2018–19 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball

WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big East
Record	23–10 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Kurt Godlevske (5th season)
Assistant coaches	John Marcum Kierra McCleary Gabe Henry
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
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

The 2018–19 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth year head coach Kurt Godlevske, play their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Creighton. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they defeated Northeastern and Kent State in the first and second rounds before losing to Cincinnati in third round.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the season 15–17, 6–12 in Big East play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Providence before losing to Marquette in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2018–19 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Jamilyn Robinson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Ascension Christian	Gonzales, LA
G	4	Taylor Buford	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Adlai Stevenson	Long Grove, IL
G	5	Emilia Sexton	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Louisville Male	Louisville, KY
G/F	10	Naira Caceres	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Colegio Manuel Peleteiro Maine	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
G	11	Michelle Weaver	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Saint Joseph	South Bend, IN
C	12	Ashanti Thomas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Lafayette Penn State	Lexington, KY
G/F	14	Sarah Humphrey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Crete-Monee	Crete, IL
G	15	Whitney Jennings	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	RS Sr	Logansport Iowa	Logansport, IN
G	20	Jaia Alexander	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Roland Park Country Clemson	Baltimore, MD
G	22	Katherine Strong	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Bloom VCU	Chicago Heights, IL
G/F	23	Shae Brey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Eau Claire Regis	Altoona, WI
G	24	Kristen Spolyar	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Lebanon	Lebanon, IN
F	25	Ellen Ross	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Bishop Dwenger	Fort Wayne, IN
F/C	34	Tori Schickel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Mater Dei	Evansville, IN

Head coach

Kurt Godlevske (Northern Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

John Marcum (East Central)
Kierra McCleary (North Alabama)
Gabe Henry (Missouri Valley)

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	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018* 7:00 pm		Trine	W 69–31		–	–	–	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 12:00 pm		Eastern Illinois	W 72–37^[2]	1–0	16 – Schickel	12 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (282) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm		Murray State	W 86–65^[3]	2–0	24 – Jennings	10 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (484) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 17, 2018* 2:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 92–51^[4]	3–0	17 – Schickel	10 – Brey	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (479) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 20, 2018* 12:00 pm		UMass Lowell	W 89–36^[5]	4–0	17 – Weaver	10 – Schickel	7 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (461) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm		Illinois State	W 58–56^[6]	5–0	17 – Jennings	8 – Schickel	7 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (611) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm		Ball State	W 64–47^[7]	6–0	20 – Jennings	12 – Schickel	8 – Schickel	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,524) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Indiana	L 46–66^[8]	6–1	13 – Tied	13 – Schickel	4 – Weaver	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,642) Bloomington, IN
Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Akron	W 63–47^[9]	7–1	20 – Spolyar	12 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	James A. Rhodes Arena (565) Akron, OH
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm		Indiana State	W 72–49^[10]	8–1	16 – Jennings	9 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (789) Indianapolis, IN
Dec 20, 2018* 12:15 pm		vs. Ohio State West Palm Invitational	W 66–53^[11]	9–1	25 – Weaver	6 – Schickel	5 – Tied	Student Life Center (250) West Palm Beach, FL
Dec 21, 2018* 1:00 pm		vs. Eastern Michigan West Palm Invitational	W 73–63^[12]	10–1	15 – Tied	7 – Schickel	5 – Brey	Student Life Center (79) West Palm Beach, FL
Big East regular season
Dec 29, 2018 8:00 pm, FS2		at Villanova	W 63–55^[13]	11–1 (1–0)	22 – Schickel	12 – Brey	4 – Weaver	Finneran Pavilion (641) Villanova, PA
Dec 31, 2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Georgetown	W 59–50^[14]	12–1 (2–0)	23 – Jennings	12 – Brey	5 – Weaver	McDonough Gymnasium (345) Washington, D.C.
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	W 62–59^[15]	13–1 (3–0)	19 – Schickel	11 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (781) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 6, 2019 1:00 pm, FS2		St. John's	W 66–45^[16]	14–1 (4–0)	23 – Spolyar	6 – Spolyar	3 – Schickel	Hinkle Fieldhouse (858) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 11, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Xavier	W 63–41^[17]	15–1 (5–0)	20 – Jennings	8 – Spolyar	7 – Weaver	Cintas Center (761) Cincinnati, OH
Jan 18, 2019 11:30 am, BEDN		at Providence	L 68–74 ^3OT	15–2 (5–1)	25 – Jennings	10 – Schickel	2 – Tied	Alumni Hall (1,112) Providence, RI
Jan 20, 2019 3:00 pm, FS1		at Creighton	W 75–43	16–2 (6–1)	23 – Strong	12 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,083) Omaha, NE
Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		DePaul	L 78–86	16–3 (6–2)	22 – Spolyar	10 – Schickel	6 – Jennings	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,758) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN		No. 10 Marquette	L 58–87	16–4 (6–3)	13 – Spolyar	6 – Brey	4 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,437) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 1, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	W 73–68 ^OT	17–4 (7–3)	29 – Jennings	9 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Carnesecca Arena (750) Queens, NY
Feb 3, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Seton Hall	L 62–83	17–5 (7–4)	14 – Spolyar	10 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Walsh Gymnasium (1,344) South Orange, NJ
Feb 8, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 63–38	18–5 (8–4)	18 – Spolyar	9 – Schickel	6 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,124) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 15, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		Creighton	W 66–46	19–5 (9–4)	13 – Spolyar	7 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (882) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN		Providence	L 63–66 ^OT	19–6 (9–5)	23 – Jennings	19 – Schickel	3 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,618) Indianapolis, IN
Feb 22, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN		at No. 11 Marquette	W 61–57	20–6 (10–5)	19 – Schickel	10 – Brey	6 – Spolyar	Al McGuire Center (2,003) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 24, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN		at DePaul	L 62–76	20–7 (10–6)	14 – Schickel	8 – Schickel	6 – Weaver	Wintrust Arena (2,165) Chicago, IL
Mar 1, 2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Georgetown	L 42–72	20–8 (10–7)	9 – Tied	6 – Schickel	5 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (935) Indianapolis, IN
Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN		Villanova	W 62–60 ^OT	21–8 (11–7)	22 – Spolyar	9 – Schickel	3 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,012) Indianapolis, IN
Big East Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019 9:30 pm, FS2	(3)	vs. (6) Creighton Quarterfinals	L 51–60	21–9	16 – Schickel	9 – Brey	4 – Schickel	Wintrust Arena (2,164) Chicago, IL
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		Northeastern First Round	W 89–72	22–9	29 – Jennings	10 – Schickel	9 – Schickel	Hinkle Fieldhouse (437) Indianapolis, IN
Mar 23, 2019* 7:00 pm		Kent State Second Round	W 70–52	23–9	23 – Jennings	11 – Schickel	4 – Weaver	Hinkle Fieldhouse (747) Indianapolis, IN
Mar 28, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Cincinnati Third Round	L 65–72	23–10	25 – Jennings	11 – Schickel	5 – Tied	Fifth Third Arena (2,450) Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR							N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR

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

References

^ "2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule - Butler Bulldogs". Butlersports.com.
^ "Women's Basketball vs Eastern Illinois on 11/9/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Murray State on 11/13/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Western Illinois on 11/17/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs UMass Lowell on 11/20/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Illinois State on 11/25/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Ball State on 12/2/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Indiana on 12/5/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Akron on 12/8/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Indiana State on 12/17/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Ohio State on 12/20/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Eastern Michigan on 12/21/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Villanova on 12/29/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Georgetown on 12/31/2018 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Seton Hall on 1/4/2019 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs St. John's on 1/6/2019 - Box Score".
^ "Women's Basketball vs Xavier on 1/11/2019 - Box Score".

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