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 12th postseason appearance in 15 years)
- Head Coach Jeff Judkins became winningest women’s basketball coach at BYU picking up his 220th 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