LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Playing in the semifinals of the WCC Tournament for the second consecutive season, the USF Dons women's basketball team (17-15) fell to the Gonzaga Bulldogs (25-6) 69-55 on Monday afternoon at Orleans Arena. USF couldn't muster much momentum throughout Monday's conference ending loss as the Bulldogs will now take on the one-seeded BYU Cougars on Tuesday to decide which team will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Ioanna Krimili led both teams with 20 points on Monday while Lucija Kostic had a solid offensive showing scoring a season-high nine points to go along with six rebounds and three assists against the Bulldogs. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

• Both teams were on their games early on the defensive side of the ball with Gonzaga able to gain some separation with a 17-10 advantage after the first quarter of play.
• USF responded with an early second quarter run of their own to take a four point lead, the Bulldogs made a push of their own late in the quarter to take a 31-26 lead into the half.
• Coming out of the half Gonzaga had control throughout most of the third quarter before the Dons made a strong late push to cut their deficit to 46-41 heading into the final quarter of play.
• The Bulldogs took complete control of the game in the final 10 minutes of play as they built their lead up to double digits to come away with the 69-55 win on Monday afternoon. 

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

• Krimili once again had a 20 point performance to lead her team to go along with two rebounds, assists and blocks against the Bulldogs.
• Kostic continued her ways of doing all the little things with a her season-high of nine points as she also blocked a shot and forced a steal against Gonzaga.
• Amalie Langer also scored nine points for USF to go along with a rebound and an assist as she shot 2-for-4 from three point range to close out the Dons' conference slate. 

CATCHING UP WITH COACH GOODENBOUR:
"I give a lot of credit to Gonzaga for what they did today, I thought they were the better team throughout on Monday. Rebounding has been an issue for a good part of the season I think they took advantage of that. Give credit to them they're a very good team and I think we're a very good team too but I don't think we played our best basketball today. They were better and certainly deserved to win this game."  

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