SANTA CLARA (8-7, 2-3 WCC) at GONZAGA (8-8, 3-2 WCC)
SATURDAY, JAN. 4 | 2 P.M. | SPOKANE,WASH. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER (6,000)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team returns home to host Santa Clara on Saturday. The Zags are coming off a gritty 76-71 win over Portland on the road. Four Bulldogs scored in double figures in the win.
- Bree Salenbien made her return to the court for the first time since a knee injury sustained last February. She scored eight points in just 11 minutes of action in GU's game at Portland.
- Yvonne Ejim has a chance to make history in the record books. She currently has 1,984 career points and is 171 points away from breaking the all-time scoring record. She has recorded 30 double doubles in her career and has scored double digits in 58-straight games. She also ranks seventh in the nation in scoring with 325 points this season. 
- Ejim is now second all-time in rebounds with 946. She needs 38 more to pass Kay Koppelman's 983 rebounds set from 1987-91.
- Allie Turner has made a huge impact as a freshman already this season. She ranks first in the nation in three-pointers made (47) among freshmen and is averaging 13.3 points per game. Overall, she ranks sixth 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 23.
- Turner is the first true freshman to score 20 points in a game since Courtney Vandersloot.
- Ejim ranks third in the nation in field goals made this season with 123. She currently has made 812 in her career at GU to rank third all-time. She needs 24 more to break the record.
- Ejim leads the Zags with 20.3 points a game, which ranks 13th in the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 8.2 rebounds a game this season to rank first in the conference and on the team. Her five double doubles this season ranks her 31st in the nation and first in the conference. 
- Gonzaga is shooting at 36.7% from beyond the arc to rank 25th nationally and first in the WCC.  
- As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +7.9 and has an average of 38.3 rebounds a game.
- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 273-71 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is seventh in winning percentage at 79.3%. 
- 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.
- Lisa Fortier was named to the Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year preseason watch list after she had won the award last season.
- The Bulldogs are coming off a historical season after advancing to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time.GU finished with 32 wins last year, which was the most in program history.

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: Gonzaga leads 48-30     
LAST MEETING: Gonzaga won 82-45 on January 25, 2024, in Santa Clara, Calif.  
STREAK: The Zags have won 22-straight at home, with their last loss coming in 2002    

SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
- Santa Clara is scoring 63.3 ppg this season on 40.4-percent shooting from the field and 30.0-percent from beyond the arc. The Broncos are dishing out 13.8 apg as well.
- Defensively, they allow 63.2 ppg and are holding opponents to 36.3-percent from the floor and 26.0-percent from deep. They force 12.7 tpg while collecting 4.5 spg and 3.7 bpg. 
- Olivia Pollerd leads the team with 15.7 ppg on 40.7-percent shooting and leads the team with 28 3-pointers made. She also leads the way with 27 blocks and adds 5.8 rpg. Kaya Ingram scores 8.3 ppg with Georgia Grigoropoulou adding 6.7 ppg and a team-high 6.6 rpg. Maddie Naro's 4.0 apg are tops on the t eam and she adds 8.7 ppg with Malia Latu scoring 9.5 ppg as well.

MILESTONE CAREER WATCHES
Yvonne Ejim - 1,984 points, 946 rebounds, 166 steals, 125 blocks

IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Made FGs
1. Tammy Tibbles 828 (1984-988)
2. Heather Bowman 822 (2006-10)
3. Yvonne Ejim 812 
4. Courtney Vandersloot 736 (2007-11)

Rebounds
1. Kay Koppelman 983 (1987-91)
2. Yvonne Ejim 946
3. Shelby Cheslek 932 (2012-16)

Points
1. Heather Bowman 2,165 (2006-10)
2. Courtney Vandersloot 2,073 (2007-11)
3. Tabby Tibbles 2,011 (1984-88)
4. Yvonne Ejim 1,984