2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team will represent Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, will play their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finish the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49.[1] They lost in the first round to Miami (FL).

2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball
Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
2018–19 record28–5 (16–0 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chelsea Banbury
  • Chelsea Lyles
  • Jenna Cobb
Home arenaAlico Arena
2018–19 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast †16–0 1.000  28–5  .848
Stetson11–5 .688  16–16  .500
North Alabama10–6 .625  21–9  .700
Liberty10–6 .625  16–16  .500
North Florida9–7 .563  15–14  .517
Jacksonville7–9 .438  14–16  .467
Kennesaw State4–12 .250  9–22  .290
NJIT3–13 .188  6–24  .200
Lipscomb2–14 .125  4–25  .138
† 2019 ASUN Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All home games and conference road are shown on ESPN+ or A-Sun.TV. Road games are also broadcast on the FGCU Portal.

Roster
2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 00 Davion Wingate 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS JrStephenson
Stony Brook		 Atlanta, GA
G/F 1 Erna Normil 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrLake Worth
Florida Southwestern		 Lake Worth, FL
G 2 Alyssa Blair 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoSun Prairie Sun Prairie, WI
G 3 Keri Jewett-Giles 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS JrDunbar
Southern Miss		 Fort Myers, FL
G 4 Chandler Ryan 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SoMorton Groveland, IL
G 5 Lisa Zderadicka 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS SrHAK Korneuburg
Houston Baptist		 Vienna, Austria
G 10 Sheahen Dowling 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoTrinity Chicago, IL
G 13 Kerstie Phills 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoCharlotte Christian
Wagner		 Charlotte, NC
G 14 Brittany Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SrPickerington North
Quinnipiac		 Pickerington, OH
G 15 Tyra Cox 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS FrLake Highland Prep
William & Mary		 Orlando, FL
G/F 20 Tanner Bryant 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrMiami Trace Washington Court House, OH
G/F 22 Destiny Washington 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 23 Ashley Panem 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrFairview Broomfield, CO
G/F 31 Nasrin Ulel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrMurrieta Murrieta, CA
F 42 Tytionia Adderly 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrCardinal Newman Jupiter, FL
G Emma List  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoDiscovery Canyon Campus
Albany		 Colorado Springs, CO
G Anja Marinkovic  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrNorthern Secondary
Detroit Mercy		 Toronto, Ontario
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 31, 2019

Schedule
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2018*
8:00 pm, ESPN3		 at South Dakota State L 62–80  0–1
 Frost Arena (1,678)
Brookings, SD
November 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Florida Memorial W 99–68  1–1
 Alico Arena (2,003)
Fort Myers, FL
November 16, 2018*
5:00 pm, Facebook Live		 FIU W 100–58  2–1
 Alico Arena (1,869)
Fort Myers, FL
November 23, 2018*
9:30 pm		 vs. No. 8 Stanford
Rainbow Wahine Shootout		 L 65–88  2–2
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
November 24, 2018*
7:30 pm, Big West Network		 at Hawaii
Rainbow Wahine Shootout		 W 73–67  3–2
 Stan Sheriff Center (1,268)
Honolulu, HI
November 25, 2018*
5:00 pm		 vs. American
Rainbow Wahine Shootout		 W 90–71  4–2
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
November 28, 2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN+		 Houston W 76–71  5–2
 Alico Arena (2,021)
Fort Myers, FL
December 5, 2018*
7:00 pm		 at Saint Francis (PA) W 83–69  6–2
 DeGol Arena (471)
Loretto, PA
December 14, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Johnson & Wales (FL) W 109–64  7–2
 Alico Arena (1,761)
Fort Myers, FL
December 17, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Abilene Christian W 81–65  8–2
 Alico Arena (1,758)
Fort Myers, FL
December 19, 2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN+		 Coppin State
Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic		 W 93–61  9–2
 Alico Arena (1,728)
Fort Myers, FL
December 21, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 UAB
Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic		 L 60–62  9–3
 Alico Arena (1,721)
Fort Myers, FL
December 30, 2018*
2:00 pm, ACCNE		 at Duke L 41–57  9–4
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,310)
Durham, NC
Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
January 5, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 Liberty W 68–50  10–4
(1–0)		 Alico Arena (2,225)
Fort Myers, FL
January 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at North Alabama W 68–52  11–4
(2–0)		 Flowers Hall (744)
Florence, AL
January 12, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at North Florida W 105–66  12–4
(3–0)		 UNF Arena (423)
Jacksonville, FL
January 19, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Kennesaw State W 69–46  13–4
(4–0)		 KSU Convocation Center 
Kennesaw, GA
January 22, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Lipscomb W 82–40  14–4
(5–0)		 Alico Arena (2,133)
Fort Myers, FL
January 27, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 North Florida W 80–48  15–4
(6–0)		 Alico Arena (2,203)
Fort Myers, FL
January 29, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at NJIT W 67–35  16–4
(7–0)		 Wellness and Events Center (200)
Newark, NJ
February 2, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 Jacksonville W 82–58  17–4
(8–0)		 Alico Arena (2,523)
Fort Myers, FL
February 5, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 North Alabama W 76–51  18–4
(9–0)		 Alico Arena (2,208)
Fort Myers, FL
February 9, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Liberty W 65–64  19–4
(10–0)		 Vines Center (1,410)
Lynchburg, VA
February 12, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 NJIT W 61–42  20–4
(11–0)		 Alico Arena (2,481)
Fort Myers, FL
February 16, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Stetson W 73–40  21–4
(12–0)		 Edmunds Center (475)
DeLand, FL
February 19, 2019
7:30 pm, Facebook Live		 at Lipscomb W 80–46  22–4
(13–0)		 Allen Arena (135)
Nashville, TN
February 23, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 Kennesaw State W 79–48  23–4
(14–0)		 Alico Arena (2,522)
Fort Myers, FL
March 2, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Jacksonville W 68–62  24–4
(15–0)		 Swisher Gymnasium (513)
Jacksonville, FL
March 5, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Stetson W 61–42  25–4
(16–0)		 Alico Arena (2,751)
Fort Myers, FL
Atlantic Sun Tournament
March 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 (1) (8) NJIT
Quarterfinals		 W 58–45  26–4
 Alico Arena (1,542)
Fort Myers, FL
March 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 (1) (7) Kennesaw State
Semifinals		 W 77–48  27–4
 Alico Arena (1,822)
Fort Myers, FL
March 17, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN+		 (1) (3) Liberty
Championship Game		 W 72–49  28–4
 Alico Arena (2,557)
Fort Myers, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 22, 2019*
9:30 pm, ESPN2		 (13 P) at (4 P) No. 19 Miami (FL)
First Round		 L 62–69  28–5
 Watsco Center (3,003)
Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
Season		Week
2		Week
3		Week
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5		Week
6		Week
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12		Week
13		Week
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15		Week
16		Week
17		Week
18		Week
19		Final
AP RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

See also

References
  1. Grosskopf, About The Author Kyle (2019-03-18). "FGCU women win ASUN Championship - Basketball, Sports". Eagle News - Florida Gulf Coast University. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  2. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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