The 2012–13 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented

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in the

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season. It was head coach

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twelfth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the

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, played their home games at the

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. They finished the season 23–11, 11–5 in conference play, to finish tied for 3rd in the conference. The Cougars advanced to the second round of the

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, where they lost to conference foe Saint Mary's. In an unusual event, the leader at Halftime of all 3 BYU/ Saint Mary's meetings would go on to lose the match.

Before the season

Departures

Redshirt News

The Cougars were bolstered by the news that Haley Steed would be granted a sixth year of eligibility after she missed out on two previous seasons from injuries. Steed missed out on her 2009-2010 season after playing only the season opening game against

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and then was given a medical redshirt during the 2010-11 season.

2012-13 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Many Lady Cougar games were broadcast live on

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found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org
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acted as the voice of the Lady Cougars for games not shown on BYUtv. 16 BYU games weren't available on BYU Radio, but of those 16 games 12 were broadcast on BYUtv. 2 of the remaining 3 games were streamed online live by the home team, and the Pepperdine game was available through Pepperdine's road broadcast. Only the Washington State game had no TV or audio broadcast available.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Game summaries

Chadron State

Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Kory Aldous ----

Dixie State

Series History: BYU leads regular season series 1-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Shaun Gordon ----

Weber State

Series History: BYU leads series 39-9
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Blake Tillitson ----

At Dartmouth

Series History: First meeting
Broadcasters: Brett Franklin (Big Green Insider)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio)

At Boston College

Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters: Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

At Harvard

Series History: BYU leads series 1-0
Broadcasters: Greg Kadetsky and Helen Williams (Harvard on Stretch)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

At Arizona

Series History: BYU leads series 6-5
Broadcasters: Derrick Palmer and Lisa Salgado- Arizona on Pac-12 Digital/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

At Washington State

Series History: BYU leads series 4-3 ----

Creighton

Series History: Creighton leads series 6-5
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Kory Aldous ----

Utah State

Series History: BYU leads series 30-3
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Blake Tillitson ----

At Utah

Series History: Utah leads the series 61-39
Broadcaster: Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) During the Utah State game BYU's leading scorer, Lexi Eaton, went down with an injury and was unable to return during the game. X-Rays were done a couple of days later, and Eaton was diagnosed with an ACL tear, ending Eaton's season. The good news for the Cougars is Jennifer Hamson returned to the BYU women's basketball team during the Utah game after the volleyball team's season ended with a Sweet Sixteen loss. ----

Tulsa

Series History: BYU leads series 6-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough and Kristen Kozlowski ----

UC Santa Barbara

Series History: UCSB leads series 4-3
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough and Kristen Kozlowski ----

Seattle

Series History: BYU leads series 1-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough and Kristen Kozlowski ----

Western New Mexico

Series History: BYU leads series 1-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Shaun Gordon ----

San Francisco

Series History: BYU leads series 7-1
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Shaun Gordon ----

At San Diego

Series History: BYU leads series 4-0
Broadcaster: Paula Bott (USD on Stretch) ----

Pepperdine

Series History: BYU leads series 3-2
Broadcaster: Nick Law (Pepperdine on Stretch) ----

At Gonzaga

Series History: BYU leads series 5-4
Broadcasters: Sam Adams and Stephanie Hawk Freeman (SWX)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

Loyola Marymount

Series History: BYU leads series 4-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Skyler Hardman ----

At San Francisco

Series History: BYU leads series 8-1
Broadcasters: George Devine (USF on Stretch)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

Saint Mary's

Series History: Series even 1-1
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Skyler Hardman ----

At Santa Clara

Series History: BYU leads series 4-1
Broadcasters: John Nash (Santa Clara on Stretch)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

San Diego

Series History: BYU leads series 5-0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Skyler Hardman ----

At Saint Mary's

Series History: BYU leads series 2-1
Broadcasters: Elias Feldman (Gaels Insider)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

Santa Clara

Series History: BYU leads series 5-1
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Jake Edmonds ----

At Pepperdine

Series History: BYU leads series 4-2
Broadcasters: Nick Law (TV-32)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

Portland

Series History: BYU leads series 10-4
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Jen Benson ----

Gonzaga

Series History: Series even 5-5
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Skyler Hardman ----

At Loyola Marymount

Series History: BYU leads series 5-0
Broadcaster: Patrick Duggan ----

At Portland

Series History: BYU leads series 11-4
Broadcasters: Sarah Griffin and Cody Barton (Portland on Stretch)/ Ty Brandenburg (BYU Radio) ----

WCC Quarterfinal: vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: BYU leads series 5-1
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

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''(Play-by-play)''; Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan ''(Halftime)''; Steve Cleveland,

, and Jarom Jordan ''(Bridge Show)'' ----

WCC Semifinal: vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 6-5
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Steve Cleveland, and Jarom Jordan ----

WNIT 1st Round: Idaho State

Series History: BYU leads series 11-3
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Andy Boyce ----

WNIT 2nd Round: San Diego State

Series History: BYU leads series 28-13
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Kristen Kozlowski, and Robbie Bullough ----

WNIT 3rd Round: Saint Mary's

Series History: Series even 2-2
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough, Kristen Kozlowski, and Andy Boyce ----

Rankings

References

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