Here’s how to watch the epic battle between Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s Saturday Night.
The biggest game on the West Coast Conference schedule is set to be played Saturday night. It may even be one of the biggest games in the conference’s history. The AP #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs will travel to California to play the Saint Mary’s Gaels. This is the last good chance for someone to spoil the Zags’ undefeated record (currently sitting at 25-0).
Saint Mary’s enters the game ranked #20 with a 22-2 record on the season. One of the Gaels’ two losses came at the hands of Gonzaga four weeks to the day before this matchup. That was a 79-56 final that was closer than the final score indicates. Saint Mary’s had the deficit in the single digits as late as 7:00 left in the game before Gonzaga closed with a dominating 18-4 run.
This game will feature a marquee battle in the post. Gonzaga boasts 7’1″, 304-pound behemoth Przemek Karnowski while Saint Mary’s trots out the smaller Jock Landale (6’11”, 255 pounds). Karnowski uses his size to command a double team in the post on nearly every touch while Landale uses a myriad of skills to draw lots of fouls, score at a high rate, and post offensive and defensive rebounding rates in the top 20 of the nation. Landale is currently 3rd in Kenpom’s Player of the Year standings, but had one of his worst games of the season last time the two faced off. He played just 19 minutes, scoring 10 points, because of foul trouble from trying to stop Karnowski.
Date: Saturday, February 11th
Start Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
Location: Moraga, CA
Venue: McKeon Pavillion
TV: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN
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The difference-maker in this one could be Bulldogs’ guard Nigel Williams-Goss. The Washington transfer is sixth in Kenpom’s POY standings and scored a game-high 19 points when Gonzaga hosted Saint Mary’s in January. If the Gaels are able to slow him down, they could have a good shot at upsetting the top team in the country. McKeon Pavillion should be rocking for this top 20 matchup, so make sure to tune in Saturday night for what could be Gonzaga’s last dominant display in a historic season.