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Men's Basketball Game Facts Game No. 21 – University of San Francisco Saturday, January 27 – 5 p.m. PST McCarthey Athletic Center – Spokane, WA Radio: News Talk 1510 KGA (Spokane); 1340 KCTR (Tri-Cities); 980 KUSA (Yakima) Pre-game show 30 minutes prior to tipoff TV: KHQ-TV (Spokane); FSN (check local listings) GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS (13-7; 4-1 West Coast) G - 2 Jeremy Pargo, 6-2, 219, So., Chicago, IL (12.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.3 assists, 1.3 steals) Gonzaga G - 5 Derek Raivio, 6-3, 177, Sr., Vancouver, WA (19.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.3 assists, 1.6 steals) University G - 15 Matt Bouldin, 6-5, 214, Fr., Highlands Ranch, CO (7.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.5 assists, 0.7 steals) Bulldogs F - 32 Sean Mallon, 6-9, 223, Sr., Spokane, WA (9.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.0 assists, 0.5 steals) F - 42 Josh Heytvelt, 6-11, 238, So., Clarkston, WA Sports Information (15.0 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 0.4 assists, 0.5 steals, 1.4 blocks) 502 E Boone HEAD COACH: Mark Few (University of Oregon, 1987) th th Spokane, WA 99258-0066 GONZAGA RECORD: 201-48 (8 year – 18 at GU) CAREER RECORD: Same UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO DONS (7-13; 3-2 West Coast) G - 11 Armondo Surratt, 6-0, 170, Sr., Oakland, CA Oliver Pierce (15.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 3.3 assists, 1.3 steals) Sports Information Director G - 10 Manny Quezada, 6-2, 185, So., New York, NY Men's Basketball Contact Men's Basketball Contact (11.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals) (509) 323-6373 F - 25 Alan Wiggins Jr., 6-9, 230, Sr., Poway, CA [email protected] Contact (13.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.5 assists, 0.7 steals, 1.7 blocks) (509) 323-6373 F - 1 Jay Watkins, 6-8, 215, Fr., Memphis, TN SERIES RECORD Rich Moser (6.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 0.4 assists, 0.7 steals) Gonzaga 33-20 [email protected] SID F - 41 Danny Cavic, 6-8, 210, Jr., Tustin, CA (509) 323-5484 (5.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.7 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.4 blocks) [email protected] HEAD COACH: Jesse Evans (Eastern Michigan, 1972) Liz Smith rd th Assistant SID USF RECORD: 35-44 (3 year) CAREER RECORD: 167-125 (10 year) GAMES PRIOR TO GONZAGA: None. Women’sSara Basketball Rathbun Contact Graduate Assistant SID Game No. 22 – University of San Diego Women's (509) Basketball 323-5484 Contact Monday, January 29 – 9 p.m. PST [email protected](509) 323-4227 McCarthey Athletic Center – Spokane, WA [email protected] Radio: News Talk 1510 KGA (Spokane); 1340 KCTR (Tri-Cities); 980 KUSA (Yakima) Pre-game show 30 minutes prior to tipoff Rachel Engrissei TV: ESPN2 SID Intern FAX UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TOREROS (12-8; 2-3 West Coast) (509)Baseball 323-5730 Contact G - 13 Danny Brown, 6-4, 183, So., Olathe, KS (3.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 0.7 assists, 0.6 steals) (509) 323-4227 G - 14 Ross DeRogatis, 6-1, 185, Sr., Mansfield, TX [email protected] (15.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.8 assists, 1.2 steals) www.gozags.com C - 2 Daniel Fleming, 6-8, 215, So., Murrietta, CA (4.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 0.9 assists, 0.1 steals) FAX (509) 323-5730 F - 12 Chris Lewis, 6-7, 190, Fr., Bedford, TX SERIES RECORD (6.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals) Gonzaga 46-20 F - 33 Theo White, 6-6, 235, Sr., Oakland, CA Web (3.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 0.8 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.5 blocks) www.gozags.com HEAD COACH: Brad Holland (UCLA, 1979) USD RECORD: 194-170 (13th year) CAREER RECORD: 217-201 (15th year) GAMES PRIOR TO GONZAGA: 1/27 at Portland. Bulldog Bites FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JANUARY 25, 2007 ; Gonzaga University can take a big step to pull away from most of the rest of the pack in the West Coast Conference this weekend when the University of San Francisco visits on Saturday followed by the University of San Diego on Monday. The Bulldogs are in a three-way logjam for the WCC lead with Santa Clara University and Saint Mary’s College at 4-1 as the 2007 BULLDOGS RESULTS conference slate reaches the halfway point this weekend. USF (3-2) and USD (2-3) are nearing must-win situations this weekend to keep their title hopes DATE OPPONENT TIME Nov. 1 AUGUSTANA (ex.) W 89-53 alive as the two schools visit Gonzaga and the University of Portland. SCU Nov. 4 WARNER PACIFIC (ex.) W 97-52 and SMC visit Loyola Marymount University (0-5) and Pepperdine University Nov. 10 EASTERN WASHINGTON (KHQ/FCS)W 90-75 (1-4) this week, so sweeps by Gonzaga, SCU and SMC would pretty much Nov. 14 NIT TIP-OFF CLASSIC @ SPOKANE ARENA BAYLOR d. COLORADO STATE 87-82 (2OT) leave the WCC a three-team race heading into the second half of the season. GONZAGA d. RICE (ESPN2) 88-50 Nov. 15 NIT TIP-OFF CLASSIC @ SPOKANE ARENA ; Gonzaga University has won 23 straight West Coast Conference RICE d. COLORADO STATE 70-61 regular-season games at home and 25 straight WCC contests overall counting last GONZAGA d. BAYLOR 78-69 Nov. 19 TEXAS SAN ANTONIO (KAYU/FSN) W 92-48 year’s WCC Tournament hosted by the Bulldogs. Gonzaga’s loss at Saint Mary’s Nov. 22 NIT Tip-Off Classic @ Madison Square Garden College earlier this season halted a 26-game regular-season winning streak and Butler d. Tennessee (ESPN2) 56-44 GONZAGA d. N. CAROLINA (ESPN2) 82-74 30-game overall winning streak against WCC competition. Nov. 24 NIT Tip-Off Classic @ Madison Square Garden North Carolina d. Tennessee (ESPN) 101-87 ; Gonzaga University head coach th Mark Few Milestones BUTLER d. GONZAGA (ESPN2) 79-71 Mark Few earned his 200 career victory Jan. 13 Nov. 26 IDAHO (KHQ/FSN) W 76-51 th First Victory – 11/21/99 at Santa Clara University. It was his 200 victory Gonzaga 78, at Montana 61 Nov. 30 PORTLAND STATE (KHQ/FSN) W 69-51 th Dec. 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge @ Phoenix, AZ in his 247 game in his eight years as head 50th Victory – 3/5/01 Gonzaga d. Texas (ESPN) 87-77 coach, ranking him third on the “Fastest To 200 *Gonzaga 80, at Santa Clara 77 Dec. 5 Washington State (KHQ/FSN/FCS) L 77-67 100th Victory – 2/15/03 Dec. 9 WASHINGTON (KHQ/FSN) W 97-77 Wins” list in NCAA Division I history. Clair Bee, Gonzaga 82, San Francisco 71 Dec. 16 Chick-Fil-A Classic For Kids @ Duluth, GA who coached Rider University and Long Island th Gonzaga vs. Georgia (ESPN2) L 96-83 University, heads the list with 231 games while 125 Victory – 2/12/04 Dec. 21 Duke @ Madison Square Garden (ESPN2)L 61-54 Gonzaga 71, at San Francisco 48 Dec. 30 Nevada (Battle in Seattle) (ESPN2) L 82-74 former Long Beach State University and UNLV 150th Victory – 2/5/05 Jan. 3 Virginia (ESPN2) L 108-87 head coach Jerry Tarkanian reached 200 wins in Gonzaga 92, Santa Clara 75 Jan. 6 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (KAYU) W 97-62 234 games. Few is tied for 15th on the “Fastest To 175th Victory – 1/23/06 Jan. 8 * PEPPERDINE (ESPN2) W 69-52 Gonzaga 84, at San Francisco 75 Jan. 13 *Santa Clara (KHQ/FSN) W 77-69 100 Wins” list, achieving that milestone is his th th 200 Victory – 1/13/07 Jan. 15 *Saint Mary’s (ESPN) L 80-75 126 game. Few is also 93-10 in West Coast Gonzaga 77, at Santa Clara 69 Jan. 22 * Portland (ESPN) W 80-68 th Conference play, having coached his 100 WCC *WCC Tournament Championship Jan. 27 * SAN FRANCISCO (KHQ/FSN) 5 p.m. game Jan. 8 in a 69-52 home win over Jan. 29 *SAN DIEGO (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Jan. 31 Stanford (FSN) 8 p.m. Pepperdine University. Feb. 3 * Pepperdine (KHQ/FSN) 12:30 p.m. ; Senior guard Derek Raivio is still ranked in four NCAA categories Feb. 5 * Loyola Marymount (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Feb. 10 * SAINT MARY’S (KHQ/FSN) 5 p.m. according to the latest NCAA statistics through games of Jan. 21. Raivio was fourth th Feb. 12 * SANTA CLARA (ESPN2) 9 p.m. in free throw percentage at 93.4 (77-for-82), 13 in 3-point field goal percentage at Feb. 17 RONALD McDONALD HOUSE OF th th CHARITIES CLASSIC @ SPOKANE ARENA 45.9 percent (59-for-126), 28 in 3-point field goals/game at 3.1 and 30 in GONZAGA vs. MEMPHIS (ESPN) 3 p.m. points/game at 19.3. He had a school and West Coast Conference record 44 Feb. 19 * PORTLAND (KHQ/FSN) 6 p.m. straight free throws earlier this season. Sophomore Josh Heytvelt was 62nd in field Feb. 24 *San Francisco (ABC) 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26 * San Diego (TV-TBD) 7 p.m. goal percentage at 54.2. The rankings don’t reflect the Bulldogs game Monday at Mar. 2 WCC Tournament First Round (ESPNU#) the University of Portland. @ Portland, OR 5:30/8 p.m. Mar. 3 WCC Tournament Quarterfinal ; Gonzaga University is shooting nearly 40.0 percent for the @ Portland, OR 6/8 p.m.