University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

2025-26 Buffalo:
• Appeared in all 30 games, with 29 starts during junior campaign, averaging a career-high 7.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while also logging a career-best 27.6 minutes per contest
• Scored in double figures nine times.
• Her half-court buzzer-beater ranked No. 7 on ESPN SC Top-10.
• Posted a career-high 24 points going a career-best 10-for-23 shooting and 4-for-9 from 3-point range at Vermont (11/12).
• Recorded 21 points on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc, at UMass (3/7).
• Notched 13 points against nationally-ranked Kentucky (11/9)
• Added 17 points at Western Michigan (1/3).
 
2024-25 Buffalo:
• Appeared in all 37 games with 12 starts, as a sophomore, averaging 2.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 41.0% from the floor, helping the Bulls to a 2025 WNIT championship.
• Recorded season-best 13 points on a season-best three made threes in the win over St. Bonaventure (11/30).
• Scored 12 points on six made field goals in a win over Buffalo State (11/8).
• Dished out a career-best seven assists in wins over St. Bonaventure and at Ohio (2/15).
• Logged a season-best 27 minutes in back-to-back games at Niagara (11/26) and against St. Bonaventure.
 
2023-24 Buffalo:
• Appeared in 32 games as a freshman, averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game while also recording 22 assists.
• Scored a season-high 10 points in the win over Kutztown (11/26).
• Logged a season-high 32 minutes and scored eight points at Old Dominion (11/11)
• Recorded multiple three-point field goals made at NIU (1/17) and in a win over Ohio (2/23).
 
Club Highlights:
• Top scorer in the Spanish Championship, averaging 19.0 ppg in 2019, helping San Blas Alicante to a No. 13 ranking in the Spanish Club Championship in 2019.
• Also helped San Blas Alicante to a No. 8 ranking in 2018.
• Scored 15 points, with three assists, five rebounds, and two steals against 16 Valoration.
• Competed for the Argentinian national team at the FIBA U17 World Cup, leading the team in scoring and rebounds, averaging 11.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.
• Played for CB Paterna/Valencia, helping the team to a Spanish Club Championship appearance in 2023.
• Also played for CB Boet Mataro in the team's debut in the Challenge League, which is the second-best League in Spain.

Personal:
Full Name: Paula Lopez Gonzalez
Parents: Gonzalo Lopez Saez and Carolina Gonzalez Mercilese
Siblings: Lucia
Major: Biological Science

Why Paula Chose Detroit Mercy:
"The environment at Detroit Mercy is amazing, and the program is ready to compete and win. The campus is so natural with good people and a lot of excitement for work. The university feels familiar, and everyone supports each other."