Sep. 2—Fans will have the opportunity to see Gonzaga no fewer than five times at McCarthey Athletic Center this season during the team's nonconference schedule.
Gonzaga's fifth known home nonconference game will take place on either Nov. 10 or 11 against Incarnate Word, according to Rocco Miller of Bracketeer.com. A tipoff time and television details for the Incarnate Word matchup, as well as Gonzaga's four other home nonleague games, will be announced at a later date.
The Zags are squeezing the Incarnate Word game into the schedule between the Nov. 7 home opener against New Mexico State and a Nov. 14 matchup against LSU and first-year coach at Numerica Veterans Arena.
It will be only the second meeting between Gonzaga and Incarnate Word, which lost 103-68 at the Kennel during the 2017-18 season. Rui Hachimura and Zach Norvell Jr. scored a combined 35 points off Gonzaga's bench, with Josh Perkins adding 16 more points for the home team.
Incarnate Word is losing its top six scorers, including three players who averaged double digits, from last year's team that finished 12-19 overall and ninth in the Southland Conference with a record of 7-15.
The Cardinals are 39-59 in three seasons under coach Shane Heirman, whose staff includes former Auburn, UTEP and Central Michigan coach Tony Barbee and former San Jose State coach Dave Wojcik, a longtime friend of Mark Few who once recruited ex-Zag standout Brandon Clarke to play for the Spartans in the Mountain West.
Aside from Incarnate Word and New Mexico State, the Zags are also scheduled to host Montana State (Nov. 17), NAIA Eastern Oregon (Dec. 2) and Cornell (Dec. 31) in home nonconference games.
The official nonconference schedule and full Pac-12 Conference schedule will be released within the next few weeks.