SPOKANE, Wash. — Kaylynne Truong scored 20 points to lead No. 23 Gonzaga to a 63-53 win over Portland in front of a sold out crowd in McCarthey Athletic Center. The win puts Gonzaga in first place in the West Coast Conference standings at 13-1 in the league and 23-3 overall. 

Truong made four three-pointers, including one with four minutes left to give the Bulldogs an 11-point lead, that Truong stretched to 13 with a pair of free throws. With those free throws, Truong reached 1,000 career points in a Gonzaga uniform.

Brynna Maxwell kept her streak alive of making a three-pointer in every game this season with two makes and 13 points. Yvonne Ejim and McKayla Williams added 11 points each. Gonzaga finished 7-of-21 from the arc and 6-of-13 in the second half.

Alex Fowler, the WCC's leading scorer, and Maisie Burnham scored 13 points each for the Pilots (18-7, 12-2), who had a six-game win streak snapped.

After a ragged first half that ended with Portland leading 19-18, Gonzaga outscored the Pilots 27-15 in the third quarter with a stretch that included seven-straight makes.

Neither team reached 34 percent shooting in the first half when the teams combined to go 2-of-17 from the arc.

Portland's only two WCC losses have come against Gonzaga, which has won six straight over the Pilots.

Overall, Gonzaga shot 39.3 percent and held Portland to 38.2 percent from the floor. Defensively, the Zags forced 17 turnovers and scored 17 points off those miscues. The Bulldogs also outrebounded the Pilots, 37-34. Ejim and Calli Stokes both grabbed six boards to lead the team.

Records: Kaylynne Truong scored 20 points today to break 1,000 career points. She has now scored in double figures for 16-straight games and has scored in double digits in 23 games so far this season. This also marked the second-straight game that the senior scored at least 20.

Brynna Maxwell scored two three-pointers today to extend her streak to scoring at least one in all 26 games this season.

Yvonne Ejim scored in double figures for the 14th-straight game and for the 23rd time this season.

Up Next: Gonzaga stays home next week to host Pacific on Thursday, Feb. 16, and Saint Mary's on Feb. 18. Live video and live stats can be found at GoZags.com. The games will also be televised locally in Spokane on SWX.

Vandersloot Honored: Vandersloot was present with a sellout crowd at 6,000-seat McCarthey Athletic Center when her No. 21 jersey was recognized before the game, the first Gonzaga women's player to have her jersey in the rafters.

The point guard, who earned a number of All-American honors including a second-team pick on The Associated Press team, was a three-time player of the year in the WCC and set the NCAA single-season assists record with 367 as a senior when she led Gonzaga to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.

She was the first Division I player, female or male, to reach career totals of both 2,000 points and 1,000 assists.

Vandersloot recently signed a free-agent contract with the New York Liberty after having spent her entire WNBA career with the Chicago Sky, who drafted her with the third overall pick in 2011. She helped lead the Sky to their only championship in 2021.