2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	16–2 (3–0 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green; Stacy Clinesmith; Craig Fortier;
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center

2023–24 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Gonzaga	3	–	0	1.000	16	–	2	.889
Portland	3	–	1	.750	11	–	7	.611
San Francisco	3	–	1	.750	7	–	10	.412
Pacific	2	–	2	.500	10	–	7	.588
Loyola Marymount	2	–	2	.500	7	–	9	.438
Santa Clara	1	–	2	.333	13	–	5	.722
Saint Mary's	1	–	2	.333	8	–	9	.471
Pepperdine	1	–	2	.333	5	–	11	.313
San Diego	0	–	4	.000	4	–	13	.235

† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of January 13, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), are members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by tenth year head coach Lisa Fortier, play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the season at 28–5 and 17–1 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They advanced to the WCC women's tournament championship game where they lost to Portland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 9th seed in Seattle region 4 where they lost in the first round to Ole Miss.

Offseason

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason left
Giana Riley	2	G	5'8"	Freshman	Manteca, CA	Resume back to Gonzaga Bulldogs WSOC
McKayla Williams	24	G	6'1"	Junior	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to California

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Esther Little	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Ipswich Basketball Academy	Ipswich, England
F	1	Destiny Burton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mansfield Timberview Panola College	Wichita, KS
F	3	Payton Muma	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Highlands Ranch	Highlands Ranch, CO
G	4	Claire O'Connor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lakeside	Bellevue, WA
G	5	Maud Huijbens	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	N/A Syracuse	Hilversum, Netherlands
F	10	Calli Stokes	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Redondo	Redondo Beach, CA
G	11	Kayleigh Truong	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Jersey Village	Houston, TX
F	12	Eliza Hollingsworth	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	St Leonard's College	Melbourne, Australia
F	13	Naya Ojukwu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mountain View	Meridian, ID
G	14	Kaylynne Truong	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Jersey Village	Houston, TX
F	15	Yvonne Ejim	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Edge School	Calgary, AB
G	22	Brynna Maxwell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Gig Harbor Utah	Gig Harbor, WA
F	31	Ella Hopkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Lourdes	Rochester, MN
G	35	Bree Salenbien	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Lenawee Christian	Adrian, MI

Head coach

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		Warner Pacific	W 95–32		–	–	–	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		at Montana	W 83–70	1–0	19 – Kayly. Truong	9 – Hollingsworth	6 – Kayly. Truong	Dahlberg Arena (2,603) Missoula, MT
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 24 Washington State	L 72–77 ^OT	1–1	22 – Kayly. Truong	7 – Hollingsworth	6 – Kayly. Truong	Beasley Coliseum (1,587) Pullman, WA
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		Toledo	W 91–70	2–1	22 – Ejim	11 – Hollingsworth	4 – Tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,843) Spokane, WA
November 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		North Florida	W 83–55	3–1	21 – Kayle. Truong	8 – Ejim	8 – Kayly. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,845) Spokane, WA
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Wyoming	W 80–64	4–1	18 – Kayle. Truong	10 – Ejim	8 – Kayly. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,059) Spokane, WA
November 24, 2023* 11:15 a.m., ESPN+		vs. Liberty Van Chancellor Classic	W 102–59	5–1	25 – Kayle. Truong	8 – Ejim	8 – Kayly. Truong	Merrell Center (215) Katy, TX
November 25, 2023* 11:15 a.m., ESPN+		vs. Alabama Van Chancellor Classic	W 68–58	6–1	23 – Ejim	8 – Tied	7 – Kayle. Truong	Merrell Center (530) Katy, TX
November 26, 2023* 10:45 a.m., ESPN+		vs. No. 20 Louisville Van Chancellor Classic	L 70–81	6–2	23 – Ejim	7 – Ejim	7 – Kayle. Truong	Merrell Center Katy, TX
November 29, 2023* 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		at Eastern Washington	W 82–80	7–2	23 – Ejim	14 – Hollingsworth	8 – Kayly. Truong	Reese Court (1,378) Cheney, WA
December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		No. 3 Stanford	W 96–78	8–2	27 – Ejim	12 – Ejim	7 – Kayle. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
December 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 23	at California	W 78–70 ^OT	9–2	21 – Ejim	9 – Tied	12 – Kayly. Truong	Haas Pavilion (1,109) Berkeley, CA
December 9, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	at Rice	W 80–72	10–2	21 – Hollingsworth	10 – Ejim	5 – Kayle. Truong	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,367) Houston, TX
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+	No. 21	South Dakota State	W 83–58	11–2	17 – Hollingsworth	12 – Hollingsworth	6 – Kayle. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,120) Spokane, WA
December 20, 2023* 1:30 p.m., P12N	No. 20	vs. Arizona Jerry Colangelo Classic	W 81–69	12–2	27 – Ejim	11 – Hollingsworth	6 – Kayly. Truong	Footprint Center Phoenix, AZ
December 22, 2023* 1:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+	No. 20	New Mexico	W 67–56	13–2	22 – Ejim	6 – Huijbens	7 – Kayly. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,241) Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
January 4, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at Portland	W 74–53	14–2 (1–0)	21 – Maxwell	11 – Hollingsworth	4 – Maxwell	Chiles Center (1,503) Portland, OR
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+	No. 16	Santa Clara	W 87–49	15–2 (2–0)	19 – Ejim	7 – Hollingsworth	4 – Tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,155) Spokane, WA
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+	No. 16	San Diego	W 85–67	16–2 (3–0)	25 – Ejim	10 – Ejim	7 – Kayle. Truong	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,303) Spokane, WA
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+	No. 17	Saint Mary's						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 25, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco						War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		Pacific						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		Pepperdine						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 15, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+		San Francisco						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
February 28, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Portland						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
WCC women's tournament
March 7–12, 2024 TBA		vs. TBA						Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	—	—	RV	23	21	20	20	18	16	17									Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	21	20	20	19	17	17

References

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References