2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fifth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference.[1][2] They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Rice in the first round before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
Big East regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 18
2018–19 record27–8 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ginny Boggess
  • Scott Merritt
  • Vernette Skeete
Home arenaAl McGuire Center
2018–19 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 18 Marquette153 .833  278  .771
No. 24 DePaul144 .778  268  .765
Butler117 .611  2310  .697
Villanova99 .500  1913  .594
Georgetown99 .500  1915  .559
Providence810 .444  1916  .543
Creighton810 .444  1516  .484
Seton Hall711 .389  1516  .484
St. John's711 .389  1516  .484
Xavier216 .111  1119  .367
2019 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 12, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

On April 3, Kieger left her alma mater after five seasons, the last three of which ended in NCAA tournament appearances, for the Penn State opening.[3] She finish with a 5 year record of 99–64.

Previous season

They finished the 2017–18 season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East play to share the regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East Women's Tournament, where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament, where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

Roster

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Tori McCoy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SoSt. Thomas More
Ohio State
Champaign, IL
G 1 Danielle King 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SrBloom Township Chicago, IL
G 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrGreen Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI
F 10 Sandra Dahling 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrSoina Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
G 11 Allazia Blockton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrDominican Milwaukee, WI
F 12 Erika Davenport 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrClarkston Clarkston, MI
G 15 Amani Wilborn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrRiverside University Milwaukee, WI
F 20 Altia Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrWoodbridge Bridgeville, DE
F 21 Amanda Maqueia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrNew Mexico JC Presidente Prudente, Brazil
G 24 Selena Lott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoColumbia East Greenbush, NY
G 30 Isabelle Spingola 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrWhitney Young Chicago, IL
G 42 Lauren Van Kleunen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoMason Mason, OH
F 52 Chloe Marotta 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrHomestead Mequon, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018*
6:00 pm
No. 19 Grand Valley State L 75–77 
Al McGuire Center (927)
Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018*
11:30 am
No. 19 South Dakota State W 91–52  1–0
Al McGuire Center (2,430)
Milwaukee, WI
Nov 9, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 19 Montana State
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 100–52  2–0
Al McGuire Center (1,202)
Milwaukee, WI
Nov 11, 2018*
1:00 pm
No. 19 Northern Iowa
Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals
W 102–61  3–0
Al McGuire Center (966)
Milwaukee, WI
Nov 15, 2018*
6:00 pm
No. 19 at No. 24 Miami (FL)
Preseason WNIT Semifinals
L 55–63  3–1
Watsco Center (855)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 24, 2018*
2:00 pm
No. 22 UIC W 96–32  4–1
Fiserv Forum (1,062)
Milwaukee, WI
Nov 28, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 22 at Milwaukee W 83–74  5–1
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (872)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 2, 2018*
4:00 pm
No. 22 Michigan W 85–74  6–1
Al McGuire Center (1,469)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 6, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 18 at No. 6 Mississippi State L 82–87  6–2
Humphrey Coliseum (7,273)
Starkville, MS
Dec 9, 2018*
1:00 pm, BTN
No. 18 at Northwestern W 76–57  7–2
Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,467)
Evanston, IL
Dec 15, 2018*
2:00 pm
No. 19 Green Bay W 80–54  8–2
Al McGuire Center (1,801)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 17, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 19 Binghamton W 93–40  9–2
Al McGuire Center (920)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 22, 2018*
12:30 pm, FS1
No. 19 No. 2 Notre Dame L 63–87  9–3
Al McGuire Center (3,700)
Milwaukee, WI
Big East regular season
Dec 29, 2018
2:00 pm, BEDN
No. 22 Providence W 85–46  10–3 (1–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,826)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 31, 2018
2:00 pm, BEDN
No. 20 Creighton W 85–67  11–3 (2–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,407)
Milwaukee, WI
Jan 4, 2019
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 20 No. 24 DePaul W 96–63  12–3 (3–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,613)
Milwaukee, WI
Jan 11, 2019
10:30 am, BEDN
No. 15 at Villanova W 91–55  13–3 (4–0)
Finneran Pavilion (1,401)
Villanova, PA
Jan 13, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN
No. 15 at Georgetown W 72–62  14–3 (5–0)
McDonough Gymnasium (203)
Washington, D.C.
Jan 18, 2019
11:30 am, BEDN
No. 14 Seton Hall W 96–60  15–3 (6–0)
Al McGuire Center (3,700)
Milwaukee, WI
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN
No. 14 St. John's W 83–73  16–3 (7–0)
Al McGuire Center (1,451)
Milwaukee, WI
Jan 25, 2019
6:00 pm, BEDN
No. 10 at Xavier W 90–44  17–3 (8–0)
Cintas Center (943)
Cincinnati, OH
Jan 27, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN
No. 10 at Butler W 87–58  18–3 (9–0)
Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,437)
Indianapolis, IN
Feb 3, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN
No. 10 at DePaul W 93–87  19–3 (10–0)
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,979)
Chicago, IL
Feb 8, 2019
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 8 Georgetown W 59–52  20–3 (11–0)
Al McGuire Center (2,061)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 10, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI
No. 8 Villanova W 93–55  21–3 (12–0)
Al McGuire Center (2,234)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 15, 2019
6:00 pm, BEDN
No. 8 at St. John's L 74–81  21–4 (12–1)
Carnesecca Arena (753)
Queens, NY
Feb 17, 2019
11:00 am, CBSSN
No. 8 at Seton Hall W 108–63  22–4 (13–1)
Walsh Gymnasium (924)
South Orange, NJ
Feb 22, 2019
7:00 pm, BEDN
No. 11 Butler L 57–61  22–5 (13–2)
Al McGuire Center (2,003)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 24, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN
No. 11 Xavier W 79–53  23–5 (14–2)
Al McGuire Center (2,187)
Milwaukee, WI
Mar 1, 2019
7:00 pm, BEDN
No. 13 at Creighton L 65–71  23–6 (14–3)
D. J. Sokol Arena (1,111)
Omaha, NE
Mar 3, 2019
12:00 pm, BEDN
No. 13 at Providence W 80–57  24–6 (15–3)
Alumni Hall (578)
Providence, RI
Big East Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019
12:00 pm, FS2
(1) No. 17 vs. (9) St. John's
Quarterfinals
W 88–57  25–6
Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
Mar 11, 2019
3:00 pm, FS1
(1) No. 13 vs. (4) Georgetown
Semifinals
W 75–62  26–6
Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
Mar 12, 2019
7:00 pm, FS1
(1) No. 13 vs. (2) DePaul
Championship Game
L 73–74  26–7
Wintrust Arena (2,407)
Chicago, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(5 C) No. 18 vs. (12 C) No. 24 Rice
First Round
W 58–54 OT 27–7
Reed Arena 
College Station, TX
Mar 24, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(5 C) No. 18 at (4 C) No. 14 Texas A&M
Second Round
L 76–78  27–8
Reed Arena (2,767)
College Station, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region.
All times are in Central.
[4]

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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Final
AP 19 19 22 22 18 19 19 22 20 15 14 10 10 8 8 11 13 17 13-T N/A
Coaches 19 19^ 19 17 15 16-T 17 19 16 14 13 9 9 7 7 11 12 17 13 19
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

References

  1. "Marquette Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  2. Marquette Golden Eagles. "Marquette Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. "Penn State hires Marquette's Kieger as coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule". Gomarquette.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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