Gonzaga men's basketball will host Arkansas Pine-Bluff in early December

The Gonzaga men's basketball program is putting the final touches on its nonconference schedule for the 2023-24 college basketball season.

On Friday, it was announced the Bulldogs will host Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Dec. 5 per a release from the Golden Lions' X account.

Pine-Bluff is the eighth-known opponent Gonzaga will host in nonconference play, which begins on Nov. 3 in an exhibition match against Lewis-Clark State. The Zags officially tip off the season against Yale on Nov. 10.

With the addition of Arkansas Pine-Bluff to the schedule, Gonzaga is slated to play four games in 10 days during the first half of December. Mark Few's program will head to Las Vegas to play USC (Dec. 2) before making a quick trip home to face the Golden Lions. After heading to Seattle to battle Washington (Dec. 9), it's back to Spokane for a tune-up against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 11).

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The Golden Lions enter their third season under head coach Solomon Bozeman following a 10-21 (6-12 in SWAC play) finish in 2022-23, marking the program's 10th consecutive sub-.500 campaign. Leading scorer Shaun Doss Jr. (17.7 points per game) departed to play professionally in Finland, but lead playmaker Kylen Milton (13.2 points, 4.1 assists per game) looks to take a step up in his junior season. Bozeman also brought in All-SWAC guard and Bethune-Cookman transfer Joe French over the offseason.

The Dec. 5 matchup will be the second all-time meeting between the two programs. Gonzaga came out victorious in the previous meeting, a 110-60 win at home during the 2019-20 season.