Gonzaga (14-5, 5-1 WCC) at Pacific (6-15, 0-6)
SATURDAY, JAN. 25 | 7 P.M. | ALEX G. SPANOS CENTER | STOCKTON, CA
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THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga travels to Pacific Saturday at 7 p.m. It's the 23rd all-time meeting between GU and Pacific. The Zags have won 21 of the previous 22 matchups in the series, including the last 19 straight.
- Gonzaga has won eight in-a-row in Stockton in the series and is 9-1 at Pacific all-time.
- The Bulldogs are coming off a 77-72 home win over San Francisco Thursday. Graham Ike scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead GU. Anton Watson added 15 points and seven boards, and Ryan Nembhard had 13 points and six assists. All five Gonzaga starters finished in double-digits as Nolan Hickman and Ben Gregg scored 11 and 12 points. The Dons led 31-30 at halftime but were held to 38 percent shooting in the second half.
- Gonzaga leads the West Coast Conference in field goal percentage (50.2, 7th in NCAA Div. 1), scoring margin (16.9, 7th in NCAA Div. 1, rebounds per game (41.7, 9th in NCAA Div. 1), and scoring (85.1, 12th NCAA Div. 1).
- Ryan Nembhard leads the conference dishing out 6.4 assists per game and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8).
- Head Coach Mark Few reached the 700 win plateau in his head coaching career at Pepperdine. Few ranks second in NCAA Div. 1 history behind Kentucky's Adolph Rupp (700-136) as the fastest to 700 wins.
- Few currently boasts the best winning percentage among active head coaches at 83.3 percent, which also is the best in NCAA Div. 1 all-time with a minimum of 10 seasons.
- The Bulldogs have won 157 straight games when leading by 10 or more points at halftime.
- Anton Watson moved to No. 2 in program history with 193 steals in his career, trailing only John Stockton.
 
ABOUT THE TIGERS
- Pacific lost its sixth straight contest Thursday, falling at Saint Mary's 76-28. Donovan Williams led the Tigers with seven points and four points.
- Pacific is looking for its first WCC victory and returns home after completing a stretch of four road games in five outings.
- Judson Martindale leads the team in scoring with 10.2 points per game. He is shooting 38.2 percent from three-point range and has a team-high 29 threes.
- Moe Odum ranks second in the West Coast Conference in both assists (4.7 apg) and assist:turnover ratio (2.5).
- Donovan Williams averages team-highs of 11.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. He's scored in double-figures in five of six WCC games.
- Pacific's non-conference slate was highlighted by an 87-79 road victory over Cal on Nov. 10.
- The Tigers have used 11 different starting lineups in 21 games this year.
 
SERIES INFO
- This is the 23rd all-time meeting between GU and Pacific.
- The Zags have won 21 of the previous 22 matchups in the series, including the last 19 straight.
- The Bulldogs are 19-0 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, 99-90 at Pacific on Jan. 21, 2023. Drew Timme scored 24 of his career-high 38 points in the second half, including 18 straight points during one stretch. Anton Watson added 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulldogs outscored Pacific 58-38 in the paint.
- GU has won nine of the 10 meetings in Stockton, including the last eight.
- Gonzaga has won all 11 meetings in Spokane, including all 10 inside the McCarthey Athletic Center.
- The Zags edged Pacific, 85-83, in the first-ever meeting in Stockton on Feb. 5, 1959.
 
UP NEXT
- The 102nd all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount. GU has a 79-22 advantage in the series.
- GU has won 30 of the last 32 meetings.
- The Bulldogs are 47-4 against LMU under Mark Few.
- In the last matchup, No. 13 Gonzaga avenged an earlier loss to Loyola Marymount with a 108-65 rout in L.A. Six players scored in double figures for the Bulldogs as they led the entire game and opened a 51-point advantage less than six minutes into the second half. According to STATS Perform, it was the largest road win by a Div. I team in the last 40 years against a team they had lost to at home earlier in the season. Anton Watson scored 16, while Nolan Hickman had 11 points.
- Gonzaga is 40-7 at home against the Lions.
- In the last season's meeting in Spokane, the Lions snapped a 25-game Zag win streak in the series with a 68-67 victory. Nolan Hickman had 12 points, six assists and three steals.
- Gonzaga is 30-14 all-time at LMU and has won 11 straight in Los Angeles. The Lions' last home win in the series came on Feb. 18, 2010, 74-66, in Los Angeles.
- The Zags won the first all-time meeting between the programs, 75-71, in Spokane in 1953.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Ryan Nembhard is nine points from 1,000 in his career.
- Graham Ike is 37 points from 1,100 in his career.
- Anton Watson is 10 points from passing Rui Hachimura (1,230) for 31st on the program's all-time scoring list.
- Watson is seven rebounds from passing Rob Sacre (679) for 11th all-time at Gonzaga.
 
ANOTHER STREAK LIVES ON
- Gonzaga beat San Francisco for the 28th straight time, the second-longest active win streak by one team over another current league foe per Elias Sports.
- The Zags' 47 straight wins over Pepperdine ranks as the longest active streak in NCAA Div. 1.