MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Brynna Maxwell scored 18 points, Yvonne Ejim added 17 with 11 rebounds and No. 16 Gonzaga ran its winning streak to 22 with a 75-41 win over Pepperdine on Saturday.
Kayleigh Truong added 15 points and Kaylynne Truong added 13 with six assists for the Bulldogs (28-2, 15-0 West Coast Conference). They have now beaten Pepperdine 16-straight games.
Jane Nwaba scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her third-straight double-double for the Waves (5-12, 1-14), losers of 14 straight.
Kayleigh Truong, Ejim and Maxwell all made two baskets as the Bulldogs raced to a 12-0 lead and they led 16-9 after one quarter.
Megan Harkey made two layups, concerting the second into a three-point play to pull Pepperdine within 18-14 less than a minute into the second but the Bulldogs hit consecutive 3s and had four in the quarter for a 32-21 halftime lead.
Gonzaga finished the first half making 1 of 10 shots and Pepperdine missed its last nine shots. The Bulldogs, second in the nation shooting 40.4% behind the arc, were 0 for 5 in the first quarter but 4 of 7 in the second.
Ejim had 10 at the half, her 34th-straight double-figure game.
After breaking the game open with five 3s in the third quarter, Gonzaga finished the game 11 of 29. The Truong twins both had three 3s and Maxwell, who has made a 3 in every game this season, hit four.
The Bulldogs outrebounded Pepperdine 44-27 and only committed five fouls in the game.
Gonzaga goes for an undefeated league season against Portland at home, where they have a 33-game winning streak, on Wednesday.
The Bulldogs went undefeated at 14-0 three times when Kelly Graves was coach, the last coming in 2010-11. Four times in head coach Lisa Fortier's nine seasons they finished with one loss, including last season.
Notes:
With 17 points today, Yvonne Ejim has scored double figures for 34-straight games. She also recorded another double double with 11 rebounds.
Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 261-61 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is fifth in winning percentage at 81%.
Gonzaga's 22-straight wins is tied for second in the country. GU's 28-2 (.933) record also sits at third-best in the nation.
Brynna Maxwell scored 18 points and has made a three-pointer in every game this year as she made four today.
The 15-0 record in the WCC is currently the program best with one more game remaining in the regular season. It also marks the best WCC start under Fortier with the previous best being 12-0 in 2019-20.