The West Coast Conference gets its opportunity to be in the college basketball spotlight Saturday night with No. 5 Gonzaga playing host to No. 21 Saint Mary's at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash.
The Bulldogs enter the game 16-0 overall and 4-0 in the WCC. The Gaels are 15-1 and 5-0.
Both teams did not look ahead to the showdown in their previous games Thursday night, each posting impressive victories.
Gonzaga soundly defeated visiting Loyola Marymount 93-55, shooting 53 percent from the field while limiting the Lions to 34.5 percent. Saint Mary's routed host Portland 74-33, shooting 50 percent from the field while the Pilots mustered only 25 percent.