is coming off an 72-48 win over LMU on the road.  Yvonne Ejim scored 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds and No. 17 Gonzaga handed coach Lisa Fortier her 250th victory.
- Gonzaga is currently on a 28 home game winning streak. It currently ranks third in the country behind UNLV (29) and South Carolina (50). The Bulldogs have also won 11-straight games, which is the fourth-best in the nation only behind Fairfield (12), Iowa (15) and South Carolina (16).
- Five Zags are averaging double digits in scoring including Yvonne Ejim (20.5), Brynna Maxwell (13.7), Kayleigh Truong (13.2), Eliza Hollingsworth (10.6), and Kaylynne Truong (10.4).
- Lisa Fortier just reached 250 wins in her career. She currently is at 249-61 (.803), which is seventh in in the nation in winning percentage among current coaches with at least 10 years at the helm.
- Kaylynne Truong just become the new leader in games played at GU with 144 appearances.
- The Zags are sixth in the country in three-point percentage at 39.2%. GU's 48.8 field goal percentage also ranks 11th. From the free throw line, GU is eighth with 79.9%.
- Kaylynne Truong is seventh in the nation in assists with 115 so far this year along with 17th in the country in assists per game with 6.1. Both rank first in the WCC. 
- Yvonne Ejim is second in the country in field goals with 168 scored this season. Her 390 points scored this year ranks fifth in the nation. Ejim has also scored double figures for 25-straight games and has scored at least 20 points in 11 games this season. She is shooting at 65.1%, which ranks sixth in the country and first in the WCC.
- Yvonne Ejim has been named to the Becky Hammon Player of the Year Midseason Watch List. She has been WCC Player of the Week four times this season. She was also ESPN's Player of the Week and the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (12/4). 
- Kaylynne Truong was one of 20 point guards in the country named to the Nancy Lieberman Award watch list. Brynna Maxwell was also one of 20 shooting guards in the country named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list.
- Lisa Fortier was recently named to the 2024 Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year Award preseason watch list. This year's watch list includes coaches from 16 conferences.
- The Bulldogs were picked to win the West Coast Conference this season by the league's coaches.
- Gonzaga has amassed a conference record of 274-34 (.889) during the last 18 seasons. 
- Last season, GU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-straight year under Lisa Fortier.

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: This will be the 80th matchup between the two programs and the Zags hold a 51-29 record over the Gaels.        
STREAK: Gonzaga - 6        
FIRST MEETING: In 1988, the Zags lost on the road, 79-63.        
LAST MEETING: The Bulldogs went undefeated against Saint Mary's last year with a win at home and on the road. Most recently, GU won at home, 65-51.      

SCOUTING THE GAELS
- Saint Mary's is currently 8-9 overall and 1-2 in the WCC.
- Counting Ali Bamberger's 106 points from her freshman season at the University of Washington, she crossed 1,000 career points overall in the second game of this season. That made her and her father just the second father-daughter tandem in NCAA Division-I history to score 1,000 points in their career, as Eric scored 1,225 points at Saint Mary's playing from 1989-92.
- Once again Zeryhia Aokuso earned her the West Coast Conference's Freshman of the Week Award for January 8, after scoring 10 points versus Pacific and a career-high 19 points in a win over San Diego.
- Aokuso scored in double figures in 4-straight games and 11 times overall this season. She recorded 4 rebounds in both games last week and had 5 assists against Pacific, which is tied for her second highest total in helpers this season. The freshman was 10 of 20 from the field over those two games, and shot 9 of 10 from the free-throw line against San Diego.