S-R photojournalists Colin Mulvany and Dan Pelle are in Salt Lake City covering the Zags against Wichita State.  Check out a big picture gallery of their photos.

S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered the GU women's game against Iowa State.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Dan Pelle shot this photo in GU's locker room, Friday of Gonzaga team manager Colin Stevens, left, and player David Stockton giving teammate Sam Dower some good-natured ribbing during press conference time at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, UT. The Zags are preparing to play Wichita State on Saturday evening.      

S-R photojournalists Dan Pelle and Colin Mulvany are in Salt Lake City covering GU's game against Southern. Check out a big picture gallery of their photos.

S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU win over Saint Mary's.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos

S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU women's victory over San Diego.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU victory over LMU to advance to the finals of the WCC. Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Dan Pelle covered GU's home win against Portland.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU home game against San Diego.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the Gonzaga Bulldogs defeat of Santa Clara 85-42,  in a blowout home game, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered GU's home win against Loyola Marymount.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

S-R photojournalist Tyler Tjomsland covered GU's win over San Francisco.  Check out a big picture gallery of his photos.

Top-seeded Stanford pulled away from 11th-seeded Gonzaga in the second half 83-60 in the Spokane Regional final Monday in front of 11,646 at the Arena, ending the most successful season in the Bulldogs’ history.

Gonzaga rallied past the eighth-ranked UCLA Bruins, pulling away to an 89-75 win in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament game on Monday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

11th-seeded Gonzaga edged six-seeded Iowa 92-86 Saturday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball Tournament before sellout crowd of 5,632 delirious fans at McCarthey Athletic Center.

Jan and Bill Vandersloot — proud parents of Gonzaga women's basketball star Courtney Vandersloot — took charge of the trophy ball Courtney was presented Thursday night at McCarthey Athletic Center before the Zags game with St. Mary's. 

And nobody was able to take it away from them, either.

The trophy commemorates the senior point guard's college career milestone of 1,000 assists achieved during the Feb. 12 game against Pepperdine. Vandersloot joins the elite group of just three other women and three men who have done so at the Division I level.

And she hasn't stopped there.  In Thursday's route of WCC second place St. Mary's, Vandersloot added another 13 assists along with 22 points, six rebounds, six steals and no turnovers.
  

Zags beat Xavier 64-54 Wednesday night in McCarthey Athletic Center.

Gonzaga’s impressive first half was enough to stave off Florida State on Friday. Gonzaga (27-6) will face No. 1-seeded and fourth-ranked Syracuse on Sunday at 9:10 a.m. PDT. Syracuse (29-4) cruised over Vermont 79-56 in Friday’s nightcap in front of an Orange-clad crowd of 18,948.

Click on the link to read the game story and Vince Grippi’s column.