Waves Suffer Loss to Gonzaga on the Road

Thursday, February 24

Spokane, Wash.

6:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

8-15,4-10WCC

Gonzaga

23-6,14-2WCC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pepperdine	6	12	8	15	41
Gonzaga	23	17	22	23	85

Kendyl Carson

Photo by: Torrey Vail/Gonzaga

2/24/2022 9:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: by Athletic Communications

SPOKANE, Washington – The Pepperdine women's basketball team fell to Gonzaga 85-41 in the McCarthey Athletics Center on Thursday night.

The Waves (8-15, 4-10) scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, but that wasn't enough as the Bulldogs (23-6, 14-2) outscored Pepperdine in each quarter.

BIG WAVES

Sophomore forward Kendyl Carson (Juneau, Alaska/Juneau Douglas HS) had nine points by shooting 3-for-4 and a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc. She also had three assists.
Senior guard Malia Bambrick (Santa Clarita, Calif./Bishop Alemany HS) also banked nine points and grabbed five rebounds.
Freshman guard Helena Friend (Huntington Beach, Calif./Blair Academy) collected seven points by shooting 3-for-6.
Sophomore forward Jane Nwaba (Carson, Calif./Palisades Charter HS) tied her season high of seven rebounds.

GAME RECAP

Gonzaga came out and scored the first 10 points of the game. Ally Stedman (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) hit a bucket, but the Zags followed it up with one of their own. Nwaba answered the Bulldogs basket with a layup, but another nine-point scoring run put Gonzaga up 21-4. Amosa scored a jump shot with under 30 seconds left, but the Zags made a shot to hold the lead at 23-6 going into the second quarter.

There were another 10 straight points for the Bulldogs to start the second quarter, before Friend made a shot to make it 33-8. The Waves and Zags went back and forth including back-to-back three-pointers from Carson, but the Bulldogs still led 38-14. Pepperdine had the last basket of the second quarter thanks to Amosa, but Gonzaga went into the half with the lead at 40-18.

In the third quarter, Amosa hit the first basket, but the Zags had another nine consecutive points to extend their lead at 49-20. After shots from both sides, Gonzaga scored four straight free throws to increase the lead at 60-25. Stedman hit one free throw, but the Zags answered back with a layup to make it 62-26 heading into the final frame.

The Bulldogs hit one from long-range to go up 65-26 and Friend answered back with a fastbreak layup. Gonzaga went on another six-point scoring run to extend the lead at 71-28. Pepperdine and the Zags went back and forth for five minutes, but that wasn't enough for the Waves as the Bulldogs collected the win.

STATS

The Bulldogs outshot the Waves 48.5% to 31.5%.
Gonzaga forced 15 turnovers compared to Pepperdine's seven.
The Waves had five blocked shots compared to the Bulldogs' four.
Pepperdine had eight fast break points to Gonzaga's six.
The Bulldogs out-rebounded the Waves' 48-27.

UP NEXT

Pepperdine will close out the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 26 with a visit to Portland. Tipoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. and the game will be streamed on the WCC Network.