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2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12[1]
Record26-9 ( Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Charli Turner Thorne
Assistant coaches
  • Joseph Anders
  • Meg Sanders
  • Laura Hughes
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
Seasons
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford † 17 – 1   .944 33 – 5   .868
No. 13 California 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 19 Arizona State 15 – 3   .833 26 – 9   .743
Oregon State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
UCLA 9 – 9   .500 19 – 12   .613
USC 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Oregon 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Arizona 4 – 14   .222 12 – 19   .387
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367
Washington 3 – 15   .167 8 – 22   .267
† 2009 Pac-10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils were coached by Charli Turner Thorne. The Sun Devils were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Offseason

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Exhibition

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Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 5/08 Tempe, AZ Houston Jaguars 83 61 1-0

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Preseason WNIT

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Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 14/08 Tempe, Arizona Cleveland State 76 59 1-0
Nov. 16/08 Tempe Tulane 86 53 2-0
Nov. 21/08 Norman, OK Oklahoma 57 70 2-1

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Regular season

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Roster

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Number Name Height Position Class
42 Kali Bennett 6-5 Center Sophomore
25 Kimberly Brandon 6-2 Guard/Forward Freshman
24 Jazlyn Davis 5-9 Guard Junior
33 Sybil Dosty 6-3 Center Senior
12 Alex Earl 5-10 Guard Freshman
11 Kate Engelbrecht 5-10 Guard Senior
30 Gabby Fage 5-11 Guard Junior
10 Nia Fanaika 5-8 Guard Senior
22 Janae Fulcher 6-3 Forward Freshman
20 Briann January 5-8 Guard Senior
34 Lauren Lacey 6-3 Forward/Center Senior
21 Kayli Murphy 6-2 Forward/Center Junior
13 Danielle Orsillo 5-9 Guard Redshirt Junior
4 Haley Parsons 5-5 Guard Freshman
1 Dymond Simon 5-5 Guard Junior
23 Kirsten Thompson 6-6 Center Senior
32 Becca Tobin 6-4 Forward Sophomore

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Schedule

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Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 28/08 Freeport, Bahamas Hofstra 80 54 1-0
Nov. 29/08 Freeport, Bahamas Florida 60 65 1-1
Dec. 3/08 Davis, CA UC Davis 73 59 2-1
Dec. 6/08 Tempe UC Irvine 75 23 3-1
Dec. 7/08 Tempe Northern Arizona 91 65 4-1
Dec. 14/08 Tempe UC Riverside 68 45 5-1
Dec.18/08 Austin, TX Texas 71 81 5-2
Dec. 21/08 Tempe Xavier 75 57 6-2
Dec. 28/08 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 58 62 6-3
Jan. 2/09 Tempe Stanford 61 64 6-4
Jan. 4/09 Tempe California 53 54 6-5
Jan. 8/09 Corvalis, OR Oregon State 61 36 7-5
Jan. 10/09 Eugene, OR Oregon 81 53 8-5
Jan. 15/09 Tempe UCLA 68 44 9-5
Jan. 17/09 Tempe USC 83 71 10-5
Jan. 24/09 Tempe Arizona 75 38 11-5
Jan.29 /09 Pullman, WA Washington State 66 47 12-5
Jan.29 /09 Seattle, WA Washington 80 64 13-5
Feb. 5/09 Tempe Oregon 68 56 14-5
Feb. 7/09 Tempe Oregon State 65 54 15-5
Feb. 12/09 Los Angeles, CA USC 72 69 16-5
Feb. 14/09 Los Angeles, CA UCLA 69 66 17-5
Feb. 21/09 Tucson, AZ Arizona 60 53 18-5
Feb. 26/09 Tempe Washington 55 32 19-5
Feb. 28/09 Tempe Washington State 76 35 20-5
Mar. 5/09 Berkeley, CA California 63 41 21-5
Mar. 7/09 Palo Alto, CA Stanford 68 77 21-6

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Pacific-10 Tournament

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  • Quarterfinals
    • USC 70, Arizona State 65
  • March 13: Heather Oliver scored 17 points, and Camille LeNoir had 18 as Southern California beat Arizona State 70-65 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament. The Trojans shot 52.9 percent and made 10 3-pointers. It was only the second time a six seed had beaten a third seed in the tournament.[4]

Lauren Lacey had 14 points and Danielle Orsillo 17 points and seven rebounds for the Sun Devils. With less than 4 minutes remaining, Arizona State was behind by three points but was unable to win the game.

Player stats

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Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points

Postseason

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NCAA basketball tournament

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  • Arizona State 58, Georgia 47
  • Arizona State 63, Florida State 58
  • Arizona State 84, Texas A&M 69
  • Connecticut 83, Arizona State 64

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the WNBA

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Round Pick Player WNBA Club
1 6 Briann January Indiana Fever

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020-21 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings".
  2. ^ a b c "ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 23, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "USC Shocks Sun Devils in Pac-10 Quarterfinal - ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Women's 2009 Final Four Official Site". Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  6. ^ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
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