Gonzaga Women’s 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule Revealed: Surprise Matchups That Could Shake Up the Season!

Here is the full slate for the 2025-26 non-conference:

The sky is now the limit for Turner and the rest of her teammates (including her new backcourt partner, Spokane native and Boise State Broncos transfer Teryn Gardner) as they embark on the journey back to the NCAA Tournament, something they missed out on in 2024-25.

The WCC Basketball Championship for the Zags will run from March 5th through the 10th at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Yvonne Ejim moving on to greener pastures hurts, no doubt about it. It’s time to look for the new face of the Gonzaga program, and all signs point to the sharpshooting sophomore guard Allie Turner. She is being handed the keys by Fortier after a spectacular freshman campaign.

Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier and the Zags will be testing themselves during the upcoming non-conference, going up against three (potentially four) opponents who played in the NCAA Tournament last season. That’s not even including the always dangerous Stanford Cardinal, who missed on March Madness for just the first time since 1987.

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If you’re like me, you know Gonzaga’s women’s basketball team is gearing up for a real firecracker of a non-conference schedule this season. Lisa Fortier’s squad isn’t just playing around—they’re locking horns with three, maybe four, teams fresh off NCAA Tournament appearances last year. That’s not even counting the Stanford Cardinal, who, let’s be honest, are always a handful, despite missing March Madness for the first time since ’87. It’s shaping up to be a gauntlet, and honestly, I’m here for every second of it. You’re gonna wanna know who’s coming to town, where the battles will be waged—think McCarthey Center, Sanford Pentagon, and the Gulfcoast Showcase in Florida—and how this all sets the stage for the WCC run starting December 28th. Plus, with Yvonne Ejim off to new horizons, eyes are glued on Allie Turner, a sharp-shooting sophomore poised to ignite the offense like never before. Big things are on the horizon for the Zags, and trust me, you’ll want the full scoop. LEARN MORE

The matchups that jump off the page are welcoming Stanford to the McCarthey Athletic Center, the neutral site matchup at the famous Sanford Pentagon against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, the challenges that await at the Gulfcoast Showcase in Florida during Thanksgiving Week (the Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa State Cyclones were in the big Dance in 2024-25), and the two teams from the state of Arizona coming to Spokane (the Grand Canyon Antelopes and Arizona State Sun Devils).

She ended up averaging 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game last season. Turner finished as one of only three players in the sport to average at least 3.0 three-pointers made per game on 45.0 percent from beyond the arc.

Turner hit a staggering 105 three-pointers last season, and no returning player in all of women’s college basketball had more. That was the eighth-most by a freshman in NCAA women’s history.