2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

2008-09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12[1]
2008-09 record 26-9 ( Pac-10)
Head coach Charli Turner Thorne
Assistant coach Joseph Anders
Assistant coach Meg Sanders
Assistant coach Laura Hughes
Home arena Wells Fargo Arena

The 2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team will represent 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 are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and attempted to win the NCAA championship.

Exhibition

DateLocationOpponentSun Devils PointsOpp. PointsRecord
Nov. 5/08Tempe, AZHouston Jaguars83611-0

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Preseason WNIT

DateLocationOpponentSun Devils PointsOpp. PointsRecord
Nov. 14/08Tempe, ArizonaCleveland State76591-0
Nov. 16/08TempeTulane86532-0
Nov. 21/08Norman, OKOklahoma57702-1

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Regular season

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass
42Kali Bennett6-5CenterSophomore
25Kimberly Brandon6-2Guard/ForwardFreshman
24Jazlyn Davis5-9GuardJunior
33Sybil Dosty6-3CenterSenior
12Alex Earl5-10GuardFreshman
11Kate Engelbrecht5-10GuardSenior
30Gabby Fage5-11GuardJunior
10Nia Fanaika5-8GuardSenior
22Janae Fulcher6-3ForwardFreshman
20Briann January5-8GuardSenior
34Lauren Lacey6-3Forward/CenterSenior
21Kayli Murphy6-2Forward/CenterJunior
13Danielle Orsillo5-9GuardRedshirt Junior
4Haley Parsons5-5GuardFreshman
1Dymond Simon5-5GuardJunior
23Kirsten Thompson6-6CenterSenior
32Becca Tobin6-4ForwardSophomore

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Schedule

DateLocationOpponentSun Devils PointsOpp. PointsRecord
Nov. 28/08Freeport, BahamasHofstra80541-0
Nov. 29/08Freeport, BahamasFlorida60651-1
Dec. 3/08Davis, CAUC Davis73592-1
Dec. 6/08TempeUC Irvine75233-1
Dec. 7/08TempeNorthern Arizona91654-1
Dec. 14/08TempeUC Riverside68455-1
Dec.18/08Austin, TXTexas71815-2
Dec. 21/08TempeXavier75576-2
Dec. 28/08Lincoln, NENebraska58626-3
Jan. 2/09TempeStanford61646-4
Jan. 4/09TempeCalifornia53546-5
Jan. 8/09Corvalis, OROregon State61367-5
Jan. 10/09Eugene, OROregon81538-5
Jan. 15/09TempeUCLA68449-5
Jan. 17/09TempeUSC837110-5
Jan. 24/09TempeArizona753811-5
Jan.29 /09Pullman, WAWashington State664712-5
Jan.29 /09Seattle, WAWashington806413-5
Feb. 5/09TempeOregon685614-5
Feb. 7/09TempeOregon State655415-5
Feb. 12/09Los Angeles, CAUSC726916-5
Feb. 14/09Los Angeles, CAUCLA696617-5
Feb. 21/09Tucson, AZArizona605318-5
Feb. 26/09TempeWashington553219-5
Feb. 28/09TempeWashington State763520-5
Mar. 5/09Berkeley, CACalifornia634121-5
Mar. 7/09Palo Alto, CAStanford687721-6

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Pacific-10 Tournament

  • 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

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

  • 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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Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club
16Briann JanuaryIndiana Fever

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See also

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/rankings
  2. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
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