2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team

The 2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by sixth year head coach Kellie Harper, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in second place. They won the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball where upset DePaul and Iowa State in the first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time 2001 where they lost to Stanford.

2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Missouri Valley Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
2018–19 record25–10 (16–2 The Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJQH Arena
2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Drake17–1 .944  27–7  .794
Missouri State †16–2 .889  25–10  .714
Northern Iowa12–6 .667  20–13  .606
Illinois State11–7 .611  19–12  .613
Bradley10–8 .556  20–10  .667
Southern Illinois8–10 .444  15–15  .500
Loyola–Chicago6–12 .333  13–18  .419
Indiana State5–13 .278  11–19  .367
Valparaiso3–15 .167  8–24  .250
Evansville2–16 .111  4–26  .133
† 2019 MVC Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

On April 8, Harper left after 6 seasons to accept the head coaching job at her alma mater, Tennessee.[1] She finish with a 6 year record of 118–79.

Roster
2018–19 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Danielle Gitzen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrChanhassen High Victoria, MN
G 2 Elle Ruffridge 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoPocahontas Area High Pocahontas, IA
F 4 Abby Hipp 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoSt. Pius X High Kansas City, MO
G 11 Brice Calip 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoSapulpa High Sapulpa, OK
F 12 Sydney Schultz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoOswego East High Aurora, IL
G 21 Sydney Wilson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrOlathe East High Overland Park, KS
G 22 Alexa Willard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrStoutland High Lebanon, MO
G 23 Mya Bhinhar 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrOwasso East High Owasso, OK
G 24 Bri Ellis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SoRock Bridge High Columbia, MO
F 25 Dariauna Lewis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrNorth High Omaha, NE
F 30 Shameka Ealy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrRussellville High Russellville, AR
F 32 Jasmine Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrFayetteville Fayetteville, AR
G 34 Sydney Manning 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrCashion High Edmond, OK
C 50 Emily Gartner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SoHiawatha High Hiawatha, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 29, 2018*
7:00 pm		 Central Missouri L 64–70 
JQH Arena (1,805)
Springfield, MO
Nov 4, 2018*
7:00 pm		 Lincoln W 100–54 
JQH Arena (1,767)
Springfield, MO
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018*
2:00 pm, KOZL		 at Wichita State L 60–63 OT 0–1
 Charles Koch Arena (1,967)
Wichita, KS
Nov 14, 2018*
7:00 pm		 at No. 16 Missouri L 61–65  0–2
 Mizzou Arena (4,111)
Columbia, MO
Nov 17, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 Ball State W 74–54  1–2
 JQH Arena (2,018)
Springfield, MO
Nov 24, 2018*
4:00 pm		 at Santa Clara L 73–77  1–3
 Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
Dec 1, 2018*
3:00 pm		 at North Texas L 76–83 OT 1–4
 The Super Pit (1,377)
Denton, TX
Dec 4, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 South Dakota L 74–85  1–5
 JQH Arena (1,820)
Springfield, MO
Dec 9, 2018*
11:00 am, BTN		 at Indiana L 74–98  1–6
 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,463)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 16, 2018*
2:00 pm, KOZL		 No. 21 Gonzaga L 67–70  1–7
 JQH Arena (2,066)
Springfield, MO
Dec 20, 2018*
6:30 pm		 vs. Louisiana Tech
Roo Holiday Classic		 W 82–70  2–7
 Swinney Recreation Center (322)
Kansas City, MO
Dec 21, 2018*
3:00 pm		 vs. SIU Edwardsville
Roo Holiday Classic		 W 68–65  3–7
 Swinney Recreation Center (374)
Kansas City, MO
Dec 30, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 Little Rock W 48–44  4–7
 JQH Arena (2,045)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley regular season
Jan 4, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Indiana State W 71–58  5–7
(1–0)		 JQH Arena (2,015)
Springfield, MO
Jan 6, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL		 Evansville W 88–66  6–7
(2–0)		 JQH Arena (1,934)
Springfield, MO
Jan 13, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 Southern Illinois W 66–51  7–7
(3–0)		 JQH Arena (1,864)
Springfield, MO
Jan 18, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Bradley W 68–56  8–7
(4–0)		 Renaissance Coliseum (515)
Peoria, IL
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL		 at Illinois State W 59–47  9–7
(5–0)		 Redbird Arena (782)
Normal, IL
Jan 25, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Loyola–Chicago W 84–49  10–7
(6–0)		 JQH Arena (2,757)
Springfield, MO
Jan 27, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL		 Valparaiso W 108–63  11–7
(7–0)		 JQH Arena (2,886)
Springfield, MO
Feb 1, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Drake W 85–79  12–7
(8–0)		 Knapp Center (3,101)
Des Moines, IA
Feb 3, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Northern Iowa W 63–58  13–7
(10–0)		 McLeod Center (1,485)
Cedar Falls, IA
Feb 8, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Southern Illinois W 70–58  14–7
(10–0)		 SIU Arena (361)
Carbondale, IL
Feb 15, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Illinois State L 56–60  14–8
(10–1)		 JQH Arena (1,750)
Springfield, MO
Feb 17, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 Bradley W 82–60  15–8
(11–1)		 JQH Arena (2,235)
Springfield, MO
Feb 22, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Valparaiso W 84–49  16–8
(12–1)		 Athletics–Recreation Center (277)
Valparaiso, IN
Feb 24, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Loyola–Chicago W 85–58  17–8
(13–1)		 Joseph J. Gentile Arena (372)
Chicago, IL
Mar 1, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Northern Iowa W 58–48  18–8
(14–1)		 JQH Arena (3,112)
Springfield, MO
Mar 3, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL		 No. 23 Drake L 61–70  18–9
(14–2)		 JQH Arena (3,827)
Springfield, MO
Mar 7, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Evansville W 88–46  19–9
(15–2)		 Meeks Family Fieldhouse (301)
Evansville, IN
Mar 9, 2019
1:00 pm, KOZL		 at Indiana State W 76–66  20–9
(16–2)		 Hulman Center (1,456)
Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+		 (2) vs. (7) Loyola–Chicago
Quarterfinals		 W 59–50  21–9
 TaxSlayer Center 
Moline, IL
Mar 16, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 (2) vs. (3) Northern Iowa
Semifinals		 W 89–64  22–9
 TaxSlayer Center (2,254)
Moline, IL
Mar 17, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 (2) vs. (1) No. 21 Drake
Championship Game		 W 94–79  23–9
 TaxSlayer Center (1,558)
Moline, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019*
2:30 pm, ESPN2		 (11 C) vs. (6 C) No. 24 DePaul
First Round		 W 89–78  24–9
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
Mar 25, 2019*
8:00 pm, ESPN		 (11 C) at (3 C) No. 13 Iowa State
Second Round		 W 69–60  25–9
 Hilton Coliseum (5,809)
Ames, IA
Mar 30, 2019*
5:30 pm, ESPN2		 (11 C) vs. (2 C) No. 7 Stanford
Sweet Sixteen		 L 46–55  25–10
 Wintrust Arena (7,714)
Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
Season		Week
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18		Week
19		Final
AP N/A
Coaches 24
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References
  1. Voepel, Mechelle (April 8, 2019). "Sources: Lady Vols to hire Harper as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. "Missouri State University Official Athletic Site". www.missouristatebears.com.
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