1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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GONZ | 18 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 72 |
LMU | 6 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 48 |
Yvonne Ejim scores 24 points, No. 17 Gonzaga women top LMU 72-48 for Fortier's 250th win
Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs - Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs, 01/18/2024
LOS ANGELES -- — Yvonne Ejim scored 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds and No. 17 Gonzaga handed coach Lisa Fortier her 250th victory with a 72-48 win over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night.
Calli Stokes opened the fourth quarter with a three-point play to put Gonzaga on top 52-38 and then Ejim scored nine points in 3 1/2 minutes for a 63-42 lead as the Bulldogs pulled away.
Kaylynne Truong, who had 10 assists in her program record 144th game, and Brynna Maxwell both scored 10 points for Gonzaga (17-2, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which has won 10-straight and beaten the Lions 32-straight times.
Fortier, in her 10th season, is 250-61.
Freshman Maya Hernandez scored a career-high 12 points for Loyola Marymount (7-10, 2-3).
Gonzaga, which shoots 39.6% from 3-point range, fifth in the country, was just 4 of 14 but shot 52% (28 of 54) overall. LMU shot 33% and went 2 of 19 behind the arc.
Ejim hit all five of her shots in the first quarter, three in a closing 9-0 run that included a Maxwell 3, for an 18-6 lead.
Maxwell’s layup after a No. 11 Truong 3-pointer had the Zags up 11 in the middle of the second quarter but Loyola had the deficit down to 35-22 at the half.
Gonzaga, which got 12 points from Ejim, shot 52% in the first half while LMU shot 33%, going 1 of 11 behind the arc.
The Bulldogs were only 3-of-10 shooting in the third quarter but made 7 of 11 from the foul line and the Lions sliced two points off the deficit. Gonzaga scored the last three points to go into the fourth quarter up 49-38.
The Bulldogs are at Saint Mary's on Saturday.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Richard Waters
- Zipporah Chase
- Alexia Murray
2024-25 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Portland | 2-0 | - | 13-0 |
Saint Mary's | 2-0 | - | 6-5 |
Washington State | 1-0 | 0.5 | 6-6 |
San Francisco | 1-0 | 0.5 | 4-6 |
Santa Clara | 1-1 | 1 | 7-5 |
Gonzaga | 1-1 | 1 | 6-7 |
Pacific | 1-1 | 1 | 5-7 |
Pepperdine | 0-1 | 1.5 | 5-5 |
Oregon State | 0-1 | 1.5 | 4-8 |
Loyola Marymount | 0-2 | 2 | 6-4 |
San Diego | 0-2 | 2 | 4-7 |