2018–19 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by seventh-year head coach Vic Schaefer, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2018–19 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball
SEC Regular Season Champions
SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
2018–19 record33–3 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Johnnie Harris
  • Dionnah Jackson-Durrett
  • Elena Lovato
Home arenaHumphrey Coliseum
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State151 .938  333  .917
No. 15 South Carolina133 .813  239  .719
No. 14 Texas A&M124 .750  267  .788
No. 17 Kentucky115 .688  258  .758
Missouri106 .625  2411  .686
Auburn97 .563  2210  .688
Georgia97 .563  1812  .600
Tennessee79 .438  1913  .594
LSU79 .438  1613  .552
Arkansas610 .375  2215  .595
Alabama511 .313  1417  .452
Ole Miss313 .188  922  .290
Florida313 .188  823  .258
Vanderbilt214 .125  723  .233
2019 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The Bulldogs are coming off a runner-up finish to Notre Dame for the national championship in which they lost 58–61.[1]

Roster

2018–19 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Myah Taylor 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrOlive Branch HS Olive Branch, MS
G 2 Andra Espinoza-Hunter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoOssining HS
UConn
Ossining, NY
F/C 4 Jessika Carter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrHarris County HS Waverly Hall, GA
F 5 Anriel Howard 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrWestlake HS
Texas A&M
Atlanta, GA
G 10 Jazzmun Holmes 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrHarrison Central HS Gulfport, MS
G 11 Xaria Wiggins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrPrincess Anne HS Virginia Beach, VA
G 12 Jacaira Allen  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoDillard HS Pompano Beach, FL
C 13 Promise Taylor  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoSammamish HS
Ole Miss
Issaquah, WA
C 15 Teaira McCowan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) SrBrenham HS Brenham, TX
G 20 Nyah Tate 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoTerry HS Terry, MS
C 21 Daphane White 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrSt. Martin HS Ocean Springs, MS
G 23 Bre'Amber Scott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoCentral HS Little Rock, AR
G 24 Jordan Danberry 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrConway HS
Arkansas
Conway, AR
C 25 Zion Campbell  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoRiverdale Baptist School Washington, DC
F 55 Chloe Bibby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoRowville Secondary Warracknabeal, Vic, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: August 31, 2018

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 Not released 
Coaches 6 6^ 6 6 6 5 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 5

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 6 Central Missouri W 97–56 
 23  Howard  11  Howard  5  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (4,205)
Starkville, MS
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 6 Southeast Missouri State W 88–53  1–0
 24  McCowan  17  McCowan  6  Taylor  Humphrey Coliseum (6,373)
Starkville, MS
11/09/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 6 at Virginia W 72–44  2–0
 13  Tied  12  McCowan  4  Holmes  John Paul Jones Arena (4,453)
Charlottesville, VA
11/15/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 6 Lamar W 104–53  3–0
 24  Howard  16  McCowan  9  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (7,107)
Starkville, MS
11/18/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 6 Coppin State W 110–38  4–0
 23  McCowan  8  Tied  7  Danberry  Humphrey Coliseum (7,320)
Starkville, MS
11/21/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 6 Furman W 106–41  5–0
 24  McCowan  10  McCowan  6  Tied  Humphrey Coliseum (6,970)
Starkville, MS
11/24/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 6 Jackson State W 105–38  6–0
 19  McCowan  8  Carter  6  Taylor  Humphrey Coliseum (6,953)
Starkville, MS
11/28/2018*
6:30 pm
No. 6 at Little Rock W 98–63  7–0
 23  McCowan  15  McCowan  6  Howard  Jack Stephens Center (2,261)
Little Rock, AR
12/02/2018*
1:00 pm, FS1
No. 6 at No. 10 Texas
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 67–49  8–0
 17  Holmes  12  McCowan  2  Tied  Frank Erwin Center (4,579)
Austin, TX
12/06/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 6 No. 18 Marquette W 87–82  9–0
 29  Howard  18  McCowan  13  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (7,273)
Starkville, MS
12/14/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 5 at Southern Miss W 86–42  10–0
 16  Howard  16  McCowan  6  Holmes  Reed Green Coliseum (4,448)
Hattiesburg, MS
12/18/2018*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 at No. 7 Oregon L 74–82  10–1
 30  Howard  11  McCowan  7  Holmes  Matthew Knight Arena (8,951)
Eugene, OR
12/20/2018*
9:00 pm
No. 4 at Washington W 103–56  11–1
 20  Danberry  13  McCowan  4  Tied  Alaska Airlines Arena (1,669)
Seattle, WA
12/30/2018*
2:00 pm
No. 8 Louisiana W 104–36  12–1
 16  Howard  16  McCowan  6  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (10,242)
Starkville, MS
SEC regular season
01/03/2019
6:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 at Arkansas W 93–69  13–1
(1–0)
 26  Danberry  22  McCowan  5  Holmes  Bud Walton Arena (2,263)
Fayetteville, AR
01/06/2019
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 No. 16 Kentucky W 86–71  14–1
(2–0)
 21  Howard  12  Howard  5  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (8,830)
Starkville, MS
01/10/2019
8:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 Georgia W 80–71  15–1
(3–0)
 24  Bibby  21  McCowan  5  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (6,493)
Starkville, MS
01/14/2019
6:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 at Auburn W 85–59  16–1
(4–0)
 22  McCowan  10  McCowan  5  Tied  Auburn Arena (1,908)
Auburn, AL
01/17/2019
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 7 No. 15 South Carolina W 89–74  17–1
(5–0)
 26  McCowan  24  McCowan  7  Danberry  Humphrey Coliseum (10,006)
Starkville, MS
01/24/2019
6:00 pm
No. 7 at Florida W 90–42  18–1
(6–0)
 21  Howard  8  Howard  6  Holmes  O'Connell Center (1,242)
Gainesville, FL
01/27/2019
2:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 Ole Miss W 80–49  19–1
(7–0)
 33  McCowan  13  McCowan  7  Danberry  Humphrey Coliseum (10,337)
Starkville, MS
01/31/2019
6:30 pm
No. 6 at LSU W 68–35  20–1
(8–0)
 16  Espinoza-Hunter  20  McCowan  5  Holmes  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,214)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/03/2019
12:00 pm, SECN
No. 6 at Alabama W 65–49  21–1
(9–0)
 24  Howard  12  McCowan  3  Holmes  Coleman Coliseum (3,769)
Tuscaloosa, AL
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN
No. 6 Tennessee W 91–63  22–1
(10–0)
 24  McCowan  15  McCowan  8  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (10,021)
Starkville, MS
02/14/2019
8:00 pm, SECN
No. 5 Missouri L 67–75  22–2
(10–1)
 21  Howard  13  McCowan  7  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (7,545)
Starkville, MS
02/17/2019
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 5 at No. 22 Texas A&M W 92–64  23–2
(11–1)
 24  Espinoza-Hunter  13  Howard  6  Holmes  Reed Arena (5,926)
College Station, TX
02/21/2019
7:00 pm
No. 6 at Ole Miss W 80–66  24–2
(12–1)
 21  Howard  12  McCowan  7  Holmes  The Pavilion at Ole Miss (4,125)
Oxford, MS
02/24/2019
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 6 Vanderbilt W 86–70  25–2
(13–1)
 23  McCowan  10  Howard  6  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (9,566)
Starkville, MS
02/28/2019
7:00 pm
No. 5 LSU W 76–56  26–2
(14–1)
 25  McCowan  13  MCowan  4  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (8,631)
Starkville, MS
03/03/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 5 at No. 14 South Carolina W 68–64  27–2
(15–1)
 18  McCowan  17  McCowan  6  Danberry  Colonial Life Arena (18,000)
Columbia, SC
SEC Women's Tournament
03/08/2019
11:00 am, SECN
(1) No. 5 vs. (8) Tennessee
Quarterfinals
W 83–68  28–2
 26  Howard  13  McCowan  4  Danberry  Bon Secours Wellness Arena (4,431)
Greenville, SC
03/09/2019
4:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 5 vs. (5) Missouri
Semifinals
W 71–56  29–2
 27  McCowan  16  McCowan  5  Danberry  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
03/10/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) No. 5 vs. (10) Arkansas
Championship Game
W 101–70  30–2
 24  Tied  14  McCowan  12  Holmes  Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,771)
Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019*
8:30 pm, ESPN2
(1 P) No. 4 (16 P) Southern
First Round
W 103–46  31–2
 23  Howard  16  McCowan  3  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (9,967)
Starkville, MS
03/24/2019*
8:00 pm, ESPN
(1 P) No. 4 (9 P) Clemson
Second Round
W 85–61  32–2
 30  McCowan  14  Howard  7  Holmes  Humphrey Coliseum (9,944)
Starkville, MS
03/29/2019*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
(1 P) No. 4 vs. (5 P) No. 22 Arizona State
Sweet Sixteen
W 76–53  33–2
 22  McCowan  13  McCowan  7  Holmes  Moda Center 
Portland, OR
03/31/2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN
(1 P) No. 4 vs. (3 P) No. 7 Oregon
Elite Eight
L 84–88  33–3
 19  McCowan  15  McCowan  13  Holmes  Moda Center (11,538)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region.
All times are in Central Time.
[2]

See also

References

  1. Voepel, Mechelle (April 2, 2018). "Unlikely buzzer-beating shot brings unlikely title for Muffet McGraw's resilient Fighting Irish". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. "Mississippi State Bulldogs 2018–19 schedule". HailState.com. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
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