Gonzaga Loses Last Tuneup

Women’s basketball

“We got outplayed.”

That, in a nutshell, said Gonzaga University women’s basketball coach Kellee Barney is the fate that befell the Bulldogs Monday night in Boise.

Capitalizing on 28 Gonzaga turnovers and 28 converted free throws, the Broncos pulled out a 75-65 win in the Bulldogs’ final pre-league game.

“Hopefully, this will serve as a wakeup call,” said Barney, whose Bulldogs (8-4) open West Coast Conference play at home Thursday against Loyola Marymount.

“We sent them to the freethrow line too many times,” said Barney, “and they did a good job of handling our press.”

While the Broncos (7-5) made 28 of 42 free throws, the Bulldogs got to the line just 19 times, making 14.

“They didn’t press,” said Barney, and therefore didn’t collect the number of fouls that plagued Gonzaga. But then the Broncos didn’t have to. The Zags turned the ball over 28 times.

“And they hit the offensive boards hard,” said Barney. “They got 21. We got 17, but we gave up some critical, critical rebounds that hurt us.”

Barney praised the play of senior guard Sandy Gere, who had a game-high 19 points, “but she didn’t get much help.”

The Bulldogs were missing freshman Holly Turner (flu) and sophomore Jessica Waltz (rib, spine injury), “and that didn’t help us,” Barney added.

Junior forward Kim Brydges led three Broncos in double figures with 16 points, and 6-foot-4 freshman Stephanie Block had a gamehigh 10 rebounds.

Boise State 75, Gonzaga 65

Gonzaga (8-4) - Carroll 0-1 0-0 0, Ledgerwood 3-6 1-2 7, Osberg 1-3 0-0 3, McNairy 1-2 1-2 3, Jeffries 2-4 1-1 5, Andrews 3-11 3-4 9, Gere 8-17 2-2 19, Deal 3-13 1-2 8, Tipps 2-3 5-6 9, Murdock 0-0 0-0 0, Perno 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-64 14-19 65.

Boise State (7-5) - Gray 3-8 5-8 11, Fortenberry 5-7 4-9 14, Lewis 2-13 4-4 9, Barrios 1-1 1-2 3, Sumlin 2-5 2-2 6, Freeman 1-3 2-2 4, Rainis 0-0 0-0 0, Durieux 1-5 1-3 3, Brydges 4-5 8-10 16, Block 4-11 1-2 9, Hodges 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 28-42 75.

Halftime - Boise State 34, Gonzaga 28. 3-point goals - Gonzaga 3-9 (Osberg 1-1, Deal 1-2, Gere 1-3, Andrews 0-3), Boise State 1-8 (Lewis 1-6, Fortenberry 0-1, Sumlin 0-1). Fouled out - Gonzaga, Perno, Boise State, Barrios. Rebounds - Gonzaga 39 (Andrews 7, Deal 7, Tipps 7), Boise State 45 (Block 10). Assists - Gonzaga 6 (Ledgerwood 2), Boise State 13 (Brydges 3). Total fouls - Gonzaga 26, Boise State 17. Technicals - None. A - 583.

CS Northridge 68, EWU 64

Eastern Washington overcame a 14-point first-half deficit and had a three-point lead with 6 minutes to play, but couldn’t nurse it to the finish in dropping a Big Sky Conference game to the Matadors in Northridge, Calif.

The Eagles (2-9, 0-2) led 55-52 on Tracy Ford’s jumper with 6:01 to play, but the Matadors (5-6, 2-0) outscored them 16-9 the rest of the way led by Edneisha Curry. She had five of her nine points down the stretch, including a 3-pointer with 4:41 to play that gave Northridge the lead for good at 57-55, after she swiped the ball from Eastern’s Carrie Waddell.

Ford led three Eagles in double figures with a game-high 18 points, going 4 for 8 from 3-point range, while Amy Schmitt was 4 for 4 from behind the arc and added 14 points.

Viveca Lof led Northridge with 12 points and nine rebounds. The Matadors were outscored 24-21 from the field, but won it with a 19-of-28 effort from the free-throw line. EWU was 8 of 9 from the charity stripe.

Eastern Washington (2-9, 0-2) - Waddell 2-3 2-3 6, Schmitt 5-6 0-0 14, Ford 5-15 4-4 18, Carlson 5-14 2-2 12, Moore 4-6 0-0 8, Horner 0-0 0-0 4, Galloway 0-0 0-0 0, Olson 2-4 0-0 4, Davies 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 24-50 8-9 64.

Cal State Northridge (5-6, 2-0) - Curry 3-15 1-2 9, Lof 4-5 4-4 12, Nelson 4-8 2-4 10, Mills 1-4 6-8 8, Bell 1-2 0-0 2, Vaillancourt 2-9 0-0 6, Milic 1-4 1-2 3, Jones 3-4 2-4 10, Fowler 1-2 1-2 4, Bowling 0-0 0-0 8, Muzurovic 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 21-54 19-28 68

Halftime - Cal State Northridge 35, Eastern Washington 31. 3-point goals - Eastern Washington 8-14 (Schmitt 4-4, Ford 4-8, Waddell 0-1, Moore 0-1), Cal State Northridge 7-21 (Fowler 1-1, Vaillancourt 2-8, Curry 2-10). Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Eastern Washington 34 (Schmitt 7), Cal State Northridge 30 (Lof 9). Assists - Eastern Washington 20 (Ford 8), Cal State Northridge 13 (Curry 5). Total fouls - Eastern Washington 21, Cal State Northridge 17. Technicals - Eastern Washington (1) coach. A - 266.

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