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, earning their second invitation to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They lost to Oregon in the first round.

2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Big Sky tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	25–8 (14–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Chelsey Zimmerman Amy Denson Keithan Gregg
Home arena	Viking Pavilion

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

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 Lynn Kennedy (Northwest) Assistant coach(es) Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon) Amy Denson (Arizona State) Keithan Gregg (Great Falls) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 9, 2024

Schedule

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

• 2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team