2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	14–9 (9–4 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Ray Stewart (9th season); Melanie Day (1st season); Lee Cummard (1st season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins's nineteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center.

2019–20 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Gonzaga	17	–	1	.944	28	–	3	.903
San Diego	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
BYU	13	–	5	.722	18	–	11	.621
Portland †	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Pacific	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Pepperdine	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Saint Mary's	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
San Francisco	5	–	13	.278	12	–	19	.387
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	12	–	19	.387
Loyola Marymount	3	–	15	.167	7	–	25	.219

† 2020 WCC tournament winner As of May 2, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Before the season edit

Departures edit

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shaylee Gonzales	2	G	5'10	Freshman	Gilbert, Arizona	RS Medical^[2]
Abby Mangum	10	G	6'0	RS Freshman	Eagle, Idaho	Transferred to Westminster College^[2]
Caitlyn Alldredge	12	G	5'10"	Senior	Centerville, Utah	Graduated
Tahlia White	23	F	6'0	RS Freshman	Orem, Utah	Serving a Church Mission
Ashley Beckstrand	24	G	5'7	RS Freshman	St. George, Utah	Transferred to Dixie State^[2]

Newcomers edit

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kaylee Smiler	11	G	5'8	RS Freshman	Hamilton, New Zealand
Lauren Gustin	12	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Salem, Utah	Transferred from Salt Lake Community College; Will Redshirt the season
Leilani Otuafi	20	G	5'9	Freshman	Fallon, Nevada
Kyra Beckman	34	F	6'2	Freshman	Snohomish, Washington

2019–20 media edit

BYU Sports Media edit

All Cougars home games are scheduled to be shown on BYUtv or on WCC Network (formerly TheW.tv). Conference road games will also be shown on WCC Network. Most regular season road games will be streamed. Streaming partners for those games can be found on the schedule.

Roster edit

2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Brenna Chase Drollinger	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Broomfield	Thornton, CO
G	2	Shaylee Gonzales	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Mesquite	Gilbert, AZ
F	3	Shalae Salmon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Wellington Girls' College	Porirua, New Zealand
G	5	Maria Albiero	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Neusa Christian	Londrina, Brazil
F	11	Kaylee Smiler	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Melville	Hamilton, New Zealand
F	12	Lauren Gustin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Salem Hills Salt Lake CC Idaho	Salem, UT
G	13	Paisley Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Glacier Peak	Everett ,WA
F	14	Babalu Ugwu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Friendship Christian	Judai, Sao Paulo, Brazil
F	15	Malli Valgardson Peri	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS So	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Grove, UT
G	20	Leilani Otuafi	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Churchill County	Fallon, NV
G	21	Khaedin Taito	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Palm Beach Currumbin High School USC	Hastings, New Zealand
C	22	Sara Hamson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Jr	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
F	23	Tahlia White	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mountain View	Orem, UT
F	32	Signe Glantz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Lulea Gymnasie Skola	Östersund, Sweden
F	33	Jasmine Moody	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Radford	Honolulu, HI
F	34	Kyra Beckman	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Snohomish	Snohomish, WA

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Melanie Day (BYU)
Lee Cummard (BYU)
Kim Gibb- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2019* 7:00 pm, WCC Network	Westminster	W 69–61	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/02/2019* 2:00 pm, WCC Network	Antelope Valley	W 105–52	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2019* 2:00 pm, P12+ WSU	at Washington State	L 50–67	0–1	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
11/14/2019* 7:00 pm, byutv.org	Texas A&M-Kingsville	W 90–38	1–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/21/2019* 7:00 pm, MW Net	at Fresno State	W 71–65	2–1	Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
11/26/2019* 11:00 am, BYUtv	Utah State	W 67–50	3–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/29/2019* 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Utah Deseret First Duel	L 73–77 ^OT	3–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/06/2019* 6:00 pm, P12+ ASU	at Arizona State	L 52–60	3–3	Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
12/11/2019* 7:00 pm, MW Net	at Boise State	L 55–66	3–4	ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID
12/14/2019* 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Utah Valley UCCU Crosstown Clash	W 71–57	4–4	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/18/2019* 8:30 pm, BYUR	vs. San Jose State Maui Jim Maui Classic	W 75–56	5–4	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
12/19/2019* 10:30 pm, P12+ OSU	vs. No. 4 Oregon State Maui Jim Maui Classic	L 34–65	5–5	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI
WCC regular season
12/28/2019 3:00 pm, WCC Network	at Loyola Marymount	W 59–44	6–5 (1–0)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
12/30/2019 3:00 pm, WCC Network	at Pepperdine	W 65–47	7–5 (2–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/02/2020 7:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 17 Gonzaga	L 43–55	7–6 (2–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/04/2020 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Portland	L 48–57	7–7 (2–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/11/2020 2:00 pm, BYUtv	San Diego	W 52–36	8–7 (3–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/16/2020 8:00 pm, WCC Network	at Pacific	W 76–66 ^OT	9–7 (4–2)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/18/2020 3:00 pm, WCC Network	at Saint Mary's	W 65–55	10–7 (5–2)	University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/23/2020 11:00 am, BYUtv	San Francisco	W 57–44	11–7 (6–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/25/2020 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Santa Clara	W 71–48	12–7 (7–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/30/2020 8:00 pm, WCC Network	at Portland	W 66–54	13–7 (8–2)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
02/01/2020 3:00 pm, WCC Network	at No. 12 Gonzaga	L 44–59	13–8 (8–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
02/08/2020 3:00 pm, WCC Network	at San Diego	L 45–51	13–9 (8–4)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
02/13/2020 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Saint Mary's	W 60–39	14–9 (9–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/15/2020 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Pacific			Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/20/2020 8:00 pm, WCC Network	at Santa Clara			Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/22/2020 2:00 pm, WCC Network	at San Francisco			The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
02/27/2020 7:00 pm, BYUtv	Pepperdine			Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/29/2019 2:00 pm, BYUtv	Loyola Marymount			Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
TBA TBA, BYUtv	vs.			Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Mountain.

Game summaries edit

Exhibition: Westminster edit

Broadcasters: Jason Shepherd

Starting Lineups:

Westminster: Abby Mangum, Mariah Martin, Sarah McGinley, Kaitlin Toluono, Hunter Krebs
BYU: Brenna Drollinger, Maria Albiero, Paisley Johnson, Sara Hamson, Jasmine Moody

WCC Network

Oct. 29
7 p.m. MST

Westminster Griffins 61, BYU Cougars 69
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 15–11, 13–17, 10–24
Pts: Sarah McGinley 22 Rebs: Sarah McGinley, Kaitlin Toluono 8 Asts: Mariah Martin 5		Pts: Shalae Salmon 16 Rebs: Jasmine Moody 10 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 6

Antelope Valley Pioneers 52, BYU Cougars 105
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 14–29, 13–29, 15–22
Pts: Serene Tyus 16 Rebs: Chinna Fair 8 Asts: Asia Young, Serene Tyus, Tylen Price, Alexia Budd 2		Pts: Jasmine Moody 15 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 7 Asts: Maria Albiero 8

BYU Cougars 50, Washington State Cougars 67
Scoring by quarter: 8–10, 15–21, 17–18, 10–18
Pts: Paisley Johnson 19 Rebs: Jasmine Moody 8 Asts: Leilani Otuafi 4		Pts: Borislava Hristova 23 Rebs: Jovana Subasic 11 Asts: Cherilyn Molina 4

Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas 38, BYU Cougars 90
Scoring by quarter: 3–23, 14–21, 12–27, 9–19
Pts: Daisah Purnell, Maeghan Palmer 8 Rebs: Ravae Payne, Daisah Purnell 5 Asts: Ravae Payne 3		Pts: Babalu Ugwu 12 Rebs: Sara Hamson 13 Asts: Maria Albiero 6

BYU Cougars 71, Fresno State Bulldogs 65
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 17–15, 19–15, 16–26
Pts: Shalae Salmon 16 Rebs: Sara Hamson 14 Asts: Maria Albiero 5		Pts: Katelin Noyer 12 Rebs: Haley Cavinder 7 Asts: Haley Cavinder, Aly Gamez 3

Utah State Aggies 50, BYU Cougars 67
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 9–16, 10–14, 18–21
Pts: Lindsey Jensen-Baker 14 Rebs: Marlene Aniambossou 8 Asts: Steph Gorman 4		Pts: Brenna Drollinger 21 Rebs: Shalae Salmon, Sara Hamson 11 Asts: Maria Albiero, Paisley Johnson 4

Utah Utes 77, BYU Cougars 73 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 15–10, 19–22, 16–15, Overtime: 10–6
Pts: Brynna Maxwell 18 Rebs: Brynna Maxwell, Lola Pendande 7 Asts: Julie Brosseau 5		Pts: Paisley Johnson 19 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 12 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 7

BYU Cougars 52, Arizona State Sundevils 60
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 7–7, 10–24, 19–19
Pts: Paisley Johnson 18 Rebs: Brenna Drollinger 8 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 6		Pts: Reili Richardson 15 Rebs: Ja'Tavia Tapley 18 Asts: Ja'Tavia Tapley 5

BYU Cougars 55, Boise State Broncos 66
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 10–8, 22–24, 10–15
Pts: Paisley Johnson 18 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 11 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Maria Albiero 5		Pts: A'Shanti Coleman 19 Rebs: Mallory McGwire 14 Asts: Jayde Christopher 7

Utah Valley Wolverines 57, BYU Cougars 71
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–20, 10–20, 11–14
Pts: Maria Carvalho 10 Rebs: Maria Carvalho 9 Asts: Maria Carvalho 5		Pts: Brenna Drollinger 19 Rebs: Brenna Drollinger, Babalu Ugwu 7 Asts: Paisley Johnson 6

San Jose State Spartans 56, BYU Cougars 75
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 17–27, 11–11, 18–18
Pts: Cydni Lewis 18 Rebs: Tyra Whitehead 7 Asts: Danae Marquez 4		Pts: Paisley Johnson 20 Rebs: Brenna Drollinger, Shalae Salmon 8 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 7

BYU Cougars 34, #4 Oregon State Beavers 65
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 6–24, 13–17, 4–20
Pts: Brenna Drollinger 14 Rebs: Jasmine Moody 10 Asts: Khaedin Taito 2		Pts: Destiny Slocum 18 Rebs: Mikayla Picec 9 Asts: Aleah Goodman 7

BYU Cougars 59, Loyola Marymount Lions 44
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 10–8, 14–9, 14–15
Pts: Paisley Johnson 16 Rebs: Sara Hamson 12 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 4		Pts: Chelsey Gipson 10 Rebs: Chelsey Gipson 6 Asts: Chelsey Gipson, Raychel Stanley, Brittney Reed 2

BYU Cougars 65, Pepperdine Waves 47
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–11, 17–8, 18–13
Pts: Sara Hamson 13 Rebs: Babalu Ugwu 11 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 7		Pts: Barbara Sitanggan 12 Rebs: Monique Andriuolo, Barbara Sitanggan 8 Asts: Barbara Sitanggan 4

#16 Gonzaga Bulldogs 55, BYU Cougars 43
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 14–6, 12–15, 11–10
Pts: Katie Campbell 11 Rebs: Katie Campbell, Melody Kempton 6 Asts: Jessie Lorea 3		Pts: Babalu Ugwu 10 Rebs: Babalu Ugwu 11 Asts: Maria Drollinger 4

Portland Pilots 57, BYU Cougars 48
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 22–9, 16–7, 12–19
Pts: Keeley Frawley 14 Rebs: Alex Fowler 8 Asts: Kate Andersen, Maddie Muhlheim, Keeley Frawley 4		Pts: Paisley Johnson 14 Rebs: Sara Hamson 13 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Maria Albiero 4

San Diego Toreros 36, BYU Cougars 52
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 12–16, 7–11, 5–15
Pts: Jordyn Edwards 9 Rebs: Myah Pace, Patricia Brossman 10 Asts: Jordyn Edwards 4		Pts: Brenna Drollinger 13 Rebs: Brenna Drollinger, Shalae Salmon 6 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 9

BYU Cougars 76, Pacific Tigers 66 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–22, 16–13, 14–18, Overtime: 12–2
Pts: Paisley Johnson 31 Rebs: Sara Hamson 12 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Paisley Johnson 5		Pts: Brooklyn McDavid 19 Rebs: Valerie Higgins 8 Asts: Valerie Higgins, Lianna Tillman 4

BYU Cougars 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 55
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 15–10, 18–17, 15–8
Pts: Kaylee Smiler 19 Rebs: Maria Albiero, Kaylee Smiler 6 Asts: Maria Albiero 4		Pts: Taycee Wedin 16 Rebs: Sam Aimons 13 Asts: Madeline Holland, Tyra Moe, Sam Simons, Brianna Simonich 3

San Francisco Dons 44, BYU Cougars 57
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 6–20, 14–21, 13–9
Pts: Mikayla Williams 15 Rebs: Leilah Vigil 9 Asts: Lucie Hoskova 4		Pts: Jasmine Moody 11 Rebs: Babalu Ugwu 7 Asts: Paisley Johnson 6

2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Before the season edit

Departures edit

Newcomers edit

2019–20 media edit

BYU Sports Media edit

Roster edit

Schedule edit

Game summaries edit

Exhibition: Westminster edit

Antelope Valley edit

Washington State edit

Texas A&M-Kingsville edit

Fresno State edit

Utah State edit

Utah edit

Arizona State edit

Boise State edit

Utah Valley edit

San Jose State edit

Oregon State edit

Loyola Marymount edit

Pepperdine edit

Gonzaga edit

Portland edit

San Diego edit

Pacific edit

Saint Mary's edit

San Francisco edit

Santa Clara edit

Portland edit

Gonzaga edit

San Diego edit

Saint Mary's edit

Pacific edit

Santa Clara edit

San Francisco edit

Pepperdine edit

Loyola Marymount edit

Rankings edit

References edit

Santa Clara Broncos 48, BYU Cougars 71
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 13–17, 14–20, 12–20
Pts: Lindsey VanAllen 16 Rebs: Ashlyn Herlihy 11 Asts: Lexie Pritchard 3		Pts: Sara Hamson 15 Rebs: Sara Hamson 7 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Paisley Johnson 4

BYU Cougars 66, Portland Pilots 54
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 16–21, 21–12, 15–11
Pts: Sara Hamson 14 Rebs: Sara Hamson 10 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Maria Albiero 6		Pts: Alex Fowler 17 Rebs: Haylee Andrews, Alex Fowler 8 Asts: Kate Andersen, Haylee Andrews, Maddie Muhlheim 3

BYU Cougars 44, #12 Gonzaga Bulldogs 59
Scoring by quarter: 10–7, 15–19, 9–14, 10–19
Pts: Brenna Drollinger 24 Rebs: Sara Hamson 9 Asts: Kaylee Smiler 2		Pts: Katie Campbell 17 Rebs: Jenn Wirth 6 Asts: Kayleigh Truong 5

BYU Cougars 45, San Diego Toreros 51
Scoring by quarter: 6–8, 10–9, 17–14, 12–20
Pts: Paisley Johnson 19 Rebs: Sara Hamson 10 Asts: Brenna Drollinger 3		Pts: Leticia Soares 13 Rebs: Leticia Soares 10 Asts: Myah Pace, Jordyn Edwards 4

Saint Mary's Gaels 39, BYU Cougars 60
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 7–11, 9–11, 16–13
Pts: Sam Simons 10 Rebs: Brianna Simonich, Claire Ferguson 8 Asts: Sam Simons 3		Pts: Brenna Drollinger 18 Rebs: Brenna Drollinger 8 Asts: Brenna Drollinger, Maria Albiero 5

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked