The 2008–09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls ended the season with 27 wins. The 27th win of the season for the Bulls was the best in USF history - for men or women - and the highest win total by any Division I team in the state of Florida. USF capped their sixth postseason appearance by winning the 2009 WNIT Tournament.
Exhibition Date Opponent Location Bulls points Opp. points Record Nov. 1/08 Miami Sun Tampa, FL 91 67 1-0 Nov. 5/08 DT3 Tampa, FL 81 55 2-0
Regular season
Roster Number Name Height Position Class 1 Jasmine Wynne Guard Freshman 2 Leondra Doomes-Stephens Guard/forward Sophomore 5 Dominique English Guard Sophomore 10 Sequoyah Griffin Forward Sophomore 11 Porche Grant Forward Junior 15 Allyson Speed Guard Junior 21 Janae Stokes Guard Junior 23 Jessica Lawson Center Junior 33 Daleisha Carn Guard Sophomore 42 Melissa Dalembert Forward Junior
Schedule The Bulls participated in the USF Shootout on November 15 and 16. The Bulls participated in the Paradise Jam from November 27 to 29. The Bulls finished second in the Reef Division. Date Opponent Location Bulls points Opp. points Record Nov. 15/08 Central Connecticut Tampa, FL 100 41 1-0 Nov. 16/08 Loyola, MD Tampa, FL 94 46 2-0 Nov. 18/08 Stetson Tampa, FL 103 55 3-0 Nov. 23/08 Coppin State Tampa, FL 97 43 4-0 Nov. 27/08 California St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 55 85 4-1 Nov. 28/08 Iowa St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 82 79 5-1 Nov. 29/08 Texas Tech St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 71 61 6-1 Dec. 5/08 Florida International Tampa, FL 99 71 7-1 Dec. 14/08 North Florida Tampa, FL 90 44 8-1 Dec. 18/08 Grambling Tampa, FL 126 62 9-1 Dec. 20/08 Northern Arizona Tampa, FL 82 43 10-1 Dec. 21/08 Southern Tampa, FL 100 47 11-1 Dec. 28/08 Jackson State Tampa, FL 110 51 12-1 Dec. 30/08 Tulane New Orleans, LA 80 66 13-1 Jan. 3/09 Marquette Milwaukee, WI 60 68 13-2 Jan. 6/09 Connecticut Tampa, FL 37 83 13-3 Jan. 10/09 St. John’s Tampa, FL 81 71 14-3 Jan. 14/09 Louisville Tampa, FL 60 76 14-4 Jan. 17/09 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 47 79 14-5 Jan. 20/09 Providence Providence, RI 86 62 15-5 Jan. 24/09 Georgetown Tampa, FL 68 86 15-6 Jan. 31/09 Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 59 58 16-6 Feb. 3/09 Marquette Tampa, FL 56 71 16-7 Feb. 8/09 Syracuse Syracuse, NY 88 79 17-7 Feb. 14/09 Seton Hall Tampa, FL 80 51 18-7 Feb. 17/09 Notre Dame Tampa, FL 7986 18-8 Feb. 21/09 West Virginia Morgantown, WV 75 9018-9
Player stats Player Games played Minutes Field goals Three pointers Free throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points Shantia Grace 37 1165 163 64 160 117 175 7 58550 Janae Stokes 36 878 153 116 30 91 53 2 25 452 Jazmin Sepulveda 37 1143 150 68 71 125 136 1196 439 Jessica Lawson 36 797 151 0 79 240 9 44 31381 Brittany Denson 37 966 105 0 68 248 45 10033 278 Alexis Givands 12 258 38 3 4 37 24 1 2083 Jasmine Wynne 36 694 92 13 46 65 83 5 57 243 Porche Grant 37 765 93 0 42 284 20 30 33228 Melissa Dalembert 31 287 46 0 25 87 1 9 5117Allyson Speed 27 223 17 10 5 24 19 1 749 Ashley Sanders 34 257 19 0 19 59 16 5 1657 Crystal Ayers 6 24 2 1 0 3 1 0 25 Erin Moody 5 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 04 Kelsey Varney 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Postseason
Big East Tournament
WNIT Tournament Quarterfinal (Sunday, March 29) South Florida 80, St. Bonaventure 66 Semifinal (Wednesday, April 1) South Florida 82, Boston College 65 Championship (Saturday, April 4) South Florida 75, Kansas 71
WNIT player stats Player Games played Minutes Field goals Three pointers Free throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points Shantia Grace 5 181 21 7 29 14 29 2 778 Jasmine Wynne 5 151 21 3 16 10 12 04 61 Jessica Lawson 5 128 26 0 9 541 6 561 Janae Stokes 5 116 21 12 3 5 5 1 057 Brittany Denson 5 162 210 13 41 7 144 55 Jazmin Sepulveda 5 167 18 10 6 12 9 2 10 52 Porche Grant 5 105 13 0 3 39 2 6 329 Melissa Dalembert 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 Allyson Speed 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 02 Ashley Sanders 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
In the WNIT championship, the stat leaders were as follows: Player Category Sepulveda Points (18) Grant Rebounds (10) Grace Assists (5) Sepulveda Steals (2) Denson Blocks (4)
Awards and honors Alexis Givands, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team Shantia Grace, All-Big East point guard Janae Stokes, USF Shootout Most Valuable Player Jasmine Wynne, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team
Team players drafted into the WNBA No one from the Bulls was selected in the 2009 WNBA draft.
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