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2022–23 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

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2022–23 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record28–5 (17–1 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga 17 1   .944 28 5   .848
Portland 15 3   .833 23 9   .719
San Diego 11 7   .611 19 14   .576
BYU 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
San Francisco 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Pacific 8 10   .444 15 17   .469
Saint Mary's 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
Santa Clara 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
Pepperdine 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
Loyola Marymount 4 14   .222 7 23   .233
2023 WCC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), were members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by ninth year head coach Lisa Fortier, played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

Previous season

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The Bulldogs finished the season at 27–7 and 15–2 in WCC play to finish in second place. They won WCC women's tournament by defeating BYU.[1] They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 9th seed in Wichita region where they defeated Nebraska in the first round before losing to Louisville in second round.

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 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason left
Anamaria Birjoghe 1 F 6'5" Redshirt Senior Târgoviște, Romania Graduated
Abby O'Connor 4 G/F 6'0" Senior South Bend, IN Graduate transferred to Carnegie Mellon
Cierra Walker 13 G 5'8" Redshirt Senior Oregon City, OR Graduated
Kylee Griffen 32 G 6'2" Redshirt Senior Marysville, WA Graduated
Melody Kempton 33 F 6'1" Senior Post Falls, ID Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous
school
Destiny Burton 1 F/C 6'1" Junior Arlington, TX Panola College
Brynna Maxwell 22 G 6'0" Senior Gig Harbor, WA Utah

Recruiting

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There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

Roster

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2022–23 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 So Ipswich Basketball Academy Ipswich, England
F 1 Destiny Burton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mansfield Timberview
Panola College
Wichita, KS
G 2 Giana Riley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr John C. Kimball Manteca, CA
F 3 Payton Muma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, CO
G 5 Maud Huijbens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So N/A
Syracuse
Hilversum, Netherlands
F 10 Calli Stokes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Redondo Redondo Beach, CA
G 11 Kayleigh Truong 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Jersey Village Houston, TX
F 12 Eliza Hollingsworth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr St Leonard's College Melbourne, Australia
G 14 Kaylynne Truong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Jersey Village Houston, TX
F 15 Yvonne Ejim 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Edge School Calgary, AB
G 22 Brynna Maxwell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Gig Harbor
Utah
Gig Harbor, WA
G 24 McKayla Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Windward Los Angeles, CA
G 35 Bree Salenbien 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Lenawee Christian Adrian, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2022*
6:00 p.m.
Western Washington W 78–36 
 22  Kayle. Truong   9  Ejim   3  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,777)
Spokane, WA
Regular season
November 10, 2022*
7:30 p.m., SWX
Long Beach State W 80–54  1–0
 22  Ejim   10  Ejim   6  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,759)
Spokane, WA
November 12, 2022*
4:00 p.m.
Southern Utah W 91–38  2–0
 17  Hollingsworth   6  Tied   7  Kayle. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,946)
Spokane, WA
November 15, 2022*
7:00 p.m.
at Wyoming W 66–64  3–0
 26  Ejim   7  Ejim   4  Tied  Arena-Auditorium (2,077)
Laramie, WY
November 19, 2022*
4:30 p.m., FloHoops
vs. No. 6 Louisville
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals
W 79–67 OT 4–0
 21  Maxwell   9  Ejim   5  Tied  Imperial Arena (421)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 20, 2022*
11:30 a.m., FloHoops
vs. Marquette
Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals
L 66–70  4–1
 18  Tied   11  Ejim   6  Kayly. Truong  Imperial Arena (103)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 21, 2022*
11:30 a.m., ESPNU
vs. No. 23 Tennessee
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game
W 73–72  5–1
 22  Ejim   9  Ejim   6  Kayly. Truong  Imperial Arena (118)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2022*
2:00 p.m.
Eastern Washington Canceled McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
November 28, 2022*
6:00 p.m., SWX
No. 23 Maine W 62–43  6–1
 15  Kayly. Truong   8  Ejim   6  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,602)
Spokane, WA
December 1, 2022*
3:30 p.m., ESPN+
No. 23 at Stephen F. Austin W 71–59  7–1
 21  Kayly. Truong   9  Ejim   7  Kayly. Truong  William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,920)
Nacogdoches, TX
December 4, 2022*
12:00 p.m., P12N
No. 23 at No. 2 Stanford L 63–84  7–2
 22  Kayly. Truong   6  Kayly. Truong   3  Williams  Maples Pavilion (3,731)
Stanford, CA
December 6, 2022*
6:00 p.m.
No. 22 Queens (NC) W 73–49  8–2
 32  Ejim   7  Ejim   6  Muma  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,304)
Spokane, WA
December 11, 2022*
2:00 p.m.
No. 22 UC Davis W 73–55  9–2
 19  Maxwell   9  Maxwell   7  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,856)
Spokane, WA
December 17, 2022
2:00 p.m., SWX
No. 23 BYU W 67–58  10–2
(1–0)
 24  Kayly. Truong   7  Ejim   4  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,037)
Spokane, WA
December 19, 2022
6:00 p.m.
No. 22 San Diego W 70–59  11–2
(2–0)
 20  Kayly. Truong   9  Ejim   2  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,896)
Spokane, WA
December 21, 2022*
6:00 p.m., SWX
No. 22 Montana W 82–67  12–2
 23  Maxwell   9  Ejim   7  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,077)
Spokane, WA
December 29, 2022
4:00 p.m.
No. 19 at Pepperdine W 77–63  13–2
(3–0)
 26  Kayly. Truong   9  Tied   4  Stokes  Firestone Fieldhouse (268)
Malibu, CA
December 31, 2022
2:00 p.m.
No. 19 at Loyola Marymount W 96–51  14–2
(4–0)
 24  Ejim   8  Ejim   6  Kayly. Truong  Gersten Pavilion (510)
Los Angeles, CA
January 5, 2023
6:00 p.m., SWX
No. 20 San Francisco W 63–52  15–2
(5–0)
 17  Kayly. Truong   12  Ejim   9  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,823)
Spokane, WA
January 7, 2023
2:00 p.m.
No. 20 Santa Clara W 78–61  16–2
(6–0)
 17  Maxwell   12  Ejim   7  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,077)
Spokane, WA
January 14, 2023
5:00 p.m.
No. 20 at Portland W 73–66  17–2
(7–0)
 20  Maxwell   12  Ejim   9  Little  Chiles Center (1,167)
Portland, OR
January 19, 2023
11:00 a.m.
No. 16 at Pacific W 81–78  18–2
(8–0)
 22  Ejim   12  Ejim   9  Kayly. Truong  Alex G. Spanos Center (2,000)
Stockton, CA
January 21, 2023
1:00 p.m.
No. 16 at Saint Mary’s W 82–57  19–2
(9–0)
 24  Ejim   6  Stokes   5  Kayly. Truong  University Credit Union Pavilion (563)
Moraga, CA
January 26, 2023
6:00 p.m., SWX
No. 17 Loyola Marymount W 66–55  20–2
(10–0)
 19  Kayly. Truong   6  Stokes   6  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,122)
Spokane, WA
January 28, 2023
2:00 p.m.
No. 17 Pepperdine W 67–49  21–2
(11–0)
 26  Maxwell   9  Stokes   9  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251)
Spokane, WA
February 2, 2023
6:00 p.m.
No. 17 at Santa Clara L 72–77  21–3
(11–1)
 26  Ejim   7  Ejim   5  Williams  Leavey Center (408)
Santa Clara, CA
February 4, 2023
2:00 p.m., KHQ/RTNW
No. 17 at San Francisco W 78–56  22–3
(12–1)
 27  Kayly. Truong   9  Ejim   5  Kayly. Truong  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
February 11, 2023
1:00 p.m., SWX/RTNW
No. 23 Portland W 63–53  23–3
(13–1)
 20  Kayly. Truong   6  Tied   5  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
February 16, 2023
6:00 p.m., SWX
No. 20 Pacific W 69–58  24–3
(14–1)
 21  Kayly. Truong   9  Ejim   3  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (4,970)
Spokane, WA
February 18, 2023
2:00 p.m., SWX
No. 20 Saint Mary’s W 65–51  25–3
(15–1)
 25  Ejim   8  Ejim   5  Kayly. Truong  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,514)
Spokane, WA
February 23, 2023
6:00 p.m.
No. 18 at San Diego W 73–61  26–3
(16–1)
 14  Tied   11  Ejim   4  Ejim  Jenny Craig Pavilion (420)
San Diego, CA
February 25, 2023
4:00 p.m., byutv
No. 18 at BYU W 58–51  27–3
(17–1)
 19  Ejim   10  Ejim   2  Tied  Marriott Center (1,994)
Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2023
12:00 p.m., byutv
(1) No. 16 vs. (5) BYU
Semifinals
W 79–64  28–3
 21  Ejim   11  Ejim   7  Kayly. Truong  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
March 7, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPNU
(1) No. 16 vs. (2) Portland
Championship
L 60–64  28–4
 21  Ejim   14  Ejim   5  Kayly. Truong  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU
(9 S4) No. 19 vs. (8 S4) Ole Miss
First Round
L 48–71  28–5
 19  Ejim   8  Ejim   6  Kayly. Truong  Maples Pavilion (4,020)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S4=Seattle 4.
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
APRVRV*RVRV23222322192020161717232018151619Not released
CoachesRVRV*RV^RV25232322202021192018221918151517RV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Allen, Jim (March 8, 2022). "Officially NCAA bound: Gonzaga women beat 15th-ranked BYU for WCC championship". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "2022–23 Women's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Gozags.com.