STANFORD (4-0) at GONZAGA (2-1)
SUNDAY, NOV. 16 | 2 P.M. | McCARTHEY ATHLETIC CENTER (6,000)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball stays at home this Sunday to host Stanford, who is receiving votes in the AP and Coaches Polls.

- The Zags are coming off a tough loss to Colorado State. Lauren Whittaker led the team with 29 points and seven rebounds on the night. 

- Whittaker is shooting at 70% from the floor, which ranks 20th in the nation and first in the conference. Through three games, she is averaging 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds. 

- Gonzaga is currently ranked second in the country in three-point percentage at 48%. Individually, Teryn Gardner ranks seventh in the nation and first in the WCC at 66.7%.
- The Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the West Coast Conference in the preseason coaches poll. Sophomore Allie Turner and junior Zee Aukoso were named to the WCC Preseason Team as well.

- At Toledo, the Bulldogs were clutch from the free throw line, shooting at 94.1% and going 16-for-17 overall.

- Turner was recently named to the 2026 Becky Hammon Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. She was one of 25 players in the country to make the list.

- The Zags represent the last two WCC Freshman of the Year with Allie Turner winning it in 2025 and Zee Aokuso in 2024 during her time at Saint Mary's.

- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 291-75 in her career. Among active Division I coaches with at least five years at the level, she is currently ranked fifth in winning percentage (.795). Fortier is also now tied in second place on the WCC career coaching wins list with 171.

SERIES INFO: This will be the 17th matchup between the two teams. Stanford leads 13-3.
LAST MEETING: The Zags played Stanford last season in California, losing 58-89. However, last time GU played Stanford at home, the Zags won 96-78.

SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
- Stanford is coming off a win at Washington State on Friday night and is sitting at 4-0. 

- The Cardinal is near the top of the ACC in returning production, welcoming back 54.2 percent of its scoring, 49.7 percent of its rebounding, and 57.4 percent of its assists

- The Cardinal has had 16 individual double-digit scoring efforts across its three wins with nobody scoring more than 16 points.

- In its first three games, the Cardinal has had at least five double-digit scorers in every one, including six against Santa Clara.

WHITTAKER TAKEOVER
- Lauren Whittaker scored 29 points against Colorado State. She is the first freshman to reach at least 29 points since Jill Barta in 2016 when she scored 31.

- Whittaker is one of three freshmen in GU history to reach 29 points or more in a game, joining Barta (2016) and Heather Bowman (2006).

TURNER FOR THREE
- Allie Turner is tied for #1 among all returners in three points made in 2024-25 and the first freshman since 2020-21 to record 100+ three pointers in a single season.

- Turner's 105 made threes is the most made in a single season at Gonzaga last season. She broke the record against UTSA to pass Brynna Maxwell's record of 96 in a single season (2023-24). She is one of two players in Gonzaga history, men's or women's, to reach 100 threes in a single season with the only other Bulldog being Dan Dickau in 2001-02.