2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by fourth year head coach Lynne Roberts, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington. They would have clinched the automatic berth to the 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament, but they declined to participate despite having 20 wins.[1]

2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball
Duel in the Desert Rebel Division Champions
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2018–19 record	20–10 (9–9 Pac–12)
Head coach	Lynne Roberts (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Gavin Petersen Danyelle Snelgro Joanna Reitz
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	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

Roster

2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Kiana Moore 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Vanden HS Fairfield, CA G/F 1 Jordan Cruz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr C.K. McClatchy HS Sacramento, CA G 2 Julie Brosseau  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Collège Montmorency Maine Repentigny, QC G/F 3 Niyah Becker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lincoln Prep Winnipeg, MB F 5 Megan Huff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Todd Beamer HS Hawaii Federal Way, WA G 10 Dru Gylten 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD G 11 Erika Bean 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Bradshaw Christian HS Sacramento, CA F 12 Lola Pendande 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Ribet Academy Roquetas de Mar, Spain F 14 Andreas Torres 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Montmorency (CEGEP) Montreal, QC F 21 Maurane Corbin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Montmorency (CEGEP) Saint-Bruno, QC G/F 23 Daneesha Provo 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Kent School Clemson Dartmouth, NS G 24 Sarah Porter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Horizon Christian Academy UC Santa Barbara San Diego, CA G/F 35 Ola Makurat  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Sport Championship School Liberty Sierakowice, Poland G/F 44 Dre'una Edwards 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Liberty HS Las Vegas, NV	Head coach Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific) Assistant coach(es) Gavin Petersen (Hawaiʻi) Danyelle Snelgro (Utah State) Joanna Reitz (Covenant) 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
Exhibition
10/31/2018* 11:00 am		Westminster College	W 118–80		Jon M. Huntsman Center (5,009) Salt Lake City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:30 pm		at Nevada	W 74–52	1–0	Lawlor Events Center (1,227) Reno, NV
11/13/2018* 7:00 pm		Alabama	W 72–62	2–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,082) Salt Lake City, UT
11/16/2018* 7:00 pm		Long Beach State	W 82–59	3–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,475) Salt Lake City, UT
11/19/2018* 7:00 pm		Idaho State	W 74–60	4–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,749) Salt Lake City, UT
11/21/2018* 5:05 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 95–51	5–0	Reese Court (231) Cheney, WA
11/26/2018* 7:00 pm		Seattle	W 89–62	6–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,572) Salt Lake City, UT
12/01/2018* 5:30 pm, P12N		Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 85–47	7–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,299) Salt Lake City, UT
12/08/2018* 7:00 pm, P12N		BYU Rivalry/Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 78–67	8–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,106) Salt Lake City, UT
12/15/2018* 2:00 pm		Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 77–56	9–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,062) Salt Lake City, UT
12/20/2018* 1:00 pm		vs. Florida Duel in the Desert Rebel Division semifinals	W 74–58	10–0	Cox Pavilion  Paradise, NV
12/21/2018* 3:30 pm		vs. Hawaii Duel in the Desert Rebel Division championship game	W 73–48	11–0	Cox Pavilion (709) Paradise, NV
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2018 1:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 76–61	12–0 (1–0)	CU Events Center (2,277) Boulder, CO
01/04/2019 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 22 Arizona State	L 63–65	12–1 (1–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,310) Salt Lake City, UT
01/06/2019 12:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 80–64	13–1 (2–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,089) Salt Lake City, UT
01/11/2019 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 72–68	14–1 (3–1)	Beasley Coliseum (555) Pullman, WA
01/13/2019 3:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	W 58–43	15–1 (4–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,250) Seattle, WA
01/18/2019 7:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 78–59	16–1 (5–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,045) Salt Lake City, UT
01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	California	W 87–74	17–1 (6–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,071) Salt Lake City, UT
01/27/2019 12:00 pm	No. 21	No. 6 Stanford	W 75–68	18–1 (7–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,983) Salt Lake City, UT
02/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	at No. 4 Oregon	L 65–87	18–2 (7–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,773) Eugene, OR
02/03/2019 1:00 pm	No. 14	at No. 9 Oregon State	L 63–71	18–3 (7–3)	Gill Coliseum (4,960) Corvallis, OR
02/08/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	USC	L 80–84	18–4 (7–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,003) Salt Lake City, UT
02/10/2019 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	UCLA	L 90–100	18–5 (7–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,107) Salt Lake City, UT
02/15/2019 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	L 55–66	18–6 (7–6)	McKale Center (2,002) Tucson, AZ
02/17/2019 2:00 pm, P12N		at No. 19 Arizona State	L 58–60	18–7 (7–7)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,316) Tempe, AZ
02/22/2019 7:00 pm		Washington	W 88–56	19–7 (8–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,743) Salt Lake City, UT
02/24/2019 12:00 pm		Washington State	W 75–67	20–7 (9–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,919) Salt Lake City, UT
03/01/2019 8:00 pm		at No. 25 UCLA	L 60–76	20–8 (9–8)	Pauley Pavilion (1,450) Los Angeles, CA
03/03/2019 1:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 77–83 ^OT	20–9 (9–9)	Galen Center (2,786) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 9:30 pm, P12N	(6)	vs. (11) Washington First Round	L 54–64	20–10	MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,168) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	14	17	RV					N/A
Coaches											RV	24	17	20	RV	RV	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2018–19 Utah Utes men's basketball team

References

1. https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2019/03/08/worn-down-ute-womens/
2. "University of Utah Athletics". UtahUtes.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.