25th-ranked Gonzaga defeats UC Riverside 87-43
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Sonja Greinacher tied a career high with 21 points and Lindsay Sherbert 19 as 25th-ranked Gonzaga defeated UC Riverside 87-43 on Monday night.
Greinacher reached double-figure scoring for a sixth-straight game, and Sherbert hit a career-high five 3-pointers, all after halftime, for the Bulldogs (9-2), who remain unbeaten in seven home games this season.
Gonzaga forced 25 turnovers -- 19 on steals -- and hit half its field goals, 36 of 72. Haiden Palmer had nine steals to go with nine points, and Jazmine Redmon had four steals.
Gonzaga led 36-30 after a close first half, but Palmer and Greinacher combined for the first 11 points of the second half, building a 47-34 lead.
Brittany Crain, with 11 points for the Highlanders (4-5), kept her double-figure scoring streak alive at 19 games, tying the school's D-I record for most games in double-digits. Riverside was held to 34-percent shooting.
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2021-22 Big West Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Hawai'i | 13-3 | - | 20-9 |
UC Irvine | 14-4 | - | 21-11 |
Long Beach State | 12-6 | 2 | 19-8 |
UC Riverside | 10-6 | 3 | 14-11 |
UC San Diego | 10-8 | 4 | 13-14 |
UC Santa Barbara | 9-8 | 4.5 | 15-12 |
UC Davis | 8-8 | 5 | 15-13 |
CSU Fullerton | 5-12 | 8.5 | 11-18 |
CSU Northridge | 5-12 | 8.5 | 9-19 |
CSU Bakersfield | 3-11 | 9 | 5-20 |
Cal Poly | 2-13 | 10.5 | 3-22 |
2021-22 West Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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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 |