SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Gonzaga women's basketball junior guard
Jill Townsend has been named this week's West Coast Conference Player of the Week, as announced by the league office Monday morning. This is the second career Player of the Week accolade for the Okanogan, Wash., native and the second award this season.
Townsend averaged 23.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in Gonzaga's weekend sweep against Pepperdine and LMU that extended the Bulldogs' win streak to a nation-leading 18 games while becoming the first team in the country to reach 20 wins.
On Thursday against Pepperdine, Townsend finished with her second career double-double with a game-high 18 points to go along with 10 rebounds. The junior guard finished 6-of-11 from the floor and 2-4 from long range to go along with a perfect 4-of-4 showing from the line to lead the Zags past Pepperdine 70-36.
She followed it up with a career night on Saturday, finishing 11-of-16 from the floor with a career-high six threes (6-of-8) for a career-high 28 points, shattering her previous career high of 19 points set back in March of 2019. Townsend's 28 points came in just 25 minutes of play on Saturday. She added five rebounds and one assist in Gonzaga's 78-52 win over visiting Loyola Marymount.
Also Nominated: Sara Hamson, BYU; Brooklyn McDavid, Pacific; Hannah Friend, Pepperdine; Haylee Andrews, Portland; Madison Pollock, San Diego
2019-20 West Coast Conference Player of the Week
Week 1 (11/11) – Haylee Andrews, Soph., G, Portland
Week 2 (11/18) – Brooklyn McDavid, Jr., F, Pacific
Week 3 (11/25) – Alex Fowler, Fr., F, Portland
Week 4 (12/2) – Jenn Wirth, Jr., F, Gonzaga
Week 5 (12/9) – Jill Townsend, Jr., G, Gonzaga
Week 6 (12/15) – Emily Codding, Jr., G, Saint Mary's / Mikayla Williams, Gr., F, San Francisco
Week 7 (12/23) – Valerie Higgins, Jr., G, Pacific
Week 8 (12/31) – Valerie Higgins, Jr., G, Pacific
Week 9 (1/6) – Taycee Wedin, Soph., G, Saint Mary's
Week 10 (1/13) – Jenn Wirth, Jr., F, Gonzaga
Week 11 (1/20) – Alex Fowler, Fr., F, Portland
Week 12 (1/27) – Jill Townsend, Jr., G, Gonzaga
