2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represents Utah State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies were led by seventh year head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament where they lost to Wyoming. They revived an invitation to the WBI where they defeated UC Riverside before losing to North Texas in the quarterfinals

2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	17–16 (10–8 Mountain West)
Head coach	Jerry Finkbeiner (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Finkbeiner Ashley Gill Paris Johnson
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Boise State †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	5		.848
New Mexico	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Fresno State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Utah State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
UNLV	10	–	8		.556			12	–	18		.400
Nevada	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
San Diego State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
San Jose State	5	–	13		.278			6	–	24		.200
Air Force	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Colorado State	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2019 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Eliza West 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Peninsula School Mount Martha, Australia G 3 Olivia West 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Templestowe College Launceston, Australia G 4 Steph Gorman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Wodonga Senior Secondary College Wodonga, Australia G/F 5 Shannon Dufficy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Our Lady of Mercy College Preston, Australia G 11 Lindsey Jensen-Baker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Sky View Smithfield, UT G/F 12 Hailey Bassett-Meacham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Layton Layton, UT F 14 Roxani Bounouka 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hellenic College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Geeece C 15 Laura Daulton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Oak Ridge Spring, TX G 22 Rachel Brewster 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Rowville Secondary College Melbourne, Australia F 24 Marlene Aniambossou 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Notre Dame Des Apôtres Frank Phillips College Cotonou, Benin G 32 Emmie Harris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Boyle County Danville, KY F 34 Emma Dudley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Sana Fe Christian Rancho Santa Fe, CA F 41 Taylor Franson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So American Fork American Fork, UT C 44 Deja Mason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Brennan HS San Antonio, TX	Head coach Jerry Finkbeiner (Southern Nazarene) Assistant coach(es) Ben Finkbeiner (Oral Roberts) Ashley Gill (Washington State) Paris Johnson (San Diego State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2018* 7:00 pm		Westminster (Utah)	W 77–56		Smith Spectrum (602) Logan, UT
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 8:00 pm		at Washington State	W 72–61	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (526) Pullman, WA
Nov 9, 2018* 2:00 pm		Northern New Mexico	W 106–35	2–0	Smith Spectrum (397) Logan, UT
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm		No. 3 Oregon	L 58–88	2–1	Smith Spectrum (718) Logan, UT
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 57–62 ^OT	2–2	Smith Spectrum (730) Logan, UT
Nov 23, 2018* 5:30 pm		vs. USC Nugget Classic	L 46–55	2–3	Lawlor Events Center (1,070) Reno, NV
Nov 25, 2018* 12:00 pm		vs. Colorado Nugget Classic	L 58–68	2–4	Lawlor Events Center (137) Reno, NV
Nov 28, 2018* 8:00 pm		at Portland	L 54–61	2–5	Chiles Center (359) Portland, OR
Dec 5, 2018* 6:00 pm		at UTSA	W 62–56	3–5	Convocation Center (344) San Antonio, TX
Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm		at North Texas	W 57–41	4–5	The Super Pit (597) Denton, TX
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm		Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 67–62	5–5	Smith Spectrum (357) Logan, UT
Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm		Long Beach State	L 48–50	5–6	Smith Spectrum (285) Logan, UT
Mountain West regular season
Jan 2, 2019 7:00 pm		at Nevada	W 79–76 ^2OT	6–6 (1–0)	Smith Spectrum (247) Logan, UT
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		at Air Force	W 49–44	7–6 (2–0)	Clune Arena (509) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan 9, 2019 8:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 59–70	7–7 (2–1)	Save Mart Center (1,931) Fresno, CA
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm		Wyoming	W 50–42	8–7 (3–1)	Smith Spectrum (265) Logan, UT
Jan 16, 2019 11:00 am		San Jose State	W 82–49	9–7 (4–1)	Smith Spectrum (3,185) Logan, UT
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 72–53	10–7 (5–1)	Moby Arena (1,270) Fort Collins, CO
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		New Mexico	L 64–68	10–8 (5–2)	Smith Spectrum (597) Logan, UT
Jan 30, 2019 8:00 pm		at San Jose State	L 59–68	10–9 (5–3)	Event Center Arena (836) San Jose, CA
Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm		at UNLV	L 56–77	10–10 (5–4)	Cox Pavilion  Paradise, NV
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm		Fresno State	L 53–64	10–11 (5–5)	Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		San Diego State	L 54–56	10–12 (5–6)	Smith Spectrum (422) Logan, UT
Feb 13, 2019 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	L 35–53	10–13 (5–7)	Arena-Auditorium (2,400) Laramie, WY
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm		Air Force	W 64–55	11–13 (6–7)	Smith Spectrum (643) Logan, UT
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 56–74	11–14 (6–8)	Dreamstyle Arena (4,749) Albuquerque, NM
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		Boise State	W 81–68	12–14 (7–8)	Smith Spectrum (451) Logan, UT
Feb 27, 2019 7:30 pm		at San Diego State	W 65–52	13–14 (8–8)	Viejas Arena (447) San Diego, CA
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		at Nevada	W 71–59	14–14 (9–8)	Lawlor Events Center (1,131) Reno, NV
Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm		Colorado State	W 70–59	15–14 (10–8)	Smith Spectrum (656) Logan, UT
Mountain West Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019 8:00 pm, Stadium	(6)	vs. (11) Colorado State First Round	W 62–59	16–14	Thomas & Mack Center (1,550) Paradise, NV
Mar 11, 2019 9:00 pm, Stadium	(6)	vs. (3) Wyoming Quarterfinals	L 41–64	16–15	Thomas & Mack Center (2,231) Paradise, NV
WBI
Mar 20, 2019* 8:00 pm		at UC Riverside First Round	W 68–60	17–15	SRC Arena (128) Riverside, CA
Mar 26, 2019* 6:00 pm		at North Texas Quarterfinals	L 54–56	17–16	The Super Pit (506) Denton, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

References

1. "utahstateaggies.com - - Utah State Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". www.utahstateaggies.com.