2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

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.

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2018–19 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

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	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

Roster

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
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 (St. Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Hailey Mandelko (Southern Utah) Jay Johnson (St. 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.

See also

2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

References

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