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Gonzaga rolls Portland by 20 before 4,917

Gonzaga's Janelle Bekkering launches the last shot but does not get a foul call on Portland's Natalie Day, in the first half, Feb. 4, 2011 in Spokane, Wash. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Gonzaga's Janelle Bekkering launches the last shot but does not get a foul call on Portland's Natalie Day, in the first half, Feb. 4, 2011 in Spokane, Wash. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Portland got a couple of licks in ... such as Natalie Day's uncalled whack to Janelle Bekkering's nose in the Dan Pelle photo above (check out all the photos) - but not near enough to slow down the Gonzaga women's basketball team.

Courtney Vandersloot got her 11th double-double with 25 points and 14 assists, Katelan Redmon had 22 points and Kayla Standish had her fourth double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds as Gonzaga won its 24th-straight West Coast Conference game by rolling Portland 87-67 Friday night.

A crowd of 4,917, fourth largest ever for the women at McCarthey (behind the Tennessee and Stanford sellouts and senior night against Portland the year the building open) saw the Zags run their winning streak to 10, 24 in WCC games.



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