2018-19 Southern Utah Women's Basketball
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2018-19 SOUTHERN UTAH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @SUUWBasketball | Kyle Birnbrauer | [email protected] | (760) 468-5799 | suutbirds.com 2018-19 Schedule/Results This Week In Lady T-Bird Basketball Overall Record: 1-3, Big Sky Record: 0-0 Southern Utah (1-3) vs BYU (5-1) November Tuesday November 27th | 6:30 PM MT 7th University of San Diego W, 69-59 Cedar City, Utah | America First Event Center 15th @UC Riverside L, 50-56 20th @UC Irvine L, 58-75 Stream: PlutoTV Ch. 236 | Stats: tbirdstats.com 23rd @UC Davis L, 45-68 27th Brigham Young University 6:30 PM December Looking Ahead 1st Oral Roberts University 1:00 PM Southern Utah (1-3) at Oral Roberts (3-3) 4th Utah Valley University 12:00 PM Saturday December 1st | 1:00 PM MT 8th University of Denver 1:00 PM Tulsa, Oklahoma | The Mabee Center 19th Boise State University 5:30 PM 29th @Montana State* 7:00 PM 31st @Montana* 2:00 PM Stream: ORU Sports Network | Stats: oruathletics.com January 3rd Idaho State* 6:30 PM Lady T-Birds Return Home for Matchup with BYU Cougars 5th Weber State* 2:00 PM The Thunderbird women’s basketball team will return home this week to square off against 12th @Northern Arizona* 2:00 PM the Cougars of Brigham Young University inside the America First Event Center on Tuesday 17th @Portland State* 8:00 PM 19th @Sacramento State* 3:00 PM evening. 24th Northern Colorado* 6:30 PM Last Time Out 28th Northern Arizona* 6:30 PM Wrapping up a three-game road trip, the Lady T-Birds fell to the UC Davis Aggies 68-45 in 31st Eastern Washington* 6:30 PM Davis, California. February 2nd Idaho* 2:00 PM Playing every single minute for the T-Birds, Rebecca Cardenas scored 10 points on four-of- 7th @Weber State* 12:00 PM nine shooting to lead the team offensively. She also led the team in rebounding with six and 9th @Idaho State* 2:00 PM assists with three. The junior also came away with two steals. 14th Sacramento State* 6:30 PM Bre Reid dropped in nine points for SUU and freshman Geassy Germano had eight. 16th Portland State* 2:00 PM 21st @Eastern Washington* 7:05 PM Scouting Report: BYU Cougars (5-1) 23rd @Idaho* 3:00 PM The Cougars of BYU will come to Cedar City claiming victory in five of their first six contests, March with their lone loss coming to the California Golden Bears out of the Pac-12 Conference. 2nd Montana* 2:00 PM Their five victories have come against UC Riverside, Eastern Washington, Utah State, TCU 4th Montana State* 6:30 PM 7th Northern Colorado* 7:00 PM and California Baptist. BYU is led in scoring by Shaylee Gonzales, who is averaging 16.5 points per game coming off Home Games the bench for the Cougars. Brenna Chase and Paisley Johnson are both averaging in double Conference Games* All times Mountain figures for the Cougs, with 14.2 ppg and 13.7 ppg respectively. Chase leads the team in assists with 31, while Shalae Salmon leads the team in rebounding, averaging 6.5 per game. Jeff Judkins is in his 18th season with the Cougars, and has led the program to the NCAA 2018-19 Big Sky Standings Tournament eight different times. Team BSC ALL Game Info Portland State 0-0 4-0 Tip off between the Thunderbirds and Cougars is set for 6:30 p.m. MT. Tuesday’s game can Montana State 0-0 3-1 be seen on the PlutoTV App and on WatchBigSky.com. Live stats will be available on www. Northern Arizona 0-0 4-2 suutbirds.com prior to tip. Sacramento State 0-0 2-1 Northern Colorado 0-0 3-2 Tickets Idaho 0-0 2-3 Tickets for the Lady T-Birds’ next home game against BYU on November 27 are available at Weber State 0-0 2-3 tbirdtickets.com or the America First Event Center Ticket Office. Fans can also purchase a Idaho State 0-0 2-4 Women’s Sports Pass for access to all 2018-19 home games. Montana 0-0 1-2 Eastern Washington 0-0 1-3 Southern Utah 0-0 1-3 2018-19 Southern Utah Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Rebecca Cardenas G 5’ 5” Jr. El Paso, Texas (Burges High School) 4 Ashley Larsen G/F 6’ 0” RJr. American Fork, Utah (Utah Valley) 10 Claudia Armato G 5’ 5” Fr. Melbourne, Australia (Penleigh & Essendon) 11 Megan Kamps F 6’ 0” RSo. Manhattan, Mont. (Manhattan Christian HS) 12 Chloe Bradford G/F 5’ 10” Jr. Heyburn, Idaho (Treasure Valley CC) 14 Breanu Reid G 5’ 7” Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Piedmont HS) 15 Geassy Germano G/F 6’ 0” Fr. São Paulo, Brazil (Friendship Christian School) 21 Kiana Thomas G 5’ 10” Jr. Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Northern Colorado) 23 Harley Hansen G/F 5’ 9” Jr. West Weber, Utah (Snow College) 24 Jessica Chatman F 6’ 0” RSo. Ridgefield, Washington (Brigham Young) 25 Peyton Shepherd G 5’ 10” RFr. Salina, Utah (North Sevier High School) 30 Carlie Jones C 6’ 3” So. Forney, Texas (Dallas Christian HS) 34 Hannah Robins C 6’ 3” Fr. Nephi, Utah (Juab High School) 2018-19 Southern Utah Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 10 Claudia Armato G 5’ 5” Fr. Melbourne, Australia (Penleigh & Essendon) 12 Chloe Bradford G/F 5’ 10” Jr. Heyburn, Idaho (Treasure Valley CC) 2 Rebecca Cardenas G 5’ 5” Jr. El Paso, Texas (Burges High School) 24 Jessica Chatman F 6’ 0” RSo. Ridgefield, Washington (Brigham Young) 15 Geassy Germano G/F 6’ 0” Fr. São Paulo, Brazil (Friendship Christian School) 23 Harley Hansen G/F 5’ 9” Jr. West Weber, Utah (Snow College) 30 Carlie Jones C 6’ 3” So. Forney, Texas (Dallas Christian HS) 11 Megan Kamps F 6’ 0” RSo. Manhattan, Mont. (Manhattan Christian HS) 4 Ashley Larsen G/F 6’ 0” RJr. American Fork, Utah (Utah Valley) 14 Breanu Reid G 5’ 7” Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Piedmont HS) 34 Hannah Robins C 6’ 3” Fr. Nephi, Utah (Juab High School) 25 Peyton Shepherd G 5’ 10” RFr. Salina, Utah (North Sevier High School) 21 Kiana Thomas G 5’ 10” Jr. Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Northern Colorado) Head Coach: Tracy Sanders, 1st season (Saint Mary’s College of California, ‘00) Assistant Coach: Hailey Mandelko, 1st season (Southern Utah University, ‘15) Assistant Coach: Jay Johnson, 1st season (Saint Mary’s College of California ‘17) Assistant Coach: Morgan Bailey, 1st season (Brigham Young University, ‘15) Graduate Assistant: Jessica Richardson Graduate Assistant: McKenna Lusk Student Manger: Morgan Cheney Athletic Trainer: Barb Russell Strength & Conditioning: Marcus Romero Pronunciation Guide/Preferred Names Rebecca Cardenas: Car-day-nas Breanu Reid: “Breanna”; prefers “Bre” Geassy Germano: “Jessie” Ger-mahn-o Kiana Thomas: Key-on-ah 2018-19 Southern Utah Individual Highs Rebecca Cardenas Ashley Larsen 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points 18 22 Points 12 16 Rebounds 11 15 Rebounds 5 11 Assists 5 11 Assists 1 3 Steals 2 8 Steals 1 4 Blocks - 2 Blocks 3 3 Minutes 40 41 Minutes 21 39 • Ranked 5th all-time in steals (162) • Played her freshman season at Utah Valley • Ranked 9th all-time in assists (266) • Averaged 7.0 ppg and 4.8 rpg last season • Has led the team in assists and steals in back-to-back seasons • Led the team in blocks with 22 Claudia Armato Megan Kamps 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points - - Points 4 7 Rebounds - - Rebounds 4 4 Assists - - Assists 1 2 Steals - - Steals 1 1 Blocks - - Blocks 1 3 Minutes - - Minutes 24 20 • From Melbourne, Australia • Appeared in 27 games in 2017-18 • Played basketball for Penleigh & Essendon Grammar • Averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg Chloe Bradford Breanu Reid 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points - 2 Points 14 22 Rebounds - 2 Rebounds 5 7 Assists - 1 Assists 3 9 Steals - 2 Steals 1 5 Blocks - - Blocks - 1 Minutes 2 15 Minutes 37 37 • Played her freshman season at Treasure Valley CC • Lone senior on the team • Appeared in 11 games in 2017-18 • Led the team in points per game (9.8) in 2017-18 • Averaged 2.6 rebounds per game Geassy Germano Kiana Thomas 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points 8 8 Points 10 22 Rebounds 4 4 Rebounds 5 10 Assists 2 2 Assists 1 3 Steals 1 1 Steals 2 3 Blocks - - Blocks - 1 Minutes 17 17 Minutes 23 39 • Originally from São Paulo, Brazil • Formerly Kiana Johnson • Played for the U16-U17 Brazilian National Team • Sister of former T-Bird Whitney Johnson • Prepped in Raleigh, North Carolina • Averaged 7.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg in 2017-18 2018-19 Southern Utah Individual Highs Harley Hansen Jessica Chatman 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points 10 10 Points 2 2 Rebounds 3 3 Rebounds 3 3 Assists 2 2 Assists - - Steals 5 5 Steals - - Blocks 1 1 Blocks - - Minutes 33 33 Minutes 14 14 • Played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Snow College • Played her freshman season at BYU • Averaged 13.0 ppg and 7.7 rpg with the Badgers • Averaged 3.3 minutes per game with the Cougars • 2017-18 All-NJCAA Academic Third Team Peyton Shepherd Carlie Jones 2018-19 Career 2018-19 Career Points 7 10 Points - 6 Rebounds 5 7 Rebounds - 4 Assists 1 4 Assists - 2 Steals - 4 Steals - - Blocks - 1 Blocks - 2 Minutes 18 33 Minutes - 19 • Appeared in five games before being sidelined due to injury in • Played in 27 games in 2017-18 2017-18 • Averaged 2.0 ppg and 1.4 rpg • Averaged 4.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg in that time Hannah Robins 2018-19 Career Points 9 9 Rebounds 11 11 Assists 2 2 Steals 1 1 Blocks 2 2 Minutes 32 32 • From Nephi, Utah • Averaged 14.1 ppg and 9.9 rpg for Juab High School 2018-19 Southern Utah Women's Basketball Coaching Staff Head Coach Tracy Sanders Tracy Sanders is in her first year as head coach of the Southern Utah University women’s basketball team.