The Zags stay on the road for the final match of the ‘24-25 regular season campaign. It paradoxically feels both like yesterday that the season was getting started, but also forever ago. So much has happened and changed with this team and the world. I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
For this final game, the Bulldogs will be facing the Santa Clara Bulldogs that is set to tip at 2pm PST and will be featured on ESPN+. This game has some big attachments to it as another win will secure Gonzaga’s third WCC regular season title and we may get to see Yvonne Ejim break Drew Timme’s record for the all-time lead in career points, which currently stands at 2,307, as she needs just 15 points to make this her own. On the season, Eijm has scored less than 15 points just five times.
Loyola Marymount doesn’t have much to play for in this game other than spoiler as they currently have a 12-15 (6-13) record that has them sitting at 7th in the WCC and the Lions don’t have a chance to improve or loss their seeding for the WCC Tournament.
These two teams last played January 4th and the Bulldogs routed the Broncos 82-59. This was when the team was really hitting their stride and this win seemed to really propel them towards the eventual 14-game winning streak as it came off the back of a tough win against Portland just two days prior.
It’ll be interesting to see which version of this Zags team we get. Will we get the team that we saw in the first half of the Pacific game, all gears clicking, offense flying, and defense aggressive. Or, will we get the team that came out of the halftime break that couldn’t control the ball, hit their shots, and generally looks out of sync. That is the mystery of this Bulldogs squad at this stage in the year.
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