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2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, are led by eleventh-year head coach Lisa Fortier and play home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record9–8 (4–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington State 5 – 1   .833 10 – 7   .588
San Francisco 5 – 1   .833 8 – 7   .533
Portland 4 – 2   .667 15 – 2   .882
Saint Mary's 4 – 2   .667 8 – 7   .533
Gonzaga 4 – 2   .667 9 – 8   .529
Oregon State 4 – 2   .667 8 – 9   .471
Pacific 3 – 3   .500 7 – 9   .438
Santa Clara 2 – 5   .286 8 – 9   .471
Pepperdine 1 – 4   .200 6 – 8   .429
Loyola Marymount 0 – 5   .000 6 – 7   .462
San Diego 0 – 5   .000 4 – 10   .286
† 2024 WCC tournament winner
As of January 9, 2025

Previous season

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Main article: 2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The Bulldogs finished the season at 32–4 and 16–0 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They advanced to the WCC women's tournament championship game where they lost to Portland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 4th seed in Portland region 4 where they defeated UC Irvine and Utah first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2015, where they lost to Texas.

Offseason

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Departures

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Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2023–24 had the option to return for 2024–25.

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason left
Destiny Burton 1 F 6'0" Senior Wichita, KS Graduated
Payton Muma 3 G 5'8"   Sophomore Highlands Ranch, CO Transferred to Wyoming[1]
Calli Stokes 10 F 5'11"   Sophomore Redondo Beach, CA Transferred
Kayleigh Truong 11 G 5'9" GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Eliza Hollingsworth 12 F 6'2"   Senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated
Naya Ojukwu 13 F 6'0"   Freshman Meridan, ID Transferred to Morgan State
Kaylynne Truong 14 G 5'8" GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 21st overall by Washington Mystics
Brynna Maxwell 22 G 6'0" GS Senior Gig Harbor, WA Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 13th overall by Chicago Sky

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous
school
Vera Gunaydin 2 G 5'9" Junior Ankara, Turkey South Georgia Tech
Inês Bettencourt 8 G 5'9" Junior São Miguel, Portugal UConn[2]
Tayla Dalton 10 G 5'9" GS Senior Auckland, New Zealand Saint Mary's[3]
McKynnlie Dalan 22 F 6'1" Sophomore Montesano, WA Minnesota[4]

Recruiting

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There was no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

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2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Esther Little 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Ipswich Basketball Academy Ipswich, England
G 2 Vera Gunaydin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr N/A
South Georgia Tech 		Ankara, Turkey
G 4 Claire O'Connor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lakeside Bellevue, WA
G 5 Maud Huijbens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Syracuse Hilversum, Netherlands
G 8 Inês Bettencourt 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Clube União Sportiva
UConn 		São Miguel, Portugal
G 10 Tayla Dalton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Carmel College
Saint Mary's 		Auckland, New Zealand
G 11 Allie Turner 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr John Burroughs St. Louis, MO
G 12 Christabel Osarobo 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr   Tudela, Spain
F 15 Yvonne Ejim 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Edge School Calgary, AB
F 22 McKynnlie Dalan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Montesano
Minnesota 		Montesano, WA
F 31 Ella Hopkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Lourdes Rochester, MN
F 33 Lauren Whittaker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr St. Andrew's College Cantebury, New Zealand
G 35 Bree Salenbien 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Lenawee Christian Adrian, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024*
6:00 p.m. 		College of Idaho W 79–39 
  –      –      –    McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Montana W 82–69  1–0
  18 – Turner   10 – Ejim   5 – Bettencourt  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,952)
Spokane, WA
November 10, 2024*
12:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at Stanford L 58–89  1–1
  18 – Turner   8 – Ejim   3 – Huijbens  Maples Pavilion (3,865)
Stanford, CA
November 14, 2024*
6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		California L 65–86  1–2
  27 – Ejim   9 – Huijbens   4 – Huijbens  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,060)
Spokane, WA
November 17, 2024*
1:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		Wyoming W 62–51  2–2
  17 – Bettencourt   11 – Ejim   2 – tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,268)
Spokane, WA
November 21, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Rice W 72–69  3–2
  22 – Ejim   11 – Ejim   4 – tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,876)
Spokane, WA
November 24, 2024*
1:00 p.m., MW Network 		at New Mexico W 81–68  4–2
  26 – Ejim   17 – Ejim   8 – Ejim  The Pit (4,943)
Albuquerque, NM
November 28, 2024*
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		vs. Missouri State
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		L 64–65  4–3
  21 – Ejim   12 – Huijbens   5 – Ejim  Sports and Fitness Center (N/A)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		vs. Texas Tech
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		L 49–67  4–4
  14 – Turner   10 – Ejim   3 – Turner  Sports and Fitness Center (1,725)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 30, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		vs. Florida State
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		L 54–95  4–5
  20 – Ejim   7 – O'Connor   4 – Huijbens  Sports and Fitness Center (2,525)
Saint Thomas, USVI
December 8, 2024*
12:00 p.m., MW Network 		at Colorado State L 72–74 OT 4–6
  22 – Ejim   19 – Huijbens   9 – Turner  Moby Arena (5,500)
Fort Collins, CO
December 14, 2024*
2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		Eastern Washington W 79–50  5–6
  28 – Ejim   9 – Little   5 – Ejim  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,243)
Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at San Francisco L 58–73  5–7
(0–1) 		 20 – Ejim   6 – Huijbens   4 – Turner  Sobrato Center (358)
San Francisco, CA
December 21, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at San Diego W 66–59  6–7
(1–1) 		 29 – Ejim   8 – tied   4 – tied  Jenny Craig Pavilion (754)
San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN2 		Oregon State L 67–71 OT 6–8
(1–2) 		 22 – Ejim   8 – Ejim   9 – Turner  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,615)
Spokane, WA
December 30, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Pepperdine W 75–54  7–8
(2–2) 		 23 – Ejim   9 – O'Connor   6 – Turner  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,165)
Spokane, WA
January 2, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Portland W 76–71  8–8
(3–2) 		 19 – Huijbens   12 – Huijbens   6 – Turner  Chiles Center (1,116)
Portland, OR
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Santa Clara W 82–56  9–8
(4–2) 		 23 – Huijbens   10 – tied   8 – Ejim  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,280)
Spokane, WA
January 11, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Washington State       Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
January 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		Portland       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
January 18, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Loyola Marymount       Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
January 25, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pepperdine       Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		San Diego       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Pacific       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 6, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Saint Mary's       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
February 8, 2025
2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		Washington State       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 13, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Oregon State       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
February 15, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola Marymount       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 20, 2025
6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ 		Saint Mary's       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 22, 2025
TBD, ESPN+ 		San Francisco       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 27, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pacific       Alex G. Spanos Center 
Stockton, CA
March 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Santa Clara       Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 6–11, 2025
TBA 		vs. TBD       Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

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See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
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Coaches

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cowgirls add Gonzaga transfer Payton Muma". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. May 1, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Lee, Greg (April 29, 2024). "Gonzaga women land UConn guard Ines Bettencourt in portal, first transfer of offseason". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Lee, Greg (May 4, 2024). "Gonzaga women add former Saint Mary's guard Tayla Dalton in transfer portal". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Lee, Greg (May 16, 2024). "Gonzaga women pick up Minnesota transfer forward McKynnlie Dalan". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Gozags.com.
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