Coming off its best season under coach Lisa Fortier, the Gonzaga women's basketball finished 14th in the final Associated Press poll released Monday. GU finished 32-4, including a 16-0 West Coast Conference record. National champion South Carolina, which beat Iowa …
There was much to celebrate for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team in the just-completed season. The Zags had their best season under coach Lisa Fortier, who completed her 10th year as head coach. Gonzaga finished 32-4 for its most victories. …
After a record-breaking 32-4 season, Gonzaga forward Yvonne Ejim and coach Lisa Fortier earned some big recognition on Wednesday. Ejim was named Becky Hammon Player of the Year and Fortier was tabbed Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year by Her …
Jones became the first WSU student-athlete since Michael Flowers in 2022 to earn an invite to the P.I.T. and will compete April 17-20 at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia.
It didn’t take Ryan Nembhard long to join Gonzaga’s fraternity of standout point guards, which includes older brother Andrew. Ryan Nembhard, in his first season as a Zag, dished out 12 assists in GU’s 86-65 victory over Kansas on Saturday, surpassing Josh Perkiins as No. 1 on the program’s single-season assists list.
Off for 11 days since its regular-season finale, Gonzaga committed uncharacteristic turnovers and shot poorly, but the 14th-ranked Zags had more than enough contributions to stop Pacific at Orleans Arena in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament.
Gonzaga was well represented in the WCC awards voted on by the league’s nine coaches. Lisa Fortier was named Coach of the Year and three other starters - graduates Brynna Maxwell (wing), Kaylynne Truong (guard) and Kayleigh Truong (guard) - were named to the first team.
Lisa Fortier was in tears before Senior Night at McCarthey Athletic Center on Wednesday. Then she caught herself tearing up at the end of the third quarter. No wonder. Her Gonzaga team had an appropriate end to the regular season. …
The Gonzaga women’s basketball team’s starting lineup was a foregone conclusion before the 2023-24 season tipped off. The starters included four returning graduates, coupled with senior forward Yvonne Ejim. Even though Ejim could exercise a chance to play one more …
From staff reports The Gonzaga women’s basketball team remained No. 16 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday. Gonzaga (28-2, 15-0 West Coast Conference) – winners of 22 straight – breezed to two victories last week, beating …
What a statement Gonzaga made clinching the West Coast Conference championship with three games remaining. It shows how dominating the 16th-ranked Zags have been and how weak the WCC has been. The latter probably reflects Gonzaga’s lack of respect in …
It was confirmed last week that the Gonzaga women’s basketball team is quite good without its top scorer and rebounder. This much was already confirmed: The Zags are exceptional with senior forward Yvonne Ejim.
Brynna Maxwell wouldn’t care if her Gonzaga women’s basketball team dropped out of the Associated Press Top 25 rankings. To the 19th-ranked Zags, the poll is a joke. They’ve watched as they’ve dominated West Coast Conference teams and dropped three …
Gonzaga forward Yvonne Ejim earned her fifth West Coast Conference Player of the Week award on Monday. Ejim had a pair of double-doubles in two GU wins last week, with 21 points and 13 rebounds in a 73-54 win over …
Retired Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth’s phone rang frequently when Kelly Graves resigned in early April 2014 to take the Oregon women’s basketball coaching position. Roth didn’t have to look far to find Graves’ replacement. He ultimately interviewed just one person.
From staff reports Gonzaga’s Yvonne Ejim earned her third straight West Coast Conference player of the week award after leading the Bulldogs to a pair of road wins. Ejim had 21 points and nine rebounds in a 78-70 victory over …
The high school team that Kayleigh and Kaylynne Truong played for had nicknames for them. “They were ‘Leigh LeBron’ and ‘Lynne Curry,’ ” their coach, Tamara Collier, said by phone this week. “Lynne could shoot it from deep and Leigh …
The Gonzaga women’s basketball team began the second half of its rugged nonconference schedule this week. The grind continues with three games against Pac-12 teams, beginning Sunday when third-ranked Stanford (7-0) visits McCarthey Athletic Center.
The Gonzaga women’s basketball team faced the No. 1 defensive team in the nation in points allowed Saturday. That distinction, though, appeared to belong to the Zags. Gonzaga clamped down on Alabama early and often and used a hot first …
With 31 games on each schedule, two games, let alone one against each other, is not a large enough sample size to draw serious conclusions about the Gonzaga and Washington State women’s basketball teams.