2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green; Stacy Clinesmith; Craig Fortier;
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Portland	2	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
Saint Mary's	2	–	0	1.000	6	–	5	.545
Washington State	1	–	0	1.000	6	–	6	.500
San Francisco	1	–	0	1.000	4	–	6	.400
Santa Clara	1	–	1	.500	7	–	5	.583
Gonzaga	1	–	1	.500	6	–	7	.462
Pacific	1	–	1	.500	5	–	7	.417
Pepperdine	0	–	1	.000	5	–	5	.500
Oregon State	0	–	1	.000	4	–	8	.333
Loyola Marymount	0	–	2	.000	6	–	4	.600
San Diego	0	–	2	.000	4	–	7	.364

† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of December 21, 2024

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.

Previous season

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

Departures

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

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

There was no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

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

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey Bay)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey Bay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	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						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	Oregon State						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
December 30, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Santa Clara						McCarthey Athletic Center 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	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

Ranking movements
**Legend:** RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV
Coaches

References

^ "Cowgirls add Gonzaga transfer Payton Muma". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. May 1, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Lee, Greg (May 16, 2024). "Gonzaga women pick up Minnesota transfer forward McKynnlie Dalan". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Gozags.com.

[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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Offseason

Departures

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Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References