Gonzaga hits the road

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GONZAGA

RECORD: 3-0 WCC, 12-4 overall

COMING UP: Tonight at Pepperdine, 6 p.m.; Saturday at Loyola Marymount, 5 p.m.

OUTLOOK: The Zags take a four-game winning streak into their first WCC road trip. The first stop is Pepperdine, which is coming off a 96-46 loss to Saint Mary’s. Freshman guard Keion Bell and sophomore forward Mychel Thompson scored 31 of Pepperdine’s 46 points. Gonzaga is sixth nationally in field-goal percentage defense (36.8) while Pepperdine is 307 ^th (out of 330) in field-goal percentage (39.3). The Waves’ lone conference win is over Loyola Marymount, which has suffered four key injuries and is down to seven scholarship players. The Lions’ only win came against Cal State Bakersfield. Freshman Jarred DuBois averages 13.7 points and scored 25 in the loss to San Diego on Saturday.

NOTES

The schedule-maker didn’t take it easy on Gonzaga in the non-conference, but that’s changed in West Coast Conference play.

Gonzaga has opened its WCC slate with three home wins by an average of 31 points. The Zags face Pepperdine tonight and Loyola Marymount on Saturday. Those teams are a combined 5-33. The Bulldogs will complete the first half of the conference season next week with showdowns against Saint Mary’s (17-1, 4-0) and San Diego (12-7, 4-0) at the McCarthey Athletic Center .

For now, GU is focused on Pepperdine – and itself.

“We just need to go down there and try to get better,” head coach Mark Few said. “We had really solid performances in both games last week. We need to carry that momentum on the road and continue to stay on an upswing.”

Gonzaga was solid at both ends of the floor in routing Santa Clara and San Francisco . After being outrebounded in their five previous games, the Bulldogs dominated the boards 92-56 against SCU and USF.

Many wins for Few

Few, 248-64 in 10 years at GU, is closing in on Dan Fitzgerald (252-171, 15 seasons), who is second on the school’s all-time wins list. Hank Anderson is first (290-275, 21 seasons).

Good catch

Gonzaga forward Austin Daye got an assist at the barbershop the other day.

“My car got hit,” he said. “Somebody backed up into me and tried to run but the cops caught them.”