RV GONZAGA vs. NORTH FLORIDA (1-2)
WEDNESDAY , NOV. 15 | SPOKANE, WASH. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER (6,000)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team welcomes North Florida for its second-straight home game this Wednesday, Nov. 15. This is the first game in program history against UNF.
- Gonzaga is currently on a 21 home game winning streak, which ranks third in the country only behind UNLV (24) and South Carolina (43).
- GU is coming off a dominant 91-70 win over Toledo.
Yvonne Ejim led the team with 22 points and nearly had a double double with nine rebounds.
Kayleigh Truong had a career-high 21 points with
Brynna Maxwell also scoring 14 points.
Eliza Hollingsworth recorded a double double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
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Brynna Maxwell is ranked first in the country in free throw percentage with 100 percent so far this season.
- Five Zags are averaging double digits in scoring including
Kaylynne Truong (16),
Yvonne Ejim (19),
Kayleigh Truong (15),
Eliza Hollingsworth (10.7) and
Brynna Maxwell (10.7).
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Kaylynne Truong is 28th in the nation in assists and 19th in three-point attempts.
Yvonne Ejim is also 23rd in the country in points per game.
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Kaylynne Truong was one of 20 point guards in the country named to the Nancy Lieberman Award watch list.
Brynna Maxwell was also one of 20 shooting guards in the country named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list.
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Yvonne Ejim,
Brynna Maxwell and
Kaylynne Truong were named to the preseason watch list for the 2024 Becky Hammon Player of the Year Award. Gonzaga is the only team with multiple players on the watch list and becomes the first team to ever place three players on a single list.
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Lisa Fortier was recently named to the 2024 Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year Award preseason watch list. This year's watch list includes coaches from 16 conferences.
- The Bulldogs were picked to win the West Coast Conference. The Zags received eight first-place votes that and totaled 64 points in the poll.
- Gonzaga has amassed a conference record of 274-34 (.889) during the last 18 seasons, which includes 17 West Coast Conference regular-seaason titles and nine WCC Tournament championships.
- Graduate students
Brynna Maxwell,
Kayleigh Truong,
Kaylynne Truong and senior
Yvonne Ejim were named to the Preseason All-WCC Team.
- The Zags won the West Coast Conference Regular Season Title for the 18th time in program history by going 17-1 in conference play last season.
- Last season, GU had a record breaking performance from the three point line. The team recorded a program record 40.5 shooting percentage, which led the country.
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Brynna Maxwell made a three-pointer in every regular season game last year and shot at 48.1 percent on the year to lead the nation for the majority of the season.
- Last season, Gonzaga advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-straight year under
Lisa Fortier.
SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
- Four Ospreys are averaging double-digit points through the first three games of the 2023-24 season. Freshman Alexa Washington leads the pack with 13.7 PPG.
- The Ospreys are coming off a tough overtime loss to FAU, 84-75. Emma Broermann was one rebound away from her eighth double-double, as she was ultra-efficient going 8-for-9 from the field in her 19 points scored.
- Coming off an ASUN Freshman of the Week selection, Alexa Washington scored double-digits for a third consecutive game to open her career.
- Selma Eklund had the best game through her career so far with a career-high 13 points and seven rebounds.
- Jayla Adams become the first UNF player this season to record 10 assists in a game.
- Kailia Rougier made her first start of the season after coming off the bench in the first two games.