2008–09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2008–09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
USF Shootout
WNIT Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Record27–10 (8–8 Big East)
Head coach
  • Jose Fernandez
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Osterman
  • Andrea Williams
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
Seasons
← 2007–08
2009–10 →
2008–09 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Connecticut† 16 – 0   1.000 39 – 0   1.000
No. 7 Louisville 14 – 2   .875 34 – 5   .872
No. 15 Pittsburgh 12 – 4   .750 25 – 8   .758
No. 23 Notre Dame 10 – 6   .625 22 – 9   .710
DePaul 10 – 6   .625 23 – 10   .697
Villanova 10 – 6   .625 19 – 14   .576
Rutgers 9 – 7   .563 21 – 13   .618
South Florida 8 – 8   .500 27 – 10   .730
Georgetown 7 – 9   .438 20 – 14   .588
Marquette 7 – 9   .438 17 – 16   .515
Syracuse 5 – 11   .313 17 – 15   .531
West Virginia 5 – 11   .313 18 – 15   .545
St. John's 4 – 12   .250 19 – 15   .559
Seton Hall 4 – 12   .250 17 – 14   .548
Providence 4 – 12   .250 10 – 20   .333
Cincinnati 3 – 13   .188 14 – 17   .452
† 2009 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 2009[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls ended the season with 27 wins and the 27th win of the season for the Bulls was the best in USF history - for men or women - and the highest win total by any Division I team in the state of Florida. USF capped their sixth postseason appearance by winning the 2009 WNIT Tournament.[2]

Exhibition

Date Opponent Location Irish Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 1/08 Miami Sun Tampa, FL 91 67 1-0
Nov. 5/08 DT3 Tampa, FL 81 55 2-0

[3]

Regular season

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
1 WynneJasmine Wynne 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Guard 1Freshman
2 Doomes-StephensLeondra Doomes-Stephens 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Guard/Forward 3Sophomore
5 EnglishDominique English 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Guard 3Sophomore
10 GriffinSequoyah Griffin 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Forward 3Sophomore
11 GrantPorche Grant 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Forward 5Junior
15 SpeedAllyson Speed 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Guard 5Junior
21 StokesJanae Stokes 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Guard 5Junior
23 LawsonJessica Lawson 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Center 5Junior
33 CarnDaleisha Carn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Guard 3Sophomore
42 DalembertMelissa Dalembert 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Forward 5Junior

Schedule

  • The Bulls participated in the USF Shootout on November 15 and 16.
  • The Bulls participated in the Paradise Jam from November 27 to 29. The Bulls finished second in the Reef Division.[4]
Date Opponent Location Irish Points Opp. Points Record
Nov. 15/08 Central Connecticut Tampa, FL 100 41 1-0
Nov. 16/08 Loyola, MD Tampa, FL 94 46 2-0
Nov. 18/08 Stetson Tampa, FL 103 55 3-0
Nov. 23/08 Coppin State Tampa, FL 97 43 4-0
Nov. 27/08 California St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 55 85 4-1
Nov. 28/08 Iowa St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 82 79 5-1
Nov. 29/08 Texas Tech St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 71 61 6-1
Dec. 5/08 Florida International Tampa, FL 99 71 7-1
Dec. 14/08 North Florida Tampa, FL 90 44 8-1
Dec. 18/08 Grambling Tampa, FL 126 62 9-1
Dec. 20/08 Northern Arizona Tampa, FL 82 43 10-1
Dec. 21/08 Southern Tampa, FL 100 47 11-1
Dec. 28/08 Jackson State Tampa, FL 110 51 12-1
Dec. 30/08 Tulane New Orleans, LA 80 66 13-1
Jan. 3/09 Marquette Milwaukee, WI 60 68 13-2
Jan. 6/09 Connecticut Tampa, FL 37 83 13-3
Jan. 10/09 St. John’s Tampa, FL 81 71 14-3
Jan. 14/09 Louisville Tampa, FL 60 76 14-4
Jan. 17/09 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 47 79 14-5
Jan. 20/09 Providence Providence, RI 86 62 15-5
Jan. 24/09 Georgetown Tampa, FL 68 86 15-6
Jan. 31/09 Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 59 58 16-6
Feb. 3/09 Marquette Tampa, FL 56 71 16-7
Feb. 8/09 Syracuse Syracuse, NY 88 79 17-7
Feb. 14/09 Seton Hall Tampa, FL 80 51 18-7
Feb. 17/09 Notre Dame Tampa, FL 79 86 18-8
Feb. 21/09 West Virginia Morgantown, WV 75 90 18-9

[3]

Player stats

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Shantia Grace 37 1165 163 64 160 117 175 7 58 550
Janae Stokes 36 878 153 116 30 91 53 2 25 452
Jazmin Sepulveda 37 1143 150 68 71 125 136 11 96 439
Jessica Lawson 36 797 151 0 79 240 9 44 31 381
Brittany Denson 37 966 105 0 68 248 45 100 33 278
Alexis Givands 12 258 38 3 4 37 24 1 20 83
Jasmine Wynne 36 694 92 13 46 65 83 5 57 243
Porche Grant 37 765 93 0 42 284 20 30 33 228
Melissa Dalembert 31 287 46 0 25 87 1 9 5 117
Allyson Speed 27 223 17 10 5 24 19 1 7 49
Ashley Sanders 34 257 19 0 19 59 16 5 16 57
Crystal Ayers 6 24 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 5
Erin Moody 5 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Kelsey Varney 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

[5]

Postseason

Big East Tournament

WNIT Tournament

  • Quarterfinal (Sunday, March 29)
    • South Florida 80, St. Bonaventure 66
  • Semifinal (Wednesday, April 1)
    • South Florida 82, Boston College 65
  • Championship (Saturday, April 4)
    • South Florida 75, Kansas 71

[6]

WNIT Player Stats

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points
Shantia Grace 5 181 21 7 29 14 29 2 7 78
Jasmine Wynne 5 151 21 3 16 10 12 0 4 61
Jessica Lawson 5 128 26 0 9 54 1 6 5 61
Janae Stokes 5 116 21 12 3 5 5 1 0 57
Brittany Denson 5 162 21 0 13 41 7 14 4 55
Jazmin Sepulveda 5 167 18 10 6 12 9 2 10 52
Porche Grant 5 105 13 0 3 39 2 6 3 29
Melissa Dalembert 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4
Allyson Speed 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ashley Sanders 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[7]

  • In the WNIT championship, the stat leaders were as follows:
Player Category
Sepulveda Points (18)
Grant Rebounds (10)
Grace Assists (5)
Sepulveda Steals (2)
Denson Blocks (4)

[2]

Awards and honors

  • Alexis Givands, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team
  • Shantia Grace, All-Big East point guard,
  • Janae Stokes, USF Shootout Most Valuable Player
  • Jasmine Wynne, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team

[8]

Team players drafted into the WNBA

No one from the Bulls was selected in the 2009 WNBA draft.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.
  2. ^ a b "Bulls Capture First WNIT Title with 75-71 Win over Kansas".
  3. ^ a b "Women's Basketball".
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Women's NIT Results". Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Loyola HTML".
  9. ^ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
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