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67
Winner Portland UP 21-12,9-6 WCC
66
Gonzaga Gonz 30-3,16-0 WCC
Winner
Portland UP
21-12,9-6 WCC
67
Final
66
Gonzaga Gonz
30-3,16-0 WCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Portland UP 14 14 22 17 67
Gonzaga Gonz 17 12 19 18 66

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

No. 14 WBB Drops to Portland, 67-66

Selection Sunday is March 17 at 5 p.m.

LAS VEGAS — The No. 14/13 Gonzaga women's basketball team dropped to Portland, 67-66, in the West Coast Conference tournament championship game.

Emme Shearer hit a 3-pointer with 1:39 to play to give the Pilots a 67-64 lead. After Kaylynne Truong's jumper in the lane pulled the Bulldogs' within one, Portland survived two turnovers on held balls in the last minute and an offensive rebound that gave Gonzaga one last chance with 11.3 seconds to go.

WCC player of the year Yvonne Ejim had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Eliza Hollingsworth had 13 and 11 for Gonzaga. Brynna Maxwell, who hit a 3 in every game, scored 15 points.

The biggest lead for either team was five and there were 17 ties and 23 lead changes.

The Pilots shot 54% (26 of 48), making 7 of 14 from 3-point range.Gonzaga shot 37.1% overall (26 of 70) and 5 of 20 behind the arc.

Portland shot 50% in the first half, to 35.5% for Gonzaga but trailed 29-28. The Pilots got the lead going into the fourth quarter as Cochrane and Dickie scored in the last minutes, making it 50-48.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Both Yvonne Ejim and Eliza Hollingsworth made the All-Tournament Team as they both recorded double-doubles in their two games.

UP NEXT:
The Bulldogs will wait to see their seeding for the NCAA Tournament on March 17 at 5 p.m. on ESPN.

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