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 #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

Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 5/08 Tempe, AZ Houston Jaguars 83 61 1-0

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Preseason WNIT

Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 14/08 Tempe, Arizona Cleveland State 76 59 1-0
Nov. 16/08 Tempe Tulane 86 53 2-0
Nov. 21/08 Norman, OK Oklahoma 57 70 2-1

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Regular season

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
42 Kali Bennett 6-5 Center Sophomore
25 Kimberly Brandon 6-2 Guard/Forward Freshman
24 Jazlyn Davis 5-9 Guard Junior
33 Sybil Dosty 6-3 Center Senior
12 Alex Earl 5-10 Guard Freshman
11 Kate Engelbrecht 5-10 Guard Senior
30 Gabby Fage 5-11 Guard Junior
10 Nia Fanaika 5-8 Guard Senior
22 Janae Fulcher 6-3 Forward Freshman
20 Briann January 5-8 Guard Senior
34 Lauren Lacey 6-3 Forward/Center Senior
21 Kayli Murphy 6-2 Forward/Center Junior
13 Danielle Orsillo 5-9 Guard Redshirt Junior
4 Haley Parsons 5-5 Guard Freshman
1 Dymond Simon 5-5 Guard Junior
23 Kirsten Thompson 6-6 Center Senior
32 Becca Tobin 6-4 Forward Sophomore

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Schedule

Date Location Opponent Sun Devils Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 28/08 Freeport, Bahamas Hofstra 80 54 1-0
Nov. 29/08 Freeport, Bahamas Florida 60 65 1-1
Dec. 3/08 Davis, CA UC Davis 73 59 2-1
Dec. 6/08 Tempe UC Irvine 75 23 3-1
Dec. 7/08 Tempe Northern Arizona 91 65 4-1
Dec. 14/08 Tempe UC Riverside 68 45 5-1
Dec.18/08 Austin, TX Texas 71 81 5-2
Dec. 21/08 Tempe Xavier 75 57 6-2
Dec. 28/08 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 58 62 6-3
Jan. 2/09 Tempe Stanford 61 64 6-4
Jan. 4/09 Tempe California 53 54 6-5
Jan. 8/09 Corvalis, OR Oregon State 61 36 7-5
Jan. 10/09 Eugene, OR Oregon 81 53 8-5
Jan. 15/09 Tempe UCLA 68 44 9-5
Jan. 17/09 Tempe USC 83 71 10-5
Jan. 24/09 Tempe Arizona 75 38 11-5
Jan.29 /09 Pullman, WA Washington State 66 47 12-5
Jan.29 /09 Seattle, WA Washington 80 64 13-5
Feb. 5/09 Tempe Oregon 68 56 14-5
Feb. 7/09 Tempe Oregon State 65 54 15-5
Feb. 12/09 Los Angeles, CA USC 72 69 16-5
Feb. 14/09 Los Angeles, CA UCLA 69 66 17-5
Feb. 21/09 Tucson, AZ Arizona 60 53 18-5
Feb. 26/09 Tempe Washington 55 32 19-5
Feb. 28/09 Tempe Washington State 76 35 20-5
Mar. 5/09 Berkeley, CA California 63 41 21-5
Mar. 7/09 Palo Alto, CA Stanford 68 77 21-6

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Pacific-10 Tournament

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

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

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Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round Pick Player WNBA Club
1 6 Briann January Indiana Fever

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See also

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/rankings
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/asu-w-baskbl-sched.html
  3. ↑ http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/asu-w-baskbl-mtt.html
  4. ↑ http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/031309aaa.html
  5. ↑ http://www.ncaamarchmadness2009.com/womens/
  6. ↑ http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html

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