For the first time in nearly four years, Stanford lost a non-conference game to unranked opposition, as Gonzaga blitzed the Cardinal 96-78 with impeccable three-point shooting and a backcourt connection 22 years in the making.
Kaylynne and Kayleigh Truong combined for 15 points, 11 assists and four steals in the Zags’ historic victory on Dec. 3, further solidifying themselves among an elite group of sibling duos taking the country by storm.
Here’s a look at the 10 best sister pairs through a little over one month of the 2023-24 college basketball season:
Kaylynne and Kayleigh Truong (Gonzaga)
Gonzaga’s aforementioned historic win over Stanford is familiar territory for the Truong twins, who have developed a penchant for defying expectations and precedent since their high school days in suburban Texas. By their senior seasons, the twins had helped transform a historically downtrodden Jersey Village High into Division 6A champions, and they would later lead their ancestral nation of Vietnam to silver in 3×3 basketball at the Southeast Asian Games, the country’s highest-ever finish.
These days in Spokane, both Kayleigh and Kaylynne…
