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

2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12[1]
Record26-9 ( Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Charli Turner Thorne
Assistant coaches
  • Joseph Anders
  • Meg Sanders
  • Laura Hughes
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford † 17 – 1   .944 33 – 5   .868
No. 13 California 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 19 15 – 3   .833 26 – 9   .743
Oregon State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
UCLA 9 – 9   .500 19 – 12   .613
USC 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Oregon 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Arizona 4 – 14   .222 12 – 19   .387
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367
Washington 3 – 15   .167 8 – 22   .267
† 2009 Pac-10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented 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 were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Offseason

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

[2]

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

  • 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

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

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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Awards and honors

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. ^ "2020-21 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings".
  2. ^ a b c "ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on August 23, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "USC Shocks Sun Devils in Pac-10 Quarterfinal - ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Women's 2009 Final Four Official Site". Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  6. ^ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
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