2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
MAC East Division Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record30–6 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tavares Jackson
  • Steph Haas
  • Marwan Miller
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Ohio 14 – 4   .778 30 – 6   .833
Miami (OH) 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719
Buffalo † 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
Kent State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Akron 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
Bowling Green 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
West
Central Michigan 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758
Toledo 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Northern Illinois 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Eastern Michigan 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Western Michigan 4 – 14   .222 10 – 20   .333
Ball State 3 – 15   .167 8 – 23   .258
† 2019 MAC tournament winner

The 2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by sixth year head coach Bob Boldon, played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2]

They finished the season 30–6, 14–2 in MAC play to win MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC women's tournament, where they lost to Buffalo. They received an automatic to the WNIT, where they defeated High Point, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Northwestern in the quarterfinals. With 30 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.

Offseason

Coaching Staff Changes

Coaching Departures

Coaching Departures
Name Alma Mater Previous position New position
Mary Evans Georgia Southern University Assistant Coach Head Coach (Valparaiso)[3]

Coaching Additions

Coaching Additions
Name Alma Mater Previous position New position
Steph Haas Florida Gulf Coast University Video Coordinator (Florida Gulf Coast) Assistant Coach[4]

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason
Taylor Agler 0 G 5'9" Redshirt Senior Westerville, Ohio Graduated, Exhausted eligibility
Alexis Stover 5 F 5'11" Freshman Westerville, Ohio Transferred to Wright State
Meche'la Cobb 24 G 6'0" Redshirt Freshman New Albany, Ohio

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason
Caitlyn Kroll 5 G 5'10" Redshirt Sophomore Bridgeport, Ohio Transferred from Saint Francis (PA). Will have three years of eligibility remaining.[5]

2018 recruiting class

Recruiting Class
Name Number Pos. Height High School Hometown
Abby Garnett 20 F 6'1 Golden Golden, Colorado
Deesh Beck 32 F 5'9 Grand Rapids Christian Grand Rapids, Michigan
Alexandra Antonova 35 F 6'2 Teays Valley Moscow, Russia

Preseason

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 31, 2018. Ohio was picked third in the MAC East.[6]

Preseason women's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. Buffalo (4) 62
  2. Miami (5) 61
  3. Ohio (3) 57
  4. Kent State 28
  5. Bowling Green 27
  6. Akron 17

West Division

  1. Central Michigan (12) 72
  2. Toledo 52
  3. Eastern Michigan 41
  4. Northern Illinois 38
  5. Ball State 34
  6. Western Michigan 15

Regular Season Champion

Central Michigan (9), Miami (2), Ohio (1)

Tournament champs

Central Michigan (8), Buffalo (3), Northern Illinois (1)

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC East Cece Hooks G So.

Source[6]

Roster

2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Cece Hooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Thurgood Marshall Dayton, OH
G 2 Katie Barker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Cary-Grove Cary, IL
G 3 Amani Burke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Eastmoor Academy Columbus, OH
F 4 Erica Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Mansfield Senior Mansfield, OH
G 5 Caitlyn Kroll 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Bridgeport
Saint Francis (PA) 		Bridgeport, OH
G 10 Dominique Doseck 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Athens Athens, OH
F 13 Olivia Bower 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Conotton Valley Bowerston, OH
G 15 Kaylee Bambule 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL
F 20 Abby Garnett 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Golden Golden, CO
F 21 Hannah Thome 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls, OH
G 25 Hunter Rogan (W) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Urbana Urbana, OH
F 32 Deesh Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Grand Rapids Christian Grand Rapids, MI
F 35 Alexandra Antonova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Teays Valley Moscow, Russia
F 41 Gabby Burris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Liberty Union Baltimore, OH
F 54 Kendall Jessing 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Sylvania Northview Sylvania, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[7]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Walsh W 90–62 
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
Nov 11, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UNC Wilmington W 95–72  1–0
 Convocation Center (449)
Athens, OH
Nov 15, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		Binghamton W 86–49  2–0
 Convocation Center (2,167)
Athens, OH
Nov 18, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Eastern Kentucky W 100–60  3–0
 Convocation Center (414)
Athens, OH
Nov 23, 2018*
3:00 pm 		vs. St. Bonaventure
Denver Thanksgiving Classic 		W 76–62  4–0
 Hamilton Gymnasium 
Denver, CO
Nov 24, 2018*
3:00 pm 		vs. Lamar
Denver Thanksgiving Classic 		W 87–62  5–0
 Hamilton Gymnasium 
Denver, CO
Dec 1, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Cleveland State W 72–64  6–0
 Convocation Center (548)
Athens, OH
Dec 5, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Purdue W 80–73  7–0
 Convocation Center (591)
Athens, OH
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Coppin State W 87–62  8–0
 Convocation Center (404)
Athens, OH
Dec 16, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at IUPUI W 73–66  9–0
 The Jungle (311)
Indianapolis, IN
Dec 22, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Richmond W 109–58  10–0
 Robins Center (505)
Richmond, VA
Dec 29, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at American W 77–67  11–0
 Bender Arena (334)
Washington, D.C.
MAC regular season
Jan 5, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Buffalo W 74–71 OT 12–0
(1–0) 		Alumni Arena (2,116)
Amherst, NY
Jan 9, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Central Michigan L 70–88  12–1
(1–1) 		Convocation Center (866)
Athens, OH
Jan 12, 2019
2:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Ball State W 90–75  13–1
(2–1) 		Worthen Arena (4,076)
Muncie, IN
Jan 16, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Kent State W 83–81  14–1
(3–1) 		Convocation Center (450)
Athens, OH
Jan 19, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Eastern Michigan W 85–44  15–1
(4–1) 		Convocation Center (648)
Athens, OH
Jan 23, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Northern Illinois W 69–53  16–1
(5–1) 		Convocation Center (269)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bowling Green W 82–79  17–1
(6–1) 		Stroh Center (1,435)
Bowling Green, OH
Jan 30, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Miami (OH) L 61–67  17–2
(6–2) 		Convocation Center (446)
Athens, OH
Feb 2, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State W 94–62  18–2
(7–2) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Feb 6, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Akron W 92–70  19–2
(8–2) 		Convocation Center (379)
Athens, OH
Feb 9, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Central Michigan W 78–75  20–2
(9–2) 		McGuirk Arena (2,152)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Feb 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Toledo L 50–76  20–3
(9–3) 		Savage Arena (3,364)
Toledo, OH
Feb 16, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Western Michigan W 70–56  21–3
(10–3) 		Convocation Center (729)
Athens, OH
Feb 23, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Kent State W 69–67  22–3
(11–3) 		MAC Center (1,208)
Kent, OH
Feb 27, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Buffalo L 43–73  22–4
(11–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Mar 2, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Akron W 81–71  23–4
(12–4) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (570)
Akron, OH
Mar 6, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Miami (OH) W 70–66  24–4
(13–4) 		Millett Hall (622)
Oxford, OH
Mar 9, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Bowling Green W 76–68  25–4
(14–4) 		Convocation Center (648)
Athens, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 13, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (7) Northern Illinois
Quarterfinals 		W 72–56  26–4
 Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
Mar 15, 2019
1:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (3) Miami (OH)
Semifinals 		W 74–48  27–4
 Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
Mar 16, 2019
11:00 am, CBSSN 		(2) vs. (4) Buffalo
Championship Game 		L 61–77  27–5
 Quicken Loans Arena (2,765)
Cleveland, OH
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019*
7:00 pm 		High Point
First Round 		W 81–74  28–5
 Convocation Center (567)
Athens, OH
Mar 24, 2019*
2:00 pm 		Middle Tennessee
Second Round 		W 59–57  29–5
 Convocation Center (867)
Athens, OH
Mar 28, 2019*
7:00 pm 		Western Kentucky
Third Round 		W 68–60  30–5
 Convocation Center (1,491)
Athens, OH
Mar 30, 2019*
7:00 pm 		at Northwestern
Quarterfinals 		L 58–61  30–6
 Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,031)
Evanston, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

Weekly Award Honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Source
MAC East player of the week Gabby Burris F November 13 [8]
MAC East player of the week Amani Burke F December 4 [9]
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson F December 18 [10]
MAC East player of the week Dominique Doseck G January 1 [11]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G January 8 [12]
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson F January 29 [13]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G March 11 [14]

All-MAC Awards

Post-season All-MAC teams
Award Player Position Year
MAC Defensive Player of the year Cece Hooks G So.
MAC Freshman of the Year Erica Johnson F R-Fr.
MAC Sixth Man of the Year Erica Johnson F R-Fr.
MAC 1st team Cece Hooks G So.

Source[15]

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 RV RV N/A
Coaches RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mary Evans Hired to Lead Valpo Women's Basketball Program". Valparaiso University. April 18, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball Names Haas Assistant Coach". Ohio Bobcats. June 1, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball Adds Transfer Kroll to the Roster". Ohio Bobcats. May 16, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "MAC ANNOUNCES 2018-19 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "2018-19 Ohio Women's Basketball Schedule - Ohio University". Ohiobobcats.com.
  8. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Burris Named MAC East Division Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  9. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Burke Named MAC East Division Player Of The Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  10. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  11. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Doseck Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  12. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  13. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  14. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  15. ^ "MAC Announces 2020 Women's Basketball Postseason Awards".