2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represented James Madison University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by third year head coach Sean O'Regan, played their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 29–6, 16–1 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Hofstra. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated North Carolina A&T, South Florida, Virginia Tech in the first, second and third rounds, Georgetown in the quarterfinals before losing to Northwestern in the semifinals.

2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball
CAA regular season champions
WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	29–6 (17–1 CAA)
Head coach	Sean O'Regan (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Bridgette Mitchell Ian Caskill Ashley Langford
Home arena	JMU Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 CAA women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison	17	–	1		.944			29	–	6		.829
Drexel	14	–	4		.778			24	–	9		.727
Towson †	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Delaware	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
UNC Wilmington	11	–	7		.611			18	–	12		.600
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Elon	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Hofstra	3	–	15		.167			11	–	22		.333
Charleston	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
† 2019 CAA tournament winner As of March 31, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Nikki Oppenheimer  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Montini Catholic Syracuse Glenview, IL G 1 Tori Harris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, NY F 2 Jaylin Carodine 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St. John's College Abingdon, MD G 3 Kamiah Smalls 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Neumann Goretti Philadelphia, PA G 4 Madison Green 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Millbrook Winchester, VA F 5 Breyenne Bellerand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Immaculate Conception Emerson, NJ G 10 Aneah Young 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD G 13 Logan Reynolds 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Central Norton, VA G 14 Eleanore Marciszewski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dawson College Sainte-Julie, QC G 15 Lexie Barrier 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Ironton Ironton, OH C 31 Kayla Cooper-Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr C. D. Hylton Dumfries, VA F 41 Casey Irvine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Spotswood Penn Laird, VA F 42 Devon Merritt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Berks Catholic Reading, PA G 55 Jackie Benitez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Pocono Mountain West Siena Tobyhanna, PA	Head coach Sean O'Regan (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Bridgette Mitchell (Duke) Ian Caskill (James Madison) Ashley Langford (Tulane) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 23, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018* 2:00 pm		Post	W 95–44		JMU Convocation Center  Harrionsburg, VA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018* 7:00 pm		George Washington	W 50–37	1–0	JMU Convocation Center (1,898) Harrisonburg, VA
Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Delaware State	W 103–57	2–0	Memorial Hall (362) Dover, DE
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm		Georgetown	W 69–57	3–0	JMU Convocation Center (1,927) Harrisonburg, VA
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Hampton	L 65–72	3–1	Hampton Convocation Center (2,123) Hampton, VA
Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm		Winthrop	W 56–39	4–1	JMU Convocation Center (1,844) Harrisonburg, VA
Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Liberty	W 74–53	5–1	Vines Center (1,217) Lynchburg, VA
Dec 3, 2018* 7:00 pm		Dayton	W 68–55	6–1	JMU Convocation Center (1,829) Harrisonburg, VA
Dec 8, 2018* 12:00 pm		at No. 7 Maryland	L 63–87	6–2	Xfinity Center (4,357) College Park, MD
Dec 17, 2018* 11:00 am, ACCNE		at Wake Forest	L 49–50	6–3	LJVM Coliseum (9,786) Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 21, 2018* 2:00 pm		St. John's	W 64–51	7–3	JMU Convocation Center (2,154) Harrisonburg, VA
Dec 30, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Robert Morris	W 59–36	8–3	North Athletic Complex (418) Moon Township, PA
CAA regular season
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, NBCSWA		at Delaware	W 68–43	9–3 (1–0)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,172) Newark, DE
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm		at Drexel	W 51–35	10–3 (2–0)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (629) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 11, 2019 7:00 pm		Hofstra	W 77–54	11–3 (3–0)	JMU Convocation Center (1,922) Harrisonburg, VA
Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm		Northeastern	W 84–49	12–3 (4–0)	JMU Convocation Center (1,840) Harrisonburg, VA
Jan 18, 2019 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	L 63–66	12–4 (4–1)	Trask Coliseum (973) Wilmington, NC
Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 91–50	13–4 (5–1)	TD Arena (350) Charleston, SC
Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm		William & Mary	W 65–48	14–4 (6–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,234) Harrisonburg, VA
Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm		Elon	W 82–30	15–4 (7–1)	JMU Convocation Center (3,648) Harrisonburg, VA
Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm		Towson	W 71–59	16–4 (8–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,406) Harrisonburg, VA
Feb 8, 2019 7:00 pm		at Northeastern	W 58–51	17–4 (9–1)	Cabot Center (495) Boston, MA
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 59–44	18–4 (10–1)	Hofstra Arena (1,022) Hempstead, NY
Feb 15, 2019 12:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 76–35	19–4 (11–1)	JMU Convocation Center (1,819) Harrisonburg, VA
Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 58–51	20–4 (12–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,453) Harrisonburg, VA
Feb 22, 2019 7:00 pm		at Elon	W 74–46	21–4 (13–1)	Schar Center (479) Elon, NC
Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm		at William & Mary	W 78–65	22–4 (14–1)	Kaplan Arena (744) Williamsburg, VA
Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm		at Towson	W 63–56	23–4 (15–1)	SECU Arena (752) Towson, MD
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm		Drexel	W 58–47	24–4 (16–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,097) Harrisonburg, VA
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm		Delaware	W 56–51	25–4 (17–1)	JMU Convocation Center (3,091) Harrisonburg, VA
CAA Women's Tournament
Mar 14, 2019 12:00 pm, CAA.tv	(1)	vs. (9) Hofstra Quarterfinals	L 50–57	25–5	Bob Carpenter Center  Newark, DE
WNIT
Mar 22, 2019* 7:00 pm		North Carolina A&T First Round	W 48–37	26–5	JMU Convocation Center (1,120) Harrisonburg, VA
Mar 24, 2019* 6:00 pm		South Florida Second Round	W 71–54	27–5	JMU Convocation Center (986) Harrisonburg, VA
Mar 28, 2019* 7:00 pm		Virginia Tech Third Round	W 70–66	28–5	JMU Convocation Center (2,872) Harrisonburg, VA
Mar 31, 2019* 2:00 pm		Georgetown Quarterfinals	W 54–44	29–5	JMU Convocation Center (2,074) Harrisonburg, VA
Apr 3, 2019* 7:00 pm		Northwestern Semifinals	L 69–74	29–6	JMU Convocation Center (1,992) Harrisonburg, VA
*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																RV	RV		RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2018–19 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".