2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball
WCC regular season champions; St. Pete Showcase Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 20
Record	26–4 (15–1 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (21st season);
Assistant coaches	Ray Stewart (11th season); Melanie Day (3rd season); Lee Cummard (3rd season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT^[2]
No. 20 BYU	15	–	1	.938	26	–	4	.867
Gonzaga †	15	–	2	.882	27	–	7	.794
San Francisco	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Portland	8	–	7	.533	20	–	11	.645
Saint Mary's	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
San Diego	8	–	9	.471	17	–	15	.531
Santa Clara	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Pepperdine	4	–	11	.267	8	–	17	.320
Loyola Marymount	4	–	13	.235	11	–	19	.367
Pacific	3	–	14	.176	6	–	23	.207

† 2022 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins's twenty first and final season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center.

Before the season

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout college sports, the NCAA ruled that the 2020–21 season would not count against the eligibility of any women's basketball player. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return in 2021–22.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Megan Stevenson	1	F	6'0	Freshman	Purcellville, Virginia
Malli Perri	15	F	6'5"	RS Junior	Pleasant Grove, Utah	Graduated and chose not to return
Tahlia White	21	F	6'0	Freshman	Orem, Utah	Transferred to Utah Valley

Newcomers

Name^[3]	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown
Amanda Barcello	1	F	5'11	Freshman	Chandler, Arizona
Rose Bubakar	24	F	6'0	Freshman	Frederick, Maryland
Emma Calvert	25	F	6'4	Freshman	Farr West, Utah
Amber Kartchner	33	G	5'9"	Freshman	Logan, Utah
Arielle Mackey-Williams	4	G	5'9"	Freshman	Logan, Utah

2021–22 media

BYU Sports Media

All Cougars home games are being shown on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. Conference road games are being shown on WCC Network. All remaining non-conference road games are also being streamed. Streaming partners for those games can be found on the schedule.

Roster

2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Amanda Barcello	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Seton Catholic	Chandler, AZ
G	2	Shaylee Gonzales	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Mesquite	Gilbert, AZ
G	3	Nani Falatea	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	East	Salt Lake City, UT
G	4	Arielle Mackey-Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Tai Wananga Ki Ruakura	Ngati Porou, New Zealand
G	5	Maria Albiero	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Neusa Christian	Londrina, Brazil
G	10	Tegan Graham	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		Wellington Girls Colgate	Wellington, New Zealand
F	11	Kaylee Smiler	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Melville	Hamilton, New Zealand
F	12	Lauren Gustin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Salem Hills Salt Lake CC Idaho	Salem, UT
G	13	Paisley Harding	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Glacier Peak	Everett ,WA
G	20	Devry Millett	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Folsom	Folsom, CA
F	21	Heather Hamson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
C	22	Sara Hamson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Sr	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
F	24	Rose Bubakar	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Frederick	Frederick, MD
F	25	Emma Calvert	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Fremont	Farr West, UT
G	30	Kate Vorwaller	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Skyline	Salt Lake City, UT
F	32	Signe Glantz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Lulea Gymnasie Skola	Östersund, Sweden
G	33	Amber Kartchner	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Logan	Logan, UT
F	34	Kyra Beckman	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	Snohomish	Snohomish, WA
F	42	Kayla Belles-Lee	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Ithaca Michigan State	Ithaca, MI

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Melanie Day (BYU)
Lee Cummard (BYU)
Xojian Harry- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2021* 2:00 pm, byutv.org		Westminster	W 73–52	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2021* 4:00 pm, byutv.org		Lipscomb	W 81–58	1–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/13/2021* 4:00 pm, byutv.org		Fresno State	W 80–64	2–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/17/2021* 11:00 am, BYUtv		Arizona State	W 55–44	3–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/20/2021* 2:00 pm, BYUtv		Boise State	W 84–40	4–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/23/2021* 12:00 pm, BYUtv		Utah State	W 101–74	5–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/25/2021* 5:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. No. 17 Florida State St. Pete Showcase	W 61–54	6–0	McArthur Gymnasium St. Petersburg, FL
11/27/2021* 11:00 am, FloHoops		vs. No. 22 West Virginia St. Pete Showcase Championship	W 58–57	7–0	McArthur Gymnasium St. Petersburg, FL
12/04/2021* 5:00 pm, P12	No. 21	at Utah Deseret First Duel	W 85–80	8–0	Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/10/2021* 5:00 pm, Sooner Sports TV	No. 16	at Oklahoma	L 91–99 ^OT	8–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
12/18/2021* 12:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 20	Washington State	W 71–53	9–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/21/2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 19	at Montana State	W 89–67	10–1	Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
WCC regular season
12/30/2021 7:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 18	San Diego	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues		Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/01/2022 2:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 18	Portland	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues		Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/06/2022 7:00 pm, WCC Net	No. 18	at San Francisco	W 76–64	11–1 (1–0)	The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
01/08/2022 2:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 18	Pacific	W 94–68	12–1 (2–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/13/2022 7:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 18	Saint Mary's	W 78–36	13–1 (3–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/15/2022 3:00 pm, WCC Net	No. 18	at Loyola Marymount	W 77–37	14–1 (4–0)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2022 8:00 pm, WCC Net	No. 17	at Pepperdine	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues		Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/22/2022 2:00 pm, AT&T RM	No. 17	at San Diego	W 74–63	15–1 (5–0)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
01/24/2022 5:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 16	San Diego moved from Dec. 30	W 70–48	16–1 (6–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/27/2022 11:00 am, byutv.org	No. 16	Santa Clara	W 76–44	17–1 (7–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/29/2022 2:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 16	San Francisco	W 99–58	18–1 (8–0)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/03/2022 6:00 pm, AT&T RM	No. 16	at Portland	L 64–75	18–2 (8–1)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
02/05/2022 3:00 pm, AT&T RM	No. 16	at Gonzaga	W 62–50	19–2 (9–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
02/10/2022 7:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 20	Pepperdine	W 104–53	20–2 (10–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/12/2022 2:00 pm, WCC Net	No. 20	at Saint Mary's	W 84–69	21–2 (11–1)	University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
02/17/2022 11:00 am, BYUtv	No. 20	Loyola Marymount	W 77–54	22–2 (12–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/19/2022 2:00 pm, BYUtv	No. 20	Gonzaga	W 63–39	23–2 (13–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/24/2022 7:00 pm, SCSP	No. 19	at Santa Clara	W 103–66	24–2 (14–1)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/26/2022 3:00 pm, WCC Net	No. 19	at Pacific	W 82–52	25–2 (15–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
WCC Tournament
03/07/2022 1:00 pm, BYUtv	(1) No. 15	vs. (4) Portland WCC Semifinal	W 59–52	26–2	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/08/2022 2:00 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 15	vs. (2) Gonzaga WCC Championship	L 59–71	26–3	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
03/19/2022 11:00 am, ESPNews	(6 W) No. 20	vs. (11 W) Villanova NCAA 1st Round	L 57–61	26–4	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

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Game summaries

Exhibition: Westminster

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, and Jason Shepherd

Starting Lineups:

Westminster: Abby Mangum, Rae Falatea, Sarah McGinley, Ashley Greenwood, Hunter Krebs
BYU: Shaylee Gonzales, Maria Albiero, Tegan Graham, Lauren Gustin, Paisley Harding

byutv.org

Nov. 4
2 p.m. MST

2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Before the season

Departures

Newcomers

2021–22 media

BYU Sports Media

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Exhibition: Westminster

Lipscomb

Fresno State

Arizona State

Boise State

Utah State

Florida State

West Virginia

Utah

Oklahoma

Washington State

Montana State

San Francisco

Pacific

Saint Mary's

Loyola Marymount

San Diego

San Diego

Santa Clara

San Francisco

Portland

Gonzaga

Pepperdine

Saint Mary's

Loyola Marymount

Gonzaga

Santa Clara

Pacific

WCC Semifinal: Portland

WCC Championship: Gonzaga

NCAA 1st Round: Villanova

Conference Honors

Rankings

References