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.
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| Conference | West Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–2 (0–0 WCC) |
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| Home arena | McCarthey Athletic Center |
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| Portland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 WCC tournament winner As of November 23, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
editThe 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
editDepartures
editDue 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 |
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| 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
edit| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| 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
editThere was no recruiting class of 2024.
Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| 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 | The Pit Albuquerque, NM | |||||||||
| November 28, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Missouri State Paradise Jam Reef Division |
Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||||
| November 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Texas Tech Paradise Jam Reef Division |
Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||||
| November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Florida State Paradise Jam Reef Division |
Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI | |||||||||
| December 8, 2024* 12:00 p.m., MW Network |
at Colorado State | Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO | |||||||||
| December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ |
Eastern Washington | McCarthey Athletic Center 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
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.