2012–13 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

The 2012–13 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The Waves, members of the West Coast Conference, were led by head coach Julie Rousseau, in her 9th and final season at the school. The Waves played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse on the university campus in Malibu, California. They finished the season 5-23, 2-14 in conference, and were 9th place in the conference standings. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to conclude their season and the coaching career of Rousseau at Pepperdine. Rousseau would resign on April 3, 2013 after compiling a 123-144 record at Pepperdine with 3 NCAA Tournament appearances.[1][2]

2012–13 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
2012–13 record	5–23 (2–14 WCC)
Head coach	Julie Rousseau (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Darryl Brown Jordan Adams-Smith Ryan Weisenberg
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Gonzaga†	15	–	1		.938			27	–	6		.818
San Diego	12	–	4		.750			22	–	10		.688
Saint Mary's	11	–	5		.688			23	–	10		.697
BYU	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Loyola Marymount	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Santa Clara	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
Portland	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
San Francisco	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Pepperdine	2	–	14		.125			5	–	23		.179
† 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament winner As of March 27, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

Before the Season

The Waves were picked to finish fifth in the WCC Pre-Season poll.

Roster

2012–13 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Robie Mayberry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd San Leandro, CA G 4 Grace Leah Baughn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Wesleyan School Norcross, GA G 5 Alisha Roberts 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr York House School Burnaby, British Columbia G 10 Bria Richardson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Serra Hawthorne, CA G 11 Ea Shoushtari 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies Los Angeles, CA F 12 Kelsey Patrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Kamiak Mukilteo, WA F 15 Amanda Lovely 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Archbishop Mitty Palo Alto, CA C 20 Jade McNorton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Centennial Boise, ID G 22 Shay Cooney-Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Frisco Frisco, TX F/C 25 Tessa Emerson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA C 32 Erica Chandler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Ardrey Kell High School George Washington Charlotte, NC F 44 Kelsey Brockway 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Palos Verdes Rolling Hills, CA G/F 51 Keitra Wallace 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Brea Olinda Brea, CA G 55 Monet McNally 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr LA Baptist Santa Clarita, CA	Head coach Cindy Fisher (Cal State Los Angeles) Assistant coach(es) Darryl Brown (Temple) Jordan Smith (New Mexico) Ryan Weisenberg (Cal Poly) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2012* 7:00 PM, TV-32		Westmont	L 60–67	–	Firestone Fieldhouse (350) Malibu, CA
Non-conference Regular Season
11/09/2012* 7:00 PM		at UC Davis	W 83–68	1–0	The Pavilion (453) Davis, CA
11/12/2012* 7:00 PM, TV-32		UC Riverside	L 71–79	1–1	Firestone Fieldhouse (478) Malibu, CA
11/18/2012* 2:00 PM, USC on Pac-12 Digital		at USC	L 56–65	1–2	Galen Center (567) Los Angeles, CA
11/23/2012* 3:30 PM, TV-32		South Dakota Pepperdine Thanksgiving Classic Semi-final	W 70–54	2–2	Firestone Fieldhouse (327) Malibu, CA
11/24/2012* 3:30 PM, TV-32		Wyoming Pepperdine Thanksgiving Classic Championship	L 50–72	2–3	Firestone Fieldhouse (347) Malibu, CA
11/27/2012* 7:00 PM		at Washington	L 51–70	2–4	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,218) Seattle, WA
12/02/2012* 12:00 PM		at Arkansas	L 39–64	2–5	Bud Walton Arena (1,631) Fayetteville, AR
12/14/2012* 7:00 PM, TV-32		Seattle	W 70–64	3–5	Firestone Fieldhouse (377) Malibu, CA
12/18/2012* 7:00 PM, TV-32		Kentucky	L 62–80	3–6	Firestone Fieldhouse (413) Malibu, CA
12/21/2012* 1:00 PM, TV-32		Howard	L 51–55	3–7	Firestone Fieldhouse (213) Malibu, CA
12/28/2012* 5:00 PM, TV-32		UCLA	L 47–77	3–8	Firestone Fieldhouse (575) Malibu, CA
WCC Regular Season
01/03/2013 7:00 PM		at Loyola Marymount	L 47–65	3–9 (0–1)	Gersten Pavilion (279 [3]) Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2013 7:00 PM, TV-32		San Francisco	W 71–67	4–9 (1–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (347 [4]) Malibu, CA
01/12/2013 1:00 PM		at BYU	L 42–68	4–10 (1–2)	Marriott Center (784 [5]) Provo, UT
01/17/2013 7:00 PM, TV-32		Santa Clara	L 36–38	4–11 (1–3)	Firestone Fieldhouse (227 [6]) Malibu, CA
01/19/2013 2:00 PM		at Saint Mary's	L 61–72	4–12 (1–4)	McKeon Pavilion (688 [7]) Moraga, CA
01/24/2013 7:00 PM, TV-32		Gonzaga	L 46–80	4–13 (1–5)	Firestone Fieldhouse (277 [8]) Malibu, CA
01/26/2013 2:00 PM, TV-32		San Diego	L 61–79	4–14 (1–6)	Firestone Fieldhouse (244 [9]) Malibu, CA
01/31/2013 7:00 PM		at Portland	L 51–57	4–15 (1–7)	Chiles Center (430 [10]) Portland, OR
02/02/2013 2:00 PM, SWX		at Gonzaga	L 52–81	4–16 (1–8)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000 [11]) Spokane, WA
02/09/2013 2:00 PM, TV-32		Portland	L 34–73	4–17 (1–9)	Firestone Fieldhouse (277 [12]) Malibu, CA
02/11/2013 7:00 PM		at San Diego	L 50–71	4–18 (1–10)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (555 [13]) San Diego, CA
02/16/2013 2:00 PM, TV-32		BYU	L 44–67	4–19 (1–11)	Firestone Fieldhouse (212 [14]) Malibu, CA
02/21/2013 7:00 PM, TV-32		Loyola Marymount	L 56–58	4–20 (1–12)	Firestone Fieldhouse (213 [15]) Malibu, CA
02/23/2013 2:00 PM		at Santa Clara	L 52–64	4–21 (1–13)	Leavey Center (N/A [16]) Santa Clara, CA
02/28/2013 7:00 PM		at San Francisco	L 57–67	4–22 (1–14)	War Memorial Gymnasium (375 [17]) San Francisco, CA
03/02/2013 2:00 PM, TV-32		Saint Mary's	W 80–76	5–22 (2–14)	Firestone Fieldhouse (276 [18]) Malibu, CA
2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
03/06/2013 3:00 PM, BYUtv/ WCC Digital		vs. San Francisco WCC Tournament 1st Round	L 48–80	5–23	Orleans Arena (7,896 [19]) Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	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	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

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

References

1. "Pepperdine's Julie Rousseau resigns". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
2. "Pepperdine basketball coach resigns". The Malibu Times. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
3. "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Pepperdine Waves (January 3, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
4. "San Francisco Dons vs. Pepperdine Waves (January 10, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
5. "Pepperdine Waves vs. BYU Cougars (January 12, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
6. "Santa Clara Broncos vs. Pepperdine Waves (January 17, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
7. "Pepperdine Waves vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (January 19, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
8. "Pepperdine Waves vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs (January 24, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
9. "San Diego Toreros vs. Pepperdine Waves (January 26, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
10. "Pepperdine Waves vs. Portland Pilots (January 31, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
11. "Pepperdine Waves vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs (February 2, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
12. "Pepperdine Waves vs. Portland Pilots (February 9, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
13. "San Diego Toreros vs. Pepperdine Waves (February 11, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
14. "Pepperdine Waves vs. BYU Cougars (February 16, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
15. "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Pepperdine Waves (February 21, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
16. "Santa Clara Broncos vs. Pepperdine Waves (February 23, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
17. "San Francisco Dons vs. Pepperdine Waves (February 28, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
18. "Saint Mary's Gaels vs. Pepperdine Waves (March 2, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
19. "Pepperdine Waves vs. San Francisco Dons (March 6, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-03-06.