2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by eighteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.^[2][3] They finished the season 22–11, 11–7, in the 'Big 12' play to finish in a tie for the fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.

2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	22–11 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Carey (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Chester Nichols Lester Rowe Christal Caldwell
Home arena	WVU Coliseum
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Baylor †	18	–	0		1.000			37	–	1		.974
No. 13 Iowa State	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
No. 23 Texas	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Kansas State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
TCU	10	–	8		.556			24	–	11		.686
Oklahoma State	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
Oklahoma	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Texas Tech	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
Kansas	2	–	16		.111			13	–	18		.419
† 2019 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 25–12, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.

Roster

2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Naomi Davenport 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Mount Notre Dame Trinity Valley CC Cincinnati, OH G 2 Kysre Gondrezick 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Benton Harbor Michigan Benton Harbor, MI G 4 Nia Staples 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Lakota West Cincinnati, OH G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA F 12 Jala Jordan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr IMG Academy Philadelphia, PA F 14 Kari Niblack 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Wildwood Leesburg, FL G 15 Lucky Rudd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr New Hope Christian Academy NC State Thomasville, NC G 22 Katrina Pardee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Vista Ridge Cedar Park, TX G 30 Madisen Smith 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Greenville Senior Greenville, SC C 31 Rochelle Norris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr New Hope Academy Stafford, VA C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Sr Life Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ F 35 De'Janae Boykin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Charles Herbert Flowers Penn State Springdale, MD	Head coach Mike Carey (Salem) Assistant coach(es) Chester Nichols (Greenville) Lester Rowe (West Virginia) Christal Caldwell (West Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm		West Liberty	W 88–53		WVU Coliseum (2,089) Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm		Coppin State	W 78–37	1–0	WVU Coliseum (1,103) Morgantown, WV
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		NJIT	W 95–50	2–0	WVU Coliseum (1,209) Morgantown, WV
Nov 15, 2018* 10:00 am		Bryant	W 94–48	3–0	WVU Coliseum (9,607) Morgantown, WV
Nov 23, 2018* 5:15 pm	No. 25	vs. No. 12 Iowa Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division semifinals	L 81–84	3–1	Gateway Christian Academy  Bimini, Bahamas
Nov 24, 2018* 4:15 pm	No. 25	vs. Eastern Kentucky Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division 3rd place game	W 81–39	4–1	Gateway Christian Academy (250) Bimini, Bahamas
Dec 2, 2018* 5:00 pm, Netstar		Missouri Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 51–68	4–2	WVU Coliseum (1,273) Morgantown, WV
Dec 8, 2018* 3:00 pm		at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	W 77–43	5–2	Peterson Events Center (674) Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 15, 2018* 4:00 pm		vs. Eastern Kentucky	W 78–29	6–2	Charleston Civic Center (1,856) Charleston, WV
Dec 18, 2018* 7:00 pm		Morgan State	W 72–37	7–2	WVU Coliseum (1,363) Morgantown, WV
Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		Towson	W 90–43	8–2	WVU Coliseum (1,108) Morgantown, WV
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm		Niagara	W 84–32	9–2	WVU Coliseum (2,026) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 regular season
Jan 2, 2019 7:30 pm		at TCU	L 48–62	9–3 (0–1)	Schollmaier Arena (1,723) Fort Worth, TX
Jan 6, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 13 Texas	L 58–70	9–4 (0–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,932) Morgantown, WV
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, Netstar		Oklahoma State	W 67–58	10–4 (1–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,119) Morgantown, WV
Jan 13, 2019 3:00 pm		at Oklahoma	W 66–55	11–4 (2–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,171) Norman, OK
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm		No. 18 Iowa State	W 73–64	12–4 (3–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,512) Morgantown, WV
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 pm, FS1		at No. 2 Baylor	L 47–79	12–5 (3–3)	Ferrell Center (5,750) Waco, TX
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 pm, FSN		Texas Tech	W 68–65	13–5 (4–3)	WVU Coliseum (1,436) Morgantown, WV
Jan 26, 2019 4:00 pm		Kansas State	W 60–30	14–5 (5–3)	WVU Coliseum (3,229) Morgantown, WV
Jan 28, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1		at No. 12 Texas	W 64–58	15–5 (6–3)	Frank Erwin Center (3,052) Austin, TX
Feb 3, 2019 3:00 pm, ATTSNPT		Kansas	W 71–50	16–5 (7–3)	WVU Coliseum (3,361) Morgantown, WV
Feb 9, 2019 7:00 pm		at No. 23 Iowa State	L 61–77	16–6 (7–4)	Hilton Coliseum (10,408) Ames, IA
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm		at Texas Tech	W 75–72	17–6 (8–4)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, FSN		TCU	W 79–65	18–6 (9–4)	WVU Coliseum (6,108) Morgantown, WV
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	W 77–64	19–6 (10–4)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,683) Stillwater, OK
Feb 23, 2019 4:00 pm, ATTSNPT		Oklahoma	L 69–80	19–7 (10–5)	WVU Coliseum (4,823) Morgantown, WV
Feb 27, 2019 8:00 pm		at Kansas State	L 79–90	19–8 (10–6)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,814) Manhattan, KS
Mar 2, 2019 8:00 pm		at Kansas	W 75–61	20–8 (11–6)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,682) Lawrence, KS
Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1		No. 1 Baylor	L 57–63	20–9 (11–7)	WVU Coliseum (3,087) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Women's Tournament
Mar 9, 2019 12:00 pm, FSN	(4)	vs. (5) Kansas State Quarterfinals	L 59–72	20–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,353) Oklahoma City, OK
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		Rider First Round	W 83–43	21–10	WVU Coliseum (1,032) Morgantown, WV
Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm		Villanova Second Round	W 64–57	22–10	WVU Coliseum (1,388) Morgantown, WV
Mar 27, 2019* 7:00 pm		Northwestern Third Round	L 54–56	22–11	WVU Coliseum (1,314) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	Not released
Coaches	25	25^	20	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	RV	—	—	—

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

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball - Mountaineers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. West Virginia Mountaineers. "West Virginia Mountaineers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
4. "West Virginia Athletics". Wvusports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.