Dons seek second win over Zags this season

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02/27/2010 - Spokane, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With their 10th consecutive West Coast Conference regular season title in the bag, the 18th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs try to keep the momentum going as they play host to the San Francisco Dons tonight at the McCarthy Athletic Center in Spokane.

San Francisco is playing its final game of the 2009-10 docket today, and the team had its modest three-game win snapped on Thursday night at the University of Portland, as the Pilots saddled the Dons with a 70-59 setback. The loss dropped USF to 12-16 on the year and 7-6 in WCC play. The Dons own a 3-9 record in true road games this season, and a victory over the nationally- ranked Bulldogs would give the team some much-needed confidence heading into the WCC Tournament.

Gonzaga secured the top seed in the upcoming conference tourney by whipping visiting Santa Clara on Thursday night, 88-51. The Bulldogs have won six of their last seven games, five of which have been by double figures, and they will close out the regular season on Tuesday night at home against Cal State Bakersfield. The Zags are an impressive 23-5 on the year, and they own a near- flawless 11-1 home record. Their 10 straight conference crowns is the longest current streak in the nation, and tied for third in NCAA Division I history.

San Francisco upset Gonzaga in the first meeting between the two this season, taking an 81-77 decision from the Zags on January 30th. Prior to that win, USF had dropped nine straight to Gonzaga. Overall, the Bulldogs own a 39-21 advantage in the all-time series.

Rashad Green scored 16 points and Kwame Vaughn added 11 more, but those efforts went for naught as the San Francisco Dons fell at Portland on Thursday night by 11 points. USF shot 46.7 percent from the floor, but 19 turnovers and a 24-10 deficit in bench points hurt the Dons' chances at getting closer to the .500 mark on the season. Dior Lowhorn, a 47.4 percent shooter who is averaging a club-best 18.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for the season, tallied a mere seven points in the loss to the Pilots. Vaughn (12.4 ppg) is the only double-digit scorer at the moment for the Dons, who are converting 44.8 percent of their total shots in putting up 70.4 ppg. Unfortunately, the team is giving up 72.4 ppg, with its opponents hitting 36.1 percent of their three-point tries and 73.9 percent from the foul line. A +3.9 edge in rebounding gives USF a chance on most nights, but 15 turnovers per outing has hurt the team more times than not.

Steven Gray was the star for Gonzaga in the easy win over Santa Clara on Thursday night, hitting 10-of-12 field goal attempts to finish with 26 points. He also grabbed six rebounds and added a pair of steals to his solid stat line, helping the Bulldogs lay claim to a 43-28 advantage on the boards. Bol Kong came off the bench to chip in 12 points, while Robert Sacre tallied 11 points in just 16 minutes as a starter. The team as a whole shot 57.4 percent from the field, and won the game rather handily despite a poor 13-of-26 showing from the foul line. Defensively, the Zags limited the Broncos to 34 percent accuracy on field goal attempts, and they easily outscored their overmatched opponent in the paint (50-20), off turnovers (22-2) and in second- chance points (19-9). Although he had an off night against SCU (2-of-9 shooting, seven points), Matt Bouldin is GU's leading scorer on the season with his 16.2 ppg, while Elias Harris checks in with 15.0 ppg. Gray adds 13.7 ppg and Sacre another 10.1 ppg for the Bulldogs who are netting an average of 78.2 ppg while yielding 66.9 ppg to foes. The Zags are shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor to this point (.493).

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