SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga guard Brynna Maxwell was a junior at Utah when the UC Davis women’s basketball team came back from a 17-point deficit to defeat the Zags last season at the University Credit Union Center.

However, in a rematch between the teams in Spokane on Sunday, Maxwell was in a Zags uniform, and it may have been the difference.

The graduate transfer scored 19 points and went 5-for-7 from 3-point range as Gonzaga (9-2) defeated UC Davis 73-55 in the McCarthey Athletic Center.

“She’s a great player,” said UC Davis head coach Jennifer Morris. “If you make a mistake, she makes you pay for it, so if the game plan is to chase her on the ball screens and you go under one time, she’s making it. If you lose her in transition one time, she’s making it, so I think we just had a few lapses where we weren’t locked in quite as much on her as we needed to be.”

WHAT’S NEXT FOR SAC STATE?

Who might take over for Taylor? Taylor brought longtime friend and Folsom co-coach Kris Richardson with him to Sacramento State to serve as assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Taylor is big on “football family” and that includes longtime friend Bobby Fresques, the Hornets’ quarterback coach and one-time Folsom assistant.

Sacramento State’s staff also includes highly regarded defensive coordinator Andy Thompson, who wants to be a head coach. Other possible names to replace Taylor could include former Hornets linemen and assistant coaches Jon Osterhout, who has coached American River College to success, and Angus McClure, a longtime college assistant who was just hired at Nevada for a third tour after a recent stint as Cal’s line coach.

Orr told The Bee on Friday night that he expected Taylor to receive interest because, “he’s a great coach. He’s been incredible here.”

Taylor said Sacramento State will continue to flourish, saying, “We’ve established something special here.”

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