2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team will represent the University of Cincinnati during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the sixth for the Bearcats as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats, led by first year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard, will return to play their home games at Fifth Third Arena after a one year for renovation. They finished the season 24–11, 12–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to UCF. They received an automatic bid Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Youngstown State, Minnesota, Butler in the first, second and third rounds before losing to TCU in the quarterfinals.

2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2018–19 record24–11 (12–4 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Melissa Kolbe
  • Semeka Randall-Lay
  • Heath Alexander
Home arenaFifth Third Arena
2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 UConn160 1.000  353  .921
UCF133 .813  267  .788
Cincinnati124 .750  2411  .686
Houston97 .563  1516  .484
South Florida79 .438  1916  .543
Temple79 .438  1118  .379
East Carolina610 .375  1615  .516
Tulsa610 .375  1318  .419
Tulane511 .313  1516  .484
Wichita State511 .313  1218  .400
SMU511 .313  1119  .367
Memphis511 .313  1120  .355
2019 AAC Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All games wil have a video stream on Bearcats TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital Network

Offseason

Departing players

NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Ana Owens 3 G 5'6" Senior Indianapolis, Indiana Graduated
Genesis Parker 5 G 5'8" Sophomore Bristow, Virginia Transferred to Butler
Shanice Johnson 21 F 6'1" Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated

2018 Recruits

The Bearcats did not sign any high school recruits for the 2018-19 season.

Incoming transfers

Name Num. Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Addaya Moore 14 G 5'10" Sophomore Granite City, Illinois Illinois
Monique Thompson 22 G 5'8" Graduate Student Long Beach, California Northwest Christian
Florence Sifa 30 G 5'7" Junior Bujumbura, Burundi Jacksonville College

Roster

2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Nikira Goings 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrOsborne Marietta, GA
F 4 Angel Rizor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrEast Wake Zebulon, NC
G 10 Michaela Porter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoObama Academy of
International Studies
Pittsburgh, PA
G 11 Sam Rodgers 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrLakota East Cincinnati, OH
G 12 Antoinette Miller 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrSouthfield-Lathrup Detroit, MI
G 13 Brianna Livingston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoWilfrid Laurier Scarborough, ON
G 14 Addaya Moore  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoIllinois Granite City, IL
F 20 Maya Benham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrOsborne Doulgasville, GA
G 22 Monique Thompson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GSNorthwest Christian Long Beach, CA
F 23 Iimar’i Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoSacred Heart Cathedral Prep Oakland, CA
F 25 Chelsea Warren 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrRed Oak Red Oak, TX
G 30 Florence Sifa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrJacksonville College Bujumbura, Burundi
C 35 I'Liyah Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoMale Louisville, KY
C 40 Andeija Puckett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoGriffin Griffin, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018*
2:00 pm, Bearcats TV
California (PA) W 69–49 
Fifth Third Arena (583)
Cincinnati, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Austin Peay W 69–48  1–0
Fifth Third Arena (873)
Cincinnati, OH
11/09/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
East Tennessee State W 77–64  2–0
Fifth Third Arena (840)
Cincinnati, OH
11/12/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Old Dominion L 72–76 OT 2–1
Fifth Third Arena (882)
Cincinnati, OH
11/16/2018*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Pittsburgh L 48–65  2–2
Peterson Events Center (735)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/18/2018*
3:00 pm
at Saint Louis W 51–50  3–2
Chaifetz Arena (517)
St. Louis, MO
11/21/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Yale W 66–52  4–2
Fifth Third Arena (809)
Cincinnati, OH
11/24/2018*
2:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Lipscomb W 71–55  5–2
Fifth Third Arena (833)
Cincinnati, OH
11/28/2018*
7:00 pm
at Ball State L 63–75  5–3
Worthen Arena (1,110)
Muncie, IN
12/02/2018*
2:00 pm
at Ohio State L 56–69  5–4
Value City Arena (4,825)
Columbus, OH
12/05/2018*
7:00 pm
at Miami (OH) L 65–78  5–5
Millett Hall (571)
Oxford, OH
12/07/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
VCU W 66–54  6–5
Fifth Third Arena (747)
Cincinnati, OH
12/16/2018*
2:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Xavier
Crosstown Shootout
W 79–61  7–5
Fifth Third Arena (3,053)
Cincinnati, OH
12/21/2018*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Howard W 85–51  8–5
Fifth Third Arena (803)
Cincinnati, OH
AAC regular season
01/06/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN2
SMU W 69–57  9–5
(1–0)
Fifth Third Arena (1,124)
Cincinnati, OH
01/09/2019
7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
at No. 3 Connecticut L 38–82  9–6
(1–1)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (7,591)
Storrs, CT
01/13/2019
12:00 pm, ESPNU
at UCF L 55–56  9–7
(1–2)
CFE Arena (2,631)
Orlando, FL
01/16/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Temple W 72–52  10–7
(2–2)
Fifth Third Arena (1,004)
Cincinnati, OH
01/19/2019
3:00 pm
at Tulsa W 70–50  11–7
(3–2)
Reynolds Center (842)
Tulsa, OK
01/23/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Houston W 68–57  12–7
(4–2)
Fifth Third Arena (814)
Cincinnati, OH
01/26/2019
2:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Memphis W 80–56  13–7
(5–2)
Fifth Third Arena (999)
Cincinnati, OH
01/30/2019
7:00 pm, ADN
at South Florida W 57–56  14–7
(6–2)
Yuengling Center (2,472)
Tampa, FL
02/02/2019
12:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 2 Connecticut L 55–65  14–8
(6–3)
Fifth Third Arena (2,996)
Cincinnati, OH
02/10/2019
2:00 pm, ESPNU
Wichita State W 82–54  15–8
(7–3)
Fifth Third Arena (1,127)
Cincinnati, OH
02/13/2019
6:30 pm, ADN
at Memphis W 89–69  16–8
(8–3)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (419)
Memphis, TN
02/17/2019
2:00 pm, ESPNU
at Temple L 70–78  16–9
(8–4)
McGonigle Hall (912)
Philadelphia, PA
02/20/2019
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Tulsa W 74–47  17–9
(9–4)
Fifth Third Arena (781)
Cincinnati, OH
02/23/2019
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at East Carolina W 68–57  18–9
(10–4)
Williams Arena (1,102)
Greenville, NC
03/02/2019
12:00 pm, Bearcats TV
South Florida W 57–43  19–9
(11–4)
Fifth Third Arena (1,945)
Cincinnati, OH
03/04/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane W 80–65  20–9
(12–4)
Devlin Fieldhouse (538)
New Orleans, LA
AAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2019
8:00 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (11) Memphis
Quarterfinals
W 68–48  21–9
Mohegan Sun Arena (3,243)
Uncasville, CT
03/10/2019
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(3) vs. (2) UCF
Semifinals
L 58–66  21–10
Mohegan Sun Arena (5,872)
Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/21/2019*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Youngstown State
First Round
W 76–62  22–10
Fifth Third Arena (1,951)
Cincinnati, OH
03/24/2019*
3:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Minnesota
Second Round
W 72–65  23–10
Fifth Third Arena (1,945)
Cincinnati, OH
03/28/2019*
7:00 pm, Bearcats TV
Butler
Third Round
W 72–65  24–10
Fifth Third Arena (2,450)
Cincinnati, OH
03/31/2019*
2:00 pm
at TCU
Quarterfinals
L 55–69  24–11
Schollmaier Arena (2,436)
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST.

Awards and milestones

All-AAC Awards

  • Newcomer of the Year: Florence Sifa

All-AAC First Team

  • IImar’I Thomas

All-AAC Second Team

  • Antoinette Miller

See also

References

  1. "University of Cincinnati Official Athletic Site". Gobearcats.com. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
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