SAINT MARY'S (13-12, 9-7 WCC) vs GONZAGA (19-8, 14-2 WCC) 
THURSDAY, FEB. 20 | 6 P.M. | SPOKANE, WASH. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER (6,000)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team stays home this week to play Saint Mary's on Thursday, Feb. 20. The Zags are coming off a win over LMU last week, 69-57. 
- The Bulldogs have now won 13-straight games as the team went undefeated in the month of January. 
- Ejim made history in the second quarter on Feb. 6. as she eclipsed 2,166 points to become the new scoring leader in Gonzaga women's basketball history. She broke Heather Bowman's record of 2,156 points scored from 2006-10. 
- Ejim has recorded 36 double doubles in her career and 11 this year alone. She has scored double digits in 69-straight games with her last single digit scoring effort back on Feb. 16, 2023. She also ranks seventh in the nation in scoring with 582 points this season. 
- On Jan. 30, Ejim became the first WCC women's basketball player to eclipse 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. 
- Ejim was recently named an USBWA's National Player of the Week. She was also named to the midseason Wooden Award, Katrina McClain Power Forwar of the Year, Naismith National Player of the Year, Ann Dreysdale Player of the Year, College All-Star Game, 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. She had her first career double double against WSU with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 
- On Jan. 18, Ejim broke the all-time rebounding record at Gonzaga. She now holds the record at Gonzaga for most rebounds, most points 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 (77) among freshmen and is averaging 13.12 points per game. Overall, she eighth in the country and first in the WCC in made three-pointers. 
- Turner's 77 made threes is the most made for a freshman in GU history and is tied for seventh for made threes in a single season at Gonzaga. She is also the first true freshman to score 20+ points in multiple games since Heather Bowman.
- Ejim ranks fifth in the nation in field goals made this season with 221. 
- Ejim leads the Zags with 21.6 points a game, which ranks 11th in the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 9.2 rebounds a game this season to rank first in the conference and on the team. 
- Gonzaga is shooting at 36.4% from beyond the arc to rank 20th nationally and first in the WCC.  
- As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +10.3 to rank eighth in the country and number one in the conference. Overall, they have an average of 40 rebounds a game.
- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 283-71 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is seventh in winning percentage at 80%. 
- Fortier is now in third place on the WCC career coaching wins list. She is third wins away from second of all-time.

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: Gonzaga leads 54-29   
LAST MEETING: Gonzaga won 69-58 on Feb. 6, 2025, in Moraga, Calif.

SCOUTING THE GAELS
- Saint Mary's went 1-1 last week with a home defeat to Portland before thumping Pepperdine by 14 to sweep the regular season series. 
- The Gaels built a 14-point lead over the Pilots in UCU Pavilion Thursday night. Six turnovers from Saint Mary's and five made three's from Portland in the fourth quarter turned the tide as the Pilots were able to pull off the comeback and win 71-69. The Gaels finished with five players in double figures for the first time this season.
- They sit in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference standings at 9-7 along with Oregon State and San Francisco. 
- The Gaels are just 2-5 over their last seven games.