2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Arizona State women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by twenty fifth-year head coach Charli Turner Thorne (who retired at the end of the season). and they played their home games at the Desert Financial Arena and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	12–14 (4–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Charli Turner Thorne (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Jackie Moore Nikki Blue Yvonne Sanchez
Home arena	Desert Financial Arena

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Stanford †	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	4		.889
Oregon	11	–	6		.647			20	–	12		.625
Washington State	11	–	6		.647			19	–	11		.633
No. 19 Arizona	10	–	6		.625			21	–	8		.724
Colorado	9	–	7		.563			22	–	9		.710
Utah	8	–	7		.533			21	–	12		.636
UCLA	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Oregon State	6	–	9		.400			17	–	14		.548
Arizona State	4	–	9		.308			12	–	14		.462
USC	5	–	12		.294			12	–	16		.429
California	2	–	10		.167			11	–	13		.458
Washington	2	–	12		.143			7	–	16		.304
† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished the season 20–11, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to California. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Arizona State Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure

Incoming

Arizona State Incoming Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Source

Roster

2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Taya Hanson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Kelowna HS Kelowna, BC G 2 Jaddan Simmons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Green Bay Southwest HS Green Bay, WI G 3 Gabriela Bosquez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Blinn College Kyle, TX G 5 Ayzhiana Basallo 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr St. Ignatius San Francisco, CA G 11 Sydney Erikstrup 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Beaverton HS Portland, OR G 12 Mael Gillies 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Montmorency Montreal, Quebec G/F 13 Maggie Besselink 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Holy Cross HS Kingston, Ontario F 20 Katelyn Levings 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Edmond Memorial HS Oklahoma City, OK G/F 30 Jade Loville 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Skyline (Wash.) Scottsdale, Arizona F 32 Jayde Van Hyfte 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Annawan HS Annawan, IL F 42 Meg Newman  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr North Central HS Indianapolis, IN C 43 Imogen Greenslade 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So MLC School Sydney, Australia F 44 Isadora Sousa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Colegio A-Escopo Sao Paulo, Brazil	Head coach Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford) Assistant coach(es) Jackie Moore (Armstrong State) Nikki Blue (UCLA) Yvonne Sanchez (US International) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 4:00 pm, ASU Live Stream – 2		Stephen F. Austin	W 56–47	1–0	14 – Hanson	12 – Walker	– Walker	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
November 27, 2020* 4:00 pm, ASU Live Steam – 2		VCU	W 49–40	2–0	13 – Walker	13 – Walker	4 – Mbulito	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
November 30, 2020* 4:00 pm, ASU Live Steam – 2		Saint Mary's	W 62–53	3–0	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	4 – Mbulito	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
December 4, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 63–58	4–0 (1–0)	20 – Simmons	8 – Sanders	4 – Mbulito	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
December 10, 2020 4:00 pm, P12N		at No. 6 Arizona	L 37–65	4–2 (1–2)	14 – Hanson	9 – Walker	2 – Tied	McKale Center  Tucson, AZ
December 13, 2020* 2:00 pm, ASU Live Stream – 2		San Diego	W 64–55	5–2	16 – Simmons	9 – Walker	5 – Simmons	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
December 18, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 56–48	6–2 (2–2)	15 – Hanson	8 – Besselink	2 – Hanson	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, UT
December 20, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	Postponed					CU Events Center  Boulder, CO
January 1, 2021 6:30 pm, P12N		California	W 56–53	7–2 (3–2)	21 – Hanson	8 – Levings	7 – Simmons	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 3, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N		No. 1 Stanford	L 60–68	7–3 (3–3)	16 – Simmons	7 – Besselink	2 – Hanson	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 15, 2021 5:30 pm, P12N		Oregon State	Postponed					Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 17, 2021 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 10 Oregon	Postponed					Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 22, 2021 3:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 51–47	8–3 (4–3)	16 – Hanson	6 – Tied	4 – Loera	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 24, 2021 2:00 pm, ASU Live Stream		Utah	L 51–65	8–4 (4–4)	13 – Simmons	6 – Tied	4 – Sanders	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
January 29, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 5 UCLA	L 57–60	8–5 (4–5)	12 – Hanson	9 – Greenslade	3 – Simmons	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
February 5, 2021 9:00 pm, P12N		at No. 12 Oregon	Postponed					Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
February 7, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	Postponed					Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
February 8, 2021 4:00 pm, ASU Live Stream		Southern Utah	W 55–44	9–6	15 – Hanson	7 – Walker	4 – Simmons	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
February 12, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		Washington	L 35–50	9–7 (4–7)	11 – Hanson	7 – Hanson	3 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
February 14, 2021 12:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 67–61	10–7 (5–7)	15 – Simmons	6 – Levings	4 – Simmons	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
February 19, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 5 Stanford	L 41–80	10–8 (5–8)	11 – Walker	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
February 21, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N		California	L 55–67	10–9 (5–9)	17 – Hanson	7 – Walker	4 – Simmons	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
February 28, 2021 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 9 Arizona	W 66–64 OT	11–9 (6–9)	19 – Hansen	13 – Besselink	4 – Mbulito	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, AZ
February 18, 2022 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	L 58–65	12–10 (4–6)	22 – Simmons	7 – Gilles	3 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (874) Pullman, WA
February 20, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 69–74	12–11 (4–7)	14 – Levings	8 – Gilles	7 – Gilles	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1,442) Seattle, WA
February 24, 2022 5:00 pm, P12N		USC	L 58–60	12–12 (4–8)	22 – Loville	12 – Levings	6 – Gilles	Desert Financial Arena (2,809) Tempe, AZ
February 26, 2022 12:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	L 52–59	12–13 (4–9)	21 – Loville	6 – Simmons	5 – Gilles	Desert Financial Arena (2,176) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 Tournament
March 2, 2022 3:30 pm, P12N	(9)	vs. (8) Oregon State First Round	L 54–59	12–14	18 – Hanson	9 – Tied	3 – Tied	Michelob Ultra Arena (3,044) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:

Rankings

See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	—	—*	—^	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—

*The preseason and Week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team