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MALIBU, Calif. – Gonzaga’s offense sputtered both before and after Khalif Battle’s flagrant 2 foul led to an ejection late in the first half of Saturday’s 65-62 loss to UCLA.

MALIBU, Calif. – With only a handful of visits remaining to various gyms in the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga can expect the target on its back to grow over the next 24 months as longtime league rivals realize their chances to topple the Bulldogs are probably numbered.

Another blue blood, another close loss.

MALIBU, Calif. – With a handful of visits left to various gyms in the West Coast Conference, Gonzaga can only expect the target on its back to grow over the next 24 months, as longtime league rivals realize chances to finally topple the Bulldogs are probably numbered.

MALIBU, Calif. – Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 89-82 win over Pepperdine on Monday night.

MALIBU, Calif. – Khalif Battle concisely summed up Gonzaga’s goal offensively. “Game plan was to attack the rim,” Battle said. “Paint points.”

Gonzaga’s trip to Los Angeles on Friday afternoon got off to a frightening start when the team’s charter plane had a close call shortly after touching down at Los Angeles International Airport. Frightening video footage released by Airline Videos Live showed Gonzaga’s charter slowly taxing toward a runway. Air Traffic Control hurriedly told GU’s plane to “stop, stop stop” just as a Delta plane takes off nearby.

Former Gonzaga standout Drew Timme is on the move again in the NBA G League. Timme has been traded from the Stockton Kings to the Long Island Nets in a three-team deal.

Gonzaga's third nonconference loss in December – and fourth this season – dropped the Bulldogs five more spots in the final Associated Press poll of 2024.

MALIBU, Calif. – Michael Ajayi has likely had Monday’s game against Pepperdine circled, underlined and highlighted ever since the West Coast Conference revealed Gonzaga’s 18-game league schedule on Aug. 6.

MALIBU, Calif. – The month of December has brought more anguish than joy for Gonzaga in recent years. Three of the Zags’ four losses this season have come within the last four weeks, and December games have also accounted for half of GU’s 12 losses the last two years.