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Gonzaga is treating the newly devised West Coast Conference schedule as a precursor to the kind of slate its players will face in the NBA or other pro leagues. The seventh-ranked Bulldogs (13-0 overall, 1-0 WCC) will travel to play Pacific (6-8, 0-1) on Saturday after hosting Pepperdine two nights earlier because the WCC condensed the 18-game schedule into nine weeks instead of the 10 in previous years. This is the first of five times that Gonzaga will play split weeks with one home game and one away. Continue to Article

December 30, 2016 11:28:pm EST

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski each scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga beat short-handed Pepperdine 92-62 on Thursday night, extending the best start in program history. Continue to Article

December 29, 2016 11:25:pm EST

Pepperdine enters its West Coast Conference opener Thursday against No. 7 Gonzaga on a seven-game losing streak and without two of its better players because of injuries. Now they must travel north again to Spokane, Wash., to face a Bulldogs team that is off to the best start in school history at 12-0. What is the most upsetting for Pepperdine coach Marty Wilson, who signed a five-year contract extension last year, is that the Waves must play the rest of the season without senior captain Amadi Udenyi. Continue to Article

December 29, 2016 12:10:am EST

Saint Mary's has beaten Loyola Marymount nine times in a row, but there are a few reasons the 19th-ranked Gaels should be wary when they step on the Lions' home court Thursday in both teams' West Coast Conference opener. Loyola Marymount (7-4) has been playing good basketball of late, having won five of its past six games. The Gaels (10-1) trailed by as many as 20 points against Texas-Arlington on Dec. 9 and never got closer than 11 points in the second half of that 65-51 home loss. Continue to Article

December 28, 2016 1:27:am EST