Men's Basketball Game Facts Game No. 12 – University of Missouri Thursday, Dec. 30 – 5 p.m. PST Mizzou Arena – Columbia, MO Radio: News Talk 1510 KGA (Spokane) Pre-game show 30 minutes prior to tipoff TV: ESPN2 No. 12 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS (10-1; 0-0 West Coast Conference) G - 5 Derek Raivio, 6-3, 168, So., Vancouver, WA (11.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 5.6 assists, 2.0 steals) Gonzaga G - 22 Erroll Knight, 6-7, 211, Jr., Seattle, WA University (7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.7 assists, 0.5 steals) C - 1 Ronny Turiaf, 6-10, 249, Sr., Le Robert, Martinique Bulldogs (19.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.7 assists, 1.2 blocks) F - 3 Adam Morrison, 6-8, 205, So., Spokane, WA (19.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.4 blocks) Sports Information F - 32 Sean Mallon, 6-9, 218, So., Spokane, WA 502 E Boone (11.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.3 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.6 blocks) HEAD COACH: Mark Few (University of Oregon, 1987) Spokane, WA 99258-0066 GONZAGA RECORD: 143-33 (6th year – 16th at GU) CAREER RECORD: Same Oliver Pierce UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI TIGERS (6-5; 0-0 Big 12 Conference) Sports Information Director G - 1 Jimmy McKinney, 6-3, 208, Jr., St. Louis, MO Men's Basketball Contact (8.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.4 assists, 1.1 steals) (509) 323-6373 G - 2 Jason Conley, 6-5, 212, Sr., Silver Spring, MD [email protected] (10.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.4 blocks) G - 12 Jason Horton, 6-0, 173, Fr., Dallas, TX Rich Moser (4.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals) C - 41 Linas Kleiza, 6-8, 245, So., Kaunas, Lithuania Assistant SID (17.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.5 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.3 blocks) SERIES RECORD Women’s(509) Basketball 323-5484 Contact F - 14 Kevin Young, 6-9, 263, Jr., Kingston, Jamaica Gonzaga 1-0 [email protected](509) 323-5484 (5.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.9 blocks) [email protected] HEAD COACH: Quin Snyder (Duke, 1989) Sara Rathbun UM RECORD: 106-68 (6th year) CAREER RECORD: Same GraduateChris Assistant Loucks SID GAMES PRIOR TO GONZAGA: None. Women'sGraduate Basketball Assistant Contact SID Baseball(509) 323-4227 Contact Game No. 13 – Santa Clara University [email protected] (509) 323-4227 Thursday, Jan. 6 – 8 p.m. PST [email protected] Leavey Center – Santa Clara, CA Radio: News Talk 1510 KGA (Spokane) FAX Pre-game show 30 minutes prior to tipoff (509) FAX323-5730 TV: ESPN2 (509) 323-5730 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY BRONCOS (7-6; 0-0 West Coast Conference) G - 30 Doron Perkins, 6-2, 200, Sr., Anchorage, AK Web (15.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.6 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.6 steals) www.gozags.comWeb G - 11 Kyle Bailey, 6-2, 200, Sr., Fairbanks, AK (11.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.7 assists, 1.4 steals) www.gozags.com G - 5 Brody Angley, 5-11, 195, Fr., Redding, CA (5.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.2 assists, 1.3 steals) F - 41 Travis Niesen, 6-7, 200, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (14.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 0.9 assists, 0.7 steals) SERIES RECORD F - 43 Jordan Legge, 6-8, 220, Sr., Mesa, AZ Gonzaga 30-29 (3.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.4 assists, 0.3 blocks) HEAD COACH: Dick Davey (Pacific, 1964) SCU RECORD: 209-154 (13th year) CAREER RECORD: Same GAMES PRIOR TO GONZAGA: 12/29 vs. Yale; 12/31 at Brigham Young Bulldog Bites ; Gonzaga got a career-high 18 points from J.P. Batista and 19 from Adam Morrison as the Bulldogs defeated No. 3 Oklahoma State 78-75 Tuesday in the nightcap of the Touchstone Energy All-College Classic at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Bulldogs built as much as a 16-point second-half lead before the Cowboys charged back to tie the game twice in the final 3:25. But an Adam Morrison 16- foot fadeaway jumper with 1:41 remaining and a Morrison free throw 2005 BULLDOGS RESULTS with 53 ticks left gave the Bulldogs a 78-75 lead. The Bulldogs missed DATE OPPONENT TIME 3-of-4 free throws in the final 53 seconds. Following a pair of missed Nov. 5 EMPORIA STATE (EXHIB.) W 114-86 throws by Derek Raivio the Cowboys got the rebound, then had an Nov. 14 LEWIS-CLARK STATE (EXHIB.) W 85-48 inbounds opportunity with :03 to play. John Lucas took a heavily Nov. 19 PORTLAND STATE (KHQ/FSN) W 98-80 Nov. 21 MONTANA (KHQ/FSN) W 78-62 contested 3-pointer from the right wing that missed the mark and the Nov. 24 IDAHO (KAYU/FSN) W 88-74 Bulldogs had the victory. Nov. 27 Wooden Tradition @ Indianapolis, IN Gonzaga l. Illinois (KHQ/FSN) L 89-72 ; Gonzaga’s J.P. Batista had a career-high 18 points, made his first eight Cincinnati d. Purdue 79-59 shots from the field and finished 8-for-9 from the field in earning MVP Dec. 1 WASHINGTON (KHQ/FSN) W 99-87 honors for the Bill Russell game of the Touchstone Energy All-College Dec. 4 Battle In Seattle @ Seattle, WA Classic on Tuesday. He was joined on the all-tournament team by ^Massachusetts (CSTV/Comcast) W 68-57 teammate Adam Morrison, Stephen Graham and John Lucas of Oklahoma Dec. 7 Washington State (FSN) W 54-52 State and Jaison Williams of Oklahoma, the MVP of the Pete Maravich Dec. 11 SAINT LOUIS (KHQ/KONG) W 75-45 Dec. 18 Las Vegas Showdown @ Las Vegas, NV game in which OU downed Tulsa 70-64 in the first game of the showcase Oklahoma State d. UNLV (ESPN2) 79-67 double-header. In the last four games Batista is 15-for-19 from the field for Gonzaga d. Georgia Tech (ESPN) W 85-73 78.9 percent. Dec. 21 %Eastern Washington W 83-70 Dec. 28 Touchstone Energy All-College Classic ; With Tuesday’s win, Gonzaga is Gonzaga vs. Big 12 @ Oklahoma City, OK 4-3 all-time against the current Oklahoma d. Tulsa (ESPN2) 70-64 DATE OPPPNENT W-L Gonzaga d. Oklahoma St. (ESPN2) W 78-75 makeup of the Big 12 12/28/04 $Oklahoma State W 78-75 Dec. 30 Missouri (ESPN2) 5 p.m. Conference. The Bulldogs have 12/13/03 *Missouri W 87-80! defeated Oklahoma State, Jan. 6 *Santa Clara (ESPN2) 8 p.m. 11/23/01 &Texas W 67-64 Baylor, Missouri and Texas Jan. 8 *Saint Mary’s (FSN) 7 p.m. 12/30/99 ^Colorado L 81-77 Jan. 13 *LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (KAYU/KONG) 7 p.m. while falling to Colorado, Jan. 15 *PEPPERDINE (KHQ/FSN) 5 p.m. Kansas and Kansas State. The 11/14/98 at Kansas L 80-66 Jan. 20 *San Francisco (KAYU/KONG) 7 p.m. 3/22/94 #at Kansas State L 66-64 Jan. 22 *San Diego (KHQ/KONG) 4 p.m. OSU, Baylor, Colorado, 11/29/91 %Baylor W 77-75 Jan. 29 *PORTLAND (ESPN2) 8 p.m. Missouri and Texas games were played on neutral courts, $ Touchstone Energy All-College Classic Feb. 3 *SAINT MARY’S (KHQ/FSN) 5:30 p.m. @ Oklahoma City, OK Feb. 5 *SANTA CLARA (KHQ/KONG) 3 p.m. while the Bulldogs met Kansas * Battle in Seattle – Seattle, WA Feb. 10 *Pepperdine (ESPN2) 8 p.m. in the 1998-99 season opener in & Great Alaska Shootout – Anchorage, AK Feb. 12 *Loyola Marymount (KHQ/FSN) 6 p.m. fabled Phogg Allen Fieldhouse ^ Rainbow Classic – Honolulu, HI Feb. 17 *SAN DIEGO (KHQ/KONG) 6 p.m. and Kansas State in Manhattan Feb. 19 *SAN FRANCISCO (ABC) 3 p.m. % Coors Light Classic – Fresno, CA Feb. 24 *Portland (ESPN2) 8 p.m. in the 1994 National Invitation # NIT Second Round Feb. 28 NORTHERN COLORADO (KHQ/FSN) 6 p.m. Tournament second round. Mar. 4 +WCC Tournament TBA Mar. 5 +WCC Tournament TBA ; This week’s polls showed Gonzaga making yet another move in both of the Mar. 6 +WCC Tournament (ESPN2) TBA major polls. The Bulldogs, who moved up nine spots a week ago in the Mar. 7 +WCC Tournament (ESPN) 9 p.m. th Associated Press rankings, inched up one more spot to 12 in swapping places with Washington. Gonzaga, which climbed back into the USA *WEST COAST CONFERENCE GAME st Today/ESPN rankings last week, moved up two spots to 21 . ^PLAYED AT KEYARENA %PLAYED AT SPOKANE ARENA ; With Oklahoma State maintaining its number three ranking in this +WCC TOURNAMENT AT SANTA CLARA, CA week’s polls, Tuesday’s marked the second time in two weeks the ALL TIMES PACIFIC TIME ZONE Bulldogs have handed the No. 3 team in the country its first loss of ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE the season. The Bulldogs thumped No. 3 and previously undefeated Georgia Tech 85-73 in the Las Vegas Showdown on Dec. 18. Gonzaga has played five teams ranked No. 3 since 1999 and the Bulldogs are now 3-2 against such teams. The Bulldogs fell to No. 3 and eventual national champion Connecticut in the 1999 NCAA Elite Eight, lost to No. 3 and Final Four participant Michigan State in the 2001 Sweet 16 and defeated No. 3 Missouri 87-80 in overtime last year in the inaugural Battle in Seattle at KeyArena.