The 2013–14 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2013–14 college basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins thirteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars placed second in both the regular season and the conference tournament. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament where they became the only team to lead UConn in the second half of a game during the season before their Sweet Sixteen departure.
Before the season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Haley Steed 33 G Syracuse, Utah Graduated Keilani Unga 41 F Warrenville, Illinois Graduated
Recruiting As early recruiting began, BYU had 3 players commit to play. Name Pos. Height Hometown High School Notes Cassie Broadhead G Glenville, New York Scotia-Glenville High School She's a three-time Foothills Council MVP and a four-time Foothills Council First Team honoree. Her team has won the Foothill Council Championship the last three years. Broadhead has garnered three straight NBC News Channel 13 All-Star honors, has been named a Gazette Newspaper First Team All-Area recipient three straight times and has picked up two Second Team All-State Class A awards. Amy Harris G Santa Clara, Utah Snow Canyon Harris is a three-year letterwinner at Snow Canyon High School where she's averaged 12.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. The 5-foot-9 guard was named an Adidas All-American (only 100 girls each year receive such honor). She helped guide Snow Canyon to a 3A girls' basketball 2012 championship where she was named the tournament's MVP. Harris has also played on the Salt Lake Metro Basketball Club team. Kalani Purcell F Hamilton, New Zealand John Paul College Purcell, a 6-foot-2 forward, has played on the Queensland U18 team that has won three-straight Australian State Championship silver medals. In 2009 she was on the New Zealand U17 national team. Purcell, a native of New Zealand, prepped at John Paul College High School that won back-to-back national championships. The team is currently in Melbourne defending its title. In 2012 she received an invitation to try out for the New Zealand Tall Ferns, the national team, and she has also played for the New Zealand Force Cougars.
2013–14 media
BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates
All Lady Cougar games that didn't conflict with men's basketball or football games were featured live on BYU Radio found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org.
Roster
Schedule The conference schedule increased from 16 to 18 games with the addition of Pacific. The new schedule featured a travel format scenario where you will play on the road or at home for 2 consecutive games, typically on Thursday and Saturday with the following travel partners: BYU and San Diego, Pacific and Saint Mary's, Santa Clara and San Francisco, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, and Gonzaga and Portland.
!colspan=8 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"|Exhibition
!colspan=8 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season
!colspan=8 style="background:#002654;"| 2014 WCC Tournament
!colspan=8 style="background:#002654;"| 2014 NCAA Tournament
Game summaries
Exhibition: Colorado Mesa
Exhibition: Westminster College
South Dakota State Series History: First Meeting Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Skyler Hardman
UNLV Series History: BYU leads series 27-12 Broadcasters: Adam Candee, Dominique Harris & Jesse Vineyard
Boston College Series History: Boston College leads series 1-0
Cal State Northridge Series History: BYU leads 3-0 Broadcasters: Ryan Stanbury and Rheina Ale
Washington State Series History: Series even 4-4 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Skyler Hardman
Arizona Series History: BYU leads 6-4 Broadcasters: Ty Brandenburg and Kristen Kozlowski
Nevada Series History: BYU leads 6-1 Broadcaster: Don Marchand
Creighton Series History: Series tied 6-6 Broadcasters: Brad Burwell and Rob Simms
Weber State Series History: BYU leads 40-9 Broadcasters: Tyson Ewing and Brandon Garside
Utah Series History: Utah leads series 61-40 Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Kristen Kozlowski & Spencer Linton
Utah State Series History: BYU leads 31-3 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Jake Edmonds
Loyola Marymount Series History: BYU leads series 6-1 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton and Kristen Kozlowski
Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads 5-2 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Andy Boyce
Pacific Series History: BYU leads series 5-1 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Jarom Jordan & Andy Boyce
Saint Mary's Series History: Saint Mary's leads 3-2 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Andy Boyce
Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads series 7-5 Broadcasters: Greg Heister and Stephanie Hawk Freeman
Portland Series History: BYU leads series 12-4 Broadcaster: Cody Barton
San Diego Series History: BYU leads 6-0 Broadcasters: Justin Alderson and Tracy Warren
San Francisco Series History: BYU leads series 8-2 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Andy Boyce
Santa Clara Series History: BYU leads 6-1 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Andy Boyce
Saint Mary's Series History: Series even 3-3 Broadcasters: George Devine and Mary Hile-Nepfel
Pacific Series History: BYU leads 5-2 Broadcaster: Don Gubbins
Santa Clara Series History: BYU leads series 7-1 Broadcaster: Doug Greenwald
San Francisco Series History: BYU leads 9-2 Broadcaster: Joe Castellano
Portland Series History: BYU leads series 13-4 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Jake Edmonds
Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads series 8-5 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski & Andy Boyce
Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads 6-2 Broadcaster: Josh Perigo
Loyola Marymount Series History: BYU leads series 7-1 Broadcaster: Trace Lee
San Diego Series History: BYU leads 6-1 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton and Kristen Kozlowski
Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads 7-2 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton and Kristen Kozlowski
Pacific Series History: BYU leads 6-2 Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads 8-6 Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
NC State Series History: Series even 1-1 Broadcasters: Dave Pasch and Doris Burke
Nebraska Series History: Nebraska leads 4-3 Broadcasters: Dave Pasch and Doris Burke
Connecticut Series History: Connecticut leads 2-0 Broadcasters: Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck & LaChina Robinson
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See also BYU Cougars women's basketball
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