#1/1 Gonzaga (22-0, 13-0 WCC) vs. Santa Clara (10-6, 4-4)
THURSDAY, FEB. 25 | 4 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER | SPOKANE
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THE TIP OFF
- Gonzaga welcomes Santa Clara in the 96th all-time meeting between the programs Thursday at 4 p.m.
- The Zags have a 65-30 lead in the series.
- Gonzaga has won 44 of the last 46 meetings against the Broncos, including the last 21 straight matchups.
- Santa Clara's last win in the series was an 85-71 home
victory in 2011. Gonzaga is 44-4 under Few against SCU.
- The Bulldogs are 33-6 all-time in Spokane in the series, and has won 13 straight at home versus the Broncos.
- The Zags are coming off of a 106-79 home win over San Diego Saturday. GU scored 70 points in the paint.
- Gonzaga has clinched the outright West Coast Conference regular season title. The Bulldogs have either won or shared the title for a national-best nine straight years.
- GU is 13-0 in WCC play for the third straight season.
- Gonzaga has not trailed in the last 171 minutes and 41 seconds of play. Last time trailed was at Pacific (46-47).
- In the 520 minutes of conference play so far this season, the Zags have only trailed for 45 minutes and 58 seconds. In the 400 minutes of games at home this season, GU has trailed for a total of 50 seconds.
- Gonzaga is one of the last two unbeaten teams in the nation, and one of three teams that have at least 22 wins.
- The Zags' 26 straight wins dating back to 2019-20 is the longest active streak in nation. (Next: Belmont 21). Gonzaga's 17 straight conference wins is the second-longest active streak behind Belmont's 30.
- Gonzaga owns the nation's longest active home winning streak at 49, one shy of tying the program record.
- GU is first in the nation in scoring offense (93.4), field goal percentage (55.4), and two-point percentage (64.5).
- Drew Timme (19.09) and Corey Kispert (19.05) lead the WCC in scoring and field goal percentage (Timme, 64.9) (Kispert, 55.6). Kispert also tops the league in free-throw percentage (87.7) and three-point field goal percentage (45.7). Jalen Suggs is first in steals (2.00). Andrew Nembhard is first in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.69).


SERIES NOTES
- This is the 96th all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Santa Clara. GU owns a 65-30 advantage in the series.
- GU has won 44 of the last 46 meetings against the Broncos, including the last 21 straight matchups.
- Santa Clara's last win in the series was an 85-71 home victory on Jan. 20, 2011.
- The Bulldogs are 44-4 against SCU under Mark Few.
- In the latest meeting, Filip Petrusev had a career-high 31 points and nine rebounds and Gonzaga pulled away late in the second half and won at Santa Clara 87-72.
- The Bulldogs are 33-6 all-time in Spokane in the series, and has won 13 straight at home versus the Broncos.
- In last season's matchup in Spokane, GU cruised to a 104-54 win on Jan. 16. Joel Ayayi scored 19 points and Filip Petrusev and Admon Gilder each scored 18.
- Gonzaga is 23-23 all-time at Santa Clara, but have won 19 of their last 20 at SCU.
- Santa Clara won the first all-time meeting between the programs, 67-62, in Santa Clara on Feb. 3, 1959.
 
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS:          
- Santa Clara is coming off of an 86-82 home victory over Pepperdine Saturday. Four Broncos finished in double-digit scoring led by Josip Vrankic's 26 points. He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds as well. Christian Carlyle scored 16 points and dished out five assists. Jalen Williams added 17 points.
- Vrankic leads the Broncos averaging 15.38 points per game (10th in the WCC). He leads the conference grabbing 8.56 rebounds per game. His 7.19 defensive rebounds per outing also paces the league.
- Jalen Williams and Keshawn Justice are chipping in 10.8 and 10.4 points per game. Both are averaging just over 13 points per conference games. Williams and Justice are both dishing out 2.2 assists per game to lead the team.
 
A ZAG WIN WOULD ...
- Extend the nation's longest active win streak to 27, which would be two shy of the program record of 29.
- Extend the nation's longest active home win streak to 50, which would tie the program record of 50.
- Extend the nation's second-longest active conference win streak to 17.
- Be the 56th victory out of the last 57 regular season conference games.
- Be the 28th straight win at home over a WCC opponent.
- Be the 45th straight victory at home over an unranked foe.
- Improve Corey Kispert' career record in games he appeared in to 118-10.
- Improve Mark Few's record in February to 152-23.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Corey Kispert recently passed John Rillie for seventh in GU history for most career three-pointers. Kispert is currently at 238. Derek Raivio is sixth at 243.
- Kispert is five wins shy of moving to fourth in GU history for most victories in a career (117-10 current career record).
- Kispert is two rebounds from 500.
- Kispert is 18 points from passing Doug Spradley for 20th in GU scoring history. (Kispert at 1,410 career points)
- Kispert is averaging 19.0 points per game on 55.6 percent from the field, 45.7 percent from the three, and 87.7 percent from the foul line. No player has averaged 20 PPG on 55/45/90 shooting in D-I in at least 30 years.
- Joel Ayayi is four rebounds from 400 in his career.
- Aaron Cook is 10 assists from 300 in his career.