GONZAGA (22-9, 17-3 WCC) vs OREGON STATE (17-15, 12-8 WCC)
MONDAY, MARCH 10 | NOON | ORLEANS ARENA (7,471)
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THE TIPOFF
- The Gonzaga women's basketball travels to the WCC Tournament to play Oregon State in the semifinals, Monday, March 10. Tipoff is slated for Noon and will be streamed on ESPN+.
- GU won its 20th WCC Regular Season Title after finishing the season 22-9 and 17-3 in the conference. 
- Yvonne Ejim made history in the second quarter on Feb. 6. as she eclipsed 2,166 points to become the new scoring leader in Gonzaga women's basketball history. She broke Heather Bowman's record of 2,156 points scored from 2006-10.  
- Ejim has recorded 36 double doubles in her career and 11 this year alone. Prior to the game at Santa Clara, she scored double digits in 72-straight games. She also ranks ninth in the nation in scoring with 642 points this season. 
- Lisa Fortier was named the WCC Coach of the Year for the seventh time last week. Yvonne Ejim was named the WCC Player of the Year and WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. Allie Turner was named the WCC Freshman of the Year and was the first freshman to make All-WCC First Team since Courtney Vandersloot.
- On Jan. 30, Ejim became the first WCC women's basketball player to eclipse 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. 
- Allie Turner has made a huge impact as a freshman already this season. She ranks first in the nation in three-pointers made (91) among freshmen and is averaging 13 points per game. Overall, she eighth in the country and first in the WCC in made three-pointers. 
- The Bulldogs went undefeated in the month of January and went on a 14-game winning streak.
- Bree Salenbien has made her return to the court for the first time since a knee injury sustained last February. She had her first career double double against WSU with 14 points and 10 rebounds. She had a career-high 17 points at SCU. 
- On Jan. 18, Ejim broke the all-time rebounding record at Gonzaga. She now holds the record at Gonzaga for most rebounds, most points and most made field goals in a career. 
- Turner's 91 made threes is the most made for a freshman in GU history and is currently fourth for made threes in a single season at Gonzaga. She needs five more to tie Brynna Maxwell's record of 96 in a single season (2023-24). She is also the first true freshman to score 20+ points in multiple games since Heather Bowman.
- Ejim ranks fifth in the nation in field goals made this season with 244. 
- Ejim leads the Zags with 20.7 points a game, which ranks 15th in the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 8.8 rebounds a game this season to rank first in the conference and on the team. 
- Gonzaga is shooting at 36.7% from beyond the arc to rank 12th nationally and first in the WCC.  
- As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +10.4 to rank sixth in the country and number one in the conference. Overall, they have an average of 39.9 rebounds a game.
- Head coach Lisa Fortier currently sits at 287-72 in her career. Among active Division I coaches, she is seventh in winning percentage at 79.9%. Fortier is also now tied in second place on the WCC career coaching wins list with 171. 

THE SERIES
SERIES INFO: Oregon State leads 3-2       
LAST MEETING: Gonzaga won 66-62 on Feb. 13, 2025, in Corvallis, Ore., in overtime. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
- Oregon State is coming off a wild finish against San Francisco in the quarterfinals game where they won, 61-59, with a buzzer beater shot from Kelsey Rees.
- Rees is the leading scorer  and rebounder for the Beavs with 13 ppg and 7.6 rpg.
- OSU sits at 17-15 overall on the season and finished 12-8 in WCC play.
- Sela Heide leads the team in blocks with 49 this year.