2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by sixth-year head coach Mike McGuire. They finished the season 26–7, 17–1 in Big South play, win the Big South regular season title. Radford won the conference tournament championship game over the Campbell Lady Camels, 57–45 to earn an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Maryland in the first round.

2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball
Big South regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	26–7 (17–1 Big South)
Head coach	Mike McGuire (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Christie Rogers Ross Jolly Camille Collier
Home arena	Dedmon Center

2018–19 Big South women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Radford †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	6		.813
High Point	15	–	3		.833			22	–	8		.733
Hampton	12	–	6		.667			16	–	14		.533
UNC Asheville	11	–	7		.611			17	–	13		.567
Campbell	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Gardner-Webb	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Charleston Southern	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Winthrop	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Presbyterian	4	–	14		.222			7	–	24		.226
USC Upstate	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Longwood	2	–	16		.111			3	–	26		.103
† 2019 Big South tournament winner As of March 14, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 2 Tina Lindenfeld 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Midlothian Richmond, VA G 4 Khiana Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Western Branch Chesapeake, VA G 5 Jen Falconer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Cumberland Valley Mechanicsburg, PA G/F 10 Destinee Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr West Florence Florence, SC G 12 Bryonna McClean 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Princess Anne Virginia Beach, VA G 14 Makaila Wilson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Brentwood Academy Nashville, TN F 20 Lydia Rivers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Kinston Kinston, NC G/F 21 Piper Morningstar 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr North Allegheny Pittsburgh, PA G 23 Alexis Jackson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Meade Severn, MD F 35 Amele Ngwafang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Paint Branch Silver Spring, MD F 42 Laney Corbin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Page County Stanley, VA F 45 Savannah Felgemacher 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr James Madison Church Hill, TN C 50 Sydney Nunley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr Greenbrier East Lewisburg, WV	Head coach Mike McGuire (Roanoke) Assistant coach(es) Christie Rogers (Washington) Ross Jolly (Chattanooga) Camille Collier (Wake Forest) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: July 1, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m.		Roanoke	W 77–27		Dedmon Center  Radford, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Carolina State	W 61–31	1–0	Dedmon Center (733) Radford, VA
November 15, 2018* 11:00 a.m.		ETSU	W 79–64	2–0	Dedmon Center (724) Radford, VA
November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE		at No. 17 NC State	L 58–75	2–1	Reynolds Coliseum (2,405) Raleigh, NC
November 23, 2018* 1:00 p.m.		vs. Temple Miami Thanksgiving Classic	W 56–50	3–1	Watsco Center (569) Coral Gables, FL
November 25, 2018* 12:00 p.m.		vs. Nebraska Miami Thanksgiving Classic	L 39–77	3–2	Watsco Center (425) Coral Gables, FL
December 4, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCNE		at Virginia Tech New River Valley rivalry	L 44–55	3–3	Cassell Coliseum (1,763) Blacksburg, VA
December 8, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE		at Virginia	W 57–44	4–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,365) Charlottesville, VA
December 15, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Morehead State	L 72–79	4–4	Dedmon Center (683) Radford, VA
December 19, 2018* 6:00 p.m.		at VCU	W 54–49	5–4	Siegel Center (654) Richmond, VA
December 29, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Shepherd	W 60–46	6–4	Dedmon Center (587) Radford, VA
January 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		at Mount St. Mary's	L 72–79	6–5	Knott Arena (218) Emmitsburg, MD
Big South regular season
January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNC Asheville	W 60–46	7–5 (1–0)	Dedmon Center (818) Radford, VA
January 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		High Point	W 80–58	8–5 (2–0)	Dedmon Center (597) Radford, VA
January 10, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Hampton	L 54–68	8–6 (2–1)	Hampton Convocation Center (2,123) Hampton, VA
January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Winthrop	W 70–49	9–6 (3–1)	Dedmon Center (616) Radford, VA
January 15, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charleston Southern	W 67–41	10–6 (4–1)	CSU Field House (217) North Charleston, SC
January 19, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Longwood	W 68–34	11–6 (5–1)	Willett Hall (336) Farmville, VA
January 22, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Presbyterian	W 59–49	12–6 (6–1)	Dedmon Center (732) Radford, VA
January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Campbell	W 56–52	13–6 (7–1)	Pope Center (1,049) Buies Creek, NC
February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at USC Upstate	W 82–41	14–6 (8–1)	G. B. Hodge Center (328) Spartanburg, SC
February 5, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gardner–Webb	W 79–69	15–6 (9–1)	Dedmon Center (655) Radford, VA
February 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at High Point	W 84–79 2OT	16–6 (10–1)	Millis Center (596) High Point, NC
February 16, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Longwood	W 81–52	17–6 (11–1)	Dedmon Center (808) Radford, VA
February 19, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Winthrop	W 79–57	18–6 (12–1)	Winthrop Coliseum (147) Rock Hill, SC
February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Campbell	W 61–57	19–6 (13–1)	Dedmon Center (973) Radford, VA
February 26, 2019 7:00 p.m.		at UNC Asheville	W 45–44	20–6 (14–1)	Kimmel Arena (913) Asheville, NC
March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		USC Upstate	W 55–43	21–6 (15–1)	Dedmon Center (802) Radford, VA
March 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Hampton	W 84–59	22–6 (16–1)	Dedmon Center (749) Radford, VA
March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Presbyterian	W 48–43	23–6 (17–1)	Templeton Center (256) Clinton, SC
Big South women's tournament
March 14, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	(1)	(9) Presbyterian Quarterfinals	W 60–49	24–6	Dedmon Center (981) Radford, VA
March 15, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(4) UNC Asheville Semifinals	W 59–52	25–6	Dedmon Center (817) Radford, VA
March 17, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(6) Campbell Championship game	W 57–45	26–6	Dedmon Center (1,162) Radford, VA
NCAA women's tournament
March 23, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	(14 A)	at (3 A) No. 9 Maryland First round	L 51–73	26–7	Xfinity Center (5,072) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern.

See also

• 2018–19 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team