BYU women's basketball opens the season against Lipscomb

PROVO, Utah – The BYU women's basketball team will host Lipscomb on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Marriott Center in the 2021-22 season opener.

The game will be streamed live on BYUtv.org and the BYUtv App.

ABOUT BYU

BYU enters the 2021-22 campaign as the favorite to win the West Coast Conference championship, having received eight first-place votes in the WCC preseason poll by the league's head coaches.
All five starters from 2020-21 return, including preseason All-WCC selections Shaylee Gonzales (17.8 ppg), Paisley Harding (14.1 ppg) and Lauren Gustin (11.3 ppg, 12.6 rbg).
BYU's top six scorers all return including the three preseason All-WCC picks, in addition to Tegan Graham (8.3 ppg), Sara Hamson (5.1 ppg) and Maria Albiero (5.0 ppg).
The Cougars went 19-6 in 2020-21, making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling to Arizona, the No. 3 seed who ended up runner-up to the national title.
Head coach Jeff Judkins returns for his 21st season after earning his fifth conference coach of the year honor last season. Judkins has a career record of 430-200 at BYU, nine NCAA tournament appearances and has won at least 20 games in 12 seasons.
Guard Shaylee Gonzales returns after earning WCC Co-Player of the Year in 2020-21. She led the team in scoring and was second in the WCC at 17.8 points per game. Also led BYU in steals (2.4 spg) and assists (3.6 apg).
Forward Lauren Gustin was named to the Becky Hammon Player of the Year Watch List after earning earning a AP All-America honorable mention last year with 11.3 points per game and 12.6 rebounds per game – tops in the WCC and sixth nationally.

BYU GAME NOTES

Notes, statistics and postgame media availability will be available in this BYU Box folder.

ABOUT LIPSCOMB

Lipscomb boasted its best record since the 2017-18 season in 2020-2021 going 12-10.
Head coach Lauren Sumski is in her third season at Lipscomb
The Bisons went undefeated at home, posting a 10-0 record.
Lipscomb made the ASUN Semifinal for the first time since 2018 last year, losing to eventual champion, FGCU in the semifinal.
Lipscomb returns more than 62% of its scoring from last season.

LIPSCOMB GAME NOTES

UP NEXT FOR BYU

Following the opener against Lipscomb, BYU hosts Fresno State on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The game will be streamed live on BYUtv.org and the BYUtv App.