2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record25–8 (14–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Lynn Kennedy (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chelsey Zimmerman
  • Amy Denson
  • Keithan Gregg
Home arenaViking Pavilion
Seasons
2019–20 →
2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
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 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 represents Portland State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fourth-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, will return to play their home games at Viking Pavilion after a one year renovation and are 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

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
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)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt 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.

See also

2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team

References

  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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