SPOKANE -- Playing one of its last non-conferences games of the 2010 season, the BYU women's basketball team traveled to Spokane to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs and fell 64-91, Tuesday.

"I have to give Gonzaga a lot of credit," said BYU head coach Jeff Judkins. "They did everything right tonight. We really did play a great first half and I thought Mindy, and Coriann both played really well. When things get tough for us we just need to learn to battle through them. I think this is a going to be a good test for us though and will help us as we progress throughout the season."

Senior Coriann Fraughton led the BYU squad with 16 points and six rebounds on the night for her eighth double-figure performance this season.

Teammate senior Mindy Bonham added a 15-point performance with six assists and two steals against the Bulldogs. This game tallied the 49th time Bonham has recorded double-figures in her career.

BYU outrebounded the Bulldogs 45-34 in the game and its bench outscored Gonzaga's 21-13.

The Bulldogs took the lead from the start and would hold it throughout the game.

The Cougars hung with Gonzaga to keep the halftime score at 39-44, in favor of the Bulldogs, but the lead would prove to be too much for BYU in the end.

In the second half, freshman Jennifer Hamson tallied six points in just two minutes to keep the Cougars close but it ended up not being enough. Hamson finished with eight points.

The Cougars will return home to the Marriott Center for its penultimate non-conference game on Saturday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. against Montana State.

BYU at Gonzaga Post Game Notes

Team

For the fourth time this season BYU had two players in double figures.

The Cougars had 21 turnovers in the game, the most to date.

BYU’s bench outscored Gonzaga’s bench 21 to 13. They also outrebounded the Bulldogs 45 to 34.

Player

For the second straight time, Mindy Bonham scored in double figures for BYU recording her ninth season and 49th career double digit outing with 15 points. Bonham led the team in the assist category dishing out a team high six.

Coriann Fraughton recorded double digits in points with a team high 16, marking the eighth time this year and the 35th in her career that she has put up double figures in points. Fraughton was one of two players to grab six boards in the game.

Despite not scoring any points, senior guard Haley Hall dished out five assists in the game.

Freshman Jennifer Hamson came off the bench to finish the night with eight points and tied in rebounds with six.

Riding a five-game winning streak, the Cougar women’s basketball team (8-3) takes to the road for a game in the state of Washington.

BYU will battle Gonzaga (8-3) in Spokane on Tues. Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. PT.

2010-11 STATS SUMMARY

-- Shooting from field: (.426, 304-714)

-- Shooting from three-point line: (.333, 90-270)

-- Shooting from free-throw line: (.658, 104-158)

-- Average points per game: 72.9

-- Average rebounds per game: 39.8

-- Average assists per game: 20.5

-- Average steals per game: 11.1

-- Average blocks per game: 3.1

-- Average turnovers per game: 14.4

ABOUT BYU

The Cougars are led in scoring by senior guard Mindy Bonham who averages 13.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Senior forward Coriann Fraughton follows contributing 10.3 points and a team high 6.4 rebounds per contest.

Senior guard Haley Hall leads the way in the assist category with a total of 51 for a 4.6 average per game and in steals with 26 to date.

Jazmine Foreman has the team’s best free throw percentage at .833, 20-24 while junior center Kristen Riley is tops in the field goal percentage category at .551, 38-69.

TWO RETURN TO WASHINGTON

Two Cougar players return to their home state of Washington in the upcoming matchup with Gonzaga. Jazmine Foreman hails from Vancouver and Coriann Fraughton is from Basin City.

RECORD WATCHING

-- BYU head coach Jeff Judkins has compiled an 188-102 record as of Dec. 19 and is 12 wins away from picking up his 200th career victory.

-- Senior guard Mindy Bonham has tallied 1,023 points and becomes the 20th player to join BYU’s elite 1,000-point club.

-- Bonham has dished out a total of 343 assists as of 12/19/10. She ranks ninth all-time, and needs four more to tie for eighth place with Melinda Johnsen who dished out a total of 347.

-- Jazmine Foreman has 331 career assists as of 12/19/10. She needs six to tie Sullivan’s record of 337, which would place her in a tie for 10th place all-time.

ABOUT UPCOMING OPPONENT

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY

The Bulldogs are on a six-game winning streak with a 8-3 record. Gonzaga returns two starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s team that went 25-5, 14-0 advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The Bulldogs have three players scoring in double figures with a team high 19.3 points from 6-1 forward Katelan Redmon who also grabs 6.1 rebounds per game. She’s followed by Courtney Vandersloot who contributes 18.6 points and 3.6 rebounds and has dished out a team high 106 assists and 34 steals on the season. Rounding out the double digit scoring for Gonzaga is 6-2 junior forward Kayla Standish who puts up 14.1 points and grabs a team high 7.6 boards a game. Head coach Kelly Graves is in his 11th season with the women’s basketball team.

The Bulldogs compete in the West Coast Conference, the league that BYU will be part of beginning the 2011-12 sport season.

Last Meeting

The last time these two teams met was at the end of the 2004-05 season when BYU travel to Spokane to play the Bulldogs in the Postseason WNIT. Gonzaga won the game 71-57.

Record Against West Coast Conference Schools

BYU Overall: 24-8

Coach Jeff Judkins: 11-1

BYU TRAVEL ITINERARY (TO SPOKANE)

Team Flight: Delta #1823 departs Mon., 12/20/10 from Salt Lake City at 11:30 a.m., arrives Spokane at 12:19 p.m.

Team Flight: Delta #1037 departs Wed. 12/22/10 from Spokane at 1:05 p.m., arrives in Salt Lake City at 3:40 p.m.

Team Hotel: Courtyard Spokane Downtown, 401 N. Riverpoint Blvd., 509-456-7600, 509-456-0969, fax

WHAT’S NEXT

BYU plays two more games before beginning MWC action. They host Montana State on Dec. 30 and play at Nevada on Jan. 1.