2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team

2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball
2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2018–19 record	6–25 (3–13 A-10)
Head coach	(1st season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Day; Dalila Eshe; Gillian Abshire;
Home arena	Tom Gola Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 →

The 2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team will represent La Salle University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Explorers, led by first year head coach , play their home games at Tom Gola Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 3–13 in A-10 to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Dayton.

Media[]

La Salle Explorers Sports Network[]

Select Explorers games will be broadcast online by the La Salle Portal. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Explorers home games and most conference road games.

Roster[]

2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Shayla Sweeney	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Pennsauken	Pennsauken, NJ
G	3	Rayshel Brown	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Curtis	Staten Island, NY
G	4	Kate Hill	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Peddie Rutgers	Toronto, ON
F/C	5	Amber Wilks	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Walnut Hills	Cincinnati, OH
G	11	Deja King	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Life Center Academy	Trenton, NJ
G/F	14	Michelle Nicholls	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Life Center Academy	Auckland, New Zealand
G/F	15	Kayla Spruill	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Western School of Technology	Baltimore, MD
F	22	Jeryn Reese	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mansfield Owens CC	Mansfield, OH
F/C	25	Shalina Miller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Archbishop Prendergast	Philadelphia, PA
G	30	Janay Sanders	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Mallard Creek	Charlotte, NC
F	32	Jasmine White	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	St. Anthony's	Huntington, NY
G	33	Erin Morgan	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Archbishop Wood	Willow Grove, PA
C	35	Sofilia Ngwafang	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Paint Branch	Silver Spring, MD

Head coach

(Temple)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Day (West Chester)
Dalila Eshe (Florida)
Gillian Abshire (Quinnipiac)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 5:15 pm, ESPN+			L 54–57	0–1	Tom Gola Arena (478) Philadelphia, PA
Nov 11, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Robert Morris	L 39–67	0–2	North Athletic Complex (662) Moon Township, PA
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Harvard	L 43–88	0–3	Lavietes Pavilion (667) Cambridge, MA
Nov 17, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Towson	L 68–92	0–4	SECU Arena Towson, MD
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Villanova	L 68–81	0–5	Finneran Pavilion (535) Villanova, PA
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Drexel	L 43–58	0–6	Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
Dec 1, 2018* 3:00 pm, P12N		at No. 9 Oregon State	L 46–100	0–7	Gill Coliseum (4,016) Corvallis, OR
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, NBCSPHI		at Penn	L 34–65	0–8	Palestra (449) Philadelphia, PA
Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+			W 52–42	1–8	Tom Gola Arena (453) Philadelphia, PA
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		St. John's	L 57–83	1–9	Tom Gola Arena (427) Philadelphia, PA
Dec 19, 2018* 7:00 pm		vs. Northern Kentucky Friar Holiday Classic	W 74–56	2–9	Alumni Hall (112) Providence, RI
Dec 20, 2018* 4:30 pm		vs. Pepperdine Friar Holiday Classic	W 62–55	3–9	Alumni Hall (112) Providence, RI
Dec 21, 2018* 2:30 pm		at Providence Friar Holiday Classic	L 47–77	3–10	Alumni Hall (176) Providence, RI
Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Temple	L 47–75	3–11	McGonigle Hall (801) Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 Regular season
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dayton	L 48–84	3–12 (0-1)	UD Arena (2,339) Dayton, OH
Jan 8, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	L 38–68	3–13 (0–2)	Siegel Center (412) Richmond, VA
Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Massachusetts	L 60–74	3–14 (0–3)	Tom Gola Arena (362) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		George Washington	L 59–67	3–15 (0–4)	Tom Gola Arena (387) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 20, 2019 4:00 pm, CBSSN		at Saint Joseph's	L 57–60	3–16 (0–5)	Hagan Arena (903) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Duquense	L 62–66	3–17 (0–6)	Tom Gola Arena (372) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Richmond	L 60–74	3–18 (0–7)	Tom Gola Arena (324) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Fordham	L 54–65	3–19 (0–8)	Tom Gola Arena (374) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Davidson	L 61–80	3–20 (0–9)	John M. Belk Arena (623) Davidson, NC
Feb 6, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 77–71	4–20 (1–9)	Ryan Center (726) Kingston, RI
Feb 10, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Louis	L 58–69	4–21 (1–10)	Chaifetz Arena (265) St. Louis, MO
Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at George Mason	L 42–59	4–22 (1–11)	EagleBank Arena (641) Fairfax, VA
Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	L 63–64	4–23 (1–12)	Tom Gola Arena (639) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 51–56	4–24 (1–13)	Robins Center (667) Richmond, VA
Feb 27, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	W 52–45	5–24 (2–13)	Reilly Center (896) Olean, NY
Mar 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		George Mason	W 77–71	6–24 (3–13)	Tom Gola Arena (542) Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
Mar 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(13)	at (4) Dayton First Round	L 38–65	6–25	UD Arena (1,001) Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References[]

^ "La Salle University Athletics - 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com.

[1] "La Salle University Athletics - 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com.

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v t La Salle Explorers women's basketball
Venues	Palestra (1972–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) Hayman Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People
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2018–19 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team

Contents

Media[]

La Salle Explorers Sports Network[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Fordham †	13	–	3	.813	25	–	9	.735
VCU	13	–	3	.813	24	–	10	.706
Duquesne	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Dayton	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Davidson	10	–	6	.625	17	–	15	.531
Saint Louis	9	–	7	.563	15	–	16	.484
George Mason	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
Massachusetts	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9	.438	12	–	19	.387
George Washington	7	–	9	.438	10	–	20	.333
Richmond	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11	.313	8	–	22	.267
La Salle	3	–	13	.188	6	–	25	.194
Rhode Island	3	–	13	.188	8	–	21	.276

† 2019 A10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll