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UCU WCC Women s Basketball Tournament Press Conference Championship Game - GON and BYU
Zags React After Dramatic Win in Title Game
LAS VEGAS Going into two games at the West Coast Conference Tournament, the BYU women s basketball team knew there was one easy path to the NCAA Tournament above all others.
In the immortal words of the late Raiders owner Al Davis: Just win, baby.
For 39 minutes and 59 seconds, the Cougars kept up that bargain.
Jill Townsend s jumper off an inbounds play with less than a second left help top-seeded Gonzaga rally for a 43-42 win over the Cougars on Tuesday afternoon at Orleans Arena, guaranteeing the Zags a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
2021/03/10 07:51 LAS VEGAS (AP) Jill Townsend scored on an 15-foot fadeaway jumper as time expired and No. 18 Gonzaga rallied past second-seeded BYU 43-42 on Tuesday in the West Coast Conference championship to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Kaylynne Truong inbounded the ball with 0.6 seconds to play, finding Townsend on the left side of the lane. Townsend, one of three starters who did not start because of illness, came off a Jenn Wirth screen and just got the shot off over 6-foot-7 Sara Hamson as time expired. It was the only points of the game for Townsend, who started on the bench with leading 3-pointer shooter Cierra Walker, and third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder LeeAnne Wirth because of gastroenteritis.
The Huskies win their 160th straight game in conference play.
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Marquette’s Jordan King, right, knocks the ball from Connecticut’s Christyn Williams during the first half in the Big East tournament finals at Mohegan Sun Arena Mondayat Uncasville, Conn.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. Paige Bueckers scored 23 points to lead top-ranked UConn over Marquette 73-39 on Monday night for the program’s 19th Big East Tournament championship.
The standout freshman hit 10 of 15 shots, grabbed six rebounds and had four assists for the Huskies (24-1), who rejoined the league this season after winning seven straight titles in the American Athletic Conference.
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2021/02/03 12:07 SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Jill Townsend scored 18 points, Kayleigh Truong added 11 and No. 19 Gonzaga held off BYU for a 63-56 victory on Tuesday night for its 15th straight win. The Bulldogs (16-2, 11-0 West Coast Conference) entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead before BYU tied it at 54 on Shaylee Gonzales 3-pointer with 1:54 remaining. Cierra Walker answered with consecutive 3s between between a BYU turnover to help Gonzaga pull away. Walker finished with nine points on three 3-pointers. Townsend was 6-of-13 shooting and made a made a pair of 3s. Truong, who had 17 assists in the last two games including a career-high nine against Saint Mary’s on Saturday, had one of the Bulldogs’ nine assists.