2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

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. Portland State won the championship game over Eastern Washington to earn their second invitation to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1] They lost to Oregon in the first round.

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Big Sky Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2018–19 record25–8 (14–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Lynn Kennedy (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chelsey Zimmerman
  • Amy Denson
  • Keithan Gregg
Home arenaViking Pavilion
2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Idaho164 .800  2212  .647
Northern Colorado155 .750  2111  .656
Idaho State155 .750  2011  .645
Portland State146 .700  258  .758
Montana State119 .550  1615  .516
Eastern Washington911 .450  1320  .394
Montana911 .450  1416  .467
Northern Arizona812 .400  1318  .419
Sacramento State614 .300  1019  .345
Southern Utah416 .200  823  .258
Weber State317 .150  625  .194
2019 Big Sky Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Ashley Bolston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SrSouth Medford HS
Washington State
Medford, OR
G 1 Labrea Denson 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoChief Sealth Seattle, WA
G 2 Sidney Rielly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrEverett HS
Santa Clara
Everett, WA
G 3 Kiana Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrTriangle Lake HS
Washington State/Humboldt State
Cottage Grove, OR
F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrBRG XIX Krottenbachstraße Vienna, Austria
F 5 Savannah Dhaliwal 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoPanorama Ridge Surrey, BC
F 10 Courtney West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SrPort Hacking HS
Southern Oregon
Sydney, Australia
F 11 Jordan Stotler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrRoseburg HS
Umpqua CC
Roseburg, OR
F 12 Tatiana Streun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrBellevue HS Bellevue, WA
G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrWest Albany HS Albany, OR
G 20 Ana Tainta 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrIES Miralbueno Zaragoza, Spain
G 22 Ruchae Walton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoCharnwood Milton Keynes, England
G 23 Kylie Jimenez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoHorizon Thornton, CO
G 53 Desirae Hansen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrRainier HS Rainier, OR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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

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