2018–19 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball

ASU Classic Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 23
Record	22–11 (10–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Charli Turner Thorne (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jackie Moore Angie Nelp Briann January
Home arena	Wells Fargo Arena
Seasons← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Oregon	16	–	2	.889	33	–	5	.868
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 11 Oregon State	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
No. 20 UCLA	12	–	6	.667	22	–	13	.629
No. 22 Arizona State	10	–	7	.588	22	–	11	.667
Utah	9	–	9	.500	20	–	10	.667
California	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arizona	7	–	11	.389	24	–	13	.649
USC	7	–	11	.389	17	–	13	.567
Washington State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
Washington	2	–	15	.118	11	–	21	.344
Colorado	2	–	16	.111	12	–	18	.400


† 2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by twenty second year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 10–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to UCLA. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated UCF and Miami (FL) in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2018–19 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Taya Hanson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Kelowna	Kelowna, BC
G	1	Reili Richardson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Brea Olinda	Brea, CA
G	4	Kiara Russell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Osseo	Minneapolis, MN
G	5	Jamie Loera	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Moses Lake	Moses Lake, WA
G	11	Robbi Ryan	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Sheridan	Sheridan, WY
F	21	Sophia Elenga	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Lycee Alain Fournier	Nogent-sur-Oise, France
G	22	Courtney Ekmark	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	St. Mary's Connecticut	Arcadia, AZ
G/F	23	Iris Mbulito	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	IES Castilian poet Tomás Morales	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
G/F	24	Bre’yanna Sanders	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Clovis West	Fresno, CA
F	32	Jayde Van Hyfte	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Annawan	Annawan, IL
C	33	Charnea Johnson-Chapman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Canyon Springs	Moreno Valley, CA
F	42	Kianna Ibis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Benson	Omaha, NE
C	44	Eva Rubin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Homewood Flossmoor	Flossmoor, IL
F	52	Jamie Ruden	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	John Marshall	Rochester, MN

Head coach

Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 8:30 pm	No. 23	Incarnate Word	W 81–43	1–0	Wells Fargo Arena (2,221) Tempe, AZ
11/11/2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 23	vs. No. 4 Baylor Showdown on the Rez	L 59–65	1–1	Bee Hółdzil Fighting Scouts Events Center (5,609) Fort Defiance, AZ
11/18/2018* 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 22	at Arkansas	W 88–85	2–1	Bud Walton Arena (1,519) Fayetteville, AR
11/23/2018* 3:30 pm	No. 19	vs. No. 5 Louisville South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 56–58	2–2	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
11/24/2018* 3:30 pm	No. 19	vs. Southern Illinois South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 82–38	3–2	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/01/2018* 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	Louisiana Tech ASU Classic semifinals	W 80–44	4–2	Wells Fargo Arena (2,026) Tempe, AZ
12/02/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 19	Tulsa ASU Classic Championship	W 70–52	5–2	Wells Fargo Arena (1,881) Tempe, AZ
12/07/2018* 6:00 pm	No. 17	Southern	W 69–47	6–2	Wells Fargo Arena (1,674) Tempe, AZ
12/09/2018* 2:00 pm, Stadium	No. 17	at Colorado State	W 70–39	7–2	Moby Arena (1,120) Fort Collins, CO
12/16/2018* 3:00 pm	No. 17	vs. Kansas State	W 65–51	8–2	Mitchell Hall Gymnasium (1,294) La Crosse, WI
12/20/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 17	Fresno State	W 68–52	9–2	Wells Fargo Arena (1,653) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2018 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	at Arizona	L 39–51	9–3 (0–1)	McKale Center (5,006) Tucson, AZ
01/04/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	at Utah	W 65–63	10–3 (1–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,310) Salt Lake City, UT
01/06/2019 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	at Colorado	W 76–70	11–3 (2–1)	CU Events Center (2,024) Boulder, CO
01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	No. 6 Stanford	L 65–72	11–4 (2–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,728) Tempe, AZ
01/13/2019 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	No. 24 California	W 62–61	12–4 (3–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,348) Tempe, AZ
01/18/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at No. 5 Oregon	L 71–77	12–5 (3–3)	Matthew Knight Arena (6,769) Eugene, OR
01/20/2019 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at No. 10 Oregon State	W 79–76	13–5 (4–3)	Gill Coliseum (5,690) Corvallis, OR
01/25/2019 11:00 am, P12N	No. 16	UCLA	L 59–61	13–6 (4–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (7,322) Tempe, AZ
01/27/2019 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	USC	W 68–59	14–6 (5–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,701) Tempe, AZ
02/01/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	Arizona	W 60–47	15–6 (6–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,686) Tempe, AZ
02/07/2019 8:00 pm	No. 20	at Washington State	W 61–46	16–6 (7–4)	Beasley Coliseum (591) Pullman, WA
02/09/2019 3:00 pm	No. 20	at Washington Cancelled; inclement weather			Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
02/15/2019 7:00 pm	No. 19	Colorado	W 66–49	17–6 (8–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,554) Tempe, AZ
02/17/2019 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	Utah	W 60–58	18–6 (9–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,316) Tempe, AZ
02/22/2019 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	at California	L 60–69	18–7 (9–5)	Haas Pavilion (1,667) Berkeley, CA
02/24/2019 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	at No. 7 Stanford	L 50–71	18–8 (9–6)	Maples Pavilion (3,057) Stanford, CA
03/01/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	No. 9 Oregon State	W 66–54	19–8 (10–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,176) Tempe, AZ
03/03/2019 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	No. 6 Oregon	L 59–66	19–9 (10–7)	Wells Fargo Arena (4,033) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 12:30 pm, P12N	(5) No. 20	vs. (12) Colorado First Round	W 66–49	20–9	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
03/08/2019 12:30 pm, P12N	(5) No. 20	vs. (4) No. 25 UCLA Quarterfinals	L 69–73	20–10	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 P) No. 22	vs. (12 P) UCF First Round	W 60–45	21–10	Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
03/24/2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 P) No. 22	at (4 P) No. 19 Miami (FL) Second Round	W 57–55	22–10	Watsco Center (2,056) Coral Gables, FL
03/29/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 P) No. 22	vs. (1 P) No. 4 Mississippi State Sweet Sixteen	L 53–76	22–11	Moda Center Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	23	22	19	19	17	17	17	17	22	19	19	16	21	20т	19	17	21	20	23	Not released
Coaches	RV	RV^	25	23	19т	19	20	18	22	19	16	16	20	18	17	15	20	20	20	15

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

References

"Arizona State University Athletics". TheSunDevils.com.
"Saturday's @SunDevilWBB at Washington Game Canceled Due to Inclement Weather". ASU Sun Devils. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

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