2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fifth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference.^[1][2] They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Rice in the first round before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
Big East regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 18
Record	27–8 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Ginny Boggess Scott Merritt Vernette Skeete
Home arena	Al McGuire Center
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Marquette	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
No. 24 DePaul †	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
Butler	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Villanova	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Providence	8	–	10		.444			19	–	16		.543
Creighton	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
St. John's	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Xavier	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
† 2019 Big East tournament winner As of March 12, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

On April 3, Kieger left her alma mater after five seasons, the last three of which ended in NCAA tournament appearances, for the Penn State opening.^[3] She finished with a 5 year record of 99–64.

Previous season

They finished the 2017–18 season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East play to share the regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

Roster

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Tori McCoy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So St. Thomas More Ohio State Champaign, IL G 1 Danielle King 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Bloom Township Chicago, IL G 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Green Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI F 10 Sandra Dahling 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Soina Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden G 11 Allazia Blockton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Dominican Milwaukee, WI F 12 Erika Davenport 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Clarkston Clarkston, MI G 15 Amani Wilborn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Riverside University Milwaukee, WI F 20 Altia Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Woodbridge Bridgeville, DE F 21 Amanda Maqueia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr New Mexico JC Presidente Prudente, Brazil G 24 Selena Lott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Columbia East Greenbush, NY G 30 Isabelle Spingola 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Whitney Young Chicago, IL G 42 Lauren Van Kleunen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Mason Mason, OH F 52 Chloe Marotta 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Homestead Mequon, WI	Head coach Carolyn Kieger (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Ginny Boggess (Wingate) Scott Merritt (Marquette) Vernette Skeete (Alcorn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018* 6:00 pm	No. 19	Grand Valley State	L 75–77		Al McGuire Center (927) Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 11:30 am	No. 19	South Dakota State	W 91–52	1–0	Al McGuire Center (2,430) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Montana State Preseason WNIT First Round	W 100–52	2–0	Al McGuire Center (1,202) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm	No. 19	Northern Iowa Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals	W 102–61	3–0	Al McGuire Center (966) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 15, 2018* 6:00 pm	No. 19	at No. 24 Miami (FL) Preseason WNIT Semifinals	L 55–63	3–1	Watsco Center (855) Coral Gables, FL
Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm	No. 22	UIC	W 96–32	4–1	Fiserv Forum (1,062) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 22	at Milwaukee	W 83–74	5–1	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (872) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 2, 2018* 4:00 pm	No. 22	Michigan	W 85–74	6–1	Al McGuire Center (1,469) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 18	at No. 6 Mississippi State	L 82–87	6–2	Humphrey Coliseum (7,273) Starkville, MS
Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 18	at Northwestern	W 76–57	7–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,467) Evanston, IL
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm	No. 19	Green Bay	W 80–54	8–2	Al McGuire Center (1,801) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Binghamton	W 93–40	9–2	Al McGuire Center (920) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 22, 2018* 12:30 pm, FS1	No. 19	No. 2 Notre Dame	L 63–87	9–3	Al McGuire Center (3,700) Milwaukee, WI
Big East regular season
Dec 29, 2018 2:00 pm, BEDN	No. 22	Providence	W 85–46	10–3 (1–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,826) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 31, 2018 2:00 pm, BEDN	No. 20	Creighton	W 85–67	11–3 (2–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,407) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 20	No. 24 DePaul	W 96–63	12–3 (3–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,613) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 11, 2019 10:30 am, BEDN	No. 15	at Villanova	W 91–55	13–3 (4–0)	Finneran Pavilion (1,401) Villanova, PA
Jan 13, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN	No. 15	at Georgetown	W 72–62	14–3 (5–0)	McDonough Gymnasium (203) Washington, D.C.
Jan 18, 2019 11:30 am, BEDN	No. 14	Seton Hall	W 96–60	15–3 (6–0)	Al McGuire Center (3,700) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN	No. 14	St. John's	W 83–73	16–3 (7–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,451) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 pm, BEDN	No. 10	at Xavier	W 90–44	17–3 (8–0)	Cintas Center (943) Cincinnati, OH
Jan 27, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN	No. 10	at Butler	W 87–58	18–3 (9–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,437) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 3, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN	No. 10	at DePaul	W 93–87	19–3 (10–0)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,979) Chicago, IL
Feb 8, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 8	Georgetown	W 59–52	20–3 (11–0)	Al McGuire Center (2,061) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI	No. 8	Villanova	W 93–55	21–3 (12–0)	Al McGuire Center (2,234) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 15, 2019 6:00 pm, BEDN	No. 8	at St. John's	L 74–81	21–4 (12–1)	Carnesecca Arena (753) Queens, NY
Feb 17, 2019 11:00 am, CBSSN	No. 8	at Seton Hall	W 108–63	22–4 (13–1)	Walsh Gymnasium (924) South Orange, NJ
Feb 22, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN	No. 11	Butler	L 57–61	22–5 (13–2)	Al McGuire Center (2,003) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN	No. 11	Xavier	W 79–53	23–5 (14–2)	Al McGuire Center (2,187) Milwaukee, WI
Mar 1, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN	No. 13	at Creighton	L 65–71	23–6 (14–3)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,111) Omaha, NE
Mar 3, 2019 12:00 pm, BEDN	No. 13	at Providence	W 80–57	24–6 (15–3)	Alumni Hall (578) Providence, RI
Big East Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019 12:00 pm, FS2	(1) No. 17	vs. (9) St. John's Quarterfinals	W 88–57	25–6	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
Mar 11, 2019 3:00 pm, FS1	(1) No. 13	vs. (4) Georgetown Semifinals	W 75–62	26–6	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
Mar 12, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1	(1) No. 13	vs. (2) DePaul Championship Game	L 73–74	26–7	Wintrust Arena (2,407) Chicago, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 C) No. 18	vs. (12 C) No. 24 Rice First Round	W 58–54 OT	27–7	Reed Arena  College Station, TX
Mar 24, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN2	(5 C) No. 18	at (4 C) No. 14 Texas A&M Second Round	L 76–78	27–8	Reed Arena (2,767) College Station, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Central. [4]

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	19	19	22	22	18	19	19	22	20	15	14	10	10	8	8	11	13	17	13-T	N/A
Coaches	19	19^	19	17	15	16-T	17	19	16	14	13	9	9	7	7	11	12	17	13	19

Legend

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

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

References

1. "Marquette Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
2. Marquette Golden Eagles. "Marquette Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. "Penn State hires Marquette's Kieger as coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
4. "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule". Gomarquette.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.