1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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PEPP | 21 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 60 |
GONZ | 15 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 83 |
Rice, No. 16 Gonzaga women end Pepperdine streak 83-60
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Zykera Rice scored 23 points on 9 of 12 shooting and No. 16 Gonzaga pulled away to end Pepperdine's eight-game winning streak 83-60 on Thursday night.
Chandler Smith added 14 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Bulldogs (26-3, 15-2 West Coast Conference), who clinched a tie for the league title. Laura Stockton had 13 points, six assists and four rebounds for Gonzaga, which defeated the Waves 79-54 on the opening weekend of league play.
Pepperdine (19-9, 12-5) hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and took a 21-15 lead but Gonzaga hit three in the second to go up 38-34. Rice hit a later jumper to put the Zags ahead 57-50 after three quarters and Stockton and Smith had the first two buckets of the fourth quarter to put the lead at 11. The Bulldogs went on to out-score the Waves 26-10 in the final 10 minutes by making 12 of 14 shots while Pepp was 4 of 16.
Deezha Battle had 13 points for the Waves, Barbara Sitanggan had 10 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Gonzaga ended up shooting 55 percent (35-64) while Pepperdine was at 30 percent (21 of 70).
Game Information
- Referees:
- Melissa Barlow
- Kenneth Nash
- Felicity Willis
2023-24 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Gonzaga | 16-0 | - | 32-4 |
Santa Clara | 12-4 | 4 | 25-9 |
Portland | 10-6 | 6 | 21-13 |
San Francisco | 10-6 | 6 | 14-16 |
Pacific | 8-8 | 8 | 19-15 |
Saint Mary's | 6-10 | 10 | 13-18 |
Loyola Marymount | 5-11 | 11 | 11-19 |
San Diego | 4-12 | 12 | 9-22 |
Pepperdine | 1-15 | 15 | 5-25 |