Saint Mary's ends Gonzaga's 34-game WCC winning streak
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Alex Carbonel scored 18 points and Saint Mary's made four free throws in the last 25 seconds to beat Gonzaga (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 23 AP) 66-63 Saturday, ending the Bulldogs' West Coast Conference winning streak at 34 games.
Down eight with 1:27 to play, Gonzaga reeled off seven quick points before the Gaels' Danielle Mauldin made two free throws with 23 seconds left. After Katelan Redmon's basket made it 64-63 with 8.7 seconds to go, Jasmine Smith made two free throws with 8.3 remaining.
Kayla Standish missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer and Gonzaga's 10-game winning streak came to an end.
Mauldin, Smith and reserve Mogan Hatten each had 11 for Saint Mary's (14-5, 5-1 WCC), which had lost 17 straight to the Bulldogs.
Standish led Gonzaga (15-3, 4-1) with 18 points. Redmon added 13, Haiden Palmer had 12 and Taelor Karr 10 for the Bulldogs, who hadn't lost a WCC game at home since late in the 2008-09 season to Portland.
Saint Mary's, which trailed 33-24 at the half, shot 60.9 percent in the second half while Gonzaga shot just 29.7, finishing at 34.3 for the game.
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2021-22 West Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
BYU | 15-1 | - | 26-3 |
Gonzaga | 15-2 | 0.5 | 26-6 |
San Francisco | 10-8 | 6 | 17-15 |
Portland | 8-7 | 6.5 | 19-10 |
Saint Mary's | 9-9 | 7 | 15-15 |
San Diego | 8-9 | 7.5 | 16-14 |
Santa Clara | 8-10 | 8 | 16-15 |
Pepperdine | 4-11 | 10.5 | 8-17 |
Loyola Marymount | 4-13 | 11.5 | 11-19 |
Pacific | 3-14 | 12.5 | 6-23 |