Gonzaga’s Campbell

sidelined for rest of season with knee injury

SPOKANE — Gonzaga women’s basketball senior guard Katie Campbell has been sidelined for the remainder of the 2019-20 season due to a left knee injury.

Campbell’s injury occurred in the fourth quarter against BYU on Feb. 1 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Following Campbell’s exit, the Bulldogs went on to defeat the Cougars 59-44; the Oxnard, Calif., native led the Zags with a career-high tying 17 points to go with a career-high five steals.

Former Zag Morrison will have jersey hung at McCarthey Athletic Center

SPOKANE — Adam Morrison, who helped usher the Gonzaga men’s basketball program into national prominence, will be honored by Gonzaga Athletics on Thursday, Feb. 27 during a ceremony prior to GU’s game against San Diego.

Morrison, who will become the third player in program history to have his jersey displayed in the McCarthey Athletic Center, will be present for the ceremony. He will join that of John Stockton and Frank Burgess among those with their jersey numbers hung in the arena.

Morrison led the nation in scoring in his last year, as a junior in 2006, averaging 28.1 points per game.

Morrison finished his career as the third-leading scorer in Gonzaga history with 1,867 points. He is also third in the career rankings for field goals made (659), fourth in free throws made (398) and ninth in three-point field goals made (127). Morrison’s name is also scattered throughout the GU single-season rankings. He is first in single-season points (926 in 2006), field goals made (306 in 2006) and free throws made (240 in 2006). Morrison was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats as the third pick overall in the 2006 draft; the highest draft pick by a Gonzaga player.

Petrusev named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Award late-season list

Gonzaga’s Filip Petrusev was named one of 10 candidates on the late season list for the 2020 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award on Friday.

Petrusev averages a team-high 17.2 points per game, which ranks fourth in the West Coast Conference. He is second in the WCC grabbing 7.8 rebounds per game. The sophomore is third in the league shooting 57 percent from the field, and fourth blocking a shot each game. He has six double-doubles this season. The Belgrade, Serbia, native recently scored a career-high 31 points in a win at Santa Clara.

On Wednesday, Petrusev’s teammate Corey Kispert was named to the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year late season watch list. On Thursday, another Zag, Killian Tillie was named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year late season watch list. Gonzaga is the only program with a player on each of the small forward, power forward and center last season watch lists.