2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team will represent Arizona State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils will be coached by Charli Turner Thorne. The Sun Devils are a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

2009–10 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Rainbow Wahine Classic champions
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2009–10 record4-1 (0-0 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Charli Turner Thorne
Assistant coaches
  • Joseph Anders
  • Meg Sanders
  • Laura Hughes
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 †-Stanford180 1.000  362  .947
No. 23 UCLA153 .833  259  .735
USC126 .667  1912  .613
California117 .611  2413  .649
Arizona State99 .500  1814  .563
Oregon711 .389  1816  .529
Washington711 .389  1318  .419
Arizona612 .333  1417  .452
Washington State315 .167  822  .267
Oregon State216 .111  1120  .355
2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of April 6, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

  • April 17, 2009: Sabrina McKinney and Tenaya Watson have signed national letters of intent to study and play basketball at Arizona State. Both will join the Sun Devils for the 2009-10 season.

McKinney will be coming to ASU from Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas She was a two-time District 4-5A Defensive Player of the Year. A four-year starter, McKinney led her team in both assists and steals three straight seasons.[1] Watson A 5-9 guard from Long Beach, California. She previously played at Central Arizona College where she played a major role in leading her team to a perfect 35-0 season and the NJCAA championship. She put up All-American numbers as she averaged 13.8 points, 5.4 assists (13th in the nation) and 3.9 steals (fourth in the nation) per game. She was named the MVP of the NJCAA Tournament after averaging 16.8 points in the Vaqueras' four tournament games.[1]

  • April 30: Head coach Charli Turner Thorne will serve as head coach of the 2009 USA Basketball Women's World University Games Team. Suzy Merchant of Michigan State University and Julie Rousseau of Pepperdine University will serve as assistant coaches.[2]

Preseason

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 5Tempe, AZVanguard97-641-0

Regular season

  • The Sun Devils participated in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii from November 27–28. On December 4, the club will host the ASU Classic. Before the end of December, the Sun Devils will participate in the Desert Sun Classic in Las Vegas.

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass
42BennettKali Bennett1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)Center5Junior
25BrandonKimberly Brandon1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Guard/Forward3Sophomore
24DavisJazlyn Davis1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Guard7Senior
12EarlAlex Earl1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Guard3Sophomore
30FageGabby Fage1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)Guard7Senior
22FulcherJanae Fulcher1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)Forward3Sophomore
21MurphyKayli Murphy1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Forward/Center7Senior
13OrsilloDanielle Orsillo1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Guard5Junior
4ParsonsHaley Parsons1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Guard3Sophomore
1SimonDymond Simon1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Guard7Senior
32TobinBecca Tobin1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)Forward5Junior

Schedule

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 15Tempe, AZSouth Dakota State73-641-0
Nov. 19New Haven, CTYale82-462-0
Nov. 21CincinnatiXavier46-592-1
Nov. 27HonoluluHawaii65-533-1
Nov. 28HonoluluETSU80-674-1
Dec. 4Tempe, AZIdaho State
Dec. 5Tempe, AZPepperdine or Utah State
Dec. 9Tempe, AZNorth Dakota
Dec. 19Las VegasTexas A&M
Dec. 20Las VegasBaylor
Dec. 28Tempe, AZFurman
Jan. 1Tempe, AZUSC
Jan. 3Tempe, AZUCLA
Jan. 7Seattle, WAWashington
Jan. 9Pullman, WAWashington State
Jan. 14Tempe, AZOregon
Jan. 16Tempe, AZOregon State

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

Pac-10 Basketball Tournament

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2009-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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