2018–19 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team represented University of California, Davis during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by ninth year head coach Jennifer Gross, played their home games at The Pavilion as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 15–1 in Big West play to win the Big West regular season title. They also won the Big West women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2011. They lost to Stanford in the first round.

2018–19 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball
Big West regular season champions Big West women's tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	25–7 (15–1 Big West)
Head coach	Jennifer Gross (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Teramoto Des Abeyta Matt Klemin
Home arena	The Pavilion

2018–19 Big West women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Davis †	15	–	1		.938			25	–	7		.781
UC Riverside	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Cal State Northridge	10	–	6		.625			16	–	15		.516
Hawai'i	10	–	6		.625			15	–	16		.484
UC Irvine	8	–	8		.500			20	–	11		.645
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
Long Beach State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
UC Santa Barbara	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
Cal Poly	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
† 2019 Big West tournament winner As of March 17, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Mackenzie Trpcic 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr St. Mary's Catholic Hamilton, ON G 1 Brittany Nguyen 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS So Pleasant Grove Elk Grove, CA G 2 Kourtney Eaton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mark Morris Longview, WA G/F 3 Karley Eaton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mark Morris Longview, WA F 5 Nina Bessolo 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Castro Valley Hayward, CA G 10 Cierra McKeown 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Touchet Walla Walla CC Touchet, WA C 11 Sage Stobbart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Seycove Secondary North Vancouver, BC G 13 Katie Toole 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Viewmont Utah State Farmington, UT F/C 14 Emma Gibb 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Western Mennonite McMinnville, OR G 15 Kaitlyn Hsu 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Northwood Irvine, CA G 20 Makaila Sanders 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Foothill Sacramento, CA F 21 Sophia Song 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Mark Keppel Monterey Park, CA F 22 Morgan Bertsch 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA F 23 Kayla Konrad 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Valencia Valencia, CA F 32 Cierra Hall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Fairmont Prep Cypress, CA	Head coach Jennifer Gross (UC Davis) Assistant coach(es) Joe Teramoto (Cal Poly) Des Abeyta (UC Davis) Matt Klemin (Cal Poly) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018* 5:30 pm		Cal State East Bay	W 94–41		The Pavilion  Davis, CA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018* 7:00 pm		at No. 7 Stanford	L 43–71	0–1	Maples Pavilion (2,471) Stanford, CA
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		Pacific	L 80–83	0–2	The Pavilion (734) Davis, CA
Nov 16, 2018* 6:00 pm		at Portland State	L 50–65	0–3	Viking Pavilion (342) Portland, OR
Nov 18, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Washington State	W 75–62	1–3	Beasley Coliseum (585) Pullman, WA
Nov 23, 2018* 5:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 68–45	2–3	The Pavilion (433) Davis, CA
Nov 27, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount	L 53–60	2–4	Gersten Pavilion (1,878) Los Angeles, CA
Dec 1, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. Nevada 38th Lady Griz Classic semifinals	W 84–68	3–4	Dahlberg Arena (427) Missoula, MT
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Montana 38th Lady Griz Classic championship	L 56–62	3–5	Dahlberg Arena (2,443) Missoula, MT
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 109–60	4–5	Hornets Nest (516) Sacramento, CA
Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm		Seattle	W 76–59	5–5	The Pavilion (572) Davis, CA
Dec 15, 2018* 3:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 70–68	6–5	War Memorial Gymnasium (432) San Francisco, CA
Dec 17, 2018* 6:00 pm		Saint Mary's	W 76–74	7–5	The Pavilion (414) Davis, CA
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm		Doninican (CA)	W 92–42	8–5	The Pavilion (484) Davis, CA
Big West regular season
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at UC Riverside	W 67–59	9–5 (1–0)	SRC Arena (230) Riverside, CA
Jan 12, 2019 3:00 pm		at Hawaii	L 60–65	9–6 (1–1)	Stan Sheriff Center (1,340) Honolulu, HI
Jan 17, 2019 5:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	W 75–51	10–6 (2–1)	The Pavilion (3,189) Davis, CA
Jan 19, 2019 2:30 pm		UC Irvine	W 80–57	11–6 (3–1)	The Pavilion (2,090) Davis, CA
Jan 24, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cal State Northridge	W 60–49	12–6 (4–1)	Matadome (427) Northridge, CA
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 75–39	13–6 (5–1)	Titan Gym (260) Fullerton, CA
Jan 31, 2019 6:00 pm		Long Beach State	W 70–50	14–6 (6–1)	The Pavilion (451) Davis, CA
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 70–54	15–6 (7–1)	The Pavilion (815) Davis, CA
Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	W 70–44	16–6 (8–1)	The Thunderdome (211) Santa Barbara, CA
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		at Cal Poly	W 70–44	17–6 (9–1)	Mott Athletic Center (964) San Luis Obispo, CA
Feb 14, 2019 6:00 pm		UC Riverside	W 72–59	18–6 (10–1)	The Pavilion (488) Davis, CA
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		Hawaii	W 72–46	19–6 (11–1)	The Pavilion (934) Davis, CA
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm		at Long Beach State	W 66–49	20–6 (12–1)	Walter Pyramid (497) Long Beach, CA
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		at UC Irvine	W 63–44	21–6 (13–1)	Bren Events Center (412) Irvine, CA
Mar 6, 2019 6:00 pm		Cal Poly	W 87–54	22–6 (14–1)	The Pavilion (635) Davis, CA
Mar 9, 2019 2:30 pm		UC Santa Barbara	W 80–44	23–6 (15–1)	The Pavilion (2,117) Davis, CA
Big West Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (5) UC Irvine Semifinals	W 82–50	24–6	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
Mar 16, 2019 3:30 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (2) Hawaii Championship Game	W 58–50	25–6	Honda Center (1,346) Anaheim, CA
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	(15 C)	at (2 C) No. 7 Stanford First Round	L 54–79	25–7	Maples Pavilion (3,456) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2018–19 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team