GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Gonzaga 77, Pepperdine 63
Associated Press
MALIBU, Calif. - Kaylynne Truong hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points, both career highs, to lead No. 19 Gonzaga to a 77-63 win over Pepperdine, the Bulldogs' sixth-straight win and 13th-straight over the Waves.
Yvonne Ejim added 17 points and Eliza Hollingsworth had 16 and both grabbed nine rebounds for the Bulldogs (13-2, 3-0 West Coast Conference). Brynna Maxwell scored 10, eight in the second quarter when the Zags took control.
Ally Stedman led Pepperdine (6-7, 1-2) with 16 points but was 6-of-24 shooting. Theresa Grace Mbanefo added 15 points and nine rebounds and Jane Nwaba had 14 points.
Truong hit all three of her 3-point attempts and scored 11 points in the first quarter, five in the last 69 seconds, as Gonzaga closed with a 7-0 run for a 24-16 lead. The Bulldogs scored the first six points of the second quarter to push the lead to 14.
While the Zags made 5 of 9 3-pointers and shot 52% overall as well as making all seven of their free throws in the first half, Pepperdine was a dismal 2 of 13 in the second quarter. The reason the Waves were within 16 at 44-28, is they made 8 of 10 free throws.
The biggest lead was 21 midway through the third quarter and the Waves, who were 3 of 15 from 3-point range and 20 of 25 from the foul line, got no closer than eight, when Mbanefo converted a three-point play with 7 1/2 minutes to play.
Truong answered that 7-0 run with a 3-pointer and moments later started a Gonzaga 7-0 run with another 3.
December 29, 2022
| Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Hollingsworth | F | 30 | 6-14 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 4-9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Y. Ejim | F | 24 | 8-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| K. Truong | G | 32 | 9-18 | 2-2 | 6-11 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| M. Williams | G | 32 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| B. Maxwell | G | 30 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| E. Little | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| C. Stokes | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| P. Muma | 8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D. Burton | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 29-66 (.439) |
11-13 (.846) |
8-20 (.400) |
14-44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 77 | |
| Pepperdine | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Nwaba | F | 34 | 3-7 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 3-7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| T. Mbanefo | F | 33 | 4-9 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Obinma | F | 21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| M. Walls | G | 40 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Stedman | G | 35 | 6-24 | 1-1 | 3-13 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| M. Amosa | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| R. Odebunmi | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| K. Brodie | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| H. Hoff | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-58 (.345) |
20-25 (.800) |
3-15 (.200) |
12-35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 63 | |
Officials: Alecia Murray, Stacie Bow, Clifford Sims
Attendance: 268
