GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Santa Clara 77, Gonzaga 72
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Tess Heal scored 16 points, capped by two free throws with 1.8 seconds to play, and Santa Clara ended No. 17 Gonzaga's 14-game winning streak with a 77-72 victory.
The Broncos, who lost the first match-up this season 78-61 for its 14th straight loss in the series, trailed by 12 points in the first quarter but had a 64-50 lead on Heal's 3-pointer with 7:20 to play. After Olivia Pollerd's 3-pointer had Santa Clara up 69-61 with 3:43 to go, the Broncos only got off one more shot and had three turnovers.
Kaylynne Truong's 3-pointer at 1:38 capped a 13-3 run that pulled Gonzaga within 69-66, but the Broncos made 8 of 10 free throws in the last 35 seconds.
Pollerd also had 16 points for the Broncos (14-10, 5-6 West Coast Conference), while Ashley Hiraki added 13 and Marya Hudgins 12.
Santa Clara, which came in shooting 32.6% from 3-point range, made 10 of 20 from behind the arc. The Broncos shot 53% overall and made 15 of 18 free throws. Gonzaga's defense came into the game holding opponents to 39.2% shooting.
Yvonne Ejim scored 26 points for Gonzaga (21-3, 11-1), which dropped into a first-place tie with Portland (a three-point winner in overtime at San Francisco). Truong scored 16 points and Brynna Maxwell 12 with both hitting four 3-pointers.
February 2, 2023
| Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Y. Ejim | F | 34 | 9-20 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| K. Truong | G | 37 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| M. Williams | G | 34 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| B. Maxwell | G | 28 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| E. Little | G | 26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Stokes | 26 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| D. Burton | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| P. Muma | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 27-57 (.474) |
9-11 (.818) |
9-16 (.563) |
13-30 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 72 | |
| Santa Clara | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Hiraki | G | 39 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| M. Hudgins | G | 30 | 4-9 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Heal | G | 27 | 5-12 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| A. Maldonado | G | 27 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Edmanson | G | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| O. Pollerd | 36 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4-9 | 0-6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| L. Pritchard | 30 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| J. Cadee | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 26-49 (.531) |
15-18 (.833) |
10-20 (.500) |
6-24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 77 | |
Officials: Melissa Barlow, Lorena Ahumada,
Attendance: 408