2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by eleventh year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 16–4 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Portland State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Loyola Marymount and Denver in the first and second rounds before losing to Arizona in the third round.

2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
Big Sky regular season champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	22–12 (16–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jon Newlee (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Christa Stanford Jeri Jacobson Drew Muscatell
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum Memorial Gym
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Idaho	16	–	4		.800			22	–	12		.647
Northern Colorado	15	–	5		.750			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	15	–	5		.750			20	–	11		.645
Portland State †	14	–	6		.700			25	–	8		.758
Montana State	11	–	9		.550			16	–	15		.516
Eastern Washington	9	–	11		.450			13	–	20		.394
Montana	9	–	11		.450			14	–	16		.467
Northern Arizona	8	–	12		.400			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	14		.300			10	–	19		.345
Southern Utah	4	–	16		.200			8	–	23		.258
Weber State	3	–	17		.150			6	–	25		.194
† 2019 Big Sky tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 3 Nina Carlson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Lake City Post Falls, ID G/F 4 Hailey Christopher 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Central Valley Spokane, WA G 5 Juliet Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Cathedral Catholic Cal State San Marcos San Diego, CA C 11 Isabelle Hadden 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Boise Boise, ID G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr La Costa Canyon Carlsbad, CA G 20 Allison Kirby 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Timberlake Spirit Lake, ID G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Walla Walla Walla Walla, WA G 23 Gina Marxen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eastlake Sammamish, WA G 32 Chayse Milne 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Maryknoll Honolulu, HI G 33 Lizzy Klinker  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Fairfield Utah State Fairfield, MT C 42 Natalie Klinker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Fairfield Fairfield, MT	Head coach Jon Newlee (San Diego State) Assistant coach(es) Christa Stanford (Idaho State) Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa) Drew Muscatell (Oregon) 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
Oct 28, 2018* 4:00 pm		Saint Martin's	W 108–84		Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
Nov 2, 2018* 5:30 pm		Lewis–Clark State	W 97–55		Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 6:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 88–73	1–0	Memorial Gym (286) Moscow, ID
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		at No. 7 Stanford	L 71–115	1–1	Maples Pavilion (2,582) Stanford, CA
Nov 17, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Texas Tech	W 88–77	2–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,109) Lubbock, TX
Nov 23, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. Boise State Beach Classic	L 85–91	2–2	Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA
Nov 23, 2018* 4:00 pm		at Long Beach State Beach Classic	L 63–70	2–3	Walter Pyramid (640) Long Beach, CA
Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm		San Francisco	W 70–63	3–3	Memorial Gym (400) Moscow, ID
Dec 5, 2018* 9:00 pm		at Hawaii	L 61–69	3–4	Stan Sheriff Center (1,233) Honolulu, HI
Dec 8, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 61–64	3–5	Arena-Auditorium (2,551) Laramie, WY
Dec 20, 2018* 6:00 pm		at No. 21 Gonzaga	L 51–88	3–6	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,795) Spokane, WA
Big Sky regular season
Dec 29, 2018 1:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 86–72	4–6 (1–0)	Reed Gym (946) Pocatello, ID
Dec 31, 2018 1:00 pm		at Weber State	W 79–74	5–6 (2–0)	Dee Events Center (439) Ogden, UT
Jan 3, 2019 5:15 pm		Eastern Washington	W 84–68	6–6 (3–0)	Cowan Spectrum  Moscow, ID
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 72–86	6–7 (3–1)	Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID
Jan 10, 2019 6:00 pm		at Montana State	W 82–66	7–7 (4–1)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,558) Bozeman, MT
Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm		at Montana	L 79–82	7–8 (4–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,795) Missoula, MT
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 104–66	8–8 (5–2)	Cowan Spectrum (520) Moscow, ID
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 80–78	9–8 (6–2)	Cowan Spectrum (556) Moscow, ID
Jan 31, 2019 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 86–69	10–8 (7–2)	Walkup Skydome (419) Flagstaff, AZ
Feb 2, 2019 1:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 82–70	11–8 (8–2)	America First Events Center (644) Cedar City, UT
Feb 7, 2019 6:00 pm		Montana	W 76–68	12–8 (9–2)	Cowan Spectrum (613) Moscow, ID
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		Montana State	W 90–65	13–8 (10–2)	Cowan Spectrum (500) Moscow, ID
Feb 16, 2019 1:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 72–77	13–9 (10–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,547) Greeley, CO
Feb 18, 2019 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 75–74	14–9 (11–3)	Reese Court (462) Cheney, WA
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 90–72	15–9 (12–3)	Cowan Spectrum (420) Moscow, ID
Feb 23, 2019 1:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 77–49	16–9 (13–3)	Cowan Spectrum (508) Moscow, ID
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm		at Portland State	W 81–68	17–9 (14–3)	Viking Pavilion (889) Portland, OR
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 69–65	18–9 (15–3)	Hornets Nest (221) Sacramento, CA
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm		Weber State	W 86–78	19–9 (16–3)	Cowan Spectrum (653) Moscow, ID
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm		Idaho State	L 67–73	19–10 (16–4)	Cowan Spectrum (723) Moscow, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 12, 2019 11:00 am	(1)	vs. (8) Northern Arizona Quarterfinals	W 90–73	20–10	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
Mar 13, 2019 5:30 pm, ELVN	(1)	vs. (4) Portland State Semifinals	L 59–75	20–11	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount First Round	W 79–64	21–11	Gersten Pavilion (315) Los Angeles, CA
Mar 24, 2019* 2:00 pm		Denver Second Round	W 88–66	22–11	Memorial Gym (1,230) Moscow, ID
Mar 28, 2019* 6:30 pm		at Arizona Third Round	L 60–68	22–12	McKale Center (6,307) Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

References

1. "University of Idaho Vandals Athletics". Govandals.com.