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

Sport:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2009–10
Prev Year:	2008–09
Next Year:	2010–11
Team:	Arizona State Sun Devils
Conference:	Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	4-1
Conf Record:	0-0
Head Coach:	Charli Turner Thorne
Asst Coach1:	Joseph Anders
Asst Coach2:	Meg Sanders
Asst Coach3:	Laura Hughes
Champion:	Rainbow Wahine Classic champions

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.

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

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Record
Nov. 5	Tempe, AZ	Vanguard	97-64	1-0

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

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class
42	BennettKali Bennett		Center	5Junior
25	BrandonKimberly Brandon		Guard/Forward	3Sophomore
24	DavisJazlyn Davis		Guard	7Senior
12	EarlAlex Earl		Guard	3Sophomore
30	FageGabby Fage		Guard	7Senior
22	FulcherJanae Fulcher		Forward	3Sophomore
21	MurphyKayli Murphy		Forward/Center	7Senior
13	OrsilloDanielle Orsillo		Guard	5Junior
4	ParsonsHaley Parsons		Guard	3Sophomore
1	SimonDymond Simon		Guard	7Senior
32	TobinBecca Tobin		Forward	5Junior

Schedule

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Record
Nov. 15	Tempe, AZ	South Dakota State	73-64	1-0
Nov. 19	New Haven, CT	Yale	82-46	2-0
Nov. 21	Cincinnati	Xavier	46-59	2-1
Nov. 27	Honolulu	Hawaii	65-53	3-1
Nov. 28	Honolulu	ETSU	80-67	4-1
Dec. 4	Tempe, AZ	Idaho State
Dec. 5	Tempe, AZ	Pepperdine or Utah State
Dec. 9	Tempe, AZ	North Dakota
Dec. 19	Las Vegas	Texas A&M
Dec. 20	Las Vegas	Baylor
Dec. 28	Tempe, AZ	Furman
Jan. 1	Tempe, AZ	USC
Jan. 3	Tempe, AZ	UCLA
Jan. 7	Seattle, WA	Washington
Jan. 9	Pullman, WA	Washington State
Jan. 14	Tempe, AZ	Oregon
Jan. 16	Tempe, AZ	Oregon State

Postseason

Pac-10 Basketball tournament

See 2010 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball tournament

NCAA Basketball tournament

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

Web site: ASU Women's Basketball Signs Two Players - ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090826060722/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041709aaa.html . 2009-08-26 . dead .
Web site: Charli Turner Thorne to Coach 2009 USA Basketball Women's World University Games Team - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site . 2009-06-16 . https://archive.today/20120714191128/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/043009aac.html . 2012-07-14 . dead .