2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Gonzaga	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
BYU †	15	–	3	.833	26	–	7	.788
Pepperdine	12	–	6	.667	22	–	12	.647
Saint Mary's	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Pacific	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
Loyola Marymount	10	–	8	.556	18	–	15	.545
Santa Clara	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Portland	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
San Diego	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300
San Francisco	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226

† 2019 WCC tournament winner As of March 23, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be head coach Jeff Judkins's eighteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center. In 2017 the Cougars finished the season 16–14, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Tournament to San Diego and missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2009.

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Amanda Wayment	4	F	6'1	Senior	Ogden, Utah	Graduated
Liz Eaton	11	G	5'10	Sophomore	Mapleton, Utah	Transferred to Weber State^[2]
Cassie Broadhead	20	G	5'8	Senior	Glenville, New York	Graduated
Hayley Rydalch	43	F	6'3"	RS Junior	St. George, Utah	Graduated; Transferred to UNLV^[3]
MaCayla Hanks Longson	50	C	6'4	Junior	Millville, Utah

New Comers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shaylee Gonzales	2	G	5'10	Freshman	Gilbert, Arizona
Kaylee Smiler	11	G	5'8	Freshman	Hamilton, New Zealand
Caitlyn Alldredge	12	G	5'10"	Senior	Centerville, Utah	Joins after finishing her four years of softball; winter semester will be her final semester^[4]
Babalu Ugwu	14	F	6'0	Freshman	Judai, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2018–19 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, in Utah on KBYU 89.1 FM HD 2 and on KUMT, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast. Select road games will air on TheW.tv powered by Stadium.

Roster

2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Brenna Chase	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Broomfield	Thornton, CO
G	2	Shaylee Gonzales	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Mesquite	Gilbert, AZ
F	3	Shalae Salmon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Wellington Girls' College	Porirua, New Zealand
G	5	Maria Albiero	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Neusa Christian	Londrina, Brazil
G	10	Abby Mangum	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Eagle	Eagle, ID
F	11	Kaylee Smiler	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Melville	Hamilton, New Zealand
G	12	Caitlyn Alldredge	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Eagle	Eagle, ID
G	13	Paisley Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Glacier Peak	Everett, WA
F	14	Babalu Ugwu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Friendship Christian	Judai, Sao Paulo, Brazil
F	15	Malli Valgardson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Grove, UT
G	21	Khaedin Taito	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Palm Beach Currumbin High School USC	Hastings, New Zealand
C	22	Sara Hamson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	So	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
F	23	Tahlia White	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mountain View	Orem, UT
G	24	Ashley Beckstrand	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Desert Hills	St. George, UT
F	32	Signe Glantz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lulea Gymnasie Skola	Ostersund, Sweden
F	33	Jasmine Moody	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Radford	Honolulu, HI
F	43	Haley Rydalch	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Desert Hills/Purdue	St. George, UT

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Dan Nielson (BYU)
Ashley Garfield (BYU)
Kim Parker Beeston- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2018* 6:30 PM, TheW.tv	Dixie State	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018* 5:00 PM, BYUtv	UC Riverside	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/13/2018* 4:00 PM, TheW.tv	Cal	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/17/2018* 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Eastern Washington	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/20/2018* 7:00 PM, MW Net	at Utah State	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
11/23/2018* 8:15 PM	vs. TCU SDSU Thanksgiving Classic	Viejas Arena San Diego, CA
11/24/2018* 6:00 PM	vs. Cal Baptist	Viejas Arena San Diego, CA
11/29/2018* 11:00 AM, UVUtv WAC DN	at Utah Valley UCCU Crosstown Clash	UCCU Center Orem, UT
12/08/2018* 7:00 PM, P12	at Utah Deseret First Duel	Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/15/2018* 2:00 PM, BYUtv	Colorado State	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/21/2018 2:00 PM, BYUtv	Northern Colorado	Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC regular season
12/29/2018 TBA, TheW.tv	at Santa Clara	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
12/31/2018 TBA, TheW.tv	at San Francisco	The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
01/03/2019 7:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Pepperdine	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/05/2019 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Loyola Marymount	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/10/2019 8:00 PM, TheW.tv	at Pacific	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/12/2019 3:00 PM, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/17/2019 7:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Gonzaga	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/19/2019 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Portland	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/26/2018 3:00 PM, TheW.tv	at San Diego	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
01/31/2019 6:00 PM, TheW.tv	at Loyola Marymount	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
02/02/2019 3:00 PM, TheW.tv	at Pepperdine	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
02/07/2019 7:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Saint Mary's	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/09/2019 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Pacific	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/14/2019 8:00 PM, TheW.tv	at Portland	Chiles Center Portland, OR
02/16/2019 3:00 PM, SWX TheW.tv	at Gonzaga	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
02/23/2019 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	San Diego	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/28/2019 7:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	San Francisco	Marriott Center Provo, UT
03/02/2019 2:00 PM, BYUtv or TheW.tv	Santa Clara	Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
03/07-12/2019 BYUtv	vs.	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Game Summaries

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

References

^ "Garfield promoted to assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
^ "Former Maple Mountain star Liz Eaton is transferring after two seasons at BYU". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
^ "Lady Rebels getting BYU transfer". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
^ "Alldredge makes transition from softball to basketball for BYU". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2018-08-03.

[Coaching_changes-1] "Garfield promoted to assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-05-25.

[2] "Former Maple Mountain star Liz Eaton is transferring after two seasons at BYU". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

[3] "Lady Rebels getting BYU transfer". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2017-04-21.

[4] "Alldredge makes transition from softball to basketball for BYU". The Daily Universe. Retrieved 2018-08-03.

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Before the season

Departures

New Comers

2018–19 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Roster

Schedule

Game Summaries

See also

References