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BYU Women’s Basketball Season Review (2011-12)

• 2012 West Coast Conference Tournament Champions with 78-66 win over Gonzaga
• No. 10 Seed in NCAA Tournament, played at DePaul, the No. 7 seed
• 26-7 record (sixth 20-win season in 10 years)
• Team ranked No. 1 in the nation in assists per game
• First NCAA appearance since 2007 (ninth NCAA tournament appearance and 12^th postseason appearance in 15 years)
• Head Coach Jeff Judkins became winningest women’s basketball coach at BYU picking up his 220^th career victory with the 80-56 home win over Pepperdine on Jan. 12, 2012. On that night his record was 220-111 (.665)
• Concludes season with a 39 RPI
• Ranked in the polls for the first time since 2006
• Ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll the week of Jan. 23, 2012
• Ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll the week of Feb.13, 2012
• Received votes in the AP Poll on Jan. 16, 2012 and Dec. 26, 2011
• Received votes in the USA Today ESPN Coaches Poll on Dec. 26, 2011; on Jan. 24, 2012; Jan. 31, 2012; Feb. 7, 2012 and on Feb. 14, 2012

2012 Honors

• Kristen Riley – AP All-America Honorable Mention
• Kristen Riley – WCC Player of the Year
• Kristen Riley – WCC All- Conference Team
• Kristen Riley – WCC Player of the Month (January and February)
• Kristen Riley – WCC Player of the Week (Jan. 30, 2012)
• Haley Steed – WCC All-Conference Team
• Haley Steed – WCC Championship MVP
• Haley Steed – Finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award given to the best women’s college point guard
• Dani Peterson – WCC Championship All-Tournament Team
• Jennifer Hamson – WCC Championship All-Tournament Team
• Jennifer Hamson – WCC All-Academic Team
• Jennifer Hamson – Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll by CollegeSports360.com (2/15/12)
• Jennifer Hamson – Madness West Coast Women’s Basketball Player of the Week by College Sports Madness (2/13/12)
• Kim Parker – WCC All-Academic Team
• Kim Parker – WCC Player of the Week (2/13/12) and (12/5/11)
• Lexi Eaton – WCC Co-Newcomer of the Year
• Lexi Eaton – WCC All-Freshman Team

Records Broken

• Haley Steed – ranks second all-time in career assists with 559
• Haley Steed – holds record for assists in a season with 236
• Haley Steed – ranks eighth all-time in career steals with 220
• Haley Steed - ranks fourth all-time in career 3-pointers made with 190
• Kristen Riley – ranks sixth all-time in career rebounds with 744
• Kristen Riley – ranks fifth all-time in career blocks with 87
• Kristen Riley – ranks 19th all-time in total career points with 1,042
• Kristen Riley – ranks second in total games played with 129
• Jennifer Hamson – ranks fifth all-time in career blocks with 121

NCAA Team Rankings

• First in assists
• Sixth in assist/turnover ratio
• Seventh in blocked shots
• 13th in field-goal percentage defense
• 14th in scoring margin
• 16th in field-goal percentage
• 19th (tie) in won-loss percentage
• 30th in 3-point field-goal percentage
• 32nd in 3-point field goals per game
• 33rd in scoring offense
• 38th in free-throw percentage
• 40th in rebound margin

NCAA Player Rankings

• Haley Steed – 3rd in assist/turnover ratio
• Haley Steed – 4th in assists per game
• Jennifer Hamson – 22nd in blocked shots per game
• Kim Parker – 44th in assist/turnover ratio

Team Records

• 22-1 when they were ahead at the half
• 8-0 when they shot 50% or better
• 22-4 when they made five or more 3-pointer
• 18-4 when they outrebounded opponents

Team Ranking in the West Coast Conference

• First in scoring margin
• First in field goal percentage defense
• First in blocked shots
• First in assists
• First in assist/turnover ratio
• First in defensive rebounds
• Second in scoring offense
• Second in scoring defense
• Second in free throw percentage
• Second in field goal percentage
• Second in rebounding defense
• Second in 3-point field goals made
• Second in defensive rebound percentage
• Third in 3-point field goal percentage
• Third in 3-point field goal percentage defense
• Third in rebounding margin
• Fourth in rebounding offense
• Fourth in steals
• Fourth in turnover margin
• Fifth in offensive rebounds
• Fifth in offensive rebound percentage