WBB is facing the Pacific for the first time this season

Pacific (11-11, 7-5 WCC) against Gonzaga (14-8, 9-2 WCC)
Saturday, February. 1 | Spokane, Wash. | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
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– Gonzaga Women’s Basketball is staying at home to welcome Pacific this Saturday, February 1st. Bulldogs come from a 64-48 win over San Diego. Yvonne Ejim Had 25 points while Claire O’Connor had 12.
– Ejim has a chance to make history in the record books. She currently has 2,128 career points and is 38 points away from breaking the scoring record at all times. She has recorded 33 double dubbles in her career and has scored double digits in 64-like games. She also ranks seventh in the nation by scoring with 469 points this season.
– Ejim was recently named a USBWA’s National Player of the Week. She was also named the Midseason Wooden Award and Becky Hammon Player of the Year Watch Lists.
And Bree Salenbien Has made her return to court for the first time since a knee injury that was maintained last February.
– Against LMU, Ejim broke the rebounding record for gonzaga all the time. She now has the record in Gonzaga for most rebounds and most made field goals in a career.
And Allie Turner Have had a huge influence as a beginner already this season. She first ranks in the nation in the three-pointer made (60) among the beginners and is an average of 13 points per year. Match. Overall, she ranks 13 in the country and first in the WCC in made three-pointers.
And Claire O’Connor Ranks number two on the team in three points made with 35.
– Turner is the first real beginner who scored 20+ points in multiple games since Heather Bowman (2006-07)
– Ejim ranks the sixth in the nation in field dimensions made this season with 176. She now has the early record at GU for most manufactured field goals with currently 865.
– Ejim leads Zags with 21.3 points a game that ranks 10. In the country and first in the WCC. She also grabs an average of 8.6 rebounds a game this season to rank first at the conference and on the team. Her eighth double double this season ranks her 32. In the nation and first at the conference.
– Gonzaga shoots 35.8% beyond the arch to rank 29 Nationally and first in the WCC.
– As a team, GU has a rebound margin of +9.7 and has an average of 39.2 rebounds.
– Head coach Lisa descends Currently sitting on 279-71 in his career. Among the Active Division in Trainers, she is seventh in winning percentage of 79.7%.
– Bulldogs were selected to end first at the West Coast conference in polls during the forecast for the third equal season. Ejim and Maud Huijbens Was appointed to the All-WCC Preseason Team.

The series
Seriesinfo: Gonzaga leads 22-5
Last Meeting: Gonzaga won 72-61 on March 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in WCC Tourney Semis
Streak: GU has won 17-like games vs Tigers and 21 of 24 Since Pacific joined WCC in 2014

Scout the tigers
– Liz Smith is the catalyst for the tiger defense that is on average a league best 3.25 stealing per day. Match in January and is the only player at the conference with more than 20 total stealing (26).
– Anaya James, meanwhile, has been the engine that made the offense this month, and ranked fifth place with 16.25 points per day. Fight with a 49.5% sliding clip (other at the conference). And she does more than scoring, ranks number two in assists per. Match (4.63/games) and third in total assists (37).
-Pacific’s 6-2 record in January was good for the second best at the conference. Six wins are mostly in any January during Davis’ mandate period, while two losses match the fewest of his term of office (2023-24).