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Lady Zags Travel to Las Vegas for Shootout
WBB Travels to Las Vegas for Shootout
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Gonzaga University women's basketball team heads to Las Vegas for the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Friday and Saturday.
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Gonzaga University women's basketball team heads to Las Vegas for the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Friday and Saturday.
RV/RV Gonzaga (3-0) vs. American (0-3)
Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 | 3;30 p.m. (PT)
South Point Arena (4,600) | Las Vegas, Nev.
Radio: The Key 1050 AM
Live Stats | Gonzaga Notes | American Notes
Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 | 3;30 p.m. (PT)
South Point Arena (4,600) | Las Vegas, Nev.
Radio: The Key 1050 AM
Live Stats | Gonzaga Notes | American Notes
ZAGS HEAD TO VEGAS FOR THANKSGIVING
• Gonzaga is one of seven teams that will be competing in the annual South Point Thanksgiving Shootout at the South Point Casino.
• The Zags play a pair of games in consecutive days.
• Friday’s tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. There will be no live video stream, but live stats will be available on GoZags.com. Live radio will be on 1050 AM.
THE LAST TIME OUT
• Propelled by a fantastic first half, Gonzaga eased to an 89-60 win its first road game of the season at Montana State.
• Last Friday, the Zags shot nearly 60 percent from the field in the opening half, while holding MSU to 24 percent.
• The Bulldogs jumped out to a 17-0 lead, led 51-18 at halftime, and never trailed in the game.
• Shelby Cheslek matched her career-high with 16 points.
• Sunny Greinacher added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the double-double performance.
• Lindsay Sherbert and Keani Albanez chipped in 15 and 14 points. Georgia Stirton dished out eight assists.
GONZAGA STORYLINES
• Gonzaga has appeared in 27 straight polls either receiving votes or in the top 25.
• The Zags have won 26 consecutive regular season games in the McCarthey Athletic Center, dating back to a 66-63 loss to Saint Mary’s in 2012.
• Gonzaga returns to Las Vegas where it has won the last two West Coast Conference tournaments. The Zags have won five of the last six WCC tournaments. GU is 14-3 in Las Vegas all-time.
• The Bulldogs are playing Las Vegas during the regular season for the first time since it won a pair of games at the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic over Georgia and Dayton in 2011.
• Shelby Cheslek eclipsed 400 rebounds in her Gonzaga career during the game at Montana State.
• Sunny Greinacher is 23 points away from 900 points in her Gonzaga career.
• Lindsay Sherbert will be playing in her 100th collegiate game Friday against American.
ABOUT THE EAGLES
• American is off to an 0-3 start to its season, with all three games played at home.
• The Eagles are coming off a 63-56 setback to Princeton last Sunday.
• After finishing second in the Patriot League last season, AU was selected second in the conference preseason poll this season. Jen Dumiak was named preseason All-Patriot League.
• American returns seven letterwinners, including three starters, from the 2013-14 team that compiled a 22-10 overall record and earned an at-large bid to the WNIT.
• The Eagles have five players listed taller than six feet, with the tallest at 6-2. The average height is 5-9.
• Jen Dumiak is averaging 13.3 points and six assists per game this season, and Arron Zimmerman is adding 9.7 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
• Friday is the second all-time meeting between Gonzaga and American.
• The Eagles won the only meeting in the 1999 Lobo Classic in Albuquerque. It was a 65-64 overtime thriller in The Pit.
• The Zags were led by Jessica Malone’s 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
• Kate Miller scored a game-high 22 points to lead American.
• Gonzaga is 2-2 all-time versus opponents from the Patriot League conference. The last meeting for GU against a Patriot League member was last season’s win over Colgate.
CHASING MILESTONES
• Sunny Greinacher
- Greinacher is currently sixth in program history with a .511 FG Pct.
- Needs 18 games to equal Stephanie Hawk’s 122, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 126 points to become the 20th player to score 1,000 in a career at GU.
- Needs 162 rebounds to become the 15th player to grab 600 in a career at GU.
• Keani Albanez
- Albanez is currently 10th in program history with 311 three-point attempts.
- Needs 10 three-pointers to equal Taelor Karr’s 115, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 21 games to equal Stephanie Hawk’s 122, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 55 steals to equal Loretta O’Brien’s 162, which is 10th all-time at GU.
• Shelby Cheslek
- Cheslek is currently 10th in program history with 100 blocks, one away from ninth...
• Gonzaga is one of seven teams that will be competing in the annual South Point Thanksgiving Shootout at the South Point Casino.
• The Zags play a pair of games in consecutive days.
• Friday’s tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. There will be no live video stream, but live stats will be available on GoZags.com. Live radio will be on 1050 AM.
THE LAST TIME OUT
• Propelled by a fantastic first half, Gonzaga eased to an 89-60 win its first road game of the season at Montana State.
• Last Friday, the Zags shot nearly 60 percent from the field in the opening half, while holding MSU to 24 percent.
• The Bulldogs jumped out to a 17-0 lead, led 51-18 at halftime, and never trailed in the game.
• Shelby Cheslek matched her career-high with 16 points.
• Sunny Greinacher added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the double-double performance.
• Lindsay Sherbert and Keani Albanez chipped in 15 and 14 points. Georgia Stirton dished out eight assists.
GONZAGA STORYLINES
• Gonzaga has appeared in 27 straight polls either receiving votes or in the top 25.
• The Zags have won 26 consecutive regular season games in the McCarthey Athletic Center, dating back to a 66-63 loss to Saint Mary’s in 2012.
• Gonzaga returns to Las Vegas where it has won the last two West Coast Conference tournaments. The Zags have won five of the last six WCC tournaments. GU is 14-3 in Las Vegas all-time.
• The Bulldogs are playing Las Vegas during the regular season for the first time since it won a pair of games at the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic over Georgia and Dayton in 2011.
• Shelby Cheslek eclipsed 400 rebounds in her Gonzaga career during the game at Montana State.
• Sunny Greinacher is 23 points away from 900 points in her Gonzaga career.
• Lindsay Sherbert will be playing in her 100th collegiate game Friday against American.
ABOUT THE EAGLES
• American is off to an 0-3 start to its season, with all three games played at home.
• The Eagles are coming off a 63-56 setback to Princeton last Sunday.
• After finishing second in the Patriot League last season, AU was selected second in the conference preseason poll this season. Jen Dumiak was named preseason All-Patriot League.
• American returns seven letterwinners, including three starters, from the 2013-14 team that compiled a 22-10 overall record and earned an at-large bid to the WNIT.
• The Eagles have five players listed taller than six feet, with the tallest at 6-2. The average height is 5-9.
• Jen Dumiak is averaging 13.3 points and six assists per game this season, and Arron Zimmerman is adding 9.7 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
• Friday is the second all-time meeting between Gonzaga and American.
• The Eagles won the only meeting in the 1999 Lobo Classic in Albuquerque. It was a 65-64 overtime thriller in The Pit.
• The Zags were led by Jessica Malone’s 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
• Kate Miller scored a game-high 22 points to lead American.
• Gonzaga is 2-2 all-time versus opponents from the Patriot League conference. The last meeting for GU against a Patriot League member was last season’s win over Colgate.
CHASING MILESTONES
• Sunny Greinacher
- Greinacher is currently sixth in program history with a .511 FG Pct.
- Needs 18 games to equal Stephanie Hawk’s 122, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 126 points to become the 20th player to score 1,000 in a career at GU.
- Needs 162 rebounds to become the 15th player to grab 600 in a career at GU.
• Keani Albanez
- Albanez is currently 10th in program history with 311 three-point attempts.
- Needs 10 three-pointers to equal Taelor Karr’s 115, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 21 games to equal Stephanie Hawk’s 122, which is 10th all-time at GU.
- Needs 55 steals to equal Loretta O’Brien’s 162, which is 10th all-time at GU.
• Shelby Cheslek
- Cheslek is currently 10th in program history with 100 blocks, one away from ninth...
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