GONZAGA at COCONUT HOOPS
NOV. 28 and 30 | ALICO ARENA (4,633)
RADIO: 101.5 FM | GAME NOTES
TV: FLOHOOPS | LIVE STATS

THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball team hits the road to play at the Coconut Hoops Tournament in Fort Myers, Florida. The Zags will face Indiana in the first game on Nov. 28 and will go on to play either Marquette or Iowa State on Nov. 30.

- Under head coach Lisa Fortier, the Zags are 19-12 in regular season tournaments, including three tournament titles. 

- Freshman Lauren Whittaker is shooting at 55.9% from the floor, which ranks third in the West Coast Conference. Through four games, she is averaging 17 points and 7.8 rebounds. Her 47 total rebounds this season ranks second in the WCC as well. 

- Against Colorado State, Whittaker scored 29 points, making her just the third freshman in GU history to scored 29 points or more in a game. (Jill Barta and Heather Bowman are the only other two.)

- Gonzaga is currently ranked 20th in the country in three-point percentage at 38.5%. Individually, Allie leads the team at 43.3%.
- 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.

- 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 291-77 in her career. Among active Division I coaches with at least five years at the level, she is currently ranked fifth in winning percentage (.791). Fortier is also now tied in second place on the WCC career coaching wins list with 171.

TOURNAMENT INFO: The Zags won the tournament back in 2019 by going 3-0 in the field.
SERIES INFO (Indiana): First meeting ever. 
(Iowa State): 0-1. The Zags fell to ISU in the NCAA Tournament in 2013, 72-60.
(Marquette): The Bulldogs are 1-3 against Marquette. The first meeting was in 2007 with a 74-60 road loss. The Last meeting was at the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis with a 70-66 loss. The one win against Marquette was at home in 2008, 77-64.

SCOUTING THE FIELD
 Indiana
- Off to a 6–0 start, winning by +16.2 per game and holding opponents to just 56.3 points.
- Led by guard Shay Ciezki, who averages 22 PPG on 53% shooting with nearly 50% from three.

Marquette
- At 4–1, Marquette scores 69.4 PPG with a balanced lineup featuring four double-figure scorers.
- Halle Vice leads on the glass at 8.4 RPG, and the Golden Eagles hit 8.0 threes per game at a 36% clip.

Iowa State
- Iowa State is 7–0, averaging 94.7 PPG with a dominant +44.4 scoring margin.
- Powered by Audi Crooks' 25.9 PPG and Addy Brown's 11.6 PPG/9.9 RPG, the Cyclones also average 24.4 assists per game.

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).

- Whittaker recorded her first double double of her career against SDSU. She is one of 11 freshmen in GU history to record a double double with points and rebounds. (Jill Barta, Heather Bowman, Anne Bailey, Kelly Bowen, Janelle Bekkering, Courtney Vandersloot, Jenn Wirth, Ashley Anderson, Emma Wolfram, Shelby Cheslek)

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.