MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's basketball finished a historic season in 2018-19 with a deep run in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, the highest West Coast Conference finish since 2011 and the most wins since 2002.
 
The 2018-19 season was Pepperdine women's basketball's best season in a long time. In head coach Delisha Milton-Jones' second season at the helm, the Waves posted their first winning season since 2012 and had their best WCC finish (third) and WCC seeding (third) since 2011. The Waves won 20 games for the first time since 2010, and tied for the fifth-best season in school history with 22 wins. They were also one of nine teams in women's NCAA Division I basketball to improve by at least 12 wins from the previous year.
 
Yasmine Robinson-Bacote made Pepperdine history by becoming just the third Wave ever to take home WCC Player of the Year honors. The senior from Hillside, N.J., led the conference in scoring in league games only, putting up 20.4 points per conference game, and was sixth in the conference in rebounding, pulling down 7.6 rebounds per game. Barbara Sitanggan was named All-WCC honorable mention, and Malia Bambrick was named to the WCC All-Freshmen team.
 
Robinson-Bacote, a three-time All-WCC first team selection, finished fourth all-time in Pepperdine women's basketball history in scoring at both 1,772 total points and a 15.3 points per game average. En route to a WCC-best scoring average of 20.1 points per game (more than three points better than any other player) — and 24th nationally — she scored at least 10 points in every game, and had 16 games with at least 20 points. Her 712 points this season rank second in Pepperdine single-season history, just one point behind Maureen Formico in 1984-85. She's fourth all-time in career free throws made (387).
 
After scoring a program-record 47 points against Sacramento State, she was named WCC Player of the Week on November 26. She got the award again on February 25 after averaging 27.5 points in home wins over Pacific and Saint Mary's.
 
MILESTONES FROM 2018-19:

• Nov. 23 – Yasmine Robinson-Bacote scores Pepperdine-record 47 points against Sacramento State
• Jan 5 – With win at San Diego, the Waves win first away conference game since 2016-17
• Jan 31 – With win over San Diego, the Waves win 11 games, surpassing the 2017-18 win total
• Jan 31-Feb. 23 – The Waves go on an 8-game win streak, the longest since the 2001-02 season
• Feb. 15 – With win over LMU, the Waves win 16th game, securing first winning season since 2009-10
• Feb. 21 – With win over Pacific, the Waves win 18th game, most since 2010-11, when the Waves also won 18 games
• Feb. 21- Rose Pflug Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Second Team – only WCC athlete to be named.
• Feb. 23 – With win over Saint Mary's, the Waves win 19th game, most since 2009-10, when the Waves won 20 games.
• Earned the #3 seed in the WCC Tournament, highest seed since 2011 when the Waves were the 3 seed
• March 9 – With win over Pacific in WCC Tournament, the Waves win 20th game, first time since 2009-10 with 20 wins, 12th season overall with 20 wins
• March 1 – Reached the WCC Semifinal for the first time since 2011
• March 18 – The Waves selected into ninth post-season WNIT in school history.
• March 20 – With win over California Baptist, the Waves win first ever WNIT game and first postseason win since 1979
• March 24 – With win over Saint Mary's, Waves win 22nd game, most wins in a season since 2002-03 season.
• March 25 – Reached first WNIT Sweet 16 in program history.
• March 28 – With her 179th assist on the year, Barbara Sitanggan sets Pepperdine all-time single-season assist record.
• Barbara Sitanggan finished the year 3rd in the nation in assist-turnover ratio, at 3.83 assists/turnover