2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fourth-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, returned to play their home games at Viking Pavilion after a one-year renovation and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 14–6 in Big Sky, play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Sky Conference women's tournament, they advanced to the championship game and defeated Eastern Washington,[1] earning their second invitation to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2] They lost to Oregon in the first round.[3]

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record25–8 (14–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chelsey Zimmerman
  • Amy Denson
  • Keithan Gregg
Home arenaViking Pavilion
Seasons
2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings
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

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2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Ashley Bolston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr South Medford HS
Washington State
Medford, OR
G 1 Labrea Denson 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Chief Sealth Seattle, WA
G 2 Sidney Rielly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Everett HS
Santa Clara
Everett, WA
G 3 Kiana Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Triangle Lake HS
Washington State/Humboldt State
Cottage Grove, OR
F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr BRG XIX Krottenbachstraße Vienna, Austria
F 5 Savannah Dhaliwal 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Panorama Ridge Surrey, BC
F 10 Courtney West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Port Hacking HS
Southern Oregon
Sydney, Australia
F 11 Jordan Stotler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Roseburg HS
Umpqua CC
Roseburg, OR
F 12 Tatiana Streun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bellevue HS Bellevue, WA
G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr West Albany HS Albany, OR
G 20 Ana Tainta 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr IES Miralbueno Zaragoza, Spain
G 22 Ruchae Walton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Charnwood Milton Keynes, England
G 23 Kylie Jimenez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Horizon Thornton, CO
G 53 Desirae Hansen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Rainier HS Rainier, OR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: December 9, 2024

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2018*
7:00 p.m.
Simpson W 90–52 
Viking Pavilion (123)
Portland, OR
November 2, 2018*
5:00 p.m.
Lewis & Clark W 97–46 
Viking Pavilion 
Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2018*
7:00 p.m.
Warner Pacific W 102–49  1–0
Viking Pavilion (425)
Portland, OR
November 11, 2018*
2:00 p.m.
San Jose State W 80–51  2–0
Viking Pavilion (377)
Portland, OR
November 16, 2018*
4:00 p.m.
UC Davis W 65–50  3–0
Viking Pavilion (342)
Portland, OR
November 24, 2018*
2:00 p.m.
Seattle W 68–43  4–0
Viking Pavilion (334)
Portland, OR
December 1, 2018*
2:00 p.m.
Portland W 92–79  5–0
Viking Pavilion (425)
Portland, OR
December 9, 2018*
1:00 p.m.
at UTEP W 89–61  6–0
Don Haskins Center (276)
El Paso, TX
December 11, 2018*
5:00 p.m.
at Grand Canyon W 60–55  7–0
GCU Arena (454)
Phoenix, AZ
December 15, 2018*
2:00 p.m.
UNLV W 58–49  8–0
Viking Pavilion (413)
Portland, OR
December 18, 2018*
7:00 p.m.
UC Irvine L 68–73  8–1
Viking Pavilion (320)
Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
December 31, 2018
5:00 p.m.
at Northern Colorado L 63–79  8–2 (0–1)
Bank of Colorado Arena (931)
Greeley, CO
January 3, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Montana State W 55–53  9–2 (1–1)
Viking Pavilion (527)
Portland, OR
January 5, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Montana W 78–60  10–2 (2–1)
Viking Pavilion (601)
Portland, OR
January 12, 2019
1:00 p.m.
at Weber State W 77–59  11–2 (3–1)
Dee Events Center (502)
Ogden, UT
January 17, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Southern Utah W 63–49  12–2 (4–1)
Viking Pavilion (537)
Portland, OR
January 19, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Northern Arizona W 72–55  13–2 (5–1)
Viking Pavilion (541)
Portland, OR
January 24, 2019
11:00 a.m.
at Eastern Washington W 76–64  14–2 (6–1)
Reese Court (4,124)
Cheney, WA
January 26, 2019
2:00 p.m.
at Idaho L 78–80  14–3 (6–2)
Cowan Spectrum (556)
Moscow, ID
January 31, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Weber State W 65–38  15–3 (7–2)
Viking Pavilion (443)
Portland, OR
February 2, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Idaho State L 57–58  15–4 (7–3)
Viking Pavilion (527)
Portland, OR
February 7, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sacramento State W 74–58  16–4 (8–3)
Viking Pavilion (545)
Portland, OR
February 9, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Northern Colorado W 85–66  17–4 (9–3)
Viking Pavilion (427)
Portland, OR
February 14, 2019
5:30 p.m.
at Northern Arizona W 74–59  18–4 (10–3)
Walkup Skydome (202)
Flagstaff, AZ
February 16, 2019
1:00 p.m.
at Southern Utah W 81–56  19–4 (11–3)
America First Events Center (463)
Cedar City, UT
February 21, 2019
6:00 p.m.
at Idaho State L 54–72  19–5 (11–4)
Reed Gym (874)
Pocatello, ID
February 23, 2019
2:00 p.m.
at Sacramento State W 75–57  20–5 (12–4)
Hornets Nest 
Sacramento, CA
February 28, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Idaho L 68–81  20–6 (12–5)
Viking Pavilion (889)
Portland, OR
March 2, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Eastern Washington W 76–57  21–6 (13–5)
Viking Pavilion (529)
Portland, OR
March 7, 2019
6:00 p.m.
at Montana L 70–73 OT 21–7 (13–6)
Dahlberg Arena (2,837)
Missoula, MT
March 9, 2019
1:00 p.m.
at Montana State W 68–55  22–7 (14–6)
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,708)
Bozeman, MT
Big Sky women's tournament
March 12, 2019
1:30 p.m.
(4) vs. (5) Montana State
Quarterfinals
W 68–56  23–7
CenturyLink Arena 
Boise, ID
March 13, 2019
4:30 p.m., ELVN
(4) vs. (1) Idaho
Semifinals
W 75–59  24–7
CenturyLink Arena 
Boise, ID
March 15, 2019
12:00 p.m., ELVN
(4) vs. (6) Eastern Washington
Championship game
W 61–59  25–7
CenturyLink Arena 
Boise, ID
NCAA women's tournament
March 22, 2019*
6:30 p.m., 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.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jobanek, Andy (March 15, 2019). "Hansen's Game-Winner Delivers Vikings' First Big Sky Tournament Title since 2010". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Portland State women win Big Sky tournament, earn NCAA Tournament berth". oregonlive.com. The Associated Press. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Jobanek, Andy (March 22, 2019). "Record-Breaking Season Comes to an End as Ducks Beat Vikings, 78-40, in NCAA First Round". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goviks.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.