LAS VEGAS — No. 2 seed BYU ladies' ball will take on No. 1 seed and No. 16-positioned Gonzaga on Tuesday, March 9, at 1 p.m. PST in the 2021 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament title game. The Cougars and Bulldogs split the standard season arrangement, with Gonzaga winning 63-56 in Spokane and BYU winning 61-56 in Provo.
The matchup will be communicated live on ESPNU and sound transmissions will be accessible on BYU Radio 107.9 FM, the BYU Cougars App and on BYUCougars.com/LiveRadio.
No. 2 BYU versus No. 1 Gonzaga Game Notes
2021 UCU WCC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket
ABOUT NO. 2 BYU (18-4, 14-3)
The Cougars overwhelmed No. 3 seed San Francisco 85-55 in the WCC elimination rounds Monday to progress to the WCC Tournament title game for the second time in three years
The last time BYU arrived at the WCC Tournament title game was in 2019, when the Cougars crushed Gonzaga 82-68
BYU is making its 6th WCC Tournament title game appearance since joining the gathering in 2011. The Cougars are 3-2 in the WCC Tournament title game
2020-21 WCC Co-Player of the Year Shaylee Gonzales is the WCC's second-driving scorer and is averaging group dominates in focuses (18.1 ppg), helps (3.9 apg) and takes (2.4 spg)
Following Gonzales, individual 2020-21 All-WCC First Team individuals Paisley Johnson Harding (14.1 ppg) and Lauren Gustin (11.7 ppg) are likewise averaging twofold figures in scoring
Gustin positions second in the country in bounce back per game (12.8 rpg) and has counted 14 twofold duplicates on the season, useful for eleventh in the country
Sara Hamson, a 2020-21 All-WCC Honorable Mention, is averaging an association best 2.5 squares per game
Individual 2020-21 All-WCC Honorable Mention Tegan Graham is averaging 8.1 focuses per game off the seat
Lead trainer Jeff Judkins is the 2020-21 WCC Coach of the Year
As a group, BYU entered the 2021 WCC Tournament positioned sixteenth in the country in helps per game (16.9 apg) and 26th in field-objective rate protection (.362)
ABOUT NO. 1 GONZAGA (22-3, 16-1)
The Bulldogs crushed Santa Clara 72-62 in the WCC elimination rounds to progress to their fifteenth WCC Tournament title game and their fourth in the last five seasons
Gonzaga gathered five All-WCC respects this season, tying BYU for the most in the group. Senior forward Jenn Wirth was named Co-Player of the Year alongside Gonzales, while Wirth and senior watchman Jill Townsend were named to the All-WCC First Team
Junior forward Melody Kempton was named WCC Sixth Woman of the Year, while Kempton, sophomore watchman Kayleigh Truong and senior forward LeeAnne Wirth were named All-WCC Honorable Mentions
Townsend and Wirth pace Gonzaga with 13.8 and 13.1 point-per-game midpoints, individually
Wirth drives the Bulldogs in bounce back (5.4 rpg), Townsend drives the group in takes (1.2 spg) while Truong is Gonzaga's help chief (4.2 apg)
As a group, the Bulldogs are averaging 72.6 focuses per challenge while permitting simply 55.4
Gonzaga completed the normal season driving the association in helps (17.8 apg), bounce back (39.9 rpg), field-objective rate (.474), three-point field-objective rate (.367) and scoring edge (17.5)
Arrangement HISTORY
Gonzaga drives the record-breaking arrangement over BYU, 18-13
The Cougars are 3-2 against the Bulldogs in the WCC Tournament, incorporating 2-1 in the title game
The two groups split the standard season arrangement, with BYU most as of late crushing Gonzaga 61-56 in Provo on Feb. 18
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television: ESPNU
Television Talent: Paul Sunderland (in depth), Andraya Carter (examiner)
Radio: BYU Radio 107.9 FM
Streamed Audio: BYU Cougars App, BYUCougars.com/LiveRadio
Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (in depth), Kristen Kozlowski (examiner)
Live Stats: BYUCougars.com
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