NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
No. 1 seed Texas (32-4, 14-4 Big 12) vs. No. 4 seed Gonzaga (32-3, 16-0 WCC)
Friday, March 29 at 9:00 PM CT
Moda Center | Portland, Oregon
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. Courtney Lyle (pxp), Carolyn Peck (analyst) and Brooke Weisbrod (reporter) will call the action.
RADIO: All women's basketball games will air in Austin on 103.1 FM, along with the web streams on TexasSports.com and the Longhorn App. Craig Way and Eryn McMahan will have the call.
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• HOW SWEET IT IS: For the 18th time in program history the Longhorns are going to the Sweet 16. Texas advanced with a 65-54 win over Alabama in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Texas held Alabama well under their 73.7 point per game season scoring average.
• 32 WINS: With the win over Alabama Texas notched their 32nd win of the season, which represents their most in a season since the 1987-88 season.
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Gonzaga Key Players
Yvonne Ejim: 19.9 PTS, 8.8 REB, 2.3 AST, 1.5 STL, 1.0 BLK
Eliza Hollingsworth: 10.4 PTS, 7.2 REB, 2.2 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.7 BLK
Kaylynne Truong: 11.6 PTS, 2.4 REB, 5.8 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.0 BLK
Kayleigh Truong: 12.3 PTS, 2.4 REB, 4.5 AST, 1.4 STL, 0.1 BLK
Brynna Maxwell: 14.2 PTS, 2.9 REB, 0.9 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.3 BLK
Gonzaga Key Stats
The Bulldogs are the 10th-best team in college basketball in points scored (80.9 per game) and 76th in points allowed (60.1).
Gonzaga is 85th in the country in rebounds per game (38.6) and second-best in rebounds allowed (29.4).
In 2023-24 the Bulldogs are seventh-best in the nation in 3-point makes (9.5 per game), and best in 3-point percentage (40.1%).
Gonzaga attempts 38.5% percent of its shots from beyond the arc, and 61.5% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 31.9% of Gonzaga's baskets are 3-pointers, and 68.1% are 2-pointers.
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Gonzaga Regular Season
@ Montana W 83-70
@ 24 Washington St L 77-72
vs Toledo W 91-70
vs North Florida W 83-55
vs Wyoming W 80-64
vs Liberty W 102-59
vs Alabama W 68-58
vs20 Louisville L 81-70
@ E Washington W 82-80
vs 3 Stanford W 96-78 **
@ California W 78-70
@ Rice W 80-72
vs S Dakota St W 83-58
vs Arizona W 81-69
vs New Mexico W 67-56
@ Portland W 74-53
vs Santa Clara W 87-49
vs San Diego W 85-67
@ LMU W 72-48
vs Saint Mary's W 89-60
@ Santa Clara W 82-45
@ San Francisco W 73-54
@ San Diego W 80-52
vs Pacific W 104-39
vs Pepperdine W 83-46
vs LMU W 71-47
@ Saint Mary's W 96-68
@ Pacific W 91-78
vs San Francisco W 74-48
@ Pepperdine W 75-41
vs Portland W 90-40
vs Pacific W 72-61
vs Portland L 67-66
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Gonzaga Postseason
vs 13 UC Irvine W 75-56
vs 5 Utah W 77-66
vs 1 Texas 3/29 9:00 pm ESPN