Final WCC game for Cougar women is at Gonzaga Saturday

PROVO, Utah — In third place entering the final week of West Coast Conference play, BYU women’s basketball is 16-12, 11-6 on the year and has one league game remaining.

The Cougars are at Gonzaga (23-5, 16-1) Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. PST. The game will be carried live on BYU Radio, Sirius XM 143 with an audio stream on byuradio.org/listen. A video stream is also available on TheW.tv. 

• Leads the WCC in blocked shots, field goal percentage defense and 3-point field goal percentage; ranks second in 3-point field goals made and defensive rebounds; fifth in assists and steals and second in attendance

• Averages 68.0 points and 39.0 rebounds while shooting 41.7 percent from the field, 33.5 percent from the 3-point line and 66.9 percent from the free-throw line.

• Nationally, BYU ranks seventh in blocked shots and blocked shots per game and leads the league in blocked shots

• Senior guard Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee ranks eighth in free throw attempts, fifth in free throws made and third in minutes played, nationally. In the WCC, she’s first in scoring and minutes played, fourth in free throw percentage and fifth in assists

• Freshman center Sara Hamson ranks second in blocked shots per game and blocked shots nationally. In the WCC, she ranks first in blocked shots, fifth in defensive rebounds, sixth in rebounding and 11th in offensive rebounds.

• In the WCC, sophomore guard Brenna Chase ranks first in 3-point field goals made, third in steals, assist/turnover ratio, seventh in minutes played and 11th in scoring.

• In 21 games, BYU has tallied more blocks than its opponents.

• It has recorded more assists in 13 games and pulled down more rebounds in 13 contests.

• The Bulldogs have already clinched the 2017-18 WCC regular season title with a 16-1 mark. On the year, the team has compiled a 23-5 record.

• Gonzaga is coming off a 58-54 home win over San Diego.

• The Bulldogs are averaging 72.5 points and 39.9 rebounds per game. The team shoots 43.7 percent from the field, 27.9 percent from 3-point range and 72.3 percent from the free-throw line.

• Head coach Lisa Fortier is in her fourth season at Gonzaga, where she has compiled a 94-34 record.

• Gonzaga leads the overall series against BYU 13-9.

• In the first game of this year’s league race, Gonzaga defeated BYU 84-70 in Provo on Feb. 3. The Cougars have a 2-7 record playing in the McCarthey Athletic Center. The last BYU win in Spokane was on Dec. 2, 2000, a 17-point, 74-57 Cougar victory.

• In last year’s WCC race, each team won on it’s own home court.

UP NEXT

After Saturday’s game at Gonzaga, the Cougars get set to compete in the 2018 WCC Women’s Basketball Championships in Las Vegas, March 1-6 at the Orleans Arena.