2018–19 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2018–19 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 fifth year head coach Lisa Fortier, play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 29–5, 16–2 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They advanced to the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Little Rock in the first round before losing to Oregon State.

2018–19 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 16
2018–19 record29–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jordan Green
  • Stacy Clinesmith
  • Craig Fortier
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 16 Gonzaga162 .889  295  .853
BYU153 .833  267  .788
Pepperdine126 .667  2212  .647
Saint Mary's126 .667  2112  .636
Pacific108 .556  1913  .594
Loyola Marymount108 .556  1815  .545
Santa Clara612 .333  1417  .452
Portland513 .278  1317  .433
San Diego216 .111  921  .300
San Francisco216 .111  724  .226
2019 WCC Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Zykera Rice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrClover Park Tacoma, WA
F 1 Anamaria Virjoghe  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoVoievodul Mercea
Northwest Christian
Târgoviște, Romania
F 3 Jenn Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoSeton Catholic Chandler, AZ
F 4 LeeAnne Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoSeton Catholic Chandler, AZ
G 5 Louise Forsyth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoBrookswood Secondary Langley, BC
F 10 Gillian Barfield 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoPhoenix Country Day School Phoenix, AZ
G 11 Laura Stockton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrGonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
G 15 Jessie Loera 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrMoses Lake Moses Lake, WA
G 24 Katie Campbell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrVentura
Ventura College
Oxnard, CA
G 30 Chandler Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrBrewster
Nebraska
Brewster, WA
G 32 Jill Townsend 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoOkanogan Okanogan, WA
F 33 Melody Kempton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrPost Falls Post Falls, ID
G 44 Kylee Griffen  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrLake Stevens Marysville, 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
Nov 2, 2018*
6:00 pm
Carroll (MT) W 86–43 
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,370)
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018*
6:00 pm, SWX
Montana W 76–52  1–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,472)
Spokane, WA
Nov 11, 2018*
2:00 pm, SWX
at Eastern Washington W 63–51  2–0
Reese Court (1,472)
Cheney, WA
Nov 13, 2018*
6:00 pm
Idaho State W 70–51  3–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,019)
Spokane, WA
Nov 17, 2018*
3:00 pm
at UNLV W 70–59  4–0
Cox Pavilion (1,373)
Paradise, NV
Nov 22, 2018*
12:00 pm
vs. No. 1 Notre Dame
Vancouver Showcase Quarterfinals
L 65–81  4–1
Vancouver Convention Centre (1,018)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 23, 2018*
12:00 pm
vs. Rutgers
Vancouver Showcase Consolation 2nd round
W 57–40  5–1
Vancouver Convention Centre (1,022)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 24, 2018*
1:30 pm
vs. Western Kentucky
Vancouver Showcase 5th place game
W 76–55  6–1
Vancouver Convention Centre (722)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 28, 2018*
6:00 pm
Colorado State W 50–39  7–1
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,065)
Spokane, WA
Dec 2, 2018*
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 8 Stanford W 79–73  8–1
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 9, 2018*
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 24 Washington State W 76–53  9–1
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,571)
Spokane, WA
Dec 16, 2018*
12:00 pm
No. 21 at Missouri State W 70–67  10–1
JQH Arena (2,066)
Springfield, MO
Dec 20, 2018*
6:00 pm
No. 21 Idaho W 88–51  11–1
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,795)
Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
Dec 29, 2018
2:00 pm
No. 20 at Loyola Marymount W 78–53  12–1 (1–0)
Gersten Pavilion (381)
Los Angeles, CA
Dec 31, 2018
12:00 pm
No. 17 at Pepperdine W 79–54  13–1 (2–0)
Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
Jan 3, 2019
6:00 pm
No. 17 Saint Mary's W 74–62  14–1 (3–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,861)
Spokane, WA
Jan 5, 2019
12:00 pm
No. 17 Pacific W 88–65  15–1 (4–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,807)
Spokane, WA
Jan 12, 2019
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 14 Portland W 97–71  16–1 (5–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,697)
Spokane, WA
Jan 17, 2019
6:00 pm, BYUtv
No. 13 at BYU L 68–70  16–2 (5–1)
Marriott Center (1,341)
Provo, UT
Jan 19, 2019
2:00 pm
No. 13 at San Diego W 86–61  17–2 (6–1)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (457)
San Diego, CA
Jan 24, 2019
6:00 pm
No. 18 San Francisco W 78–51  18–2 (7–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,500)
Spokane, WA
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 18 Santa Clara W 78–61  19–2 (8–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Jan 31, 2019
7:00 pm
No. 15 at Pacific W 63–51  20–2 (9–1)
Alex G. Spanos Center (551)
Stockton, CA
Feb 2, 2019
6:00 pm
No. 15 at Saint Mary's W 66–52  21–2 (10–1)
McKeon Pavilion (480)
Moraga, CA
Feb 9, 2019
4:30 pm
No. 13 at Portland W 93–62  22–2 (11–1)
Chiles Center (543)
Portland, OR
Feb 14, 2019
6:00 pm
No. 13 San Diego W 71–44  23–2 (12–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,304)
Spokane, WA
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 13 BYU L 64–66  23–3 (12–2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Feb 21, 2019
7:00 pm
No. 15 at Santa Clara W 74–61  24–3 (13–2)
Leavey Center (394)
Santa Clara, CA
Feb 23, 2019
2:00 pm
No. 15 at San Francisco W 64–44  25–3 (14–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium (643)
San Francisco, CA
Feb 28, 2018
6:00 pm
No. 16 Pepperdine W 83–60  26–3 (15–2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,277)
Spokane, WA
Mar 2, 2018
2:00 pm
No. 16 Loyola Marymount W 68–58  27–3 (16–2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
WCC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019
12:00 pm, BYUtv
(1) No. 12 vs. (4) Saint Mary's
Semifinals
W 78–77 2OT 28–3
Orleans Arena (5,511)
Paradise, NV
Mar 12, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 12 vs. (2) BYU
Championship Game
L 68–82  28–4
Orleans Arena (5,892)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019*
12:30 pm, ESPN2
(5 A) No. 16 vs. (12 A) Little Rock
First Round
W 68–51  29–4
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
Mar 25, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN
(5 A) No. 16 at (4 A) No. 11 Oregon State
Second Round
L 70–76  29–5
Gill Coliseum (5,478)
Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 24 21 21 20 17 14 13 18 15 13 13 15 16 14 12 N/A
Coaches RV RV^ RV RV 23 21 21 21 18 15 14 17 13 12 12 16 14 12 11 18
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

References

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