By Nick Gagalis/n.gagalismedia@latinospost.com (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Feb 07, 2013 02:20 PM EST

Sixth-ranked Gonzaga faces Pepperdine in a West Coast Conference match-up Thursday at 11 pm EST on ROOT TV.

The Gonzaga Radio broadcast is available online. Pepperdine also has an audio stream of the game.

The Bulldogs have won four games in a row since their last loss, a 64-63 nail-biter to Butler on January 19. Gonzaga is now 1-2 on the season against ranked teams, with the win coming against then-#22 Oklahoma State on New Year's Eve and the other defeat versus then-#13 Illinois on December 8. The team is second in the country in shooting percentage at .509 and scores 78.7 points per game, good for ninth in the nation.

Gonzaga is led by Kelly Olynyk in scoring, as he collects 17.9 points per game on average. Elias Harris checks in with a team-leading 7.1 rebounds per game mark. Kevin Pangos has the team high in assists per game at 3.4. Olynyk leads all shooters with a .643 shooting percentage, while Mike Hart has a .583 mark from behind the arc.

The Bulldogs were outscored by seven in the second half at San Diego on Saturday but held on to win 65-63. Harris had 18 points and eight rebounds to lead his team, while Gary Bell, Jr. had the most assists with four.

The Waves have lost three games in a row and six of their last seven contests. Their only wins since conference play began were against Portland on January 5 and at Loyola Marymount on January 24.

Lorne Jackson leads Pepperdine with 14.3 points per game and 1.4 steals a contest. Stacy Davis is the leading rebounder, picking up 7.4 of them on average every game. Caleb Willis has a team-high 4.7 assists per game. Jett Raines has a .520 shooting percentage to pace the squad and Nikolas Skouen is the most effective behind the line with a .471 score in that department.

The Waves lost 86-78 on Saturday at home against the University of San Francisco. Jackson notched 20 points, was tied for first on the team in assists with four and added seven rebounds. Davis was the other assist leader, scoring 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting and gathering 15 rebounds.

In the previous game between Gonzaga and Pepperdine, the tenth-ranked Bulldogs topped the Waves in Malibu 78-62 on January 3. Harris led the Zags in rebounds with six and had a game-high 18 points. Hart added four boards and a team-leading five assists for Gonzaga. Willis had eight boards and a game-high seven assists for the Waves, and Jackson scored 16 points.