Feb. 25, 2011

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GAME NO. 30/WCC GAME NO. 14/HOME GAME NO. 14
San Diego Toreros (15-12, 5-8 WCC)
vs.
Gonzaga Bulldogs (25-4, 13-0 WCC)
Saturday, Feb. 26 - 2 p.m.
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) - Spokane, Wash.
TV: SWX
(Radio: 1050 The Key; Video and Gametracker links can be found at GoZags.com)

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS (25-4, 13-0 West Coast)
F - 32 Kayla Standish, 6-3, Jr., Ellensburg, WA
(16.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.7 bpg; WCC only -18.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.5 apg )
F - 44 Kelly Bowen, 6-0, Jr., Victoria, Australia
(4.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.4 spg; WCC only - 3.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.7 spg)
G - 11 Janelle Bekkering, 6-0, Sr., Taber, Alberta, Canada
(11.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.5 spg; WCC only - 10.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.5 spg)
G - 21 Courtney Vandersloot, 5-8, Sr., Kent, WA
(18.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 10.0 apg, 3.0 spg; WCC only - 20.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 10.6 apg, 3.0 spg)
G - 23 Katelan Redmon, 6-1, Jr., Spokane, WA
(17.65 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.5 apg; WCC only - 17.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.1 apg)
HEAD COACH: Kelly Graves (University of New Mexico, 1988)
GONZAGA RECORD: 226-117 (11th year); CAREER RECORD: 292-143 (14th year)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TOREROS (15-12, 5-8 West Coast)
F - 22 Morgan Woodrow, 6-0, Jr., Fremont, CA
(10.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg)
F - 35 Emily Hatch, 6-1, Sr., Portland, OR
(9.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.4 apg)
G - 2 Dominique Conners, 5-8, Jr., Oceanside, CA
(14.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.6 apg)
G - 4 Izzy Chilcot, 5-10, Jr., Queensland, Australia
(2.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.9 apg)
G - 24 Sam Child, 6-0, Sr., Portland, OR
(13.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.3 apg)
HEAD COACH: Cindy Fisher (Arizona State University, 1988)
USD RECORD: 98-80 (5th year); CAREER RECORD: 151-161 (11th year)

Gonzaga vs. San Diego Game Promotions - Saturday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.
Fan Appreciation Day - Senior Day - Family Day

To conclude the season, we want to thank our fans for an outstanding season and for their continued commitment throughout the years. Great prizes will be given out all game long.

We will honor the team's seniors and congratulate them on the final regular-season home game of their careers.

Family Days are designed for family's looking to take in top-notch entertainment at a great value. The Family 4-Pack will be available for purchase from the ticket office on the day of these games. The package includes four tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas for only $25!

ON THE RADIO: Gonzaga University will have all regular-season games broadcast on the radio this season as Steve Myklebust returns for his sixth year of calling the action. Each game will be broadcast on 1050 The Key AM in Spokane with a pre-game show 30-minutes prior to tip and a 30-minute post-game show. Games will also be available on the internet at GoZags.com.

TWITTER: Yes, the Gonzaga University Bulldogs are on twitter! You can find us at www.twitter.com/GonzagaBulldogs. We provide inside scoop on all Bulldog athletics as well as in-game updates for all home and away women's basketball contests. CHECK US OUT! Do you want insight on Gonzaga University women's basketball straight from head coach Kelly Graves too? Now you can, check out Graves' twitter site at www.twitter.com/kgzag for everything Bulldog basketball and much, much more!

FACEBOOK: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team is on Facebook. Search for Gonzaga University women's basketball when signed into facebook and LIKE the page. Get inside scoop on the team, see photos from the season, read recaps of matches and watch video. ENJOY!

TALKING HOOPS WITH 'SLOOT: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior point guard Courtney Vandersloot, from Kent, Wash., will be writing a season-long blog, giving Bulldog fans an in-depth and behind the scene look at the Zag basketball program. She will also does a sit-down video interview with select players throughout the year. Get ready for TALKING HOOPS WITH `SLOOT - find it at GoZags.com.

LIVE VIDEO COVERAGE: All home Gonzaga University women's basketball contests can be seen live on CBS College Sports all-access through GoZags.com. Check out the women's basketball schedule page for the link to the video broadcast. Gametracker is also available for all home games and can be accessed at GoZags.com.

TICKET INFORMATION: Single game tickets to Gonzaga University women's basketball can be purchased through TicketsWest at 325-SEAT (7328), TicketsWest.com, at any TicketsWest outlet, or at the McCarthey Athletic Center Ticket Office, Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Women's Basketball Ticket Prices are as follows: $8-Reserved, $5-General Admission Adult; $3-General Admission Child (12 and under), or Senior (65 and over); Gonzaga Students, Faculty & Staff are free with a valid Gonzaga ID.

SEASON TICKETS SOAR ABOVE 2,700: Gonzaga University women's basketball season tickets have hit a record-high 2,700 and counting. Season tickets are up nearly 800 from a season ago - the largest increase in school history. The Bulldogs average attendance for their 15 home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center last season was 2,931 which stood 44th in the NCAA for women's basketball attendance.

TV GAMES: Gonzaga University women's basketball will have 10 games televised this season, including eight home contests. The following home games will be televised on SWX: Nov. 14 - Whitman, Nov. 21 - Stanford, Jan. 20 - Santa Clara, Jan. 22 - San Francisco, Feb. 4 - Portland, Feb. 10 - Loyola Marymount, Feb. 12 - Pepperdine, Feb. 26 - San Diego. SWX will also broadcast the Zags contest at Eastern Washington Dec. 3. The final two televised games of the season are Jan. 13 at Pepperdine and Jan. 27 at Saint Mary's - both on CBS College Sports.

BULLDOGS HOST SAN DIEGO SATURDAY FOR SENIOR DAY: Saturday is a day to celebrate five outstanding young women. Gonzaga University will recognize five women's basketball players before the Bulldogs take on the University of San Diego in their final regular season home contest. This year's senior class is: Carter Schick, Tatriana Lorenzo, Claire Raap, Janelle Bekkering and Courtney Vandersloot.

SCOUTING SAN DIEGO: The University of San Diego currently holds the 15-12 overall mark and is 5-8 in West Coast Conference play. The Toreros have won four out of their last six games, including a 78-77 victory at the Univeristy of Portland Thursday. USD is led by Dominique Conners and Sam Child at 14.0 points and 13.5 points per game, respectively.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST THE TOREROS: Gonzaga University holds the 30-20 advantage in the all-time series and has won 18 of the last 19 meetings. The Bulldogs lone loss to the Toreros since the 2002-03 season was a 70-66 setback in the West Coast Conference Championship game of the 2007-08 campaign.

VANDERSLOOT HITS THE MARK: It was a historic afternoon for the Gonzaga University women's basketball team Feb. 12. The Bulldogs, 73-59 winners over visiting Pepperdine University, saw senior point guard Courtney Vandersloot become the fourth player in NCAA women's basketball history to eclipse the 1,000 career assists mark. Vandersloot hit the 1,000 mark four plays in on a in bounds play to junior Kayla Standish at the 16:28 mark. Thirty-seven seconds later, at the first media timeout, Vandersloot was greeted to a standing ovation for her accomplishment. The 4,744 fans stood and cheered for the entire 90 second timeout and only settled back into their seats after Vandersloot ran onto the floor and gave a wave of recognition to the crowd.

BULLDOGS NOW NO. 23 IN AP 25: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team climbed two spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this week, moving up to 23rd with 95 votes. The Bulldogs broke into the Top 25 for the first time this season last week at No. 25 and garnered 43 more votes this week to claim their new spot.

ZAGS NO. 23 IN COACHES' TOP 25: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team cracked the USA Today ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll this week, checking in at No. 23. The Bulldogs had been consistently receiving votes for the past four weeks and finally made their way into the Top 25 with 85 votes. The Zags were ranked No. 22 in this year's preseason poll but fell out of the rankings after their season-opening loss at USC.

NAISMITH MIDSEASON LIST: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot made her second midseason list of the year as she was named to the 2010-11 Naismith midseason top 30 list, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club Monday. Vandersloot, who was the inaugural Zag to make the list in 2009-10, now becomes the first two-time midseason honoree. The Kent, Wash., native leads the nation is assists per game for the second-consecutive season at 9.8 per contest.

TENTH PLAYER TO DRAIN 100: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Janelle Bekkering drained her 100th 3-pointer of her career with 3:15 left in the first half of the Bulldogs 40-point victory over Loyola Marymount University, Feb. 10. Bekkering is now one of 10 players in school history to have hit 100 or more 3-pointers in their careers. She currently has hit 113 career 3-pointers.

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Janelle Bekkering has been named to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District 8 Women's Basketball Team, which was released by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Bekkering earned first team honors and is now eligible to earn Academic All-America.Bekkering currently holds a 3.48 GPA in civil engineering. The Taber, Alberta native is first on the team in 3-pointers made with 33 and fourth in points per game, averaging 10.2.points per contest. She is also averaging 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per contest.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Janelle Bekkering is on pace to become the 16th player in the Bulldogs history to score 1,000 career points. The senior from Taber, Alberta has scored 978 points thus far and now just needs to 22 points to eclipse the exclusive mark.

READER REACHES DOUBLE-FIGURES FOR FIRST TIME: Junior Shannon Reader scored a career-high 10 points to propel the Gonzaga University women's basketball team to a 82-42 victory over visiting Loyola Marymount University, Feb. 10. Reader, who has been an important element for the Zags off the bench all year long, scored eight of her 10 points in the opening half, including four in a 16-0 run that broke open a 24-4 early lead for the Bulldogs. Reader's previous career-high was eight points against Eastern Oregon University, Nov. 14, 2008.

STILL PRETTY POTENT: Despite the Gonzaga University women's basketball team losing 45 percent of its scoring from the 2009-10 season, including the Zag and West Coast Conference all-time leading scorer Heather Bowman, the Bulldogs are averaging more points than they were averaging at this point last season. Gonzaga is currently first in the nation is scoring at 86.4 points per game after its 25-4 start. Last year at this time the Bulldogs were only averaging 80.9 a game.

TOP 25 IN ATTENDANCE: As of Monday, the Gonzaga University women's basketball team was ranked 25th in NCAA women's basketball attendance. The Bulldogs, who have had 10 homes games, are averaging 3,694 fans per home contest. Kansas State and Penn State are just above Gonzaga at 3,948 and 3,929, respectivley.Topping the attendance list thus far this season is the University of Tennessee who is averaging 12,649 per game. The Bulldogs have had five crowds this season break into the schools Top 10, including the sixth largest crowd that was in attendance for GU's 73-59 come-from-behind victory over Pepperdine University, Feb. 12 (4,744).

20 WIN SEASON: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team improved to 25-4 on the year with the its 73-59 come-from-behind victory over Pepperdine University, Feb. 12. The Bulldogs have now won 20-plus games in five-straight seasons and six of the last seven seasons.

50 PERCENT OF BETTER: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team has hit 50.0 percent of better from the field in seven of the Bulldogs 13 West Coast Conference games so far this season. The Bulldogs best shooting outing in conference play was a 60.3 percent outing, hitting 35-of-58, in their 80-61 win at Pepperdine University, Jan. 13.

WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday. This is Vandersloot's fourth WCC Player of the Week honor this season and 12th of her career. Vandersloot helped Gonzaga clinch its seventh-straight West Coast Conference regular-season title with two victories this past week. She averaged a double-double of 26.0 points and 11.5 assists per contests over the two wins. She shot 60.0 percent (18-of-30) from the field and hit 86.7 percent (13-of-15) from the free throw line, while also averaging 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game.

NCAA ASSIST LEADER: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot, the nations assist leader in 2009-10, is currently leading the nation in assists again this season. The point guard is averaging 10.0 assists per game, after accumulating 291 so far this season. Jericka Jenkins, of Hampton University, is second at 7.2 per game.

10TH IN DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot is 10th in the NCAA statistics for double-doubles. She has registered 15 so far this season (points/assists), with her last coming in the Zags win versus Saint Mary's College (22 pts/13 assists). Courtney Hurt, of VCU, has the most double-doubles so far this season, registering 22.

WCC PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot has been named the West Coast Conference Player of the Month for January, as announced by the conference office Monday. Vandersloot helped Gonzaga to a perfect 8-0 record in the month of January by averaging nearly a double-double of 19.1 points and 9.9 assists per contest. She also averaged 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 steals while shooting 48.7 percent from the floor and 87.8 percent at the charity strip. Vandersloot scored 20-plus points in five of the eight contests and registered three double-doubles. She also was the nation's assist leader throughout the month of January. Vandersloot was named WCC Player of the Week twice in the month of January. This is Vandersloot's second WCC Player of the Month accolade of the season as she was also awarded the honor in November and the sixth WCC Player of the Month honor of her career.

Kayla Standish SCORES CAREER-HIGH AT PEPPERDINE: Junior Kayla Standish scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to lead the Gonzaga University women's basketball team to a 80-61 victory over Pepperdine University at Firestone Fieldhouse Jan. 13 in Malibu, Calif. Standish drained 11-of-16 from the field and sank all four free throws to finish with her new career-high, besting her previous by two. Standish's previous high was 25 points, attained against the University of North Dakota last season.

WHAT WE LOST: Gonzaga University had arguably its best season in 2009-10 finishing with a school record 29 wins and only five losses and made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs did lose three BIG seniors to graduation last spring. GU lost the WCC and Gonzaga all-time leading scorer Heather Bowman; lost Vivian Frieson, the forward who hit the winning shot against Texas A&M University to send the Zags to the Sweet Sixteen and Tiffanie Shives, GU's sharpshooter who drained four-straight 3-pointers to help the Zags defeat UNC in the opening round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. All together, GU lost 45 percent of its scoring from a season ago.

WHAT WE RETURN: Despite losing three key seniors to graduation a season ago, the Gonzaga University women's basketball squad still returns a decent amount of ammunition. As a team, Gonzaga returns 55 percent of its scoring and 63 percent of its rebounding. The Bulldogs return five of its top eight scorers and their third, fourth and fifth top rebounders.

WHO IS BACK: Ten letterwinners are back from the Gonzaga University women's basketball team that went 29-5 a season ago. Headlining the group are seniors Courtney Vandersloot and Janelle Bekkering. Vandersloot, the back-to-back West Coast Conference Player of the Year, was the nations assist leader in 2009-10 at 9.4 per game and became the GU and WCC career assist leader (751) and the GU steals leader (252), while Bekkering played for the Canadian National Team this summer at the FIBA Word Championships for Women. The Zags also welcome back junior Katelan Redmon, the reigning WCC Newcomer of the Year, junior Kelly Bowen, junior Kayla Standish and senior Claire Raap - to name a few.

VANDERSLOOT NAMED TO JOHN R. AWARD WOODEN MIDSEASON TOP 20: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior point guard Courtney Vandersloot was named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20. Vandersloot is one of nine players who were also named to the 2009-10 Wooden Ballot and is the first Bulldog to make this list twice.

WADE WATCH LIST: Women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot has been named to the prestigious 2010-11 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. Vandersloot, who become the first Bulldog to be named to the list in 2009-10, is just one of six this season to become two-time "Wade Watchers". The 25-member list is made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade according to the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on the team and overall playing ability.

BIG FIRST HALF: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team scored 63 points in its 102-61 victory over Southern Utah University Jan. 3. It was the second time this season the Bulldogs put up 63 points in a half. GU also scored 63 points in its 114-40 win over Whitman College Nov. 14.

LARGEST SCORING MARGIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team defeated Whitman College Nov. 14 by the score of 114-40. The 74-point victory was the Bulldogs largest margin of victory in school history. The previous best was 57 when Gonzaga defeated Eastern Oregon University 101-44 - exactly two years prior(Nov. 14, 2008).

100 POINTS SCORED SEVEN TIMES: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team broke the 100-point plateau for a school record seventh time this season, and second-consecutive game, with its 106-66 win over Saint Mary's College, Feb. 24. The Bulldogs also defeated the University of San Francisco 103-59, Feb. 19; Saint Mary's College 106-77, Jan. 27, Whitman College 114-40, Eastern Washington University 101-74, Cal State Fullerton 101-52 and Southern Utah 102-61. The previous 100-plus point game record, as a Divison I institution, in a single-season was three, hit during the 2008-09 campaign.

WINTERS COMES ALIVE IN WIN OVER SANTA CLARA: Sophomore Meghan Winters drained four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 14 points to help the Gonzaga University women's basketball team defeat visiting Santa Clara University 89-53 in a West Coast Conference game Jan. 20 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Winters, who bested her previous career-high by three points, finished the game draining 5-of-9 from the floor, including 4-of-6 3-pointers, of which all four made 3-pointers came in the first half, for her new career-high. Over the wins over the Broncos and the University of San Francisco, Winters drained 6-of-13 from behind the 3-point arc.

CAREER-HIGH NIGHT FOR RED: Gonzaga University women's basketball junior Katelan Redmon had a career-high night against the University of North Dakota, Nov. 23 The guard from Spokane, Wash., scored a career-high 28 points, besting her previous career-high by six points. She hit an impressive 12-of-17 from the field and sank 4-of-5 free throws. Redmon has scored in double figures in 27 of the Zags 29 contests this season, including 11 20-plus point contents.

STANDISH BREAKING OUT: Gonzaga University women's basketball junior Kayla Standish, who for the previous two seasons played behind Zag all-time leading scorer Heather Bowman, has shined in her starting role. The forward from Ellensburg, Wash., has scored in double-figures 26 of the Bulldogs 29 contests this season, including nine 20-plus point perfor mances. She only had one 20-plus point performance prior to this season, scoring a then-career-high 25 against North Dakota last year. On the year, she is hitting 54.9 percent from the field (203-of-370); second-best on the squad and 20th in the NCAA.

STANDISH INCREASES CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE TOTAL TO 11: Junior Kayla Standish has registered nine double-doubles this sesaon, increasing her career total to 10. The 6-3 forward had 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Bulldogs win over Whitman College earlier this season and then had 13 points and 11 boards a 101-74 win at Eastern Washington University. She had double-doubles in both games of the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic. She scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 12 boards in GU's nine-point setback to Notre Dame and followed that performance up with a season-high 23 points, along with 12 boards in the Zags lopsided win over Seattle University. Standish had a double-double in GU's West Coast Conference opener; scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds and then 27 points, which was a career-high, and 12 boards in the Zags win at Pepperdine University. She tallied 24 points and a career-high 19 rebounds against Pepperdine. Standish's most recent double-double came in GU's 106-66 win over Saint Mary's where she had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Her two other double-doubles prior to this season came during her sophomore year (10 pts/11 rbs vs. UCI - 10 pts/14 rbs vs. Pep).

KEEPING A GOOD GRIP ON THE BALL: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team only turned the ball over six times, including once in the second half, against Brigham Young University, Dec. 21 and six turnovers against the University of Portland, Feb. 4. The six turnovers in those two games were the lowest miscues the Bulldogs have had in a game since the 2008-09 season when they also only had six turnovers in a 109-73 victory at the University of San Diego, Jan. 31, 2009. On the season, the Zags are averaging 13.6 turnovers per contest; 6th in the NCAA.

'SLOOT BREAKS 30, SCORES CAREER-HIGH: Senior Courtney Vandersloot scored a career-high 33 points to lead the Gonzaga University women's basketball team to a 101-74 victory over Eastern Washington University. Vandersloot hit 12-of-17 from the floor, 3-of-3 from beyond the 3-point arc and sank 6-of-6 free throws to finish with her new career-high 33 points; besting her previous high by one point. Vandersloot, the first person to score 30-plus points since Heather Bowman scored 31 against the University of San Diego on Feb. 25, 2009, scored her previous high of 32 points in the Bulldogs 80-77 loss to Marquette University on Nov. 28, 2008. Vandersloot secured her career-high in points on two free throws with eight minutes remaining. She was subbed out for the game after hitting the second.

VANDERSLOOT, REDMON (KATELAN) AND BEKKERING AMONG TOP WCC RETURNEES: Heading the group of Gonzaga University that were tabbed as preseason All-West Coast Conference are seniors Courtney Vandersloot and Janelle Bekkering and junior Katelan Redmon. Vandersloot is the two-time WCC Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player; Bekkering was named WCC All-Academic a season ago and Redmon is the reigning WCC Newcomer of the Year.

GONZAGA TO HOST 2011 AND 2012 NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS: Gonzaga University was one of 16 institutions selected to host the first-and-second rounds of the 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament as announced by the NCAA. The Bulldogs, who are also hosting the first-and-second rounds for the first-time this season, will host the opening weekend action at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The first and second rounds of this year's NCAA Tournament, set for the Kennel, are Saturday, March 19 and Monday, March 21. If Gonzaga earns a bid to the NCAA Tournament, it automatically will be seeded to play at the MAC.

WHAT A SUMMER!: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Janelle Bekkering was named to the 2010 Canadian Senior Women's National Team (SWNT) this summer. The forward/guard, who helped the 2009 SWNT squad qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championships for Women by placing third at the FIBA Americas Championships for Women last September, was one of 12 to make this year's team. Bekkering and Team Canada traveled and played in France and Greece before making their way to the Czech Republic for the FIBA World Championships. She played in six of the seven games for Canada, who finished 12th, scoring a team-high eight points in their setback to Team USA in the second round.

BULLDOGS WIN SEVENTH-STRAIGHT: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team captured its seventh-straight West Coast Conference regular-season title with a 103-59 victory over the University of San Francisco at War Memorial Gym last Saturday. The Bulldogs hold a 12-0 record in league play with two contests remaining.

CAN SHE DO IT: Gonzaga University senior Courtney Vandersloot became the fourth player in NCAA history to pass out 1,000 career assists and now she could become the first-ever player to score 2,000 points and dish out 1,000 assists in their career. Vandersloot has scored 1,902 point thus far, needing 98 more to accomplish this feat.

SAME LAST NAME, SAME HOMETOWN BUT NOT RELATED: When you look at the Gonzaga University women's basketball roster you will see two players with the last name Redmon, who are both also from Spokane, Wash. You may think they are related but they are not. Junior Katelan Redmon played high school ball at Lewis & Clark, while freshman Jazmine Redmon was a soccer and basketball star at Mead High School.

WHO ARE THE NEW FACES I SEE?: The Gonzaga University women's basketball squad has five new faces this season. The Bulldogs welcomed freshman center Stephanie Golden, freshman guard Jazmine Redmon, freshman guard Danielle Walter, Oregon State University transfer Haiden Palmer, who will redshirt this season, and redshirt-sophomore Molly Anderson to the team.

SOFTBALL TO BASKETBALL: Walk-on Molly Anderson, a redshirt-sophomore, transferred to Gonzaga University in 2009-10. Anderson attended Indiana University her freshman season (2008-09) and was a catcher for the Hoosier softball squad. She walked on to the women's basketball team last season and redshirted. This is her first year in uniform for the Bulldogs.

RAINBOW WAHINE ALL-TOURNAMENT: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot was named to the Waikiki Marriott Beach Resort Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament squad. The point guard, who led her team to a 2-1 record at the tournament, averaged 14.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 3.0 steals per game, and shot 48.6 percent from the floor. She scored in double-figures in all three contests, including 22 points against North Carolina Central.

HOLIDAY HOOPS CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT: Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot and junior Kayla Standish were named to the State Farm Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament team. Vandersloot averaged 12.5 points, 7.5 assists and 4.5 steals over the two games, while Standish led the team with a double-double of 19.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.

TWELVE 3-POINTERS: After hitting just three 3-pointers in its setback to the University of Mississippi Nov. 26, the Gonzaga University women's basketball sank a season-high 12 to rebound with a 94-52 victory over North Carolina Central University on the second day of the Waikiki Beach Resort Rainbow Wahine Showdown. The 12 3-pointers is the most 3-pointers made since the Zags hit 13-of-29 in their 91-77 victory at Loyola Marymount University on Jan. 23, 2010.

THE BABIES HAVE ARRIVED: If you remember the end of last season, two Gonzaga University women's basketball assistant coaches were pregnant, one that was days away from giving birth when the Zags played in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. Well the two assistant coaches have since become moms. Lisa Mispley Fortier, who was nearly nine months pregnant when GU lost to Xavier to end its remarkable tournament run, gave birth to Marcus William in early April. Jodie Kaczor Berry welcomed a son nearly four months later. Tyson Jon was arrived in the world in August.

BULLDOGS SIGN FIVE: Gonzaga University women's basketball head coach Kelly Graves announced the signing of five players to national letters of intent. Joining the Bulldogs next fall is Keani Albanez, a 5-10 guard from Buena High School in Ventura, Calif., Shelby Cheslek, a 6-5 post from Pullman High School in Pullman, Wash., Shaniqua Nilles, a 6-0 small forward from West Valley High School in Spokane, Maiki Viela, a 5-6 point guard from Lahainaluna High School in Lahaina, Hawaii and Sonja Greinacher, a 6-4 post from Essen, Germany.

DID YOU KNOW?: Did you know that junior Katelan Redmon, assistant coach Michelle Elliott and director of operations Molly Hays each have a twin? Redmon's twin brother's name is Kyle, Elliott's twin sister is Nicole and Hays' twin sister is Mandy. Hays also has older twin sisters named Kelly and Kristy. Head coach Kelly Graves is also married to a twin. Mary Graves twin brother Bill Winter is the head men's golf coach at the University of Portland.

SOLD OUT CROWD: The Gonzaga University women's basketball team played in front of its second-ever sold out crowd at the McCarthey Athletic Center on Nov. 21, 2010. The Bulldogs, playing in front of 6,000 fans, fell to then No. 2 Stanford University 84-78. The first women's basketball sellout was Dec. 20, 2008 when the University of Tennessee, and legendary coach Pat Summit, made an appearance at the MAC.

GONZAGA WEST COAST CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Nov. 15 - Katelan Redmon, Gonzaga
Dec. 6 - Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Dec. 13 - Kayla Standish, Gonzaga
Jan. 3 - Kayla Standish, Gonzaga
Jan. 17 - Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Jan. 24 - Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Jan. 31 - Katelan Redmon, Gonzaga
Feb. 21 - Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga