#7/7 Gonzaga (10-1) vs. Campbell (5-5)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 | 6 P.M. PT | SPOKANE | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER
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THE OPENING TIP
- Gonzaga hosts Campbell in the McCarthey Athletic Center in the second-ever meeting between the programs Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Zags won the only other previous matchup, 74-52, in Spokane, Dec. 19, 2012.
- The Bulldogs are coming off an 82-72 win over No. 25 UCLA in Seattle Saturday. Graham Ike and Braden Huff combined for 46 points, with Ike scoring 25 and dishing out five assists. Mario Saint-Supery added 12 points. GU outrebounded the Bruins 36-29, and made 50 percent from the field.
- Mark Few reached 750 wins in his career. The 750 victories have come in 903 games, the second-fastest to 750 wins in NCAA Div. 1 history behind Adolph Rupp's 902 games.
- Steele Venters is four points away from 1,200 points in his career.
- GU is one of four teams in the nation with both its offense (6th) and defense (6th) in KenPom's Top 10.
- The Zags currently lead the WCC in scoring margin (26.0, 6th in NCAA), scoring offense (91.9, 11th), rebounds (44.0, 7th), rebound margin (12.2, 7th), defensive rebounds per game (30.5, 8th), assists (19.7, 10th), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.92, 7th), field goal percentage defense (38.1, 18th), three-point percentage defense (27.8, 25th), turnover margin (4.9, 17th), bench points (36.9, 23rd), fast-break points (15.0), and turnovers (10.3). GU tops the nation in points in the paint averaging 48.0 per game.
- Graham Ike ranks second among active scorers in NCAA Div. 1 with 2,132 points, Indiana's Tucker DeVries is first at 2,173. Ike's 973 rebounds also ranks second among active players. He is the only active player with 1,500 points and 900 rebounds in a career. Ike was named preseason All-American by CBS Sports and ESPN, and to the NABC, Wooden, and Naismith Player of the Year watch lists.
 
SCOUTING THE CAMELS
- Campbell, out of Buies Creek, N.C., is off to a 5-5 start to the season and is coming off a 69-64 home win over Ball State. Dovydas Butka scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. DJ Smith added 20 points and had three steals. Chris Fields Jr. came off the bench and had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
- Prior to the win over Ball State, Campbell picked up a 149-62 home win over Virginia Lynchburg Dec. 7. Three Camels reached 20 points, with two more at 19, and a fifth at 18. Chris Fields Jr. pulled down 22 rebounds, scored 23 points and dished out 11 assists. Muneer Newton led all scorers with 28 points on 14-of-15 shooting. He grabbed 11 rebounds. Dovydas Butka had 23 points. Cam Gregory also had 11 assists.
- DJ Smith averages a team-high 19.5 points per game, while making a team-best 30 three-pointers.
- Dovydas Butka adds 16.4 points and pulls down a team-high 8.9 rebounds per game.
- Chris Fields Jr. and Jeremiah Johnson chip in 13.7 and 11.0 points per game. Fields Jr. averages 9.6 rebounds.
- Campbell has one NCAA Tournament appearance, winning the Big South Conference tournament title in 1992. The 16th-seeded Camels fell to eventual national champion Duke in the first round in Greensboro, N.C.
 
SERIES INFO
- This is the second all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Campbell in Spokane on Dec. 17 at 6 p.m.
- The Zags won the only other previous matchup, 74-52, in the McCarthey Athletic Center, Dec. 19, 2012. Przemek Karnowski scored 14 points to lead four Gonzaga players in double figures. The 14th-ranked Bulldogs moved to 11-1 with the win. Kelly Olynyk added 12 points and Gary Bell Jr. and Elias Harris both had 11. GU led 49-24 at halftime, and by as many as 31 points in the second half.
- Gonzaga is 4-0 all-time versus current members of the Colonial Athletic Association, with the most recent meeting against the league being the 2012 win over Campbell. The Zags beat Monmouth twice in 2000 and 2001, before a win over Hofstra in 2002.
 
UP NEXT
- The 27th all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Oregon in the Northwest Elite Showdown in the Moda Center in Portland Sunday at 3 p.m.
- Oregon has won 22 of the previous matchups, but GU won the last meeting in 2019. The then-ranked No. 8 Bulldogs held off No. 11 Oregon in overtime, 73-72, in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis in The Bahamas. Filip Petrusev led all scorers with 22 points, with Corey Kispert adding 17 points for the Zags. Payton Pritchard and Chris Duarte combined for 33 points for Oregon.
- Prior to that matchup, the teams had not met since 1999. Oregon won the first-ever meeting, 29-22, in Spokane on Feb. 14, 1912.
- Oregon is coming off a 25-10 season in 2024-25. The Ducks fell to top-seeded Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals but received a five-seed in the NCAA Tournament. After cruising past Liberty, Oregon fell to fourth-seeded Arizona in the second round in Seattle, 87-83.
- The Ducks welcome back All-Big Ten third team selections Jackson Shelstad and Nate Bittle, and Ohio State transfer Sean Stewart.
 
ZAGS IN THE ROSE CITY
- Gonzaga returns to the Moda Center for first time since falling to Purdue in the semifinals of the 2022 Phil Knight Legacy tournament.
- The Moda Center will host first and second games in the NCAA Tournament March 19 and 21.
- The Bulldogs won first and second round matchups inside the arena as the top-seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament over Georgia State and Memphis.
- The Zags are 5-2 all-time inside the Moda Center and formerly named Rose Garden.
- Gonzaga has a history of players from Portland and its surrounding area.
- Former GU standouts Nigel Williams-Goss, Kyle Wiltjer, Ben Gregg, Mike Hart, Silas Melson and Matt Santangelo are all from the Portland area.
- Richie Frahm (Battle Ground, Wash.), Derek Raivio (Vancouver, Wash.), Dan Dickau (Vancouver, Wash.) and Zach Gourde (Vancouver, Wash.) are from just on the other side of the Washington border.
- Assistant Coach Brian Michaelson starred at Jesuit High School before playing at Gonzaga.
- Head Coach Mark Few is from Creswell, Ore., 120 miles south of Portland.
- Former Zag Zach Collins was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2017, and Dickau had two stints with the Blazers, before working for them as a player development assistant.
 
RACKING UP RANKED WINS
- Gonzaga's victory over No. 25 UCLA was the Zags' fourth win over a ranked foe this season.
- The four ranked victories are tied for the second-most in the nation with UConn and Duke. Arizona has five.
- GU had three wins over ranked teams all last season
 
IKE NAMED WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
- Collecting 25 points in the victory over No. 25 UCLA, Graham Ike won this week's West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
- Ike posted his fifth 20-point outing of the season and propelled No. 8 Gonzaga to a double-digit win over No. 25 UCLA in Seattle. After scoring a season-high 28 points in his previous appearance, Ike secured 25 points in the victory over the Bruins.
- Along with his five rebounds, he dished out a career-high five assists.
- This is the second time this season that Ike has won conference player of the week, and the Bulldogs now own three conference weekly awards this season.