2018–19 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team's head coach is Gary Blair, in his sixteenth season at Texas A&M. The team played their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and was in its seventh season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season with a record of 26-8 (12-4 SEC). They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament, where they were upset by Arkansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament, where they defeated Wright State and Marquette in the first and second rounds, before losing to Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen for the 2nd straight year.

2018–19 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball
Maui Jim Maui Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 14
Record	26–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach	Gary Blair (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Kelly Bond-White Bob Starkey Amy Wright
Home arena	Reed Arena
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State †	15	–	1		.938			33	–	3		.917
No. 15 South Carolina	13	–	3		.813			23	–	9		.719
No. 14 Texas A&M	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 17 Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Missouri	10	–	6		.625			24	–	11		.686
Auburn	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			18	–	12		.600
Tennessee	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
LSU	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
Arkansas	6	–	10		.375			22	–	15		.595
Alabama	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
Ole Miss	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Florida	3	–	13		.188			8	–	23		.258
Vanderbilt	2	–	14		.125			7	–	23		.233
† 2019 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2017–18 season 26–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to Mississippi State.^[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated Drake and DePaul in the first and second rounds before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.^[2]

Roster

2018–19 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 0 Aja Ellison 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Life Center Academy Maryland Voorhees, NJ G 1 Aahliyah Jackson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Northside Fort Smith, AR G 2 Aaliyah Wilson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Muskogee Arkansas Muskogee, OK G 3 Chennedy Carter 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Mansfield Timberview Mansfield, TX G 4 Shambria Washington 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Trinity Catholic College of Central Florida Ocala, FL G 11 Kayla Wells 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So South Grand Prairie Dallas, TX F 12 Cheah Rael-Whitsitt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Huron Miami Dade College Ann Arbor, MI G 14 Jada Walton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southwest DeKalb Lithonia, GA G 15 Jasmine Williams 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Cy-Woods Houston, TX G 23 Lauren Harrison  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Concordia Lutheran Texas Tech The Woodlands, TX F 31 N'dea Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Brookwood Lawrenceville, GA C 33 Anna Dreimane  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Riga State Gymnasium No. 2 Colorado State Riga, Latvia F 34 Caylinne Martin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Langham Creek McLennan CC Houston, TX C 40 Ciera Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Duncanville Louisville Duncanville, TX	Head coach Gary Blair (Texas Tech) Assistant coach(es) Kelly Bond-White (Illinois) Bob Starkey (LSU) Amy Wright (Arkansas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 8, 2018

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular season ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.

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	Week 20	Final
AP	20	20	20	17	RV	RV	23	23	21	RV	RV	24	20	18	22	21	19	15	17	14	N/A
Coaches	21-T	-^	20-T	16	RV	RV	24	24	21	RV	RV	25	24	22	23	22	18	18	19	19	12

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2018* 6:30 p.m.	No. 20	Oklahoma City	W 81–40		Reed Arena  College Station, TX
Non-Conference Games
11/07/2018* 6:00 p.m.	No. 20	Rice	W 65–54	1–0	Reed Arena (4,043) College Station, TX
11/11/2018* 6:00 p.m.	No. 20	Jacksonville	W 73–53	2–0	Reed Arena (3,012) College Station, TX
11/14/2018* 6:00 p.m., ACCNE	No. 20	vs. No. 18 Syracuse	L 65–75	2–1	Westchester County Center (211) White Plains, NY
11/20/2018* 6:30 p.m.	No. 20	at Little Rock	W 61–40	3–1	Jack Stephens Center (1,228) Little Rock, AR
11/23/2018* 4:00 p.m.	No. 20	Arkansas State	W 97–56	4–1	Reed Arena (5,341) College Station, TX
11/29/2018* 11:00 a.m.	No. 17	Lamar	L 68–74	4–2	Reed Arena (7,133) College Station, TX
12/06/2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Houston	W 68–52	5–2	Fertitta Center (2,107) Houston, TX
12/08/2018* 2:00 p.m.		Central Arkansas	W 84–27	6–2	Reed Arena (3,154) College Station, TX
12/14/2018* 9:30 p.m.		vs. UC Riverside Maui Jim Maui Classic	W 70–63	7–2	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
12/15/2018* 11:30 p.m.		vs. No. 8 Oregon State Maui Jim Maui Classic	W 76–70	8–2	Lahaina Civic Center (1,083) Maui, HI
12/19/2018* 5:00 p.m.	No. 23	USC	W 71–51	9–2	Reed Arena (3,269) College Station, TX
12/21/2018* 6:30 p.m.	No. 23	Prairie View A&M	W 70–57	10–2	Reed Arena (3,209) College Station, TX
12/29/2018* 12:00 p.m.	No. 23	UT Rio Grande Valley	W 84–61	11–2	Reed Arena (3,748) College Station, TX
SEC Conference Games
01/03/2019 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 21	No. 23 South Carolina	L 57–60	11–3 (0–1)	Reed Arena (4,010) College Station, TX
01/06/2019 2:00 p.m.	No. 21	at LSU	L 52–63	11–4 (0–2)	Maravich Center (2,290) Baton Rouge, LA
01/10/2019 7:00 p.m.		at Vanderbilt	W 50–43	12–4 (1–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,839) Nashville, TN
01/13/2019 1:00 p.m., ESPNU		Alabama	W 70–43	13–4 (2–2)	Reed Arena (4,042) College Station, TX
01/20/2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Georgia	W 76–66	14–4 (3–2)	Stegeman Coliseum (4,773) Athens, GA
01/24/2019 7:30 p.m., SECN	No. 24	at Auburn	W 69–67	15–4 (4–2)	Auburn Arena (1,656) Auburn, AL
01/27/2019 4:00 p.m., SECN	No. 24	No. 15 Kentucky	W 73–71	16–4 (5–2)	Reed Arena (4,752) College Station, TX
01/31/2019 7:30 p.m., SECN	No. 20	Vanderbilt	W 69–53	17–4 (6–2)	Reed Arena (3,757) College Station, TX
02/03/2019 2:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Ole Miss	W 72–60	18–4 (7–2)	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,591) Oxford, MS
02/07/2019 6:00 p.m., SECN	No. 18	at Missouri	L 65–70 OT	18–5 (7–3)	Mizzou Arena (4,513) Columbia, MO
02/14/2019 6:30 p.m.	No. 22	LSU	W 59–55	19–5 (8–3)	Reed Arena (3,704) College Station, TX
02/17/2019 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 22	No. 5 Mississippi State	L 64–92	19–6 (8–4)	Reed Arena (5,926) College Station, TX
02/21/2019 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 21	Tennessee	W 79–62	20–6 (9–4)	Reed Arena (3,789) College Station, TX
02/25/2019 6:00 p.m., SECN	No. 19	at Florida	W 80–62	21–6 (10–4)	O'Connell Center (1,009) Gainesville, FL
02/28/2019 6:00 p.m.	No. 19	at No. 11 Kentucky	W 62–55	22–6 (11–4)	Memorial Coliseum (4,532) Lexington, KY
03/03/2019 4:00 p.m., SECN	No. 19	Arkansas	W 66–53	23–6 (12–4)	Reed Arena (3,609) College Station, TX
SEC Women's Tournament
03/08/2019 7:30 p.m., SECN	(3) No. 15	vs. (6) Auburn Quarterfinals	W 64–62	24–6	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,709) Greenville, SC
03/09/2019 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(3) No. 15	vs. (10) Arkansas Semifinals	L 51–58	24–7	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,817) Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019* 3:30 p.m., ESPN2	(4 C) No. 14	(13 G) Wright State First Round	W 84–61	25–7	Reed Arena (2,617) College Station, TX
03/24/2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	(4 C) No. 14	(5 G) No. 18 Marquette Second Round	W 78–76	26–7	Reed Arena (2,767) College Station, TX
03/30/2019* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	(4 C) No. 14	vs. (1 C) No. 3 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen	L 80–87	26–8	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Central Time. [3]

See also

• 2018–19 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

References

1. No. 2 Mississippi State beats No. 15 Texas A&M 70-55 at SEC
2. Notre Dame back in Elite 8 after beating Texas A&M 90-84
3. 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule