2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball
NCAA, Sweet Sixteen, L UConn 51–70
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. RV
Record	28–7 (14–4 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Melinda Bendall (3rd season); Ray Stewart (3rd season); Dan Nielson (1st season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Gonzaga†	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
BYU	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
Pacific	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
Saint Mary's	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
San Diego	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
Portland	7	–	11	.389	14	–	16	.467
Santa Clara	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
San Francisco	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12	.333	9	–	21	.300
Pepperdine	1	–	17	.056	6	–	25	.194

† 2014 WCC tournament winner As of March 29, 2014 Rankings from AP Poll^[1]^[2]

The 2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2013–14 college basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins thirteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars placed second in both the regular season and the conference tournament. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament where they became the only team to lead UConn in the second half of a game during the season before their Sweet Sixteen departure.

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Haley Steed	33	G	5'4"	Super Senior (6th year)	Syracuse, Utah	Graduated
Keilani Unga	41	F	6'2"	Senior	Warrenville, Illinois	Graduated

Recruiting

As early recruiting began, BYU had 3 players commit to play.^[3]

Name	Pos.	Height	Hometown	High School	Notes
Cassie Broadhead	G	5'9"	Glenville, New York	Scotia-Glenville High School	She's a three-time Foothills Council MVP and a four-time Foothills Council First Team honoree. Her team has won the Foothill Council Championship the last three years. Broadhead has garnered three straight NBC News Channel 13 All-Star honors, has been named a Gazette Newspaper First Team All-Area recipient three straight times and has picked up two Second Team All-State Class A awards.
Amy Harris	G	5'9"	Santa Clara, Utah	Snow Canyon	Harris is a three-year letterwinner at Snow Canyon High School where she's averaged 12.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. The 5-foot-9 guard was named an Adidas All-American (only 100 girls each year receive such honor). She helped guide Snow Canyon to a 3A girls' basketball 2012 championship where she was named the tournament's MVP. Harris has also played on the Salt Lake Metro Basketball Club team.
Kalani Purcell	F	6'2"	Hamilton, New Zealand	John Paul College	Purcell, a 6-foot-2 forward, has played on the Queensland U18 team that has won three-straight Australian State Championship silver medals. In 2009 she was on the New Zealand U17 national team. Purcell, a native of New Zealand, prepped at John Paul College High School that won back-to-back national championships. The team is currently in Melbourne defending its title. In 2012 she received an invitation to try out for the New Zealand Tall Ferns, the national team, and she has also played for the New Zealand Force Cougars.

2013–14 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

All Lady Cougar games that didn't conflict with men's basketball or football games were featured live on BYU Radio found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org.

Roster

2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Carly Stratton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Hurricane	St. George, UT
G	2	Amy Harris	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Snow Canyon	Santa Clara, UT
G	3	Ashley Garfield	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Morgan	Morgan, UT
G	4	Kim Beeston	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Wasatch	Heber, UT
C	5	Jennifer Hamson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Sr	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
G	11	Xojian Harry	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Viewmont	Bountiful, UT
G	12	Stephanie Rovetti	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Reno	Reno, NV
G	15	Kylie Maeda	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Iolani	Honolulu, HI
G	20	Cassie Broadhead	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Scotia Glenville	Glenville, NY
G	21	Lexi Eaton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Springville	Mapleton, UT
G/F	22	Kristine Fuller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	Palm Harbor University	Crystal Beach, FL
G	23	Makenzi Morrison	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Alta	Draper, UT
F	34	Micaelee Orton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	Kearns	Kearns, UT
F	41	Morgan Bailey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Timpanogos	Orem, UT
C	42	Savannah Irwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	La Costa Canyon	Carlsbad, CA

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Melinda Bendall (BYU)
Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Dan Nielson (BYU)
Haley Steed- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-09-01

Schedule

The conference schedule increased from 16 to 18 games with the addition of Pacific. The new schedule featured a travel format scenario where you will play on the road or at home for 2 consecutive games, typically on Thursday and Saturday with the following travel partners: BYU and San Diego, Pacific and Saint Mary's, Santa Clara and San Francisco, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, and Gonzaga and Portland.

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2013* 7:00 pm	Colorado Mesa	W 70–66	-	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/02/2013* 3:00 pm	Westminster College	W 72–60	-	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 3:00 pm, BYUtv	South Dakota State	W 81–53	1–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/12/2013* 5:00 pm, MW Net	at UNLV	W 71–64	2–0	Thomas and Mack Center Las Vegas, NV
11/16/2013* 4:00 pm	Boston College	W 70–69 ^OT	3–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/23/2013* 5:00 pm, BigWest.TV	at Cal State Northridge	W 82–66	4–0	Matadome Northridge, CA
11/26/2013* 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Washington State	W 80–73	5–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/30/2013* 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Arizona	W 59–52	6–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/04/2013* 7:30 pm, MW Net	at Nevada	W 69–61	7–0	Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV
12/07/2013* 1:00 pm, Jays All Access	at Creighton	W 52–51	8–0	D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
12/10/2013* 7:00 pm, Watch Big Sky	at Weber State	W 90–85	9–0	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
12/14/2013* 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Utah Deseret First Duel	L 74–82 ^2OT	9–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/21/2013* 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Utah State	W 84–74	10–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/28/2013 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Loyola Marymount	W 90–72	11–1 (1–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/30/2013 5:00 pm, BYUtv	Pepperdine	W 65–50	12–1 (2–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/02/2014 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Pacific	L 62–75	12–2 (2–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/04/2014 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Saint Mary's	W 69–67 ^OT	13–2 (3–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/09/2014 7:00 pm, SWX	at Gonzaga	L 42–68	13–3 (3–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
01/11/2014 3:00 pm, Pilots TV	at Portland	W 76–68	14–3 (4–2)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
01/18/2014 3:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Diego	L 45–60	14–4 (4–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, BYUtv	San Francisco	W 81–47	15–4 (5–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/25/2014 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Santa Clara	W 61–44	16–4 (6–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/30/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	L 70–75	16–5 (6–4)	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
02/01/2014 3:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pacific	W 88–57	17–5 (7–4)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/06/2014 8:00 pm, Santa Clara TV	at Santa Clara	W 87–80 ^OT	18–5 (8–4)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, UT
02/08/2014 2:00 pm, USF TV	at San Francisco	W 73–66	19–5 (9–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
02/13/2014 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Portland	W 67–43	20–5 (10–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/15/2014 2:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 20 Gonzaga	W 62–52	21–5 (11–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/20/2014 8:00 pm, TV-32	at Pepperdine	W 89–75	22–5 (12–4)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
02/22/2014 3:00 pm, LMUSN	at Loyola Marymount	W 91–67	23–5 (13–4)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
03/01/2014 1:00 pm, BYUtv	San Diego	W 71–58	24–5 (14–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
2014 WCC Tournament
03/07/2014 3:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Pepperdine WCC Quarterfinals	W 77–51	25–5	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/10/2014 3:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Pacific Semifinals	W 77–64	26–5	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/11/2014 2:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 18 Gonzaga Championship	L 57–71	26–6	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
2014 NCAA Tournament
03/22/2014 4:30 pm, ESPN2/ESPN3	vs. No. 16 NC State NCAA 1st Round	W 72–57	27–6	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
03/24/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPN3	vs. No. 13 Nebraska NCAA 2nd Round	W 80–76	28–6	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
03/29/2014 2:30 pm, ESPN	vs. No. 1 Connecticut NCAA Sweet Sixteen	L 51–70	28–7	Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

Exhibition: Colorado Mesa

Nov 1
7:05 pm MST

Colorado Mesa Mavericks 66, BYU Cougars 70
Scoring by half: 37-28, 29-42
Pts: Sharaya Selsor 24 Rebs: Aubry Boehme 6 Asts: Christen Lopez 6		Pts: Jennifer Hamson 25 Rebs: Jennifer Hamson 13 Asts: Stephanie Rovetti 6

Westminster Griffins 60, BYU Cougars 72
Scoring by half: 34-39, 26-33
Pts: Kelsi Wells 16 Rebs: Alli Blake, Tia Pappas & Amanda Hacking 5 Asts: Kelsi Wells & Amy Krommenhoek 3		Pts: Jennifer Hamson 20 Rebs: Jennifer Hamson 11 Asts: Stephanie Rovetti 6

South Dakota State Jackrabbits 53, BYU Cougars 81
Scoring by half: 25-41, 28-40
Pts: Megan Waytashek 12 Rebs: Clarissa Ober 5 Asts: Gabby Boever 3		Pts: Kim Beeston 18 Rebs: Jennifer Hamson 10 Asts: Kim Beeston 5

BYU Cougars 71, UNLV Lady Rebels 64
Scoring by half: 33-26, 38-38
Pts: Jennifer Hamson & Xojian Harry 13 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 10 Asts: Kim Beeston 6		Pts: Mia Bell 23 Rebs: Rejane Verin & Aley Rohde 7 Asts: Danielle Miller 4

Before the season

Departures

Recruiting

2013–14 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Exhibition: Colorado Mesa

Exhibition: Westminster College

South Dakota State

UNLV

Boston College

Cal State Northridge

Washington State

Arizona

Nevada

Creighton

Weber State

Utah

Utah State

Loyola Marymount

Pepperdine

Pacific

Saint Mary's

Gonzaga

Portland

San Diego

San Francisco

Santa Clara

Saint Mary's

Pacific

Santa Clara

San Francisco

Portland

Gonzaga

Pepperdine

Loyola Marymount

San Diego

Pepperdine

Pacific

Gonzaga

NC State

Nebraska

Connecticut

Rankings

See also

References