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2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2012-13 WCC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament 12-Seed, 1st Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record27–6 (15–1 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 15 1   .938 27 6   .818
San Diego 12 4   .750 22 10   .688
Saint Mary's 11 5   .688 23 10   .697
BYU 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Loyola Marymount 6 10   .375 13 18   .419
Santa Clara 6 10   .375 14 16   .467
Portland 5 11   .313 11 20   .355
San Francisco 4 12   .250 12 19   .387
Pepperdine 2 14   .125 5 23   .179
2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament winner
As of March 27, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by head coach Kelly Graves, in his 13th season at the school. The Zags played most of their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

Before the season

The Zags were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-Season poll behind BYU.

Roster

2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Chelsea Waters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Lewiston Lewiston, ID
G 3 Haiden Palmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Oregon State
Vista Del Largo
Moreno Valley, CA
G 5 Maiki Viela 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lahainaluna Lahaina, HI
G 10 Danielle Walter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Pasco Pasco, WA
G 12 Taelor Karr 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Kansas State
Paola
Paola, KS
G 13 Michaela O'Rourke 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Eastside Catholic Bellevue, WA
F 14 Sunny Greinacher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Grashof Gymnasium Essen, Germany
G 20 Meghan Winters 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Regis Englewood, CO
F 22 Shaniqua Nilles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr West Valley Spokane, WA
F 23 Kiara Kudron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Huron New Boston, MI
G 24 Keani Albanez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Buena Santa Barbara, CA
C 30 Stephanie Golden 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Miramonte Clayton, CA
G 31 Elle Tinkle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Big Sky Missoula, MT
G 33 Lindsay Sherbert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Great Oak
Cal
Temecula, CA
G 34 Jazmine Redmon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Mead Spokane, WA
C 44 Shelby Cheslek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Pullman Pullman, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2012*
2:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
Eastern Oregon W 90–48 
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,396 [1])
Spokane, WA
Regular Season
11/09/2012*
7:00 pm
at UC Riverside W 60–53  1–0
SRC Arena (503)
Riverside, CA
11/11/2012*
2:00 pm, USC on Pac-12 Digital
at USC W 62–52  2–0
Galen Center (832)
Los Angeles, CA
11/16/2012*
6:00 pm, SWX
Wisconsin W 62–53  3–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,758 [2])
Spokane, WA
11/18/2012*
6:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
Monmouth W 77–51  4–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,561 [3])
Spokane, WA
11/20/2012*
4:30 pm
vs. Missouri State
Hardwood Tournament of Hope
W 88–60  5–0
Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (152)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/21/2012*
6:30 pm
vs. No. 6 Louisville
Hardwood Tournament of Hope Semi-finals
L 42–55  5–1
Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (167)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/22/2012*
4:00 pm
vs. Winthrop
Hardwood Tournament of Hope 3rd Place Game
W 80–66  6–1
Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (N/A)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
12/02/2012*
2:00 pm, SWX
No. 1 Stanford L 41–69  6–2
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [4])
Spokane, WA
12/04/2012*
6:00 pm, SWX
Eastern Washington W 65–50  7–2
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,271 [5])
Spokane, WA
12/07/2012*
7:30 pm
at Portland State W 54–40  8–2
Stott Center (813)
Portland, OR
12/09/2012*
2:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
Cal State Fullerton W 83–44  9–2
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,445 [6])
Spokane, WA
12/17/2012*
6:00 pm, SWX
No. 19 Ohio State L 60–65  9–3
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,424 [7])
Spokane, WA
12/20/2012*
6:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
Idaho W 97–62  10–3
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,370 [8])
Spokane, WA
12/29/2012*
2:00 pm, SWX
Washington State L 51–57  10–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,370 [9])
Spokane, WA
01/03/2013
6:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
San Diego W 77–57  11–4
(1–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,220 [10])
Spokane, WA
01/05/2013
2:00 pm, SWX
Santa Clara W 79–50  12–4
(2–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,690 [11])
Spokane, WA
01/10/2013
6:00 pm
at Saint Mary's L 51–54  12–5
(2–1)
McKeon Pavilion (604 [12])
Moraga, CA
01/14/2013
7:00 pm
at Portland W 82–51  13–5
(3–1)
Chiles Center (469 [13])
Portland, OR
01/17/2013
6:00 pm, SWX
BYU W 74–59  14–5
(4–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [14])
Spokane, WA
01/19/2013
2:00 pm
at San Diego W 62–50  15–5
(5–1)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (528 [15])
San Diego, CA
01/24/2013
7:00 pm, TV-32
at Pepperdine W 80–46  16–5
(6–1)
Firestone Fieldhouse (277 [16])
Malibu, CA
01/31/2013
6:00 pm, SWX
Loyola Marymount W 79–57  17–5
(7–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,223 [17])
Spokane, WA
02/02/2013
2:00 pm, SWX
Pepperdine W 81–52  18–5
(8–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [18])
Spokane, WA
02/07/2013
7:00 pm
at San Francisco W 84–46  19–5
(9–1)
War Memorial Gymnasium (308 [19])
San Francisco, CA
02/09/2013
2:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount W 70–56  20–5
(10–1)
Gersten Pavilion (351 [20])
Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2013
6:00 pm, SWX
Saint Mary's W 69–54  21–5
(11–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [21])
Spokane, WA
02/16/2013
2:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
San Francisco W 101–65  22–5
(12–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [22])
Spokane, WA
02/21/2013
6:00 pm, NBCSN
at Santa Clara W 70–55  23–5
(13–1)
Leavey Center (550 [23])
Santa Clara, CA
02/23/2013
1:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU W 66–55  24–5
(14–1)
Marriott Center (1,430 [24])
Provo, UT
02/28/2013
6:00 pm, Zags Sports Channel
Portland W 59–56  25–5
(15–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [25])
Spokane, WA
2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
03/09/2013
12:00 pm, BYUtv/ WCC Digital
No. 1-seed vs. No. 4-seed BYU
WCC Tournament Semifinals
W 62–43  26–5
Orleans Arena (7,896 [26])
Las Vegas, NV
03/11/2013
1:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 1-seed vs. No. 2-seed San Diego
WCC Tournament Championship
W 62–50  27–5
Orleans Arena (7,896 [27])
Las Vegas, NV
2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
03/23/2013*
1:15 pm, ESPN2
No. 12-seed No. 23/ 5-seed Iowa State
NCAA Tournament 1st Round
L 60–72  27–6
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
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Final
AP RV RV RV RV NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

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