2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record8–23 (4–16 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Tracy Sanders (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Hailey Mandelko
  • Jay Johnson
  • Morgan Bailey
Home arenaAmerica First Events Center
Seasons
2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Idaho 16 – 4   .800 22 – 12   .647
Northern Colorado 15 – 5   .750 21 – 11   .656
Idaho State 15 – 5   .750 20 – 11   .645
Portland State † 14 – 6   .700 25 – 8   .758
Montana State 11 – 9   .550 16 – 15   .516
Eastern Washington 9 – 11   .450 13 – 20   .394
Montana 9 – 11   .450 14 – 16   .467
Northern Arizona 8 – 12   .400 13 – 18   .419
Sacramento State 6 – 14   .300 10 – 19   .345
Southern Utah 4 – 16   .200 8 – 23   .258
Weber State 3 – 17   .150 6 – 25   .194
† 2019 Big Sky tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thunderbirds are led by first-year head coach Tracy Sanders and play their home games at America First Events Center. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Roster

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Rebecca Cardenas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Burges El Paso, TX
G/F 4 Ashley Larsen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr American Fork
Utah Valley 		American Fork, UT
G 10 Claudia Armato 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia
F 11 Megan Kamps 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Manhattan Christian Manhattan, MT
G/F 12 Chloe Bradford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Minico
Treasure Valley CC 		Heyburn, ID
G 14 Breanu Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Piedmont Oklahoma City, OK
G/F 15 Geassy Germano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Friendship Christian School Americana, São Paulo, Brazil
G 21 Kiana Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Northridge
Northern Colorado 		Tuscaloosa, AL
G/F 23 Harley Hansen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Fremont
Snow College 		West Weber, UT
F 24 Jessica Chatman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Union
BYU 		Ridgefield, WA
G 25 Peyton Torgerson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr North Sevier Salina, UT
C 30 Carlie Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Dallas Christian Forney, TX
C 34 Hannah Robins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Juab Nephi, UT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018*
6:30 pm 		San Diego W 69–59  1–0
 America First Events Center (784)
Cedar City, UT
Nov 15, 2018*
8:00 pm 		at UC Riverside L 50–56  1–1
 SRC Arena (100)
Riverside, CA
Nov 20, 2018*
8:00 pm 		at UC Irvine L 58–75  1–2
 Bren Events Center (302)
Irvine, CA
Nov 23, 2018*
6:00 pm 		at UC Davis L 45–68  1–3
 The Pavilion (433)
Davis, CA
Nov 27, 2018*
6:30 pm 		BYU
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		W 67–64  2–3
 America First Events Center (1,021)
Cedar City, UT
Dec 1, 2018*
1:00 pm 		at Oral Roberts L 59–64  2–4
 Mabee Center (976)
Tulsa, OK
Dec 4, 2018*
12:00 pm 		Utah Valley
Old Oquirrh Bucket 		W 60–59  3–4
 America First Events Center (862)
Cedar City, UT
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Denver L 70–71  3–5
 America First Events Center (857)
Cedar City, UT
Dec 19, 2018*
5:30 pm 		at Boise State L 53–88  3–6
 Taco Bell Arena 
Boise, ID
Big Sky regular season
Dec 29, 2018
7:00 pm 		at Montana State L 64–69  3–7
(0–1) 		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,616)
Bozeman, MT
Dec 31, 2018
2:00 pm 		at Montana L 57–79  3–8
(0–2) 		Dahlberg Arena (2,930)
Missoula, MT
Jan 3, 2019
6:30 pm 		Idaho State L 57–69  3–9
(0–3) 		American First Events Center (603)
Cedar City, UT
Jan 5, 2019
2:00 pm 		Weber State W 84–79 OT 4–9
(1–3) 		American First Events Center (568)
Cedar City, UT
Jan 12, 2019
2:00 pm 		at Northern Arizona W 82–76 OT 5–9
(2–3) 		Walkup Skydome (215)
Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 17, 2019
8:00 pm 		at Portland State L 49–63  5–10
(2–4) 		Viking Pavilion (537)
Portland, OR
Jan 19, 2019
3:00 pm 		at Sacramento State L 76–77  5–11
(2–5) 		Hornets Nest (477)
Sacramento, CA
Jan 24, 2019
6:30 pm 		Northern Colorado L 44–71  5–12
(2–6) 		American First Events Center (647)
Cedar City, UT
Jan 28, 2019
6:30 pm 		Northern Arizona L 69–78  5–13
(2–7) 		American First Events Center (904)
Cedar City, UT
Jan 31, 2019
6:30 pm 		Eastern Washington W 73–63  6–13
(3–7) 		American First Events Center (834)
Cedar City, UT
Feb 2, 2019
2:00 pm 		Idaho L 70–82  6–14
(3–8) 		American First Events Center (644)
Cedar City, UT
Feb 7, 2019
12:00 pm 		at Weber State L 66–67  6–15
(3–9) 		Dee Events Center (1,532)
Ogden, UT
Feb 9, 2019
2:00 pm 		at Idaho State L 47–80  6–16
(3–10) 		Reed Gym (1,146)
Pocatello, ID
Feb 14, 2019
6:30 pm 		Sacramento State L 69–75 OT 6–17
(3–11) 		America First Events Center (669)
Cedar City, UT
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm 		Portland State L 56–81  6–18
(3–12) 		America First Events Center (463)
Cedar City, UT
Feb 21, 2019
7:05 pm 		at Eastern Washington L 66–80  6–19
(3–13) 		Reese Court (286)
Cheney, WA
Feb 23, 2019
3:00 pm 		at Idaho L 49–77  6–20
(3–14) 		Cowan Spectrum (508)
Moscow, ID
Mar 2, 2019
2:00 pm 		Montana W 71–56  7–20
(4–14) 		America First Events Center (621)
Cedar City, UT
Mar 4, 2019
6:30 pm 		Montana State L 55–70  7–21
(4–15) 		America First Events Center (753)
Cedar City, UT
Mar 7, 2019
7:00 pm 		at Northern Colorado L 71–88  7–22
(4–16) 		Bank of Colorado Arena (1,328)
Greeley, CO
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019
5:30 pm 		(7) vs. (10) Montana
First Round 		W 64–56  8–22
 CenturyLink Arena 
Boise, ID
Mar 12, 2019
5:30 pm 		(7) vs. (2) Northern Colorado
Quarterfinals 		L 50–82  8–23
 CenturyLink Arena 
Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com.