2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

2018–19 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
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

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, in Moscow, Idaho, 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.^[1] They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Loyola Marymount^[2] and Denver^[3] in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing to Arizona in the third round.^[4]

Roster

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
Last update: March 26, 2025

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2018* 4:00 p.m.		Saint Martin's	W 108–84		Memorial Gym Moscow, ID
November 2, 2018* 5:30 p.m.		Lewis–Clark State	W 97–55		Memorial Gym Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 6:00 p.m.		Cal State Northridge	W 88–73	1–0	Memorial Gym (286) Moscow, ID
November 11, 2018* 2:00 p.m.		at No. 7 Stanford	L 71–115	1–1	Maples Pavilion (2,582) Stanford, CA
November 17, 2018* 1:00 p.m.		at Texas Tech	W 88–77	2–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,109) Lubbock, TX
November 23, 2018* 5:00 p.m.		vs. Boise State Beach Classic	L 85–91	2–2	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
November 23, 2018* 4:00 p.m.		at Long Beach State Beach Classic	L 63–70	2–3	Walter Pyramid (640) Long Beach, CA
December 1, 2018* 2:00 p.m.		San Francisco	W 70–63	3–3	Memorial Gym (400) Moscow, ID
December 5, 2018* 9:00 p.m.		at Hawaii	L 61–69	3–4	Stan Sheriff Center (1,233) Honolulu, HI
December 8, 2018* 12:00 p.m.		at Wyoming	L 61–64	3–5	Arena-Auditorium (2,551) Laramie, WY
December 20, 2018* 6:00 p.m.		at No. 21 Gonzaga	L 51–88	3–6	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,795) Spokane, WA
Big Sky regular season
December 29, 2018 1:00 p.m.		at Idaho State	W 86–72	4–6 (1–0)	Reed Gym (946) Pocatello, ID
December 31, 2018 1:00 p.m.		at Weber State	W 79–74	5–6 (2–0)	Dee Events Center (439) Ogden, UT
January 3, 2019 5:15 p.m.		Eastern Washington	W 84–68	6–6 (3–0)	Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID
January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m.		Northern Colorado	L 72–86	6–7 (3–1)	Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID
January 10, 2019 6:00 p.m.		at Montana State	W 82–66	7–7 (4–1)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,558) Bozeman, MT
January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m.		at Montana	L 79–82	7–8 (4–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,795) Missoula, MT
January 24, 2019 6:00 p.m.		Sacramento State	W 104–66	8–8 (5–2)	Cowan Spectrum (520) Moscow, ID
January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m.		Portland State	W 80–78	9–8 (6–2)	Cowan Spectrum (556) Moscow, ID
January 31, 2019 5:30 p.m.		at Northern Arizona	W 86–69	10–8 (7–2)	Walkup Skydome (419) Flagstaff, AZ
February 2, 2019 1:00 p.m.		at Southern Utah	W 82–70	11–8 (8–2)	America First Events Center (644) Cedar City, UT
February 7, 2019 6:00 p.m.		Montana	W 76–68	12–8 (9–2)	Cowan Spectrum (613) Moscow, ID
February 9, 2019 2:00 p.m.		Montana State	W 90–65	13–8 (10–2)	Cowan Spectrum (500) Moscow, ID
February 16, 2019 1:00 p.m.		at Northern Colorado	L 72–77	13–9 (10–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,547) Greeley, CO
February 18, 2019 2:00 p.m.		at Eastern Washington	W 75–74	14–9 (11–3)	Reese Court (462) Cheney, WA
February 21, 2019 6:00 p.m.		Northern Arizona	W 90–72	15–9 (12–3)	Cowan Spectrum (420) Moscow, ID
February 23, 2019 1:00 p.m.		Southern Utah	W 77–49	16–9 (13–3)	Cowan Spectrum (508) Moscow, ID
February 28, 2019 7:00 p.m.		at Portland State	W 81–68	17–9 (14–3)	Viking Pavilion (889) Portland, OR
March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m.		at Sacramento State	W 69–65	18–9 (15–3)	Hornets Nest (221) Sacramento, CA
March 7, 2019 6:00 p.m.		Weber State	W 86–78	19–9 (16–3)	Cowan Spectrum (653) Moscow, ID
March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m.		Idaho State	L 67–73	19–10 (16–4)	Cowan Spectrum (723) Moscow, ID
Big Sky women's tournament
March 12, 2019 11:00 a.m.	(1)	vs. (8) Northern Arizona Quarterfinals	W 90–73	20–10	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
March 13, 2019 5:30 p.m., ELVN	(1)	vs. (4) Portland State Semifinals	L 59–75	20–11	CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
WNIT
March 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		at Loyola Marymount First round	W 79–64	21–11	Gersten Pavilion (315) Los Angeles, CA
March 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		Denver Second round	W 88–66	22–11	Memorial Gym (1,230) Moscow, ID
March 28, 2019* 6:30 p.m.		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.

Source:^[5]

References

^ "Vandals Stunned in Boise". University of Idaho Athletics. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
^ "Vandals Win, Will Host Second Round at Memorial Gym". University of Idaho Athletics. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
^ "Third Quarter Sends Vandals to WNIT Round of 16". University of Idaho Athletics. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
^ "Vandals Historic Season Comes to a Close". University of Idaho Athletics. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Govandals.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

[1] "Vandals Stunned in Boise". University of Idaho Athletics. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

[2] "Vandals Win, Will Host Second Round at Memorial Gym". University of Idaho Athletics. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

[3] "Third Quarter Sends Vandals to WNIT Round of 16". University of Idaho Athletics. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

[4] "Vandals Historic Season Comes to a Close". University of Idaho Athletics. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

[5] "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Govandals.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

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v t e Idaho Vandals women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1974–1976, 2020–21) Cowan Spectrum (1976–2020) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches
Seasons	List of seasons 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Roster

Schedule

See also

References