2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

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.

2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2012-13 WCC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament 12-Seed, 1st Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	27–6 (15–1 WCC)
Head coach	Kelly Graves (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jodie Kaczor Berry Lisa Fortier Julie Shaw
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2011–12 2013–14 →

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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 Kelly Graves (New Mexico) Assistant coach(es) Jodie Kaczor Berry (Western Washington) Lisa Mispley Fortier (Cal State Monterey Bay) Julie Shaw (UC Riverside) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	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