GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Gonzaga 67, Pepperdine 49
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. - Brynn Maxwell, the nation's leading 3-point shooter, made six straight behind the arc and scored a season-high 26 points to lead No. 17 Gonzaga to a 67-49 win over Pepperdine, the Bulldogs' 13th straight victory.
Maxwell, who has made a 3 in every game this season after transferring from Utah, had just five points in the first half when Gonzaga trailed 28-26.
She hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap an 8-0 run early in the third quarter to give Gonzaga a 34-30 lead and hit two more in the last minute to push the margin to 50-38 entering the fourth quarter. She hit her final 3 for Gonzaga's first basket of the fourth quarter that made it 53-40.
Kaylynne Truong added 16 points and nine assists for the Bulldogs (21-2, 11-0 West Coast Conference) and Yvonne Ejim added 13 points and eight rebounds.
Ally Stedman Stedman scored 17 points to lead the Waves (7-14, 2-9), who have lost 14 straight to Gonzaga, including a 77-63 decision at home earlier this season. The series now stands at 50-30 for GU. Becky Obinma added 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Pepperdine shot 29% (17 of 58) and had 20 turnovers.
Gonzaga shot 40.9% from 3-point range, right at their nation-leading average of 40.6. Maxwell, who entered at 50.4%, was 6 of 9.
January 28, 2023
| Pepperdine | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Mbanefo | F | 33 | 3-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Obinma | F | 30 | 3-6 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 4-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| J. Nwaba | F | 27 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Walls | G | 36 | 2-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| D. Brumfield | G | 22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Amosa | 21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| A. Stedman | 17 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |
| K. Brodie | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| H. Hoff | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 17-58 (.293) |
11-15 (.733) |
4-13 (.308) |
18-43 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 49 | |
| Gonzaga | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Y. Ejim | F | 23 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| B. Maxwell | G | 34 | 8-14 | 4-4 | 6-9 | 1-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| K. Truong | G | 34 | 4-13 | 5-6 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Williams | G | 34 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Little | G | 23 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| C. Stokes | 30 | 0-5 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| D. Burton | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| P. Muma | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| G. Riley | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-54 (.370) |
18-24 (.750) |
9-22 (.409) |
12-35 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 67 | |
Officials: Cheryll Blue, Ashley Ellis, Matthew Head
