2018–19 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by ninth-year head coach Robin Pingeton. They play their games at Mizzou Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Drake in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.

2018–19 Missouri Tigers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record24–11 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jenny Putnam
  • Ashleen Bracey
  • Chris Bracey
Home arenaMizzou Arena
2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State151 .938333  .917
No. 15 South Carolina133 .813239  .719
No. 14 Texas A&M124 .750267  .788
No. 17 Kentucky115 .688258  .758
Missouri106 .6252411  .686
Auburn97 .5632210  .688
Georgia97 .5631812  .600
Tennessee79 .4381913  .594
LSU79 .4381613  .552
Arkansas610 .3752215  .595
Alabama511 .3131417  .452
Ole Miss313 .188922  .290
Florida313 .188823  .258
Vanderbilt214 .125723  .233
2019 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Tigers began the 2017–18 season ranked #16 in both the AP and Coaches Polls. They finished the season 24–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. Ranked 14th nationally, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to 19th-ranked Georgia.[1] They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament where they were upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the first round.[2]

Roster

2018–19 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Kelsey Winfrey 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoLebanon Lebanon, MO
G 2 Akira Levy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrUpperman Baxter, TN
G 3 Sophie Cunningham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrRock Bridge Columbia, MO
G 5 Lauren Aldridge 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SrMarshfield
Kansas
Marshfield, MO
G 10 Nadia Green 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoHomewood-Flossmoor Chicago, IL
G 11 Haley Troup 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS FrGadsden City Gadsden, AL
G 12 Elle Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoRock Bridge Columbia, MO
F 13 Hannah Schuchts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrMaclay School Tallahassee, FL
F 21 Cierra Porter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrRock Bridge Columbia, MO
G 22 Jordan Roundtree 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrKirkwood St. Louis, MO
G 23 Amber Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoLoyola College Prep Shreveport, LA
G 24 Jordan Chavis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrCentral Davidson Lexington, NC
F 34 Emmanuelle Tahane 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoMarcellin Berthelot Bondy, France
F 43 Grace Berg 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrIndianola Indianaola, IA
F 45 Brittany Garner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrWinslow Township Philadelphia, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 7, 2018

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 16 Missouri Western W 70–48 
Mizzou Arena (1,583)
Columbia, MO
11/01/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 16 Washburn W 74–59 
Mizzou Arena 
Columbia, MO
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018*
8:00 pm
No. 16 at Western Illinois W 89–64  1–0
Western Hall (1,227)
Macomb, IL
11/14/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 16 Missouri State W 65–61  2–0
Mizzou Arena (4,111)
Columbia, MO
11/16/2018*
6:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 Green Bay L 49–56  2–1
Mizzou Arena (3,687)
Columbia, MO
11/19/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 21 SIU Edwardsville W 59–36  3–1
Mizzou Arena (3,254)
Columbia, MO
11/23/2018*
6:30 pm
No. 21 vs. Michigan
Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals
L 54–70  3–2
Hertz Arena (1,317)
Estero, FL
11/24/2018*
12:30 pm
No. 21 vs. Quinnipiac
Gulf Coast Showcase Consolation 2nd round
W 65–51  4–2
Hertz Arena (716)
Estero, FL
11/25/2018*
12:30 pm
No. 21 vs. Duke
Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game
W 72–64  5–2
Hertz Arena (762)
Estero, FL
12/02/2018*
4:00 pm
at West Virginia
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 68–51  6–2
WVU Coliseum (1,273)
Morgantown, WV
12/06/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 23 UMKC W 66–59  7–2
Mizzou Arena (3,407)
Columbia, MO
12/09/2018*
5:00 pm
No. 23 at Saint Louis W 74–62  8–2
Chaifetz Arena (3,784)
St. Louis, MO
12/15/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 22 South Dakota L 61–74  8–3
Mizzou Arena (4,509)
Columbia, MO
12/17/2018*
7:00 pm
Texas State W 69–50  9–3
Mizzou Arena (3,518)
Columbia, MO
12/21/2018*
12:00 pm
at Illinois W 67–45  10–3
State Farm Center (1,288)
Champaign, IL
12/30/2018*
2:00 pm
Arkansas State W 70–50  11–3
Mizzou Arena (5,265)
Columbia, MO
SEC regular season
01/03/2019
7:00 pm
Ole Miss W 78–55  12–3
(1–0)
Mizzou Arena (4,083)
Columbia, MO
01/06/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 10 Tennessee W 66–64  13–3
(2–0)
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,113)
Knoxville, TN
01/10/2019
7:00 pm
Arkansas W 71–53  14–3
(3–0)
Mizzou Arena (4,216)
Columbia, MO
01/13/2019
2:00 pm, SECN
at Florida L 56–58  14–4
(3–1)
O'Connell Center (2,218)
Gainesville, FL
01/17/2019
6:00 pm, SECN
Georgia W 61–35  15–4
(4–1)
Mizzou Arena (4,004)
Columbia, MO
01/21/2019
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 25 at No. 19 South Carolina L 65–79  15–5
(4–2)
Colonial Life Arena (12,004)
Columbia, SC
01/24/2019
5:30 pm, SECN
No. 25 at No. 15 Kentucky L 41–52  15–6
(4–3)
Memorial Coliseum (4,174)
Lexington, KY
01/27/2019
2:00 pm
No. 25 Auburn W 74–65  16–6
(5–3)
Mizzou Arena (5,119)
Columbia, MO
02/04/2019
6:00 pm, SECN
at LSU L 51–61  16–7
(5–4)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,756)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/07/2019
6:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 Texas A&M W 70–65 OT 17–7
(6–4)
Mizzou Arena (4,513)
Columbia, MO
02/10/2019
3:00 pm, SECN
Vanderbilt W 69–46  18–7
(7–4)
Mizzou Arena (4,857)
Columbia, MO
02/14/2019
8:00 pm, SECN
at No. 5 Mississippi State W 75–67  19–7
(8–4)
Humphrey Coliseum (7,545)
Starkville, MS
02/17/2019
4:00 pm, ESPN2
Tennessee L 60–62  19–8
(8–5)
Mizzou Arena (8,559)
Columbia, MO
02/24/2019
2:00 pm
at Auburn L 54–58  19–9
(8–6)
Auburn Arena (2,293)
Auburn, AL
02/28/2019
8:00 pm, SECN
at Arkansas W 73–67  20–9
(9–6)
Bud Walton Arena (1,153)
Fayetteville, AR
03/03/2019
2:00 pm
Alabama W 82–47  21–9
(10–6)
Mizzou Arena (6,527)
Columbia, MO
SEC Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
1:30 pm, SECN
(5) vs. (13) Florida
Second Round
W 87–56  22–9
Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
03/08/2019
1:30 pm, SECN
(5) vs. (4) No. 13 Kentucky
Quarterfinals
W 70–68 OT 23–9
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (4,431)
Greenville, SC
03/09/2019
4:00 pm, ESPNU
(5) vs. (1) No. 5 Mississippi State
Semifinals
L 56–71  23–10
Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019*
3:00 pm, ESPN2
(7 G) vs. (10 G) Drake
First Round
W 77–76 OT 24–10
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,720)
Iowa City, IA
03/24/2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN2
(7 G) at (2 G) No. 8 Iowa
Second Round
L 52–68  24–11
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (12,376)
Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G=Greensboro Region.
All times are in Central Time.
[3]

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 16 16 21 RV 23 22 RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches 14 14^ 18 RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

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