BYU at Gonzaga Box Score

SPOKANE, Wash. — BYU women’s basketball dropped its last conference game on Saturday, losing to Gonzaga 62-37 on the road at McCarthey Athletic Center.

“We played a good defensive game,” BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said, “but missed out on a lot of opportunities to score. We have to start the game better when we play big teams like Gonzaga.”

Brenna Chase led the Cougars with 10 points, going 2 of 6 from behind the arc. Malia Nawahine chipped in eight points for BYU, while Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee had seven points in the loss. Amanda Wayment recorded a team-high nine rebounds.

After BYU notched the early 2-0 lead, Gonzaga went on a 14-0 run to claim the 14-2 advantage and force a Cougar timeout with 3:14 left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs took the 16-2 lead into the second quarter. BYU’s two points in the first quarter are the least amount of points the Cougars have scored in a 10-minute period all season.

A Chase 3-pointer brought BYU within 10, 18-8, but on the next Gonzaga possession Emma Stach knocked down a 3 of her own to help the Bulldogs retake the 13-point, 21-8 lead.

After finding themselves down by 19, 27-8, the Cougars scored five-straight points to cut the Bulldog lead to 14, 27-13. Gonzaga finished the half strong, taking the 33-15 lead into halftime. 

A trey by Chase followed by a steal and a layup by Nawahine brought BYU within 12, 33-21, just before the third-quarter media timeout. The Cougars held the Bulldogs scoreless in the third quarter, until Stach hit her second 3 at the 4:46 minute mark to put Gonzaga up 15, 36-21. The Bulldogs then closed out the third quarter outscoring the Cougars nine to six.

With 7:18 on the fourth-quarter clock, Liz Eaton drove to the hoop and scored to make the score 49-31. Gonzaga logged its largest lead of the game, 60-31, as Stach drained her third 3-pointer of the game at the four-minute mark. The Cougars tallied their seventh conference loss, losing to the Bulldogs 62-37.

BYU will travel to Las Vegas to compete in the 2018 West Coast Conference Tournament March 1-6. The Cougars await their seeding and opponent. 

Postgame Notes at Gonzaga (2/24/18)

Team
BYU shot a low 20.8 percent from the field in the first half and went 3 of 4 from the free-throw line. The Cougars finished the game shooting 23.2 percent from the field, 72.7 percent from the free-throw line and just 18.8 percent from behind the arc.

The Bullldogs had the advantage in rebounds after two periods of play, with 23 to the Cougars' 15. For the game, Gonzaga grabbed 43 boards, while BYU pulled down 41.

BYU recorded six blocks, with Gonzaga logging seven.

Player
Brenna Chase scored seven points in the first half and was the only BYU player with double-digit points, with 10 heading into the fourth period. Chase also recorded two steals and dished out two assists.

Amanda Wayment led the way in rebounds through the first 20 minutes of action with six. She finished with a team-best nine boards.

Sara Hamson recorded a team-best three blocks, while pulling down a total of six rebounds.

Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee finished the game with seven points, six rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal.

Malia Nawahine scored eight points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out two assists and had two steals.

PROVO, Utah — In third place entering the final week of West Coast Conference play, BYU women’s basketball is 16-12, 11-6 on the year and has one league game remaining.

The Cougars are at Gonzaga (23-5, 16-1) Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. PST. The game will be carried live on BYU Radio, Sirius XM 143 with an audio stream on byuradio.org/listen. A video stream is also available on TheW.tv. 

• Leads the WCC in blocked shots, field goal percentage defense and 3-point field goal percentage; ranks second in 3-point field goals made and defensive rebounds; fifth in assists and steals and second in attendance

• Averages 68.0 points and 39.0 rebounds while shooting 41.7 percent from the field, 33.5 percent from the 3-point line and 66.9 percent from the free-throw line.

• Nationally, BYU ranks seventh in blocked shots and blocked shots per game and leads the league in blocked shots

• Senior guard Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee ranks eighth in free throw attempts, fifth in free throws made and third in minutes played, nationally. In the WCC, she’s first in scoring and minutes played, fourth in free throw percentage and fifth in assists

• Freshman center Sara Hamson ranks second in blocked shots per game and blocked shots nationally. In the WCC, she ranks first in blocked shots, fifth in defensive rebounds, sixth in rebounding and 11th in offensive rebounds.

• In the WCC, sophomore guard Brenna Chase ranks first in 3-point field goals made, third in steals, assist/turnover ratio, seventh in minutes played and 11th in scoring.

• In 21 games, BYU has tallied more blocks than its opponents.

• It has recorded more assists in 13 games and pulled down more rebounds in 13 contests.

• The Bulldogs have already clinched the 2017-18 WCC regular season title with a 16-1 mark. On the year, the team has compiled a 23-5 record.

• Gonzaga is coming off a 58-54 home win over San Diego.

• The Bulldogs are averaging 72.5 points and 39.9 rebounds per game. The team shoots 43.7 percent from the field, 27.9 percent from 3-point range and 72.3 percent from the free-throw line.

• Head coach Lisa Fortier is in her fourth season at Gonzaga, where she has compiled a 94-34 record.

• Gonzaga leads the overall series against BYU 13-9.

• In the first game of this year’s league race, Gonzaga defeated BYU 84-70 in Provo on Feb. 3. The Cougars have a 2-7 record playing in the McCarthey Athletic Center. The last BYU win in Spokane was on Dec. 2, 2000, a 17-point, 74-57 Cougar victory.

• In last year’s WCC race, each team won on it’s own home court.

UP NEXT

After Saturday’s game at Gonzaga, the Cougars get set to compete in the 2018 WCC Women’s Basketball Championships in Las Vegas, March 1-6 at the Orleans Arena.