GONZAGA (20-9, 15-3 WCC) at PACIFIC (13-15, 9-9 WCC)
THURSDAY, FEB. 27 | 6 P.M. | ALEX G. SPANOS CENTER (5,634)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team heads on the road to play the last two regular season games. The first one is at Pacific this Thursday, Feb. 27.
- Yvonne 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 71-straight games with her last single digit scoring effort back on Feb. 16, 2023. She also ranks eighth in the nation in scoring with 613 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.
- Allie Turner has made a huge impact as a freshman already this season. She ranks first in the nation in three-pointers made (84) among freshmen and is averaging 13.2 points per game. Overall, she eighth in the country and first in the WCC in made three-pointers. 
- The Bulldogs went undefeated in the month of January and went on a 14-game winning streak.
- 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. 
- Turner's 84 made threes is the most made for a freshman in GU history and is currently sixth for made threes in a single season at Gonzaga. She needs 12 to tie Brynna Maxwell's record of 96 in a single season (2023-24). She is also the first true freshman to score 20+ points in multiple games since Heather Bowman.
- Ejim ranks third in the nation in field goals made this season with 234. 
- Ejim leads the Zags with 21.2 points a game, which ranks 14th in the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 8.9 rebounds a game this season to rank first in the conference and on the team. 
- Gonzaga is shooting at 36.5% from beyond the arc to rank 17th nationally and first in the WCC.  
- As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +10.2 to rank seventh in the country and number one in the conference. Overall, they have an average of 39.8 rebounds a game.
- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 284-72 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is seventh in winning percentage at 79.8%. 
- Fortier is now in third place on the WCC career coaching wins list. She is two wins away from second of all-time.

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: Gonzaga leads 23-5, including 18-straight   
LAST MEETING: Gonzaga won 68-64 on Feb. 1, 2025, in Spokane, Wash.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
- The Pacific Tigers are currently 13-15 and 9-9 in the West Coast Conference. 
- Since the calendar flipped to 2025, Pacific's leading trio of scorers have performed true to expectation as all three average right around 13.5 ppg (Smith 14.4, Elliott 14 and James 12.5). 
- Liz Smith has done the majority of her damage scoring from the free throw line this year, making 104 free throws this season and shooting at 80%.