2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
Sun Belt Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	24–8 (15–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Krista Gerlich (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Kristin Cole; Ashley Crawford; Talby Justus;
Home arena	College Park Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by sixth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 15–3 in Sun Belt play to share the Sun Belt regular season title with Little Rock. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to South Alabama. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.

2018–19 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UT Arlington	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Little Rock *†	15	–	3	.833	21	–	11	.656
Troy	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Georgia State	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Appalachian State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
South Alabama	9	–	9	.500	25	–	11	.694
Texas State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Coastal Carolina	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Arkansas State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	18	.400
Louisiana	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Louisiana–Monroe	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Georgia Southern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	22	.241

† 2019 Sun Belt Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of April 3, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Cierra Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	L D Bell	Bedford, TX
G	1	Laurynn McGowen	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Seguin New Mexico JC	Arlington, TX
G	2	Lauren Billie	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	East Central	Tulsa, OK
C	3	Misty Dossey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Comanche	Comanche, OK
G	12	Brooke Alexander	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Prestonwood Christian Academy Liberty	Frisco, TX
F	13	Daiane Machado	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	New Mexico JC	Curitiba, Brazil
G	20	Claire Chastain	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Dale	Shawnee, OK
G	21	Terryn Milton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Owasso High School	Owasso, OK
G	23	Camryn Hawkins	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Rio Rancho	Albuquerque, NM
G	24	Aysia Evans	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Broken Arrow	Tulsa, OK
F	30	Bre Wickware	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Guyer Indiana	Denton, TX
F	33	Kelsey Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Washington	Washington, OK
C	40	Michaela Wright	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Father Tolton Catholic	Columbia, MO
G	41	Katie Ferrell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Plano	Plano, TX
F	45	Emma Halverson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Plano	Plano, TX

Head coach

Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Talby Justus (Tabor)
Ashley Crawford (Lamar)
Jordan Vessels (West Texas A&M)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Jackson State	W 99–63	1–0	College Park Center (1,063) Arlington, TX
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas	L 65–66	1–1	College Park Center (1,081) Arlington, TX
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Grambling State	W 78–54	2–1	College Park Center (852) Arlington, TX
Nov 23, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 61–70	2–2	Save Mart Center (1,958) Fresno, CA
Nov 25, 2018* 4:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 80–73	3–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (235) San Francisco, CA
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Incarnate Word	W 97–49	4–2	McDermott Convocation Center (349) San Antonio, TX
Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	W 80–62	5–2	Mabee Center (1,245) Tulsa, OK
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Houston	W 65–61 ^OT	5–2	Fertitta Center (831) Houston, TX
Dec 20, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 53–48	6–2	College Park Center (694) Arlington, TX
Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		USC	L 61–73	6–3	College Park Center (844) Arlington, TX
Dec 29, 2018* 7:00 pm		at SMU	W 66–41	7–3	Moody Coliseum (843) Dallas, TX
Sun Belt regular season
Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia State	L 48–50	7–4 (0–1)	GSU Sports Arena (376) Atlanta, GA
Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	W 74–53	8–4 (1–1)	Hanner Fieldhouse (220) Statesboro, GA
Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Appalachian State	W 99–94 ^2OT	9–4 (2–1)	College Park Center (836) Arlington, TX
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	W 79–53	10–4 (3–1)	College Park Center (738) Arlington, TX
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Arkansas State	W 100–73	11–4 (4–1)	First National Bank Arena (621) Jonesboro, AR
Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm		at Little Rock	L 65–68	11–5 (4–2)	Jack Stephens Center (1,059) Little Rock, AR
Jan 24, 2019 11:30 am, ESPN+		Georgia Southern	W 81–48	12–5 (5–2)	College Park Center (6,186) Arlington, TX
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia State	W 69–45	13–5 (6–2)	College Park Center (1,107) Arlington, TX
Jan 29, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana	W 76–61	14–5 (7–2)	Cajundome (1,084) Lafayette, LA
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas State	W 68–53	15–5 (8–2)	College Park Center (1,177) Arlington, TX
Feb 7, 2019 5:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	W 67–64	16–5 (9–2)	HTC Center (238) Conway, SC
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at Appalachian State	W 72–65	17–5 (10–2)	Holmes Center (774) Boone, NC
Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Little Rock	L 61–62	17–6 (10–3)	College Park Center (1,188) Arlington, TX
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 67–62	18–6 (11–3)	College Park Center (1,014) Arlington, TX
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 60–56 ^OT	19–6 (12–3)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,000) Monroe, LA
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		South Alabama	W 72–51	20–6 (13–3)	College Park Center (1,139) Arlington, TX
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Troy	W 88–65	21–6 (14–3)	College Park Center (1,112) Arlington, TX
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm		at Texas State	W 44–41	24–6 (15–3)	Strahan Arena (1,225) San Marcos, TX
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) South Alabama Semifinals	L 50–57	24–7	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Stephen F. Austin First Round	W 60–54	25–7	College Park Center (1,159) Arlington, TX
Mar 23, 2019* 2:00 pm		at TCU Second Round	L 54–71	25–8	Schollmaier Arena (1,531) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central 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		N/A

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not ranked previous week

References

^ "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com.

[1] "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com.

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2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References