GONZAGA (12-8, 7-2  WCC) at PEPPERDINE (2-5, 7-9)
SATURDAY, JAN. 25 | MALIBU, CALIF. | FIRESTONE FIELDHOUSE (3,104)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team stays on the road to play Pepperdine this Saturday, Jan. 25. The Bulldogs are coming off win at LMU, 69-58. Allie Turner had a career-high 23 points.
- Ejim has a chance to make history in the record books. She currently has 2,074 career points and is 92 points away from breaking the all-time scoring record. She has recorded 32 double doubles in her career and has scored double digits in 62-straight games. She also ranks sixth in the nation in scoring with 415 points this season. 
- After a record breaking week, Ejim was named an USBWA's National Player of the Week. She was also named to the midseason Wooden Award and Becky Hammon Player of the Year watch lists.
- Bree Salenbien has made her return to the court for the first time since a knee injury sustained last February. 
- Against LMU, Ejim broke the all-time rebounding record at Gonzaga. She now holds the record at Gonzaga for most rebounds and most made field goals in a career.
- Allie Turner has made a huge impact as a freshman already this season. She ranks first in the nation in three-pointers made (57) among freshmen and is averaging 13.4 points per game. Overall, she ranks eighth in the country and first in the WCC in made three-pointers.
- Claire O'Connor ranks second on the team in three pointers made with 30.
- Turner is the first true freshman to score 20+ points in multiple games since Heather Bowman (2006-07)
- Ejim ranks seventh in the nation in field goals made this season with 155. She now holds the all-time record at GU for most made field goals with currently 844.
- Ejim leads the Zags with 20.8 points a game, which ranks 13th in the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 8.5 rebounds a game this season to rank first in the conference and on the team. Her seven double doubles this season ranks her 36th in the nation and first in the conference. 
- Gonzaga is shooting at 36% from beyond the arc to rank 26th nationally and first in the WCC.  
- As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +9.4 and has an average of 39.1 rebounds a game.
- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 277-71 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is seventh in winning percentage at 79.5%. 
- The Bulldogs were picked to finish first in the West Coast Conference in preseason polls for the third-straight season. Ejim and Maud Huijbens were named to the All-WCC Preseason Team.

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: Gonzaga leads 52-30        
LAST MEETING: Gonzaga won 75-54 on Dec. 30, 2024, in Spokane, Wash.    
STREAK: The Zags have won 16-straight games versus the Waves and 31 of the last 32    

SCOUTING THE WAVES
-  Prior to their game against Pacific, the Waves are 7-9 overall and 2-5 in the WCC.
- Currently in the top 25 for scoring, senior Ella Brubaker sits at 21 averaging 11.0 points per game and freshman Chloe Sotell sits at 25 averaging 10.4 points per game. The sole freshman on the roster appears in multiple categories among the top 25. For threes per game, she is fourth amongst all players with an average of 2.1 a game as well as 11th in the same category when just regarding conference games. 
- Sitting ninth in the conference in assists and fourth in assist/turnover ratio, Chloe Sotell is serving a pivotal role for the Waves in her first season of collegiate basketball The Connecticut native leads the team with 33 three-pointers, averaging 10.4 points over the season. The last five games, Sotell has dished out an average of 4.8 assists.