2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team

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2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceConference USA
2018–19 record20–15 (11–5 C-USA)
Head coach
  • (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jocelyn Wyatt
  • Tiffany Porter-Talbert
  • Jhasmin Bowen
Home arenaE. A. Diddle Arena
Seasons
← 2017–18
 →
2018–19 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Rice † 16 – 0   1.000 28 – 4   .875
UAB 12 – 4   .750 26 – 7   .788
Middle Tennessee 11 – 5   .688 23 – 11   .676
Western Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 20 – 15   .571
Old Dominion 10 – 6   .625 21 – 11   .656
Marshall 10 – 6   .625 17 – 15   .531
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
Southern Miss 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
North Texas 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529
Louisiana Tech 6 – 10   .375 14 – 16   .467
UTEP 5 – 11   .313 9 – 22   .290
UTSA 2 – 14   .125 7 – 21   .250
FIU 2 – 14   .125 5 – 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 2 – 14   .125 5 – 25   .167
† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by first year head coach . They play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20–15, 11–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Rice. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Miami (OH) and Morehead State in the first and second rounds before losing to Ohio in the third round.

Roster[]

2018–19 WKU Lady Toppers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Arame Niang 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So   Rufisque, Senegal
G 3 Sidnee Bopp 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Marmaduke HS Marmaduke, AR
F 4 Dee Givens 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Lafayette HS Lexington, KY
G 5 Whitney Creech 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Jenkins, KY
G 11 Alexis Brewer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Bardstown HS
West Virginia 		Buffalo, KY
F 13 Jae'Lisa Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr White Hall HS
Virginia 		Pine Bluff, AR
F 15 Raneem Elgedawy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So   Alexandria, Egypt
G 20 Terri Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Sparkman Harvest, AL
G 22 Sherry Porter 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Madison Prep Academy Baton Rouge, LA
F 23 Sandra Skinner Current redshirt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr George Rogers Clark HS
VCU 		Winchester, KY
G 24 Myriah Noodel-Haywood 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Edwardsville HS Edwardsville, IL
G/F 32 Kayla Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Fayette County HS Fayetteville, GA
C 34 Kallie Searcy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Brentwood Academy Brentwood, TN
G 44 Meral Abdelgawad 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr   Cairo, Egypt
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
Nov 1, 2018*
6:00 pm 		West Virginia State W 104–74 
E. A. Diddle Arena (854)
Bowling Green, KY
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 15 Louisville L 80–102  0–1
 E. A. Diddle Arena (3,476)
Bowling Green, KY
Nov 9, 2018*
7:00 pm, FSOK 		at Oklahoma L 83–90  0–2
 Lloyd Noble Center (2,907)
Norman, OK
Nov 13, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU 		No. 13 Iowa L 67–104  0–3
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,301)
Bowling Green, KY
Nov 17, 2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Central Michigan L 90–108  0–4
 McGuirk Arena (1,696)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Nov 20, 2018*
11:00 am 		Southern Illinois W 83–76  1–4
 E. A. Diddle Arena (4,792)
Bowling Green, KY
Nov 22, 2018*
10:30 pm 		vs. No. 8 Oregon State
Vancouver Showcase Quarterfinals 		L 60–74  1–5
 Vancouver Convention Centre (296)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 23, 2018*
4:30 pm 		vs. 
Vancouver Showcase Consolation 2nd round 		W 82–68  2–5
 Vancouver Convention Centre (1,022)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 24, 2018*
3:30 pm 		vs. Gonzaga
Vancouver Showcase 5th place game 		L 55–76  2–6
 Vancouver Convention Centre (722)
Vancouver, BC
Nov 28, 2018*
6:00 pm 		W 90–43  3–6
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,056)
Bowling Green, KY
Dec 1, 2018*
5:00 pm 		at Little Rock W 68–56  4–6
 Jack Stephens Center (1,777)
Little Rock, AR
Dec 8, 2018*
2:00 pm 		Bellarmine W 68–56  5–6
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,204)
Bowling Green, KY
Dec 16, 2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU 		Ball State L 83–86  5–7
 E. A. Diddle Arena (715)
Bowling Green, KY
Dec 19, 2018*
6:00 pm, ACCNE 		at No. 2 Notre Dame L 53–94  5–8
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,502)
South Bend, IN
Dec 29, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Union (TN) W 77–65  6–8
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,214)
Bowling Green, KY
Conference USA regular season
Jan 3, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU 		Charlotte W 76–58  7–8
(1–0) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (892)
Bowling Green, KY
Jan 5, 2019
2:00 pm 		Old Dominion W 75–60  8–8
(2–0) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,236)
Bowling Green, KY
Jan 12, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU 		Marshall W 85–55  9–8
(3–0) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,391)
Bowling Green, KY
Jan 17, 2019
10:00 am, beIN 		at FIU W 94–82  10–8
(4–0) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (1,383)
Miami, FL
Jan 19, 2019
1:00 pm 		at Florida Atlantic W 81–50  11–8
(5–0) 		FAU Arena (368)
Boca Raton, FL
Jan 24, 2019
6:00 pm 		Southern Miss L 56–69  11–9
(5–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,187)
Bowling Green, KY
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU 		Louisiana Tech W 81–76  12–9
(6–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (2,759)
Bowling Green, KY
Jan 31, 2019
11:00 am 		at UTSA W 81–62  13–9
(7–1) 		Convocation Center (1,200)
San Antonio, TX
Feb 2, 2019
2:00 pm 		at UTEP W 64–61  14–9
(8–1) 		Don Haskins Center (429)
El Paso, TX
Feb 7, 2019
6:00 pm 		Rice L 46–68  14–10
(8–2) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,347)
Bowling Green, KY
Feb 9, 2019
2:00 pm 		North Texas L 67–76  14–11
(8–3) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,363)
Bowling Green, KY
Feb 14, 2019
6:30 pm 		at Middle Tennessee L 69–81  14–12
(8–4) 		Murphy Center (3,922)
Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UAB L 63–70  14–13
(8–5) 		Bartow Arena (634)
Birmingham, AL
Feb 23, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Marshall W 69–66 OT 15–13
(9–5) 		Cam Henderson Center (1,182)
Huntington, WV
Mar 2, 2019
3:00 pm 		at North Texas W 71–66  16–13
(10–5) 		The Super Pit (658)
Denton, TX
Mar 7, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Middle Tennessee W 67–56  17–13
(11–5) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (1,823)
Bowling Green, KY
Conference USA Women's Tournament
Mar 14, 2019
11:30 am, Stadium 		(4) vs. (5) Old Dominion
Quarterfinals 		W 74–60  18–13
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
Mar 15, 2019
8:00 pm, Stadium 		(4) vs. (1) No. 24 Rice
Semifinals 		L 57–64  18–14
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019*
6:00 pm 		at Miami (OH)
First Round 		W 67–63  19–14
 Millett Hall (338)
Oxford, OH
Mar 24, 2019*
2:00 pm
Second Round 		W 68–65  20–14
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,206)
Bowling Green, KY
Mar 28, 2019*
6:00 pm 		at Ohio
Third Round 		L 60–68  20–15
 Convocation Center (1,491)
Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central 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 N/A
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also[]

2018–19 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

References[]

  1. ^ "Western Kentucky University Athletics". Wkusports.com.
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