2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Indiana. They received at-large bid of the WNIT. There they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the second round.

2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2018–19 record21–11 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Danielle O'Banion
  • Carly Thibault-DuDonis
  • Kelly Roysland
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 Maryland153 .833  295  .853
No. 8 Iowa144 .778  297  .806
Rutgers135 .722  2210  .688
Michigan117 .611  2212  .647
Ohio State108 .556  1415  .483
Minnesota99 .500  2111  .656
Michigan State99 .500  2112  .636
Northwestern99 .500  2115  .583
Nebraska99 .500  1416  .467
Indiana810 .444  2113  .618
Purdue810 .444  1915  .559
Penn State513 .278  1218  .400
Wisconsin414 .222  1518  .455
Illinois216 .111  1020  .333
2019 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F/C 2 Barbora Tomancova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSGLD Brno Brno, Czech Republic
G/F 3 Destiny Pitts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoDetroit Country Day Detroit, MI
F 5 Taiye Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSouthfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
F 11 Delaynie Byrne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrRalston Valley HS Arvada, CO
G 12 Mercedes Staples 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrViewmont HS Centerville, UT
F 20 Kehinde Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSouthfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
G 21 Jasmine Brunson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrMary Louis Academy Queens, NY
G 23 Kenisha Bell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SrKennedy HS
Marquettte
Minneapolis, MN
F 25 Palma Kaposi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrNone Pécs, Hungary
F 31 Irene Garrido Perez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrWyoming CC Granada, Spain
G 34 Gadiva Hubbard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrPrincess Anne HS Virginia Beach, VA
C 41 Annalese Lamke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrGale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS Milwaukee, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018*
8:00 pm
New Hampshire W 70–47  1–0
Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 25 at Xavier W 78–53  2–0
Cintas Center (831)
Cincinnati, OH
11/17/2018*
7:30 pm
No. 25 San Diego W 53–48  3–0
Williams Arena (3,626)
Minneapolis, MN
11/20/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 23 Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 84–42  4–0
Williams Arena (3,007)
Minneapolis, MN
11/23/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 23 Cornell W 65–45  5–0
Williams Arena (4,339)
Minneapolis, MN
11/29/2018*
7:30 pm, BTN
No. 20 No. 12 Syracuse
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 72–68  6–0
Williams Arena (4,178)
Minneapolis, MN
12/02/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 20 Air Force W 67–50  7–0
Williams Arena (3,642)
Minneapolis, MN
12/05/2018*
12:00 pm
No. 14 Incarnate Word W 75–39  8–0
Williams Arena (7,835)
Minneapolis, MN
12/09/2018*
1:00 pm
No. 14 at Boston College W 77–69  9–0
Conte Forum (1,417)
Chestnut Hill, MA
12/12/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Coppin State W 84–52  10–0
Williams Arena (3,583)
Minneapolis, MN
12/22/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 13 Rhode Island W 91–71  11–0
Williams Arena (5,224)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 12 Wisconsin W 74–56  12–0
(1–0)
Williams Arena (7,918)
Minneapolis, MN
12/31/2018
1:00 pm
No. 12 at Michigan L 60–76  12–1
(1–1)
Crisler Center (4,506)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/06/2019
3:00 pm
No. 12 Illinois L 62–66  12–2
(1–2)
Williams Arena (6,622)
Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2019
6:00 pm
No. 18 at No. 23 Michigan State L 68–86  12–3
(1–3)
Breslin Center (5,018)
East Lansing, MI
01/14/2019
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 No. 22 Iowa L 63–81  12–4
(1–4)
Williams Arena (5,439)
Minneapolis, MN
01/17/2019
7:00 pm
No. 23 at Wisconsin W 78–50  13–4
(2–4)
Kohl Center (3,137)
Madison, WI
01/20/2019
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 at Nebraska L 57–63  13–5
(2–5)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,072)
Lincoln, NE
01/24/2019
7:00 pm
Purdue L 53–64  13–6
(2–6)
Williams Arena (5,572)
Minneapolis, MN
01/28/2019
6:30 pm, BTN
Ohio State L 55–65  13–7
(2–7)
Williams Arena (3,470)
Minneapolis, MN
01/31/2019
7:00 pm
at Northwestern W 61–54  14–7
(3–7)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (606)
Evanston, IL
02/03/2019
3:00 pm
No. 17 Rutgers W 60–46  15–7
(4–7)
Williams Arena (4,888)
Minneapolis, MN
02/06/2019
6:00 pm
at Indiana W 65–61  16–7
(5–7)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,398)
Bloomington, IN
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, BTN
Northwestern W 73–64  17–7
(6–7)
Williams Arena (5,475)
Minneapolis, MN
02/14/2019
5:00 pm, BTN
at Purdue W 65–45  18–7
(7–7)
Mackey Arena (6,126)
West Lafayette, IN
02/17/2019
1:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 97–67  19–7
(8–7)
Williams Arena (5,869)
Minneapolis, MN
02/21/2019
6:00 pm
at No. 8 Maryland L 69–71  19–8
(8–8)
Xfinity Center (5,116)
College Park, MD
02/28/2019
6:00 pm, BTN
at Rutgers L 54–60  19–9
(8–9)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,852)
Piscataway, NJ
03/03/2019
3:00 pm
Michigan State W 81–63  20–9
(9–9)
Williams Arena (7,707)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
5:30 pm, BTN
(7) vs. (10) Indiana
Second Round
L 58–66  20–10
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/22/2019*
6:30 pm
Northern Iowa
First Round
W 91–75  21–10
Williams Arena (2,549)
Minneapolis, MN
03/24/2019*
2:00 pm
at Cincinnati
Second Round
L 65–72  21–11
Fifth Third Arena (1,945)
Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[1]

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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Final
AP RV 25 23 20 14 13-T 13 12 12 18 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV^ RV RV 18 16-T 16 15 13 20 25 RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

References

  1. "2018–2019 Schedule". GOPHERSPORTS.COM.
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