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Spokane, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Seeking their 20th win of the season, the third-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs take on visiting Pacific on Saturday in West Coast Conference action at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The Bulldogs, who trail only undefeated Kentucky and Virginia in the Associated Press Poll this week, were pitted against their toughest conference foe on Thursday night, the Saint Marys Gaels. Entering the bout with a WCC mark of 7-0, the Gaels figured to give Gonzaga a real test, but it wasnt even close as the Bulldogs ran away with a 68-47 home win. After 20 games, the only loss for Gonzaga was a 66-63 overtime affair versus third-ranked Arizona in Tucson back on Dec. 6. Since then, the Bulldogs have rattled off 12 consecutive victories. The team owns the nations longest home winning streak at 35 in a row. The Tigers are an even 10-10 on the campaign after dropping four of the last five outings in conference play. The program was in action just two nights ago at Portland and was turned away in a 72-69 final. With a mark of 2-6 versus the rest of the WCC, Pacific finds itself tied with San Diego for next-to-last in the standings heading into the weekend. In terms of the all-time series, the Bulldogs have won all but one of the previous six encounters, losing a 70-60 decision back in 1977. Gonzaga has won three straight since then, posting a pair of victories in 2014. The largest lead of the game for Portland on Thursday night came in the second half, but the team needed a 3-pointer by Alec Wintering in the waning moments to break a 69-69 tie and provide the margin of victory versus Pacific. The Tigers had four players score in double figures in the setback, with Dulani Robinson coming up with 17 points off the bench. David Taylor tacked on 13 points, T.J. Wallace a double-double consisting of 11 points and 10 boards and Eric Thompson a double-double of his own with 10 points and a team-best 11 rebounds, to go along with three blocked shots. Wallace leads the team in both scoring and rebounding after 20 games, producing 13.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest, not to mention handing out 2.7 apg which makes him an all-around threat whenever he gets his hands on the ball. Robinson accounts for another 10.4 ppg, but his 36.0 percent shooting from the field still leaves a lot to be desired for a program that is netting 66.4 ppg, but giving up almost an identical number (66.3 ppg). The meeting with the Gaels was close after 20 minutes of play on Thursday night, with Gonzaga ahead by just six points at intermission. But then the hosts broke it wide open in the second half in order to cruise to the comfortable victory. Kevin Pangos led the way with 14 points and five assists, followed by Przemek Karnowski and Kyle Wiltjer with 12 and 11 points, respectively, while Domantas Sabonis accounted for 13 rebounds to give the Bulldogs a 36-28 edge on the glass. Defensively, Gonzaga held the Saints to just 2-of-15 shooting behind the 3-point line and 36.0 percent from the floor overall. What makes the Bulldogs such an exemplary team is the fact that nearly anyone, given enough playing time can lead the team in scoring on any given night. In the last four outings, the team has had a different top scorer each time out, but overall the squad still looks to Wiltjer and his 16.3 ppg to shoulder much of the load. Pangos, responsible for 12.6 ppg, has been tasked with keeping the offense on track, having handed out 100 assists in 20 starts. 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Stoughton had a disappointing 3-4 finish at the Olympic Curling Trials in December, as Jacobs went undefeated in claiming the right to wear Canadas colours in Sochi. Stoughton had lots of company. No one could slow the juggernaut from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.. "There was only one happy team coming out of those trials and that was obviously Jacobs," said Stoughton. "We just sort of decompressed for a few weeks and then got right back at it, had a great Skins Game, great fun Continental Cup with the guys, and then just carried right through to the Safeway championship in Winnipeg." In this years Brier field -- with both Jacobs and Alberta veteran Kevin Martin absent -- Stoughton and Albertas Kevin Koe are favourites. Manitoba has a record 27 wins at the Brier, followed closely by Alberta with 25. Koe is representing Alberta this year for the third time, after beating Martin 7-5 to take the provincial title. Koe won the Brier in 2010, his first appearance, and went on to win a world championship. Just getting out of Alberta is tough for Koe, who curls out of Calgary. "Youve got to get through one of the top teams in the world in Kevin Martin and its definitely not realistic to think you can do that every year," he said. He recognizes hes going to be one of the favourites along with Stoughton but says thats no different than any other year and the rest of the field may be deeper than some suspect. "Theres quite a few teams that a lot of people dont know about that I think will do pretty good, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, maybe even the Territories. I think its a pretty tough field actually." Theres maybe a little family pride creeping in there. For the third time in five years, hell be joined at the Brier by brother Jamie, who skips the Northwest Territories-Yukon entry. Jamie Koe is making his eighth appearance. In 2012, the brothers met in the 3 vs. 4 Page playoff. Kevin won and Jamie later lost to Manitobas Rob Fowler in the bronze-medal match but it was still a strong finish for a Territories team. Saskatchewan is led by 2003 World Junior champ Steve Laycock, back for his second appearance as skip at the Canadiann championship with a new team of Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch and Dallan Muryes.dddddddddddd Jean-Michel Menard is back for his eighth try after becoming just the second skip from Quebec to win the championship in 2006. His lineup consists of Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain and brother Philippe Menard. One of the only new faces this year is Ontarios Greg Balsdon, who stopped Glenn Howard from making his ninth straight appearance at the Brier. "I dont want to say we lucked out because weve had good games but theyve obviously beaten us more than weve beaten them," Balsdon said of the final, that saw Howard miss with his last rock and give up the winning point. Balsdon is new to the Canadian mens championship. He was part of the Cory Heggestad-led team that won the 2013 Canadian Mixed, but he says this feels bigger. "It feels just amazing. I dont think well truly appreciate it until were there," he said. Another team that has the chops to run with the best is also the hometown favourite -- John Morris and his B.C. rink, that features former skip and Kamloops native Jim Cotter at third. "Its exciting," says Cotter. "I think back 18 years ago when it was in Kamloops and Barry McPhee was the hometown team and I remember watching in the crowd there and I was pretty excited for those guys. . . Here we are 18 years later and Ive got the same opportunity." They made it all the way to the final against Jacobs at the Olympic Trials by beating Martin. After a disappointing loss, they took a few weeks off during the holidays to regroup but Cotter says they took good things out of the trials into the provincial finals in B.C. The addition of the veteran Morris, now curling for his third province, has made a huge difference, Cotter says. "We really have clicked. Johns just a phenomenal guy on and off the ice." Jacobs, meanwhile, is still celebrating his Olympic gold-medal win. The schedule made it virtually impossible to compete for a berth in this years Brier, although starting in 2015 the previous years winner will get an automatic berth, something the women already do. With Jacobs out of the mix, 1996 Canadian junior champ Jeff Currie was able to shift the Northern Ontario title from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay with his team of Mike McCarville, Colin Koivula and Jamie Childs. Former Olympic champ Brad Gushue from Newfoundland and Labrador is still the headliner out of the Atlantic provinces and James Grattan is making his 11th appearance for New Brunswick. Eddie MacKenzie has led Prince Edward Island to the Brier for three of the last four years and Jamie Murphy is back after also representing Nova Scotia at the 2012 championship. Brier finalists each receive $40,000 in prize money, the bronze medallist gets $30,000 and the $20,000 goes to the fourth-place team. 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