1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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PAC | 22 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 67 |
GONZ | 20 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 68 |
Jenn Wirth scores 24, No. 16 Gonzaga women edge Pacific
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Jenn Wirth scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jessie Loera made a free throw with 5.8 seconds left and No. 16 Gonzaga held on to defeat Pacific 68-67 on Saturday to run its winning streak to 13 games.
Katie Campbell hit a 3-pointer with 1:44 to play to put the Bulldogs up 65-62 and followed with a 15-foot jumper from the right elbow with 18 seconds to go to make it 67-62.
Pacific got a pair of free throws from Kaylin Randhawa at nine seconds but Loera hit one of two to offset a Valerie Higgins 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Gonzaga (16-1, 5-0 West Coast Conference) was up 61-54 with 5 minutes to go but Higgins scored the next eight points to give the Tigers a 62-61 lead at 2:53.
Campbell finished with 15 points, Loera and Jill Townsend had 11 each. Wirth was 10-of-13 shooting but her teammates went 11 of 41 (27%). The Bulldogs were 20 of 28 from the foul line.
Higgins finished with 20 points for the Tigers (11-6, 4-2), going 6 of 7 from the field but just 6 of 11 from the foul line. Randhawa added 13 points and Lianna Tillman 11.
Gonzaga took a 33-32 lead at the half on a LeeAnne Wirth free throw with less than a second to play, which capped a 7-0 run
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Teresa Turner
- Lorena Ahumada
- Benny Luna
2024-25 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Pacific | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Pepperdine | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Santa Clara | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Washington State | 0-0 | - | 1-0 |
Gonzaga | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Oregon State | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Portland | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
San Diego | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Loyola Marymount | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
Saint Mary's | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |
San Francisco | 0-0 | - | 0-1 |