2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT, Champions
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	24–13 (7–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Sunny Smallwood; Salvo Coppa; Kelly Rae Finley;
Home arena	McKale Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season of 24–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.

Previous season

They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Arizona State.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Kat Wright	F	6'0"	RS Senior	Woodland Hills, CA	Graduated
JaLea Bennett	F	6'0"	Senior	Grand Prairie, TX	Graduated
Sammy Fatkin	G	6'0"	Freshman	Snohomish, WA	Elected to transfer to Montana

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes

Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Catherine Reese F	Cypress, TX	Cypress Woods HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Catherine Reese F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Semaj Smith PG	Long Beach, CA	St. Anthony HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A
Semaj Smith PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Valeria Trucco F/C	Turin, Italy	Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Valeria Trucco F/C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Shalyse Smith G/F	Tacoma, WA	Bellarmine Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Shalyse Smith G/F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Bryce Nixon PG	Phoenix, AZ	Arcadia HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Bryce Nixon PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

2020 recruiting class

Roster

2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Shalyse Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Bellarmine Prep	Tacoma, WA
G	2	Aarion McDonald	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS So	Brookside Christian HS/Washington	Fresno, CA
G	4	Lucia Alonso	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo	León, Spain
G	10	Tee Tee Starks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Hopkins HS/Iowa State	Brooklyn Park, MN
F	14	Sam Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Centennial HS	Bloomfield Hills, MI
F	20	Dominique McBryde	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Bedford North Lawrence HS/Purdue	Bedford, IN
F	21	Destiny Graham	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Eastside College Prep	East Palo Alto, CA
G	22	Lindsey Malecha (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Hill-Murray HS	Mahtomedi, MN
G	24	Bryce Nixon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Arcadia HS	Phoenix, AZ
F	25	Cat Reese	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Cypress HS	Cypress, TX
G	32	Kiana Barkhoff	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Palm Harbor University HS	Kitzingen, Germany
C	34	Semaj Smith	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	St. Anthony HS	Long Beach, CA
F/C	—	Valeria Trucco	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA)	Torino, ITL

Head coach

Adia Barnes (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Sunny Smallwood (Boise State)
Salvo Coppa (IULM)
Morgan Valley (Washington)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2018* 6:30 PM		Eastern New Mexico	W 88–31		McKale Center (1,303) Tucson, AZ
11/05/2018* 6:30 PM		Western New Mexico	W 78–41		McKale Center (1,149) Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018* 6:30 PM		Idaho State	W 71–46	1–0	McKale Center (1,226) Tucson, AZ
11/13/2018* 6:30 PM		Loyola Marymount	L 64–66	1–1	McKale Center (852) Tucson, AZ
11/16/2018* 3:00 PM		vs. Seattle Bank of Hawaii Classic	W 84–54	2–1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/18/2018* 3:00 PM		vs. Portland Bank of Hawaii Classic	W 92–70	3–1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/23/2018* 6:30 PM		South Carolina State	W 73–32	4–1	McKale Center (1,247) Tucson, AZ
11/27/2018* 6:30 PM		Incarnate Word	W 84–42	5–1	McKale Center (1,059) Tucson, AZ
12/02/2018* 2:00 PM		at San Diego State	W 69–60	6–1	Viejas Arena (1,900) San Diego, CA
12/05/2018* 11:00 AM		Montana	W 100–51	7–1	McKale Center (4,703) Tucson, AZ
12/09/2018* 3:00 PM		at Long Beach State	W 70–43	8–1	Walter Pyramid (616) Long Beach, CA
12/17/2018* 6:30 PM		UTEP	W 62–40	9–1	McKale Center (1,076) Tucson, AZ
12/21/2018* 6:30 PM		Northern Arizona	W 71–47	10–1	McKale Center (1,866) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2018 5:00 PM, P12N		No. 17 Arizona State	W 51–39	11–1 (1–0)	McKale Center (5,006) Tucson, AZ
01/04/2019 7:00 PM		at Colorado	W 69–67	12–1 (2–0)	CU Events Center (1,673) Boulder, CO
01/06/2019 12:00 PM, P12N		at Utah	L 64–80	12–2 (2–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,089) Salt Lake City, UT
01/11/2019 7:00 PM, P12N		No. 24 California	W 60–55	13–2 (3–1)	McKale Center (2,557) Tucson, AZ
01/13/2019 12:00 PM, P12N		No. 6 Stanford	L 48–78	13–3 (3–2)	McKale Center (2,686) Tucson, AZ
01/18/2019 8:00 PM		at No. 10 Oregon State	L 64–86	13–4 (3–3)	Gill Coliseum (5,061) Corvallis, OR
01/20/2019 1:00 PM, P12N		at No. 5 Oregon	L 60–93	13–5 (3–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,062) Eugene, OR
01/25/2019 7:00 PM, P12N		USC	W 71–68	14–5 (4–4)	McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ
01/27/2019 2:00 PM, P12N		UCLA	L 93–98 ^3OT	14–6 (4–5)	McKale Center (2,327) Tucson, AZ
02/01/2019 6:00 PM, P12N		at No. 21 Arizona State	L 47–60	14–7 (4–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,686) Tempe, AZ
02/07/2019 8:00 PM, P12N		at Washington	W 69–59	15–7 (5–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,444) Seattle, WA
02/09/2019 1:00 PM, P12N		at Washington State	L 88–90	15–8 (5–7)	Beasley Coliseum (711) Pullman, WA
02/15/2019 6:00 PM		Utah	W 66–55	16–8 (6–7)	McKale Center (2,002) Tucson, AZ
02/17/2019 12:00 PM, P12N		Colorado	W 63–51	17–8 (7–7)	McKale Center (2,321) Tucson, AZ
02/22/2019 8:00 PM		at Stanford	L 54–56	17–9 (7–8)	Maples Pavilion (3,569) Stanford, CA
02/24/2019 3:00 PM		at California	L 76–82 ^OT	17–10 (7–9)	Haas Pavilion (2,432) Berkeley, CA
03/01/2019 8:00 PM, P12N		No. 6 Oregon	L 54–83	17–11 (7–10)	McKale Center (2,517) Tucson, AZ
03/03/2019 3:00 PM, P12N		No. 9 Oregon State	L 60–65 ^2OT	17–12 (7–11)	McKale Center (2,119) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 3:00 PM, P12N	(8)	vs. (9) USC First Round	W 76–48	18–12	MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,012) Paradise, NV
03/08/2019 3:00 PM, P12N	(8)	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Quarterfinals	L 63–77	18–13	MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/21/2019* 6:30 PM		Idaho State First Round	W 66–56	19–13	McKale Center (3,265) Tucson, AZ
03/24/2019* 3:00 PM		Pacific Second Round	W 64–48	20–13	McKale Center (3,534) Tucson, AZ
03/28/2019* 6:30 PM		Idaho Third Round	W 68–60	21–13	McKale Center (6,307) Tucson, AZ
03/31/2019* 2:00 PM		Wyoming Quarterfinals	W 67–45	22–13	McKale Center (7,717) Tucson, AZ
04/03/2019* 6:00 PM		TCU Semifinals	W 59–53	23–13	McKale Center (10,135) Tucson, AZ
04/06/2019* 12:00 PM, CBSSN		Northwestern Championship	W 56–42	24–13	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP									RV		RV									N/A
Coaches									RV	RV	RV									RV

References

^ http://www.arizonawildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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v t e Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Bear Down Gym (1972–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)
Culture & lore	Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruits

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References