2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

The 2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by third year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 16–16, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost Duquesne.

2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	16–16 (7–9 A-10)
Head coach	Tory Verdi (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Danny Hughes Candice Finley Candice Walker
Home arena	William D. Mullins Memorial Center

2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fordham †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	9		.735
VCU	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
Duquesne	11	–	5		.688			19	–	13		.594
Dayton	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Davidson	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
George Mason	8	–	8		.500			16	–	14		.533
Massachusetts	7	–	9		.438			16	–	16		.500
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
George Washington	7	–	9		.438			10	–	20		.333
Richmond	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
La Salle	3	–	13		.188			6	–	25		.194
Rhode Island	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
† 2019 A10 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Media

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.

Roster

2018–19 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 2 Genesis Rivera 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Gustavo Panola College Caracas, Venezuela G 3 Destiney Philoxy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr South Shore Queens, NY F 10 Alexia Allesch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Gill St. Bernard's Basking Ridge, NJ G 11 Bre Hampton-Bey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Notre Dame Academy Toledo, OH F 12 MacKenzie Sullivan (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Hopkins Academy Hadley, MA C 14 Anil Soysal 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Anatolian Istanbul, Turkey G 15 Paige McCormick 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Heuvelton Central Ogdensburg, NY F 21 Jessica Nelson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Buford Buford, GA G 22 Jessica George (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr North Point Waldorf, MD G 23 Vashnie Perry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Norcross HS Florida Atlantic Nashville, TN G/F 24 Hailey Leidel (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Woodhaven Brownstown, MI F 30 Alexa Kellner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Stamford Stamford, CT G 32 Madison Lowery 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr TPLS Christian Academy Virginia Beach, VA G 35 Asia McCoy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Archer Lawrenceville, GA	Head coach Tory Verdi (Keene State) Assistant coach(es) Danny Hughes (TCU) Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky) Candice Walker (Loyola (MD)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 31, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Dartmouth	W 109–51		Mullins Center  Amherst, MA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 4:30 pm, ELVN/NESN+		Sacred Heart	W 78–61	1–0	Mullins Center (547) Amherst, MA
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Towson	L 53–78	1–1	SECU Arena (1,389) Towson, MD
Nov 17, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Connecticut	W 74–59	2–1	Mullins Center (676) Amherst, MA
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 74–70	3–1	Mullins Center (413) Amherst, MA
Nov 23, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Bucknell Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	L 58–77	3–2	Pizzitola Sports Center (436) Providence, RI
Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Brown Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	W 90–61	4–2	Pizzitola Sports Center  Providence, RI
Nov 25, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Fairfield Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	W 59–49	5–2	Pizzitola Sports Center  Providence, RI
Nov 28, 2018* 4:30 pm, ELVN/NESN		North Dakota	L 52–59	5–3	Mullins Center (654) Amherst, MA
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, NESN		at Northeastern	L 52–53	5–4	Cabot Center (279) Boston, MA
Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 71–59	6–4	Mullins Center (555) Amherst, MA
Dec 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Boston University	W 66–55	7–4	Mullins Center (518) Amherst, MA
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Siena	L 59–64	7–5	Alumni Recreation Center (372) Loudonville, NY
Dec 21, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	L 59–62	7–6	Mullins Center (422) Amherst, MA
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	W 70–55	8–6	McCann Arena (1,789) Poughkeepsie, NY
A-10 Regular season
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Louis	W 70–66	9–6 (1–0)	Mullins Center (599) Amherst, MA
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dayton	L 47–75	9–7 (1–1)	UD Arena (1,686) Dayton, OH
Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at La Salle	W 74–60	10–7 (2–1)	Tom Gola Arena (362) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 16, 2019 12:00 pm, NBCSN		George Mason	L 52–70	10–8 (2–2)	Mullins Center (3,310) Amherst, MA
Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Davidson	W 70–58	11–8 (3–2)	John M. Belk Arena (511) Davidson, NC
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	L 63–64	11–9 (3–3)	Mullins Center (1,248) Amherst, MA
Jan 30, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	L 48–52	11–10 (3–4)	Siegel Center (523) Richmond, VA
Feb 3, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 58–62	11–11 (3–5)	Robins Center (576) Richmond, VA
Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Duquesne	W 69–66	12–11 (4–5)	Mullins Center (509) Amherst, MA
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Rhode Island	W 56–34	13–11 (5–5)	Mullins Center (656) Amherst, MA
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 54–55	13–12 (5–6)	Hagan Arena (204) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Davidson	L 49–64	13–13 (5–7)	Mullins Center (775) Amherst, MA
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		George Washington	L 59–66	13–14 (5–8)	Mullins Center (673) Amherst, MA
Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham	L 64–76	13–15 (5–9)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,008) Bronx, NY
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Richmond	W 64–38	14–15 (5–10)	Mullins Center (541) Amherst, MA
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 57–53	15–15 (5–11)	Ryan Center (411) Kingston, RI
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
Mar 5, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(10)	at (7) George Mason First Round	W 86–80 2OT	16–15	EagleBank Arena (259) Fairfax, VA
Mar 8, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+	(10)	vs. (2) Fordham Quarterfinals	L 62–73	16–16	Palumbo Center  Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2018–19 UMass Minutemen basketball team