2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record12–18 (2–16 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • JR Payne (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Alex Earl
  • Shandrika Lee
Home arenaCU Events Center
Seasons
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Oregon 16 – 2   .889 33 – 5   .868
No. 6 Stanford † 15 – 3   .833 31 – 5   .861
No. 11 Oregon State 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
No. 20 UCLA 12 – 6   .667 22 – 13   .629
No. 22 Arizona State 10 – 7   .588 22 – 11   .667
Utah 9 – 9   .500 20 – 10   .667
California 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606
Arizona 7 – 11   .389 24 – 13   .649
USC 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 9 – 21   .300
Washington 2 – 15   .118 11 – 21   .344
Colorado 2 – 16   .111 12 – 18   .400
† 2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represents the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by third year head coach JR Payne, play their home games at the CU Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State.

JR Payne's 2018–19 Colorado team started the Pac-12 conference season 0–11, the worst start to conference competition in program history, before finally winning its first conference game against USC on February 10, 2019. The previous worst conference start in program history was 9 losses to start conference play.[1] Linda Lappe's 2015–16 Colorado team is the only other Colorado team to ever start 0–9 in conference. Lappe was fired at the end of that season.[2]

Roster

2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Bellevue Tacoma, WA
G 1 Cameron Swartz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Fellowship Christian Marietta, GA
G 2 Alexis Robinson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Paul G. Blazer Ashland, KY
G 3 Emma Clarke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Australian Institute of Sport Perth, Western Australia
G 4 Lesila Finau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Dublin Dublin, CA
G 12 Peyton Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Monarch Louisville, CO
G 14 Kennedy Leonard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Carroll Southlake, TX
G/F 21 Mya Hollingshed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Bellaire Houston, TX
G 23 Mathilde Diop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lycee Gambetta
Arizona Western College 		Dakar, Senegal
G 24 Aubrey Knight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Ventura Ventura, CA
F 25 Annika Jank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Edina Edina, MN
C 30 Kai Volcy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr The Hun School Bloomfield, NJ
F 33 Sirena Tuitele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Pleasant Valley Chico, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

[3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2018*
7:00 pm 		Southern Nazarene W 93–43 
CU Events Center (388)
Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
7:00 pm 		Northern Colorado W 77–69  1–0
 CU Events Center (1,384)
Boulder, CO
11/14/2018*
7:00 pm 		Colorado State W 59–40  2–0
 CU Events Center (1,394)
Boulder, CO
11/18/2018*
1:00 pm 		North Carolina W 86–74  3–0
 CU Events Center (1,739)
Boulder, CO
11/23/2018*
3:00 pm 		at Nevada
Nugget Classic 		W 65–52  4–0
 Lawlor Events Center (1,070)
Reno, NV
11/25/2018*
12:00 pm 		vs. Utah State
Nugget Classic 		W 78–68  5–0
 Lawlor Events Center (137)
Reno, NV
11/27/2018*
7:00 pm 		Pepperdine W 80–65  6–0
 CU Events Center (1,319)
Boulder, CO
12/02/2018*
11:00 am 		at Miami (FL) L 58–73  6–1
 Watsco Center (896)
Coral Gables, FL
12/06/2018*
7:00 pm 		San Jose State W 76–64  7–1
 CU Events Center (1,238)
Boulder, CO
12/09/2018*
1:00 pm 		Navy W 59–43  8–1
 CU Events Center (1,668)
Boulder, CO
12/12/2018*
7:00 pm 		Prairie View A&M W 79–38  9–1
 CU Events Center (1,302)
Boulder, CO
12/20/2018*
7:00 pm 		Samford W 81–39  10–1
 CU Events Center (1,530)
Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2018
1:00 pm, P12N 		Utah L 61–76  10–2 (0–1)
 CU Events Center (2,277)
Boulder, CO
01/04/2019
7:00 pm 		Arizona L 67–69  10–3 (0–2)
 CU Events Center (1,673)
Boulder, CO
01/06/2019
2:00 pm, P12N 		No. 22 Arizona State L 70–76  10–4 (0–3)
 CU Events Center (2,024)
Boulder, CO
01/11/2019
7:00 pm, P12N 		at Washington L 58–68  10–5 (0–4)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,634)
Seattle, WA
01/13/2019
1:00 pm, P12N 		at Washington State L 48–74  10–6 (0–5)
 Beasley Coliseum (647)
Pullman, WA
01/18/2019
7:00 pm, P12N 		at Utah L 59–78  10–7 (0–6)
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,045)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/25/2019
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 6 Stanford L 69–80  10–8 (0–7)
 CU Events Center (2,373)
Boulder, CO
01/27/2019
1:00 pm, P12N 		California L 60–80  10–9 (0–8)
 CU Events Center (2,303)
Boulder, CO
02/01/2019
8:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 9 Oregon State L 65–89  10–10 (0–9)
 Gill Coliseum (4,600)
Corvallis, OR
02/03/2019
1:00 pm 		at No. 4 Oregon L 43–102  10–11 (0–10)
 Matthew Knight Arena (6,350)
Eugene, OR
02/08/2019
7:00 pm, P12N 		UCLA L 60–64  10–12 (0–11)
 CU Events Center (2,261)
Boulder, CO
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, P12N 		USC W 81–76  11–12 (1–11)
 CU Events Center (2,215)
Boulder, CO
02/15/2019
7:00 pm 		at No. 19 Arizona State L 49–66  11–13 (1–12)
 Wells Fargo Arena (2,554)
Tempe, AZ
02/17/2019
12:00 pm, P12N 		at Arizona L 51–63  11–14 (1–13)
 McKale Center (2,321)
Tucson, AZ
02/22/2019
7:00 pm 		Washington State W 72–61  12–14 (2–13)
 CU Events Center (1,925)
Boulder, CO
02/24/2019
1:00 pm 		Washington L 46–60  12–15 (2–14)
 CU Events Center (3,698)
Boulder, CO
03/01/2019
8:00 pm, P12N 		at USC L 77–84  12–16 (2–15)
 Galen Center (376)
Los Angeles, CA
03/03/2019
1:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 25 UCLA L 50–84  12–17 (2–16)
 Pauley Pavilion (2,411)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
3:00 pm, P12N 		(12) vs. (5) No. 20 Arizona State
First Round 		L 49–66  12–18
 MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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19		 Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "CU Buffs women routed by Oregon State".
  2. ^ "Cathy Olson: Firing of Lappe another sad day for CU athletics".
  3. ^ "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com.
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