# 2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, are led by eleventh-year head coach Lisa Fortier and play home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

## Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the season at 32–4 and 16–0 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They advanced to the WCC women's tournament championship game where they lost to Portland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 4th seed in Portland region 4 where they defeated UC Irvine and Utah first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2015, where they lost to Texas.

## Offseason
### Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2023–24 had the option to return for 2024–25.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason left |
| Destiny Burton | 1 | F | 6'0" | Senior | Wichita, KS | Graduated |
| Payton Muma | 3 | G | 5'8" | Sophomore | Highlands Ranch, CO | Transferred to Wyoming |
| Calli Stokes | 10 | F | 5'11" | Sophomore | Redondo Beach, CA | Transferred to South Alabama for track and field |
| Kayleigh Truong | 11 | G | 5'9" | GS Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
| Eliza Hollingsworth | 12 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Melbourne, Australia | Graduated |
| Naya Ojukwu | 13 | F | 6'0" | Freshman | Meridan, ID | Transferred to Morgan State |
| Kaylynne Truong | 14 | G | 5'8" | GS Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 21st overall by Washington Mystics |
| Brynna Maxwell | 22 | G | 6'0" | GS Senior | Gig Harbor, WA | Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 13th overall by Chicago Sky |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Vera Gunaydin | 2 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Ankara, Turkey | South Georgia Tech |
| Inês Bettencourt | 8 | G | 5'9" | Junior | São Miguel, Portugal | UConn |
| Tayla Dalton | 10 | G | 5'9" | GS Senior | Auckland, New Zealand | Saint Mary's |
| McKynnlie Dalan | 22 | F | 6'1" | Sophomore | Montesano, WA | Minnesota |

#### Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2024.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 1, 2024* 6:00 p.m. | | College of Idaho | W 79–39 | | – | – | – | McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Montana | W 82–69 | 1–0 | 18 – Turner | 10 – Ejim | 5 – Bettencourt | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,952) Spokane, WA |
| November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Stanford | L 58–89 | 1–1 | 18 – Turner | 8 – Ejim | 3 – Huijbens | Maples Pavilion (3,865) Stanford, CA |
| November 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | California | L 65–86 | 1–2 | 27 – Ejim | 9 – Huijbens | 4 – Huijbens | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,060) Spokane, WA |
| November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | Wyoming | W 62–51 | 2–2 | 17 – Bettencourt | 11 – Ejim | 2 – tied | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,268) Spokane, WA |
| November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Rice | W 72–69 | 3–2 | 22 – Ejim | 11 – Ejim | 4 – tied | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,876) Spokane, WA |
| November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., MW Network | | at New Mexico | W 81–68 | 4–2 | 26 – Ejim | 17 – Ejim | 8 – Ejim | The Pit (4,943) Albuquerque, NM |
| November 28, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Missouri State Paradise Jam Reef Division | L 64–65 | 4–3 | 21 – Ejim | 12 – Huijbens | 5 – Ejim | Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| November 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Texas Tech Paradise Jam Reef Division | L 49–67 | 4–4 | 14 – Turner | 10 – Ejim | 3 – Turner | Sports and Fitness Center (1,725) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Florida State Paradise Jam Reef Division | L 54–95 | 4–5 | 20 – Ejim | 7 – O'Connor | 4 – Huijbens | Sports and Fitness Center (2,525) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| December 8, 2024* 12:00 p.m., MW Network | | at Colorado State | L 72–74 $^{OT}$ | 4–6 | 22 – Ejim | 19 – Huijbens | 9 – Turner | Moby Arena (5,500) Fort Collins, CO |
| December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | Eastern Washington | W 79–50 | 5–6 | 28 – Ejim | 9 – Little | 5 – Ejim | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,243) Spokane, WA |
| WCC regular season |||||||||
| December 19, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at San Francisco | L 58–73 | 5–7 (0–1) | 20 – Ejim | 6 – Huijbens | 4 – Turner | Sobrato Center (358) San Francisco, CA |
| December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at San Diego | W 66–59 | 6–7 (1–1) | 29 – Ejim | 8 – tied | 4 – tied | Jenny Craig Pavilion (754) San Diego, CA |
| December 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Oregon State | L 67–71 $^{OT}$ | 6–8 (1–2) | 22 – Ejim | 8 – Ejim | 9 – Turner | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,615) Spokane, WA |
| December 30, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Pepperdine | W 75–54 | 7–8 (2–2) | 23 – Ejim | 9 – O'Connor | 6 – Turner | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,165) Spokane, WA |
| January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Portland | W 76–71 | 8–8 (3–2) | 19 – Huijbens | 12 – Huijbens | 6 – Turner | Chiles Center (1,116) Portland, OR |
| January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Santa Clara | W 82–56 | 9–8 (4–2) | 23 – Huijbens | 10 – tied | 8 – Ejim | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,280) Spokane, WA |
| January 11, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Washington State | W 69–61 | 10–8 (5–2) | 20 – Turner | 13 – Huijbens | 5 – tied | Beasley Coliseum (1,639) Pullman, WA |
| January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | Portland | W 66–65 | 11–8 (6–2) | 35 – Ejim | 13 – Ejim | 6 – Turner | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,414) Spokane, WA |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Loyola Marymount | W 69–58 | 12–8 (6–2) | 23 – Turner | 11 – Little | 5 – Ejim | Gersten Pavilion (301) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pepperdine | W 81–53 | 13–8 (8–2) | 29 – Ejim | 12 – Ejim | 4 – Ejim | Firestone Fieldhouse (160) Malibu, CA |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | San Diego | W 64–48 | 14–8 (9–2) | 25 – Ejim | 8 – Ejim | 6 – Bettencourt | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,006) Spokane, WA |
| February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Pacific | W 68–64 | 15–8 (10–2) | 23 – Ejim | 12 – Ejim | 4 – Salenbien | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,328) Spokane, WA |
| February 6, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Saint Mary's | W 69–58 | 16–8 (11–2) | 27 – Ejim | 12 – Little | 5 – Dalton | University Credit Union Pavilion (344) Moraga, CA |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | Washington State | W 73–69 $^{OT}$ | 17–8 (11–3) | 16 – Ejim | 17 – Ejim | 5 – Turner | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Oregon State | W 66–62 $^{OT}$ | 18–8 (13–2) | 31 – Ejim | 9 – Ejim | 4 – Dalton | Gill Coliseum (4,574) Corvallis, OR |
| February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Loyola Marymount | W 69–57 | 19–8 (14–2) | 16 – Ejim | 11 – Little | 4 – Dalan | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., SWX/ESPN+ | | Saint Mary's | W 60–53 | 20–8 (15–2) | 16 – Turner | 11 – Little | 3 – tied | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,441) Spokane, WA |
| February 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | San Francisco | L 68–70 | 20–9 (15–3) | 19 – Ejim | 8 – Ejim | 5 – Turner | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,540) Spokane, WA |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pacific | W 72–56 | 21–9 (16–3) | 21 – Ejim | 9 – Dalton | 3 – tied | Alex G. Spanos Center (689) Stockton, CA |
| March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Santa Clara | W 68–61 | 22–9 (17–3) | 23 – Turner | 6 – Ejim | 4 – Ejim | Leavey Center (400) Santa Clara, CA |
| WCC women's tournament |||||||||
| March 10, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (4) Oregon State Semifinals | L 61–63 | 22–10 | 18 – Ejim | 14 – Ejim | 4 – Little | Orleans Arena (2,827) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Zone. |||||||||

## Rankings

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