GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Gonzaga 77, Loyola Marymount 39
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. - Jenn Wirth scored 19 points, Jill Townsend added 18 and No. 21 Gonzaga captured the West Coast Conference championship outright with a 77-39 win over Loyola Marymount.
The Bulldogs (21-3, 16-1), who have won five-straight league titles and 17 overall, outscored the Lions (5-18, 4-14) 43-8 over the second and third quarters.
A three-pointer by Jasmine Jones had the Lions within 16-15 less than a minute into the second quarter but they were their only points until the 6:54 mark of the third quarter.
The Bulldogs scored 26 straight points while Loyola Marymount was 0 for 14 with nine turnovers.
Trailing 57-20 after three quarters, the Lions scored 19 points in the fourth, doubling their field goals from seven to 14. They went 7 of 14 from 3-point range and 7 of 35 inside. They were outrebounded 45-20 and had 22 turnovers.
Ariel Johnson scored 11 points for the Lions.
Gonzaga earned a double-bye into the WCC semifinals and won't play until a week from Monday in Las Vegas.
February 27, 2021
| Loyola Marymount | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Clark | F | 32 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Mandel | F | 24 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| A. Johnson | G | 36 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| N. Rodriguez | G | 34 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Gordon | G | 32 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 24 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| C. Ellington | 15 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| H. Herdman | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 14-49 (.286) |
4-10 (.400) |
7-14 (.500) |
8-20 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 39 | |
| Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Wirth | F | 28 | 9-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| L. Wirth | F | 25 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| G. Barfield | F | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Townsend | G | 25 | 8-12 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| L. Forsyth | G | 13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Truong | 23 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| C. Walker | 17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| K. Truong | 15 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Kempton | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| A. O'Connor | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| A. Virjoghe | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Williams | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L. Scanlon | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y. Ejim | 4 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| E. Hollingsworth | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 30-60 (.500) |
13-15 (.867) |
4-19 (.211) |
18-45 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 77 | |
Officials: Jen Zylstra, Cheryll Blue, Robert Scofield
Attendance: 200