GONZAGA (2-2) vs RV/RV SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (4-0)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | 5 P.M. PT | SANFORD PENTAGON (3,250)
RADIO: 101.5 FM | GAME NOTES
TV: Midco Sports ($) | LIVE STATS

THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball goes on the road to play a neutral site game against South Dakota State in the Sanford Pentagon. The Bulldogs are 1-1 in the Sanford Pentagon as the only other time the team has played in the venue was during the 2020-21 season in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic against South Carolina and South Dakota.

- Whittaker is shooting at 60% from the floor, which ranks first in the West Coast Conference. Through four games, she is averaging 16.5 points and seven rebounds.

- Against Colorado State, Whittaker scored 29 points, making her just the third freshman in GU history to scored 29 points or more in a game. (Jill Barta and Heather Bowman are the only other two.)

- Gonzaga is currently ranked fifth in the country in three-point percentage at 44.8%. Individually, Teryn Gardner ranks third in the nation and first in the WCC at 66.7%.
- The Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the West Coast Conference in the preseason coaches poll. Sophomore Allie Turner and junior Zee Aukoso were named to the WCC Preseason Team as well.

- Turner was recently named to the 2026 Becky Hammon Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. She was one of 25 players in the country to make the list.

- The Zags represent the last two WCC Freshman of the Year with Allie Turner winning it in 2025 and Zee Aokuso in 2024 during her time at Saint Mary's.

- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 291-75 in her career. Among active Division I coaches with at least five years at the level, she is currently ranked fifth in winning percentage (.793). Fortier is also now tied in second place on the WCC career coaching wins list with 171.

SERIES INFO
SERIES INFO: The Bulldogs and the Jackrabbits have met four times in program history and SDU has a 3-1 record over GU. Two of those games have also gone into overtime    

STREAK: Gonzaga - 1

FIRST MEETING: In 2009, SDSU defeated Gonzaga at home, 78-64.    

LAST MEETING: In 2023, GU won at home, 83-58.   

SCOUTING THE JACKRABBITS
- The Jackrabbits are currently 4-0 and is led by Brooklyn Meyer, who averages 26 points and nine rebounds a game.

- SDSU entered 2025-26 with nine returners from last season's NCAA Tournament team, including All-America honorable mention Brooklyn Meyer.

- Brooklyn Meyer was named to the preseason watch lists for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award and the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award. She is also the Summit League's preseason player of the year. SDSU had four players named to the Summit League's preseason teams. Brooklyn Meyer and Madison Mathiowetz were first-team honorees while Katie Vasecka and Maggie Hartwig landed on the second team.

- Three returning players averaged at least 8.0 PPG a season ago. Brooklyn Meyer scored 17.0 PPG. Madison Mathiowetz and Katie Vasecka contributed 8.9 and 8.4 PPG, respectively. 

100 GAMES IN SANFORD PENTAGON
- Gonzaga's game at the Sanford Pentagon is part of the Pentagon 100" season – a celebration of hosting 100 Division I basketball games since opening in 2013.

WHITTAKER TAKEOVER
- Lauren Whittaker scored 29 points against Colorado State. She is the first freshman to reach at least 29 points since Jill Barta in 2016 when she scored 31.

- Whittaker is one of three freshmen in GU history to reach 29 points or more in a game, joining Barta (2016) and Heather Bowman (2006).

TURNER FOR THREE
- Allie Turner is tied for #1 among all returners in three points made in 2024-25 and the first freshman since 2020-21 to record 100+ three pointers in a single season.

- Turner's 105 made threes is the most made in a single season at Gonzaga last season. She broke the record against UTSA to pass Brynna Maxwell's record of 96 in a single season (2023-24). She is one of two players in Gonzaga history, men's or women's, to reach 100 threes in a single season with the only other Bulldog being Dan Dickau in 2001-02.