Gonzaga women seen as WCC’s best

The Gonzaga women joined their male counterparts as the choice by West Coast Conference coaches to win a conference basketball championship this season.

Gonzaga received seven of the 10 firstplace votes to finish with 79 points, ahead of BYU ( two firstplace votes, 73 points) and Portland ( one, 64). St. Mary’s was picked fifth with Santa Clara and USF in ninth and 10th, respectively. On Monday, the Gonzaga men were the overwhelming choice of the coaches to win the WCC title.

St. Mary’s junior guard Sam Simons was the only Bay Area player on the women’s AllWCC preseason team. 1 Three men’s tournaments scheduled for next month — the Wooden Legacy in Anaheim and the Charleston Classic and the Myrtle Beach Invitational, both in South Carolina — have been postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.

Soccer: Real Madrid escaped another Champions League defeat with two late goals, one in stoppage time from Casemiro, to draw 22 at Borussia Monchengladbach. 1 In MLS, Randall Leal scored in the 33rd minute, Joe Willis recorded his MLSleading ninth shutout and Nashville SC beat the Montreal Impact 10 in Harrison, N. J. ... Raul Ruidiaz and Nicolas Lodeiro each scored a secondhalf goal as the visiting Seattle Sounders beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 20.

Auto racing: NASCAR will make a fourth try to complete its playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Wednesday after persistent mist and cold extended the long delay.