2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Lindsay Whalen , played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 21–11, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Indiana. They received at-large bid of the WNIT . There they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the second round.
Roster
2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
F/C
2
Barbora Tomancova
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
SGLD Brno
Brno, Czech Republic
G/F
3
Destiny Pitts
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So
Detroit Country Day
Detroit, MI
F
5
Taiye Bello
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Southfield-Lathrup HS
Southfield, MI
F
11
Delaynie Byrne
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Ralston Valley HS
Arvada, CO
G
12
Mercedes Staples
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
Viewmont HS
Centerville, UT
F
20
Kehinde Bello
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Southfield-Lathrup HS
Southfield, MI
G
21
Jasmine Brunson
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jr
Mary Louis Academy
Queens, NY
G
23
Kenisha Bell
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RS Sr
Kennedy HS Marquettte
Minneapolis, MN
F
25
Palma Kaposi
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr
None
Pécs, Hungary
F
31
Irene Garrido Perez
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sr
Wyoming CC
Granada, Spain
G
34
Gadiva Hubbard
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Jr
Princess Anne HS
Virginia Beach, VA
C
41
Annalese Lamke
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS
Milwaukee, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018 *8:00 pm
New Hampshire
W 70–47
1–0
Williams Arena (14,625)Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2018 *6:00 pm
No. 25
at Xavier
W 78–53
2–0
Cintas Center (831)Cincinnati, OH
11/17/2018 *7:30 pm
No. 25
San Diego
W 53–48
3–0
Williams Arena (3,626)Minneapolis, MN
11/20/2018 *7:00 pm
No. 23
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
W 84–42
4–0
Williams Arena (3,007)Minneapolis, MN
11/23/2018 *3:00 pm
No. 23
Cornell
W 65–45
5–0
Williams Arena (4,339)Minneapolis, MN
11/29/2018 *7:30 pm, BTN
No. 20
No. 12 Syracuse ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 72–68
6–0
Williams Arena (4,178)Minneapolis, MN
12/02/2018 *3:00 pm
No. 20
Air Force
W 67–50
7–0
Williams Arena (3,642)Minneapolis, MN
12/05/2018 *12:00 pm
No. 14
Incarnate Word
W 75–39
8–0
Williams Arena (7,835)Minneapolis, MN
12/09/2018 *1:00 pm
No. 14
at Boston College
W 77–69
9–0
Conte Forum (1,417)Chestnut Hill, MA
12/12/2018 *7:00 pm
No. 13
Coppin State
W 84–52
10–0
Williams Arena (3,583)Minneapolis, MN
12/22/2018 *3:00 pm
No. 13
Rhode Island
W 91–71
11–0
Williams Arena (5,224)Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018 8:00 pm, BTN
No. 12
Wisconsin
W 74–56
12–0 (1–0)
Williams Arena (7,918)Minneapolis, MN
12/31/2018 1:00 pm
No. 12
at Michigan
L 60–76
12–1 (1–1)
Crisler Center (4,506)Ann Arbor, MI
01/06/2019 3:00 pm
No. 12
Illinois
L 62–66
12–2 (1–2)
Williams Arena (6,622)Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2019 6:00 pm
No. 18
at No. 23 Michigan State
L 68–86
12–3 (1–3)
Breslin Center (5,018)East Lansing, MI
01/14/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23
No. 22 Iowa
L 63–81
12–4 (1–4)
Williams Arena (5,439)Minneapolis, MN
01/17/2019 7:00 pm
No. 23
at Wisconsin
W 78–50
13–4 (2–4)
Kohl Center (3,137)Madison, WI
01/20/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23
at Nebraska
L 57–63
13–5 (2–5)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,072)Lincoln, NE
01/24/2019 7:00 pm
Purdue
L 53–64
13–6 (2–6)
Williams Arena (5,572)Minneapolis, MN
01/28/2019 6:30 pm, BTN
Ohio State
L 55–65
13–7 (2–7)
Williams Arena (3,470)Minneapolis, MN
01/31/2019 7:00 pm
at Northwestern
W 61–54
14–7 (3–7)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (606)Evanston, IL
02/03/2019 3:00 pm
No. 17 Rutgers
W 60–46
15–7 (4–7)
Williams Arena (4,888)Minneapolis, MN
02/06/2019 6:00 pm
at Indiana
W 65–61
16–7 (5–7)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,398)Bloomington, IN
02/10/2019 1:00 pm, BTN
Northwestern
W 73–64
17–7 (6–7)
Williams Arena (5,475)Minneapolis, MN
02/14/2019 5:00 pm, BTN
at Purdue
W 65–45
18–7 (7–7)
Mackey Arena (6,126)West Lafayette, IN
02/17/2019 1:00 pm, BTN
Penn State
W 97–67
19–7 (8–7)
Williams Arena (5,869)Minneapolis, MN
02/21/2019 6:00 pm
at No. 8 Maryland
L 69–71
19–8 (8–8)
Xfinity Center (5,116)College Park, MD
02/28/2019 6:00 pm, BTN
at Rutgers
L 54–60
19–9 (8–9)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,852)Piscataway, NJ
03/03/2019 3:00 pm
Michigan State
W 81–63
20–9 (9–9)
Williams Arena (7,707)Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 5:30 pm, BTN
(7)
vs. (10) Indiana Second Round
L 58–66
20–10
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/22/2019 *6:30 pm
Northern Iowa First Round
W 91–75
21–10
Williams Arena (2,549)Minneapolis, MN
03/24/2019 *2:00 pm
at Cincinnati Second Round
L 65–72
21–11
Fifth Third Arena (1,945)Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time .
Source[ 1]
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
25
23
20
14
13-T
13
12
12
18
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
N/A
Coaches
RV
RV^
RV
RV
18
16-T
16
15
13
20
25
RV
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
See also
2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
References
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA Final Four appearances in italics