2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Big Sky tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	25–8 (14–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Chelsey Zimmerman; Amy Denson; Keithan Gregg;
Home arena	Viking Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fourth-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, returned to play their home games at Viking Pavilion after a one year renovation and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 14–6 in Big Sky play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Sky Conference women's tournament, they advanced to the championship game and defeated Eastern Washington, earning their second invitation to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1] They lost to Oregon in the first round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ashley Bolston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	South Medford HS Washington State	Medford, OR
G	1	Labrea Denson	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	So	Chief Sealth	Seattle, WA
G	2	Sidney Rielly	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Everett HS Santa Clara	Everett, WA
G	3	Kiana Brown	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Triangle Lake HS Washington State/Humboldt State	Cottage Grove, OR
F	4	Pia Jurhar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	BRG XIX Krottenbachstraße	Vienna, Austria
F	5	Savannah Dhaliwal	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Panorama Ridge	Surrey, BC
F	10	Courtney West	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Sr	Port Hacking HS Southern Oregon	Sydney, Australia
F	11	Jordan Stotler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Roseburg HS Umpqua CC	Roseburg, OR
F	12	Tatiana Streun	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Bellevue HS	Bellevue, WA
G	15	Corey James	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	West Albany HS	Albany, OR
G	20	Ana Tainta	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	IES Miralbueno	Zaragoza, Spain
G	22	Ruchae Walton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Charnwood	Milton Keynes, England
G	23	Kylie Jimenez	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Horizon	Thornton, CO
G	53	Desirae Hansen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Rainier HS	Rainier, OR

Head coach

Lynn Kennedy (Northwest)

Assistant coach(es)

Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon)
Amy Denson (Arizona State)
Keithan Gregg (Great Falls)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 26, 2018* 7:00 pm		Simpson	W 90–52		Viking Pavilion (123) Portland, OR
Nov 2, 2018* 5:00 pm		Lewis & Clark	W 97–46		Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm		Warner Pacific	W 102–49	1–0	Viking Pavilion (425) Portland, OR
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		San Jose State	W 80–51	2–0	Viking Pavilion (377) Portland, OR
Nov 16, 2018* 4:00 pm		UC Davis	W 65–50	3–0	Viking Pavilion (342) Portland, OR
Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm		Seattle	W 68–43	4–0	Viking Pavilion (334) Portland, OR
Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm		Portland	W 92–79	5–0	Viking Pavilion (425) Portland, OR
Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm		at UTEP	W 89–61	6–0	Don Haskins Center (276) El Paso, TX
Dec 11, 2018* 5:00 pm		at Grand Canyon	W 60–55	7–0	GCU Arena (454) Phoenix, AZ
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm		UNLV	W 58–49	8–0	Viking Pavilion (413) Portland, OR
Dec 18, 2018* 7:00 pm		UC Irvine	L 68–73	8–1	Viking Pavilion (320) Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
Dec 31, 2018 5:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 63–79	8–2 (0–1)	Bank of Colorado Arena (931) Greeley, CO
Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm		Montana State	W 55–53	9–2 (1–1)	Viking Pavilion (527) Portland, OR
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		Montana	W 78–60	10–2 (2–1)	Viking Pavilion (601) Portland, OR
Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm		at Weber State	W 77–59	11–2 (3–1)	Dee Events Center (502) Ogden, UT
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 63–49	12–2 (4–1)	Viking Pavilion (537) Portland, OR
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 72–55	13–2 (5–1)	Viking Pavilion (541) Portland, OR
Jan 24, 2019 11:00 am		at Eastern Washington	W 76–64	14–2 (6–1)	Reese Court (4,124) Cheney, WA
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		at Idaho	L 78–80	14–3 (6–2)	Cowan Spectrum (556) Moscow, ID
Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm		Weber State	W 65–38	15–3 (7–2)	Viking Pavilion (443) Portland, OR
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Idaho State	L 57–58	15–4 (7–3)	Viking Pavilion (527) Portland, OR
Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 74–58	16–4 (8–3)	Viking Pavilion (545) Portland, OR
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 85–66	17–4 (9–3)	Viking Pavilion (427) Portland, OR
Feb 14, 2019 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 74–59	18–4 (10–3)	Walkup Skydome (202) Flagstaff, AZ
Feb 16, 2019 1:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 81–56	19–4 (11–3)	America First Events Center (463) Cedar City, UT
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 54–72	19–5 (11–4)	Reed Gym (874) Pocatello, ID
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 75–57	20–5 (12–4)	Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm		Idaho	L 68–81	20–6 (12–5)	Viking Pavilion (889) Portland, OR
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 76–57	21–6 (13–5)	Viking Pavilion (529) Portland, OR
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm		at Montana	L 70–73 ^OT	21–7 (13–6)	Dahlberg Arena (2,837) Missoula, MT
Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at Montana State	W 68–55	22–7 (14–6)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,708) Bozeman, MT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 12, 2019 1:30 pm	(4)	vs. (5) Montana State Quarterfinals	W 68–56	23–7	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
Mar 13, 2019 4:30 pm, ELVN	(4)	vs. (1) Idaho Semifinals	W 75–59	24–7	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
Mar 15, 2019 12:00 pm, ELVN	(4)	vs. (6) Eastern Washington Championship Game	W 61–59	25–7	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(15 P)	at (2 P) No. 7 Oregon First Round	L 40–78	25–8	Matthew Knight Arena (6,523) Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

^ Associated, The (March 15, 2019). "Portland State women win Big Sky tournament, earn NCAA Tournament berth". oregonlive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
^ "Portland State Vikings - 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goviks.com.

[1] Associated, The (March 15, 2019). "Portland State women win Big Sky tournament, earn NCAA Tournament berth". oregonlive.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

[2] "Portland State Vikings - 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goviks.com.

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Venues	Viking Pavilion (1973–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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