2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
Lady Rebel Round-Up Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	23–11 (11–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Insell (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Kim Brewton; Matt Insell; Shalon Pillow;
Home arena	Murphy Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by fourteenth year head coach Rick Insell, played their home games at the Murphy Center and were fourth year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 23–11, 11–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to Rice. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated IUPUI in the first round before losing to Ohio in the second round.

2018–19 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Rice †	16	–	0	1.000	28	–	4	.875
UAB	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
Middle Tennessee	11	–	5	.688	23	–	11	.676
Western Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	20	–	15	.571
Old Dominion	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Marshall	10	–	6	.625	17	–	15	.531
Charlotte	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
Southern Miss	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
North Texas	7	–	9	.438	18	–	16	.529
Louisiana Tech	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
UTEP	5	–	11	.313	9	–	22	.290
UTSA	2	–	14	.125	7	–	21	.250
FIU	2	–	14	.125	5	–	24	.172
Florida Atlantic	2	–	14	.125	5	–	25	.167


† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Alex Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Blackman HS	Murfreesboro, TN
G	1	A'Queen Hayes	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Horn Lake HS Eastern Kentucky	Horn Lake, MS
G	2	Taylor Sutton	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Greater Atlanta Christian	Atlanta, GA
G	3	Kyla Allison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Wekiva HS	Orlando, FL
C	11	Jadona Davis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Wayne County HS	Buckatunna, MS
G	12	Jess Louro	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	St. Rose HS	Wall, New Jersey
F	13	Jordan Majors	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Martin Luther King HS	Nashville, TN
G	14	Katie Collier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Webb School of Knoxville	Knoxville, TN
G	15	Anna Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Jackson HS	Jackson, TN
F	21	LaSonja Edwards	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Fort Pierce Central HS Gulf Coast State	Fort Pierce, FL
C	22	Ra'Shika White	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Phillip O'Berry Academy Elon	Charlotte, NC
G	23	Alexis Whittington	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Riverdale HS	Murfreesboro, TN
G	24	Amanda Whittington	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Riverdale HS	Murfreesboro, TN
F	34	Mykia Dowdell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Oak Ridge HS	Oak Ridge, TN
F	35	Charity Savage	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)	Jr	Barlett HS	Memphis, TN

Head coach

Rick Insell (Middle Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Kim Brewton (Liberty)
Matt Insell (Middle Tennessee)
Shalon Pillow (Tennessee)

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
Exhibition
Oct 28, 2018* 2:00 pm		Lindsey Wilson	W 90–45		Murphy Center (2,754) Murfreesboro, TN
Oct 31, 2018* 6:30 pm		Trevecca Nazarene	L 71–88		Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 6:30 pm		Vanderbilt	W 65–58	1–0	Murphy Center (7,842) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Furman	W 78–71	2–0	Timmons Arena (509) Greenville, SC
Nov 16, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee Tech	L 64–68	2–1	Eblen Center (1,520) Cookeville, TN
Nov 19, 2018* 6:30 pm		Belmont	L 38–45	2–2	Murphy Center (3,625) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 21, 2018* 5:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 101–51	3–2	Murphy Center (2,811) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 24, 2018* 4:30 pm		vs. Dartmouth Lady Rebel Round-Up semifinals	W 70–58	4–2	Cox Pavilion (750) Paradise, NV
Nov 25, 2018* 4:30 pm		at UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up championship	W 66–62	5–2	Cox Pavilion (754) Paradise, NV
Nov 29, 2018* 11:00 am		Georgia State	W 66–62	6–2	Murphy Center (11,310) Murfreesboro, TN
Dec 4, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Troy	W 67–64	7–2	Trojan Arena (989) Troy, AL
Dec 15, 2018* 12:00 pm		at No. 18 Kentucky	L 55–72	7–3	Memorial Coliseum (5,076) Lexington, KY
Dec 20, 2018* 6:30 pm		UNC Asheville	W 67–46	8–3	Murphy Center (2,012) Murfreesboro, TN
Dec 29, 2018* 12:00 pm		vs. Chattanooga Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	W 58–47	9–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,069) Bronx, NY
Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham Fordham Holiday Classic championship	L 49–61	9–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
Conference USA regular season
Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm		at FIU	W 49–43	10–4 (1–0)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL
Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Florida Atlantic	W 74–55	11–4 (2–0)	FIU Arena (364) Boca Raton, FL
Jan 10, 2019 6:30 pm		Southern Miss	W 66–49	12–4 (3–0)	Murphy Center (3,987) Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 12, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 75–38	13–4 (4–0)	Murphy Center (4,127) Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm		at UTSA	W 72–52	14–4 (5–0)	Convocation Center (550) San Antonio, TX
Jan 17, 2019 2:00 pm		at UTEP	W 79–49	15–4 (6–0)	Don Haskins Center (485) El Paso, TX
Jan 24, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Rice	L 47–60	15–5 (6–1)	Murphy Center (4,053) Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 26, 2019 5:00 pm		North Texas	W 61–46	16–5 (7–1)	Murphy Center (3,833) Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 2, 2019 6:00 pm		UAB	W 60–44	17–5 (8–1)	Murphy Center (3,933) Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 62–55	18–5 (9–1)	Dale F. Halton Arena (918) Charlotte, NC
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at Old Dominion	L 65–70	18–6 (9–2)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,400) Norfolk, VA
Feb 14, 2019 6:30 pm		Western Kentucky	W 81–69	19–6 (10–2)	Murphy Center (3,922) Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm		Marshall	L 53–59	19–7 (10–3)	Murphy Center (3,952) Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at UAB	L 72–77 ^OT	19–8 (10–4)	Bartow Arena (487) Birmingham, AL
Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 74–48	20–8 (11–4)	Murphy Center (4,044) Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Kentucky	L 56–67	20–9 (11–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,823) Bowling Green, KY
Conference USA Women's Tournament
Mar 14, 2019 2:00 pm, Stadium	(3)	vs. (11) UTEP Quarterfinals	W 66–44	21–9	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
Mar 15, 2019 8:00 pm, Stadium	(3)	vs. (2) UAB Semifinals	W 75–65	22–9	The Ford Center at The Star (2,592) Frisco, TX
Mar 16, 2019 4:30 pm, CBSSN	(3)	vs. (1) No. 24 Rice Championship Game	L 54–69	22–10	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 6:30 pm		IUPUI First Round	W 59–47	23–10	Murphy Center (1,492) Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 24, 2019* 1:00 pm		at Ohio Second Round	L 57–59	23–11	Convocation Center (867) Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "MT Athletics - 2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goblueraiders.com.

[1] "MT Athletics - 2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goblueraiders.com.

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2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

See also

References