No. 9 Zags head to rival Saint Mary's for final WCC game | Live updates

Feb. 28—Pregame

Gonzaga and Saint Mary's will etch the final chapter in a rivalry within the West Coast Conference that's spanned decades.

The Zags (28-2, 16-1) and the Gaels (26-4, 15-2) meet in Moraga tonight at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN with a chance for the visitors to secure an outright West Coast Conference regular-season championship before departing for the new Pac-12 next season.

Saint Mary's will try and score one last upset to force a share of the league title before the WCC Tournament begins next week in Las Vegas. Win or lose, Gonzaga will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and won't play until the semifinals on March 9.

Gonzaga will be playing shorthanded tonight. With high-scoring forward Braden Huff already out with a knee injury, Gonzaga announced that Jalen Warley will miss his second consecutive game with a quad contusion.

More of a scoring load will fall on Graham Ike as well as the Zags' complementary players.

Game preview

Point guards will have to be on point in final Gonzaga-Saint Mary's regular season meeting — Key matchup

MORAGA, Calif. — They are relative newcomers to one of the longest-running rivalries in the West, but Gonzaga point guard Mario Saint-Supery and Saint Mary's counterpart Joshua Dent will have a big say in how the final regular-season meeting of the West Coast Conference opponents plays out Saturday (7:30 p.m., ESPN) at UCU Pavilion. — Read more

Gonzaga's Jalen Warley to miss second straight game with quad contusion

MORAGA, Calif. — Gonzaga's Jalen Warley will miss his second straight game tonight at Saint Mary's with a left quad contusion, a school official told The Spokesman-Review roughly eight hours before the regular-season finale at UCU Pavilion. — Read more

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How Gonzaga-Saint Mary's evolved into one of college basketball's most riveting rivalries — West Coast Conclusion

The rivalry germinated when the Gaels strung together six straight 25-plus win seasons from 2008-13, including two regular-season titles, two tournament crowns and four NCAA Tournament appearances. Saint Mary's won at least one matchup vs. Gonzaga in five of those six seasons. — Read more

Revisiting the moments that defined a memorable Senior Night for Gonzaga's Graham Ike: 'G, we love you boy!'

Graham Ike decided to sit the second game out late Wednesday night at McCarthey Athletic Center. — Read more