2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	8–23 (4–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tracy Sanders (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Hailey Mandelko; Jay Johnson; Morgan Bailey;
Home arena	America First Events Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

Tracy Sanders (Saint Mary's)

Assistant coach(es)

Hailey Mandelko (Southern Utah)
Jay Johnson (Saint Mary's)
Morgan Bailey (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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.

References

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

[1] "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com.

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v t e Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Venues	America First Event Center (1985–present)
Rivalries	In-state Utah schools
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References