Zag women land verbal commitment from Missoula star Tinkle

MISSOULA,Mont. (AP) - Missoula Big Sky senior Elle Tinkle has made a verbal commitment to play basketball at Gonzaga.

The 6-foot senior said she chose Gonzaga over Colorado and the University of Montana. She made her decision Sunday night and can sign with Gonzaga in November.

Gonzaga advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA women's basketball tournament last March before falling to Stanford, where her older sister, Joslyn Tinkle, is a junior on the basketball team.

Elle Tinkle averaged 15.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per game as a junior.