Feb. 4, 2012
Box Score
SPOKANE, Wash. - The University of San Diego women's basketball team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end with a 69-58 loss to No. 19 Gonzaga University in a West Coast Conference game Saturday afternoon at the McArthey Athletic Center.
With the loss, the Toreros fall to 16-6 overall, move to 7-3 in the WCC, but remain in third place in the conference standings. With the win, the Zags improve to 21-3 overall, move to 10-1 in the WCC and remain in first place.
Senior guard Dominique Conners led the team in scoring with 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field, while pulling down six rebounds. Senior guard Izzy Chilcott was the only other USD player in double figures, as she scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, and she pulled down a team-best eight rebounds. As a team, USD shot .431 from the field, but was out rebounded 35-31.
In the first half, the Zags were able to take advantage of a slow offensive start for the Toreros. USD managed to grab the first basket of the game on a Conners jumper, then the two teams began to sea saw back and forth with each team taking their turn with the lead and neither team having a lead bigger than two over the first 4:32 of action. Then with the score knotted at 6-all, a Katelan Redmon free throw sparked a 7-2 Gonzaga run to give GU a five-point lead at 13-8 with 11:12 to go.
The Zags would then go on a 10-4 run to take their biggest lead of the half at 23-12 with 5:20 to go. However, the Toreros then clamped on the defense, and went to work, as they managed to go on a 9-2 run to close out the frame to go into the break only down four at 25-21.
In the second half, the two teams were engaged in a heated battle, as they began trading basket-for-basket with the Toreros hanging to within five points of the Zags for a majority of the game. USD did manage to cut the lead down to three on several occasions, but were not able to get any closer, as GU would respond with small runs to regain the momentum. The Zags would lead by as many as 12, before settling for an 11-point victory.
San Diego will return to action on Thursday when they host the University of San Francisco in a 7 p.m. WCC game inside the friendly confines of the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
