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2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green; Stacy Clinesmith; Craig Fortier;
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Pacific	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
San Diego	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Washington State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Oregon State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Portland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
Saint Mary's	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000

† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of November 6, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), are members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by eleventh year head coach Lisa Fortier, played their 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 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

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^[1]
Calli Stokes	10	F	5'11"	Sophomore	Redondo Beach, CA	Transferred
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/2023 WNBA draft; selected 21st overall by Washington Mystics
Brynna Maxwell	22	G	6'0"	GS Senior	Gig Harbor, WA	Graduated/2023 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^[2]
Tayla Dalton	10	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Auckland, New Zealand	Saint Mary's^[3]
McKynnlie Dalan	22	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Montesano, WA	Minnesota^[4]

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Esther Little	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Ipswich Basketball Academy	Ipswich, England
G	2	Vera Gunaydin	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	N/A South Georgia Tech	Ankara, Turkey
G	4	Claire O'Connor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Lakeside	Bellevue, WA
G	5	Maud Huijbens	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Syracuse	Hilversum, Netherlands
G	8	Inês Bettencourt	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Clube União Sportiva UConn	São Miguel, Portugal
G	10	Tayla Dalton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Carmel College Saint Mary's	Auckland, New Zealand
G	11	Allie Turner	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	John Burroughs	St. Louis, MO
G	12	Christabel Osarobo	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr		Tudela, Spain
F	15	Yvonne Ejim	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Edge School	Calgary, AB
F	22	McKynnlie Dalan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Montesano Minnesota	Montesano, WA
F	31	Ella Hopkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Lourdes	Rochester, MN
F	33	Lauren Whittaker	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	St. Andrew's College	Cantebury, New Zealand
G	35	Bree Salenbien	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Lenawee Christian	Adrian, MI

Head coach

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey Bay)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey Bay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	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					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Stanford					Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
November 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	California					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wyoming					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	Rice					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m.	at New Mexico					The Pit Albuquerque, NM
November 28, 2024* 2:30 p.m.	vs. Missouri State Paradise Jam Reef Division					Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech Paradise Jam Reef Division					Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m.	vs. Florida State Paradise Jam Reef Division					Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
December 8, 2024* 12:00 p.m.	at Colorado State					Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Eastern Washington					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024 TBD	at San Francisco					War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m.	at San Diego					Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024 1:00 p.m.	Oregon State					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
December 30, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m.	at Portland					Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m.	Santa Clara					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 11, 2025 12:00 p.m.	at Washington State					Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m.	at Loyola Marymount					Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m.	at Pepperdine					Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Diego					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m.	Pacific					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 6, 2025 6:30 p.m.	at Saint Mary's					University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 13, 2025 TBD	at Oregon State					Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Mary's					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 22, 2025 TBD	San Francisco					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m.	at Pacific					Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m.	at Santa Clara					Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 6–11, 2025	vs. TBD					Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Zone.