Stockton, Wirth lead No. 16 Gonzaga women past LMU 68-58
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Laura Stockton scored 16 points, LeeAnne Wirth added 13 and 13 rebounds, both career highs, and No. 16 Gonzaga pulled away from Loyola Marymount for a 68-58 victory on Saturday to give the Bulldogs the outright West Coast Conference championship.
Zykera Rice added 10 points for the Bulldogs (27-3, 16-2 WCC), who have won 14 of their 15 league titles since 2005.
Despite a sellout crowd of 6,000, Gonzaga trailed 32-25 at the half as the Lions (17-13, 10-8) shot 46 percent and outrebounded Gonzaga, which shot 33 percent, 20-10.
Stockton made the first two baskets of the second half to ignite Gonzaga, which made 10 of 14 shots, including all three 3-point attempts, and outscored LMU 26-10. Stockton had eight points in the fourth quarter when GU went cold, going 4 of 11, but was 9 of 12 from the foul line. The Lions couldn't mount a challenge because of 2-of-15 shooting.
Gonzaga, which won the first meeting 78-53, has now won 24 straight in the series.
Chelsey Gipson scored 14 points for LMU and Jasmine Jones and Cierra Belvin added 10 apiece.
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2020-2021 West Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Gonzaga | 15-1 | - | 20-3 |
BYU | 13-2 | 1.5 | 17-3 |
San Diego | 9-5 | 5 | 12-7 |
San Francisco | 9-7 | 6 | 13-9 |
Santa Clara | 9-8 | 6.5 | 13-10 |
Portland | 8-8 | 7 | 11-11 |
Pacific | 8-9 | 7.5 | 10-10 |
Saint Mary's | 4-13 | 11.5 | 6-17 |
Loyola Marymount | 4-13 | 11.5 | 5-17 |
Pepperdine | 2-15 | 13.5 | 5-16 |