2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2017–18 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 fourth year head coach Lisa Fortier, play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.[1][2][3] They finished the season 27–6, 17–1 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pepperdine, San Francisco and San Diego to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford.

2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2017–18 record27–6 (17–1 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jordan Green
  • Stacy Clinesmith
  • Craig Fortier
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga171 .944  276  .818
Saint Mary's135 .722  2011  .645
Loyola Marymount117 .611  1911  .633
BYU117 .611  1614  .533
San Francisco108 .556  1615  .516
San Diego810 .444  1715  .531
Pacific711 .389  1517  .469
Pepperdine513 .278  1021  .323
Santa Clara513 .278  921  .300
Portland315 .167  723  .233
2018 WCC Tournament winner
As of 17 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Zykera Rice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrClover Park Tacoma, WA
F 3 Jenn Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrSeton Catholic Chandler, AZ
F 4 LeeAnne Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrSeton Catholic Chandler, AZ
G 5 Louise Forsyth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrBrookswood Secondary Langley, BC
F 10 Gillian Barfield 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrPhoenix Country Day School Phoenix, AZ
G 11 Laura Stockton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrGonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS SrSouth Kamloops Kamloops, BC
F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrFairfield Fairfield, MT
G 14 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrAvides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany
G 15 Jessie Loera 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoMoses Lake Moses Lake, WA
G 22 Corryn Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoNewbury Park Newbury Park, CA
G 24 Katie Campbell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoVentura
Ventura College
Oxnard, CA
G 30 Chandler Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS JrBrewster
Nebraska
Brewster, WA
G 32 Jill Townsend 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrOkanogan Okanogan, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017*
2:00 pm
Northwest Christian W 96–35 
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,435)
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2017*
5:00 pm
at Colorado State L 49–65  0–1
Moby Arena (1,137)
Fort Collins, CO
11/18/2017*
6:00 pm
at Montana W 70–55  1–1
Dahlberg Arena (3,520)
Missoula, MT
11/23/2017*
8:00 pm
vs. Belmont
Play4Kay Shootout Quarterfinals
L 63–71  1–2
Mandalay Bay Arena (323)
Paradise, NV
11/24/2017*
3:00 pm
vs. Kent State
Play4Kay Shootout Consolation 2nd round
W 77–57  2–2
Mandalay Bay Arena (343)
Paradise, NV
11/25/2017*
3:00 pm
vs. DePaul
Play4Kay Shootout 5th place game
L 71–88  2–3
Mandalay Bay Arena (230)
Paradise, NV
11/30/2017*
6:00 pm, SWX
Eastern Washington W 69–45  3–3
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,394)
Spokane, WA
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
Portland State W 91–52  4–3
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,298)
Spokane, WA
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 62–56  5–3
Beasley Coliseum (977)
Pullman, WA
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm, SWX
UNLV L 50–52  5–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,378)
Spokane, WA
12/17/2017*
2:00 pm
Saint Francis (PA) W 97–74  6–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,438)
Spokane, WA
12/21/2017*
6:00 pm
Western Illinois W 80–65  7–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,548)
Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/28/2017
7:00 pm
at Pacific W 99–72  8–4 (1–0)
Alex G. Spanos Center (716)
Stockton, CA
12/30/2017
2:00 pm
at Santa Clara W 63–51  9–4 (2–0)
Leavey Center (402)
Santa Clara, CA
01/04/2018
6:00 pm
Pepperdine W 73–51  10–4 (3–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,452)
Spokane, WA
01/06/2018
2:00 pm
Loyola Marymount W 77–67  11–4 (4–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638)
Spokane, WA
01/11/2018
7:00 pm
at Portland W 70–56  12–4 (5–0)
Chiles Center (415)
Portland, OR
01/13/2018
2:00 pm, SWX
San Francisco W 74–47  13–4 (6–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,566)
Spokane, WA
01/18/2018
6:30 pm
at Saint Mary's W 73–65  14–4 (7–0)
McKeon Pavilion (476)
Moraga, CA
01/20/2018
2:00 pm, SWX
Santa Clara W 71–44  15–4 (8–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/25/2018
6:00 pm
Portland W 75–36  16–4 (9–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,309)
Spokane, WA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
at San Francisco W 81–57  17–4 (10–0)
War Memorial Gymnaisum (415)
San Francisco, CA
02/01/2018
6:00 pm
at San Diego W 63–44  18–4 (11–0)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (675)
San Diego, CA
02/03/2018
1:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU W 84–70  19–4 (12–0)
Marriott Center (1,327)
Provo, UT
02/08/2018
6:00 pm
Pacific W 90–66  20–4 (13–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,384)
Spokane, WA
02/10/2018
2:00 pm, SWX
Saint Mary's L 56–72  20–5 (13–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/15/2018
7:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount W 75–69  21–5 (14–1)
Gersten Pavilion (259)
Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2018
1:00 pm
at Pepperdine W 67–48  22–5 (15–1)
Firestone Fieldhouse (223)
Malibu, CA
02/22/2018
6:00 pm
San Diego W 58–54  23–5 (16–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,712)
Spokane, WA
02/24/2018
2:00 pm, SWX
BYU W 62–37  24–5 (17–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,733)
Spokane, WA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
12:00 pm, BYUtv
(1) vs. (8) Pepperdine
Quarterfinals
W 81–70  25–5
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/05/2018
12:00 pm, BYUtv
(1) vs. (5) San Francisco
Semifinals
W 65–53  26–5
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/06/2018
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) vs. (6) San Diego
Championship Game
W 79–71  27–5
Orleans Arena (6,661)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
3:00 pm, ESPN2
(13 S) at (4 S) No. 15 Stanford
First Round
L 68–82  27–6
Maples Pavilion (2,686)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

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