Game 22: USF (13-8, 4-6 WCC) vs. Gonzaga (14-8, 6-4 WCC)
Saturday, Jan. 30 | 2 p.m. | War Memorial at the Sobrato Center (4,268)
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Complete game notes (PDF)

#OneTeam

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The Dons look to continue its momentum after a 21-point win against Portland as the team welcomes Gonzaga to the Hilltop. USF celebrates Girls and Women's in Sports Day as well as the 20th anniversary of the Dons' historic run to the Sweet 16 in 1996. There will be a post-game reception in the Hilltop club level where Dons fans can mix and mingle with the current and former players, friends and family. As always, entrance to the game is free for USF faculty, staff and students, and youth 12 and under.

By the Numbers (NCAA rank in parentheses)

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• When the Dons have the ball •
USF Scoring Offense - 72.1 (54) | Gonzaga Scoring Defense - 55.5 (31)
USF Field Goal Pct. - .438 (38) | Gonzaga FG Pct. Defense - .361 (39)
USF 3FG Pct. - .351 (41) | Gonzaga 3FG Pct. Defense - .279 (57)
USF Free Throw Pct. - .740 (39)

• When the Bulldogs have the ball •
Gonzaga Scoring Offense - 64.3 (173) | USF Scoring Defense - 67.0 (241)
Gonzaga Field Goal Pct. - .405 (140) | USF FG Pct. Defense - .394 (190)
Gonzaga 3FG Pct. - .327 (111) | USF 3FG Pct. Defense - .361 (335)
Gonzaga Free Throw Pct - .660 (250)

Comparison: (USF/GON)
Scoring Margin: +5.1/+8.1
Rebounds/Game: 38.5/41.3
Assists/Game: 16.5/13.4
Turnovers/Game: 17.6/16.8
Assist/Turnover Ratio: 0.9/0.8
Steals/Game: 9.0/8.8
Blocks/Game: 3.0/3.7

Between the Baselines

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The collaborative nature of the USF offense has been a focus point on the season, and Dons rank second in the league and 38th in NCAA Division I in shooting percentage, hitting 43. percent of their attempts from the floor. Solid shooting has been coupled with 16.5 assists per game, good for 30th in the nation. 

The Dons are led by senior Taylor Proctor's 18.5 points on .500 shooting, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 blocks per game. Zhane Dikes adds 14.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals, and Rachel Howard contributes 11.3 points on .373 shooting from beyond the arc and 3.1 assists a night. 

Know the Foe

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Gonzaga ocmes to the Hilltop with a 14-8 overall record, and a 6-4 mark in league action. The Bulldogs have dropped four of its last fine on the season, including a 71-64 road loss at Santa Clara on Thursday. 

Jill Barta leads the team with 11.6 points per game and Shelby Cheslek adds 9.9 points and a team-high 8.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. Senior Elle Tinkle, who played in just 10 games on the year, is sidelined with a season-ending knee injury as announced by the Zags earlier this month.

What 2 Watch 4

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Gonzaga brings the league's top defense to the Hilltop to take on one of the WCC's best offensive squads. The Bulldogs allow a league-low 56.2 points per game on .366 shooting, whilte the Dons enter averaging 72.1 points on .438 shooting, fresh off a 90-point outing against the Pilots. 

Gonzaga's last opponent scored 71 points, and was the first foe to eclipse the 70-point mark on the year. The Dons are 10-1 on the season when scoring at least 70 points, with the loss coming at the hands of Utah Valley in a 94-88 overtime game on Nov. 23.

Series Snippits

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The Bulldogs hold a 37-24 advantage in the all-time series, and the Dons have lost the last 21 meetings at the hands of Gonzaga. The streak of victories for the Bulldogs dates back to a road win in the first round of the WCC Tournament on March 2, 2006, where the No. 7 seeded Dons upended the second-seeded hosts of the tournament, 75-67.

Last Time Out

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An explosive burst of outside scoring helped the San Francisco women's basketball team cruise to a 90-69 victory over Portland on Thursday night at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.

The Dons turned in a well-rounded outing with six women reaching double figure scoring, paced by senior Zhane Dikes' 15 points and eight rebounds. Anna Seilund added 14 points, hitting four 3-pointers, and contributed a game-high four assists in the victory. Kalyn Simon, Rachel Howard, Hashima Carothers and Taylor Proctor all eclipsed the 10-point mark in the decisive victory.

USF went 12-for-22 from 3-point range on the night, coming up one triple shy of matching a school record for threes in a game, set at Cal Poly on Dec. 7, 2008. Along with Seilund's four swishes from distance, Dikes and Howard each drained three and Simon added two in the potent attack.

Along with what proved to be a juggernaut attack on offense, USF controlled the tone and tempo of the game with balance and ball movement. The Dons finished with 16 assists on its 28 made baskets while taking care of the basketball. The Dons finished with a season-low eight turnovers in the game to finish with a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the night.

NCAA Active Career Leaders

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Taylor Proctor currently stands as one of 10 women in the NCAA with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds. She is joined on the list of seniors by defending NCAA Player of the Year Breanna Stewart (UConn), Shereesha Richards (Albany), Jillian Alleyne (Oregon), Courtney Williams (South Florida), Nathalie Fontaine (Ball State), Joy Adams (Iona), Erika Livermore (Fairleigh Dickinson), Brittney Martin (Oklahoma State) and Talia Walton (Washington). 

She ranks 36th among active Division I scoring leaders (1,568 points). She also lands in the top-40 among active players in field goals (581/34th) and double-doubles (23/37th). Fellow senior Zhane Dikes rates 15th in NCAA Division I in career free throw attempts (546) and 21st in makes (396).

Playing the Percentages

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Shooting 43.8 percent from the floor, the Dons have seven women over the .500-mark in true shooting percentage, which takes into account field goals, 3-pointers and free throws. Taylor Proctor (.591 ts%) and Raushan Gultekin (.644 ts%) lead the way, followed by Claudia Price (.555 ts%), Zhane Dikes (.557 ts%) and Rachel Howard (.521 ts%) and Anna Seilund (.517 ts%). Albeit a small sample size, in freshman Jaylin Jones' six games of action, her true stooing percentage comes in at 129 percent, as she is yet to miss an attempt (3-3 fg, 2-2 3fg, 2-2 ft).

USF Record-Setters

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The senior duo of Taylor Proctor and Zhane Dikes both grace USF's 1,000-point scoring list of 21 women as well as the 20-member 500-rebound club. Dikes notched her 500th rebound in USF's final non-conference game of the season against San Francisco State. 

Along with her distinction on the points and rebounds lists, Dikes became the USF all-time leader in minutes played in USF's game at Santa Clara on Jan. 23. She is averaging more than 33 minutes per game in her career wearing Green and Gold, and passed Rheina Ale ('08-12 - 3,755 minutes) and men's minutes leader Angelo Caloiaro ('08-12 - 3,781 minutes) to earn the new school record.

Currently, Proctor is fifth in all-time scoring and third in rebounds, leaping into the top 3 in USF's game at Loyola Marymount. She is one of five women to rate in the top-10 in both categories. In the Dons' game at Pacific, she joined career-leader and Legend of the Hilltop Mary Hile-Nepfel as the second woman to reach the top five in both points and rebounds.

Individually, Rachel Howard etched her name in the record books after swishing seven 3-pointers at Long Beach State. The seven triple mark in a game ties Andrea Kagie (at San Diego, 02/08/97) and Amy Touli (Northwestern State, 12/19/92).

On the Air

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Listen to longtime voice of the Dons, George Devine, behind the mic all season long. Devine is in his 20th season as the play-by-play voice of USF women's basketball.

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Jumping Ahead

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The Dons welcome Santa Clara to the Hilltop Thursday, Feb. 4, looking to even the season series with the Broncos after a fourth-quarter comeback sunk USF in its game at the Leavey Center on Jan. 23.

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