The Gonzaga Bulldogs kept their West Coast Conference regular season title hopes alive this week as they won their showdown with the Saint Mary's Gaels on Thursday night in a battle of the top two teams in the conference. Gonzaga beat Saint Mary's at home 73-59 to pull to within one game of the Gaels in the loss column.
The Loyola Marymount Lions had the displeasure of facing Gonzaga next, and lost 78-59 in Spokane on Saturday night, snapping the Lions' six-game road winning streak. Here are the update WCC standings.
| West Coast Conference Basketball Standings | ||||
| Team | Conf. | Overall | This Week | Next Week |
| Saint Mary's | 12-1 | 23-3 | 1-1 | LMU, at Murray St.* |
| Gonzaga | 10-2 | 20-4 | 2-0 | at Santa Clara, at USF |
| BYU | 9-3 | 21-6 | 1-0 | at USF, at Santa Clara |
| Loyola Marymount | 9-4 | 16-10 | 1-1 | at St. Mary's, Valparaiso* |
| San Francisco | 7-6 | 17-10 | 2-0 | BYU, Gonzaga |
| San Diego | 5-8 | 10-15 | 1-1 | Portland, at CSU Bakersfield* |
| Portland | 3-9 | 6-19 | 0-1 | at USD, at Pepperdine |
| Pepperdine | 2-12 | 8-17 | 0-2 | at Seattle*, Portland |
| Santa Clara | 0-12 | 8-17 | 0-2 | Gonzaga, BYU |
| Through games of February 11; *non-conference game |
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With three conference games remaining, Loyola Marymount needs one win or a loss by the San Francisco Dons to clinch no worse than fourth place and a bye through the first day of the West Coast Conference Tournament. LMU hits the road to face Saint Mary's on Wednesday night.