2016-17 Gonzaga Women's Basketball
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NCAA SWEET 16: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 NCAA ELITE EIGHT: 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 WNIT APPEARANCES: 1994, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2016 WCC CHAMPIONS: 1988, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 #UNITEDWEZAG @GONZAGABULLDOGS @ZAGWBB 2016-17 GONZAGA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL /GONZAGABULLDOGS /ZAGWBB GAME 22: Gonzaga vs. BYU @GUBULLDOGS THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 2017 | 6:00 PM | SPOKANE | MCCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER @ZAGWBB 2016-17 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 4 [RV] CORBAN # W, 86-31 Gonzaga (17-4, 8-2 WCC) BYU (13-8, 7-3 WCC) 12 [RV] NICHOLLS STATE W, 78-46 BULLDOGS COUGARS 13 [RV] UC IRVINE W, 102-38 GAME DAY 18 [RV] at Stanford (Pac-12 Bay Area) W, 68-63 LAST RESULT: W, 83-61, Pepperdine LAST RESULT: L, 74-77 ot, at Loyola Marymount 24 [25/RV] Michigan % L, 66-78 STREAK/LAST 3 GAMES: W8/3-0 STREAK/LAST 3 GAMES: L1/2-1 25 [25/RV] Florida State % L, 69-87 HEAD COACH: Lisa Fortier (3rd Season) HEAD COACH: Jeff Judkins (16th Season) 26 [25/RV] Winthrop % W, 71-41 POINTS PER GAME/ALLOWED: 72.3/56.5 POINTS PER GAME/ALLOWED: 67.2/62.3 DECEMBER FG PCT. FOR/AGAINST: 43.1/36.4 FG PCT. FOR/AGAINST: 42.5/36.2 3 [RV/RV] PRESBYTERIAN W, 79-39 TELEVISION: Dish Network Sling TV | Verizon go90 App 8 [RV/RV] WASHINGTON STATE (SWX) W, 79-61 RADIO: Magic AM 790 KJRB Gonzaga IMG Radio Network (Steve Myklebust) 11 [RV/RV] at Eastern Washington (SWX) W, 73-54 LIVE VIDEO: THEW.TV 19 [RV/RV] NORTHWESTERN (SWX) W, 67-56 LIVE STATS: GoZags.com 22 [RV/RV] COLGATE (Dish Sling TV) W, 72-42 HOW TO WATCH 29 [RV/RV] at Pepperdine * L, 69-79 - Sling TV, an Over-the-Top (OTT) Internet TV service, is available for $20 a month and can be used through an array of Internet- 31 [RV/RV] PACIFIC * (Dish Sling TV) L, 63-65 connected devices, including Xbox One, Roku media streamers, PCs, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, and iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The Gonzaga game is available live on the Campus Insiders Channel, which is available to those who have purchased the extra Sling TV Sports Pack. The game is also available on Verizon’s go90 service. The go90 app is a free JANUARY download for Verizon customers and the game streams live. The game is also available at THEW.TV. 5 SAN FRANCISCO * (SWX) W, 61-46 ZAGS RAIN THREES OVER WAVES 7 PORTLAND * (Dish Sling TV) W, 67-55 - All totaled, six different Bulldogs hit threes, with all having made two or more, as Gonzaga defeated Pepperdine 83-61 at home on Saturday. 12 at Loyola Marymount * W, 80-56 - In the end, Gonzaga finished with 15 long-range buckets, tying the record set against UC Irvine earlier this season. 14 at Saint Mary’s * (Dish Sling TV) W, 79-75 - Elle Tinkle put together a great line with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Jill Barta was the leading scorer with 17 points and Kiara Kudron led on the glass with eight boards. 19 SANTA CLARA * (SWX) W, 51-39 - The Gonzaga bench outscored the Waves’ reserves, 36-2. 21 at Portland * W, 85-50 SERIES HISTORY 26 at San Diego * (Dish Sling TV) W, 57-55 - The Zags lead the back-and-forth all-time series 12-8. - GU is 7-0 all-time against the Cougars inside the McCarthey Athletic Center, with the first game being a 71-57 Gonzaga win in 28 PEPPERDINE * W, 83-61 the first round of the WNIT in 2005. Shannon Matthews, the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, scored 12 of her 24 points in the first half in that game. FEBRUARY - GU did have two losses in the old Kennel, in 1984 and 2001. - Gonzaga head coach Lisa Fortier is 3-2 against the Cougars winning both regular-season meetings in 2015 and the WCC 2 BYU * (Dish Sling TV) 6 p.m. meeting at home last season, 73-55. 16th-year BYU head coach Jeff Judkins is 6-11 against Gonzaga. 4 at Santa Clara * 2 p.m. - Gonzaga has won by an average of 17.6 points per game in their seven wins at home, never winning by less than double- figures. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT * 6 p.m. - Gonzaga’s win streak of four from 2013-14 is the longest in the series, as BYU has never won more than two-straight games. - Gonzaga leads 7-3 all-time in West Coast Conference regular-season meetings, which began when BYU joined the conference 11 SAINT MARY’S * (SWX) 2 p.m. in 2011-12. 16 at San Francisco * 7 p.m. SCOUTING THE COUGARS 18 at Pacific * 2 p.m. - The Cougars fell at Loyola Marymount on Saturday, allowing Gonzaga to move into first place by themselves. 23 SAN DIEGO * 6 p.m. - Cassie Broadhead leads the WCC in scoring this season at 19.1 points per game. Jill Barta is second at 17.8 ppg. Broadhead recorded a career high in points with 30 against San Diego and has recorded double digits in scoring in 20 of the 21 games 25 at BYU * (BYUTV) 1 p.m. played. MARCH PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 2-7 WCC Championships ! Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. PPG Notable G 11 Laura Stockton So. 5-8 7.8 Has had five or more assists 13 different times All dates and times are Pacific Time Zone G 14 Emma Stach Jr. 5-9 5.6 Hit a three-pointer in eight of the last 11 games HOME GAMES played in the McCarthey Athletic Center F 23 Kiara Kudron RSr. 6-2 9.2 Averaging 9.3 ppg & 8.0 rpg in conference play, 45 reb short of 600 % Paradise Jam - St. Thomas, U.S.V.I * West Coast Conference game F 13 Jill Barta RSo. 6-3 17.8 Preseason All-WCC, has 8 20+ point games this year, 2x WCC POW ! WCC Championships - Las Vegas, Nev. F 31 Elle Tinkle RSr. 6-2 9.1 Preseaon All-WCC (two-times), 10th on career steals list with 173 TRACK THE GAME Reserves LIVE VIDEO G 00 Zykera Rice So. 6-1 4.1 Averages 3.4 rebounds per game, leads reserves - Live video is available at G 10 Zhane’ Templeton So. 5-10 4.7 Has a second-half three-pointer in 12 games this year GoZags.com G 4 Makenlee Williams RSr. 5-11 4.7 26 made three-pointers, leads reserves, and has 14 steals G 30 Chandler Smith RSo. 6-0 4.6 Has 33 assists & 16 steals, leads reserves in both LIVE STATS C 12 Emma Wolfram RJr. 6-5 3.6 Has 13 blocks, leads reserves - Live stats are available on G 15 Jessie Loera Fr. 5-6 2.5 Has 24 assists, second among reserves GoZags.com G 33 Grace Collett Fr. 6-4 1.4 Had a career-high 7 points against Presbyterian GAME 22: BYU 2016-17 GONZAGA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - Makenzi Pulsipher (13.4 ppg) and Kalani Purcell (12.1 ppg) also average double-figures in points. Purcell aver- QUICK FACTS ages a double-double with 10.7 rebounds per game. - Pulsipher and Purcell were both selected to the Preseason GENERAL INFORMATION All-WCC team. BYU was picked second behind Gonzaga in the TALE OF THE TAPE Location: Spokane, Wash. Preseason WCC Coaches’ Poll, and earned four first-place votes. GON BYU - The Cougars lead the WCC with 9.4 steals per game. Founded: 1887 HOME 10-1 6-2 Enrollment: 7,837 BARTA MAKING A CASE AWAY 6-1 4-5 Nickname: Bulldogs - Jill Barta has been voted the WCC Player of the Week twice this season. PTS MARGIN +15.9 +4.9 Colors: Blue (R-0 G-41 B-103), Red (R-179 G-25 - In conference games, Barta is averaging 18.6 points per game, B-52), White (R-255 G-255 B-255), and Gray (R-195, fourth in the league, in 26.5 minutes per game. She is shooting 3-PT % .343 .345 50 percent from the field, fifth in the conference, and 39 FT % .756 .703 G-199, B-203) percent from three. Facility (Capacity): McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) - She is 48-of-56 from the foul line, fifth in the league, and aver- RPG 40.2 36.4 aged 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. Conference (Affiliation): West Coast (NCAA Div. I) - Barta has scored over 20 points four times in that stretch, and REB MARGIN +8.0 -2.1 President: Dr. Thayne M. McCulloh over 30 points once. Against Saint Mary’s and Portland she APG 15.7 16 Athletic Director: Mike Roth went 10-for-10 from the foul line in each game. - At San Diego she hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer, the A/TO 1.1 1.0 Senior Women’s Administrator: Shannon Strahl first of her career. SPG 8.9 9.4 - She has scored in double-figures in nine of the 10 games, and led the Zags in scoring eight times, including the last six. BPG 4.8 4.4 TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach (Alma Mater, Year): Lisa Fortier FIRST HALF THREES, PART II - The Zags broke the half-only and single-quarter records for three-pointers made against Pepperdine, making (Cal State-Monterey Bay, ‘04) 12 in the first half and seven in the first quarter.