March Madness 2022: Kayleigh Truong leads Gonzaga women to 68-55 win over Nebraska

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Kayleigh Truong scored a career-high 20 points to lead Gonzaga to a 68-55 victory over Nebraska in the first round of women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Truong, a junior guard, scored 15 of her points in the second half, and those came after she landed awkwardly in a second quarter collision with Nebraska’s Jaz Shelley. That caused her to miss the final five minutes of the first half.

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She made up for it in good time, though, as she scored the first two baskets of the second half.

"I got a little dizzy hitting my head on the floor," said Truong, who hit on 8-of-15 shots. "Still a little dizzy, but I have a hard head."

Gonzaga guard Kayleigh Truong (11) goes in for a layup past the Nebraska defense during the first half of their women's NCAA Tournament college basketball first round game in Louisville, Ky., Friday, March 18, 2022.  (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Gonzaga (27-6) never looked back from there. The Bulldogs, in winning their sixth straight, led by as much as 68-52 in the waning minutes of the contest.

Truong and the rest of the Bulldogs saw Friday’s game as a chance to redeem themselves after bowing out in the first-round last season to a 12th-seeded Belmont squad. That loss felt like a "low blow," coach Lisa Fortier said.

"Today we were trying to be steady," she said. "I know it was bubbling below. They were very excited."

Nebraska (24-9), the eighth-seed, started strong, jumping out to an 11-6 lead midway through the first quarter. However, the Bulldogs defense settled in and slowed down a Husker offense that entered the tournament with the nation’s eighth-best scoring average