2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Missouri Valley Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record25–10 (16–2 The Valley)
Head coach
  • Kellie Harper (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jon Harper
  • Jennifer Sullivan
  • Jackie Stiles
Home arenaJQH Arena
Seasons
2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drake 17 – 1   .944 27 – 7   .794
Missouri State † 16 – 2   .889 25 – 10   .714
Northern Iowa 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Illinois State 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Bradley 10 – 8   .556 20 – 10   .667
Southern Illinois 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Loyola–Chicago 6 – 12   .333 13 – 18   .419
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Valparaiso 3 – 15   .167 8 – 24   .250
Evansville 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2019 MVC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by sixth year head coach Kellie Harper, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in second place. They won the Missouri Valley women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball where upset DePaul and Iowa State in the first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time 2001 where they lost to Stanford.

On April 8, Harper left after 6 seasons to accept the head coaching job at her alma mater, Tennessee.[1] She finish with a 6 year record of 118–79.

Roster

2018–19 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Danielle Gitzen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Chanhassen High Victoria, MN
G 2 Elle Ruffridge 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Pocahontas Area High Pocahontas, IA
F 4 Abby Hipp 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So St. Pius X High Kansas City, MO
G 11 Brice Calip 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Sapulpa High Sapulpa, OK
F 12 Sydney Schultz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Oswego East High Aurora, IL
G 21 Sydney Wilson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Olathe East High Overland Park, KS
G 22 Alexa Willard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Stoutland High Lebanon, MO
G 23 Mya Bhinhar 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Owasso High School Owasso, OK
G 24 Bri Ellis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Rock Bridge High Columbia, MO
F 25 Dariauna Lewis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr North High Omaha, NE
F 30 Shameka Ealy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Russellville High Russellville, AR
F 32 Jasmine Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR
G 34 Sydney Manning 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Cashion High Edmond, OK
C 50 Emily Gartner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Hiawatha High Hiawatha, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 29, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Central Missouri L 64–70 
JQH Arena (1,805)
Springfield, MO
Nov 4, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Lincoln W 100–54 
JQH Arena (1,767)
Springfield, MO
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018*
2:00 pm, KOZL 		at Wichita State L 60–63 OT 0–1
 Charles Koch Arena (1,967)
Wichita, KS
Nov 14, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at No. 16 Missouri L 61–65  0–2
 Mizzou Arena (4,111)
Columbia, MO
Nov 17, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State W 74–54  1–2
 JQH Arena (2,018)
Springfield, MO
Nov 24, 2018*
4:00 pm 		at Santa Clara L 73–77  1–3
 Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
Dec 1, 2018*
3:00 pm 		at North Texas L 76–83 OT 1–4
 The Super Pit (1,377)
Denton, TX
Dec 4, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		South Dakota L 74–85  1–5
 JQH Arena (1,820)
Springfield, MO
Dec 9, 2018*
11:00 am, BTN 		at Indiana L 74–98  1–6
 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,463)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 16, 2018*
2:00 pm, KOZL 		No. 21 Gonzaga L 67–70  1–7
 JQH Arena (2,066)
Springfield, MO
Dec 20, 2018*
6:30 pm 		vs. Louisiana Tech
Roo Holiday Classic 		W 82–70  2–7
 Swinney Recreation Center (322)
Kansas City, MO
Dec 21, 2018*
3:00 pm 		vs. SIU Edwardsville
Roo Holiday Classic 		W 68–65  3–7
 Swinney Recreation Center (374)
Kansas City, MO
Dec 30, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Little Rock W 48–44  4–7
 JQH Arena (2,045)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley regular season
Jan 4, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Indiana State W 71–58  5–7
(1–0) 		JQH Arena (2,015)
Springfield, MO
Jan 6, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL 		Evansville W 88–66  6–7
(2–0) 		JQH Arena (1,934)
Springfield, MO
Jan 13, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Southern Illinois W 66–51  7–7
(3–0) 		JQH Arena (1,864)
Springfield, MO
Jan 18, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Bradley W 68–56  8–7
(4–0) 		Renaissance Coliseum (515)
Peoria, IL
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL 		at Illinois State W 59–47  9–7
(5–0) 		Redbird Arena (782)
Normal, IL
Jan 25, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Loyola–Chicago W 84–49  10–7
(6–0) 		JQH Arena (2,757)
Springfield, MO
Jan 27, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL 		Valparaiso W 108–63  11–7
(7–0) 		JQH Arena (2,886)
Springfield, MO
Feb 1, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Drake W 85–79  12–7
(8–0) 		Knapp Center (3,101)
Des Moines, IA
Feb 3, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Northern Iowa W 63–58  13–7
(10–0) 		McLeod Center (1,485)
Cedar Falls, IA
Feb 8, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Southern Illinois W 70–58  14–7
(10–0) 		SIU Arena (361)
Carbondale, IL
Feb 15, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Illinois State L 56–60  14–8
(10–1) 		JQH Arena (1,750)
Springfield, MO
Feb 17, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Bradley W 82–60  15–8
(11–1) 		JQH Arena (2,235)
Springfield, MO
Feb 22, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Valparaiso W 84–49  16–8
(12–1) 		Athletics–Recreation Center (277)
Valparaiso, IN
Feb 24, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Loyola–Chicago W 85–58  17–8
(13–1) 		Joseph J. Gentile Arena (372)
Chicago, IL
Mar 1, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northern Iowa W 58–48  18–8
(14–1) 		JQH Arena (3,112)
Springfield, MO
Mar 3, 2019
2:00 pm, KOZL 		No. 23 Drake L 61–70  18–9
(14–2) 		JQH Arena (3,827)
Springfield, MO
Mar 7, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Evansville W 88–46  19–9
(15–2) 		Meeks Family Fieldhouse (301)
Evansville, IN
Mar 9, 2019
1:00 pm, KOZL 		at Indiana State W 76–66  20–9
(16–2) 		Hulman Center (1,456)
Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (7) Loyola–Chicago
Quarterfinals 		W 59–50  21–9
 TaxSlayer Center 
Moline, IL
Mar 16, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (3) Northern Iowa
Semifinals 		W 89–64  22–9
 TaxSlayer Center (2,254)
Moline, IL
Mar 17, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (1) No. 21 Drake
Championship Game 		W 94–79  23–9
 TaxSlayer Center (1,558)
Moline, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019*
2:30 pm, ESPN2 		(11 C) vs. (6 C) No. 24 DePaul
First Round 		W 89–78  24–9
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
Mar 25, 2019*
8:00 pm, ESPN 		(11 C) at (3 C) No. 13 Iowa State
Second Round 		W 69–60  25–9
 Hilton Coliseum (5,809)
Ames, IA
Mar 30, 2019*
5:30 pm, ESPN2 		(11 C) vs. (2 C) No. 7 Stanford
Sweet Sixteen 		L 46–55  25–10
 Wintrust Arena (7,714)
Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
C=Chicago Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
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15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP N/A
Coaches 24
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (April 8, 2019). "Sources: Lady Vols to hire Harper as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Missouri State University Official Athletic Site". www.missouristatebears.com.
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