2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by second year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC Women's Tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.

2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
OVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2018–19 record	26–7 (16–2 OVC)
Head coach	Bart Brooks (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jamey Givens Amy Malo Karmen Graham
Home arena	Curb Event Center

2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Belmont †	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
UT Martin	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Morehead State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
Tennessee Tech	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
Austin Peay	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Jacksonville State	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Murray State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
SIU Edwardsville	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Southeast Missouri State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Eastern Illinois	5	–	13		.278			11	–	18		.379
Tennessee State	5	–	13		.278			5	–	25		.167
Eastern Kentucky	0	–	18		.000			2	–	27		.069
† 2019 OVC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Madison Treece  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Rock Bridge Duke St. Peters, MO G 4 Macie Culbertson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Daniel Boone Fall Branch, TN F 10 Allison Luly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Creekview Alpharetta, GA G 14 Jamilyn Kinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Van Buren Van Buren, AR F 20 Conley Chinn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Jackson Academy Jackson, MS G 21 Paris Lawson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Oakland Murfreesboro, TN G 22 Maddie Cook 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Oakland Murfreesboro, TN G 24 Jenny Roy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Brentwood Brentwood, TN G 25 Grace Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Cary Christian School Raleigh, NC F 30 Ellie Harmeyer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Shoreland Lutheran Kenosha, WI G 31 Maura Muensterman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Mater Dei Indiana Evansville, IN G 33 Darby Maggard 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Fort Wayne Canterbury Larwill, IN G 34 Hannah Harmeyer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Shoreland Lutheran Wisconsin Lutheran Kenosha, WI F 55 Maddie Wright 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Boyd-Buchanan Chattanooga, TN	Head coach Bart Brooks (Wyoming) Assistant coach(es) Jamey Givens (Florida State) Amy Malo (Vanderbilt) Christine Clark (Harvard) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non–conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018* 6:00 pm, ACCNE		at No. 17 NC State	L 62–77	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum (1,945) Raleigh, NC
Nov 12, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Tulsa	W 78–53	1–1	Curb Event Center (619) Nashville, TN
Nov 15, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wright State	W 79–63	2–1	Nutter Center (342) Fairborn, OH
Nov 19, 2018* 6:30 pm		at Middle Tennessee	W 45–38	3–1	Murphy Center (3,625) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 21, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	W 71–53	4–1	BB&T Arena (1,052) Highland Heights, KY
Nov 28, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Toledo	L 69–78	4–2	Curb Event Center (2,461) Nashville, TN
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCNE		at Clemson	L 62–65	4–3	Littlejohn Coliseum (561) Clemson, SC
Dec 4, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard	W 83–43	5–3	Curb Event Center (1,341) Nashville, TN
Dec 17, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Chattanooga	W 67–51	6–3	McKenzie Arena (1,367) Chattanooga, TN
Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 74–55	7–3	Curb Event Center (578) Nashville, TN
Dec 30, 2018* 1:00 pm		at No. 10 Tennessee	L 76–84	7–4	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,546) Knoxville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville State	W 66–52	8–4 (1–0)	Curb Event Center (1,197) Nashville, TN
Jan 5, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee Tech	L 72–77	8–5 (1–1)	Curb Event Center (1,894) Nashville, TN
Jan 10, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPNU		Morehead State	W 77–50	9–5 (2–1)	Curb Event Center (802) Nashville, TN
Jan 12, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Kentucky	W 69–43	10–5 (3–1)	Curb Event Center (1,252) Nashville, TN
Jan 17, 2019 5:15 pm, ESPN+		at Jacksonville State	W 64–41	11–5 (4–1)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,022) Jacksonville, AL
Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee State	W 80–46	12–5 (5–1)	Curb Event Center (1,521) Nashville, TN
Jan 24, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Murray State	W 65–58	13–5 (6–1)	CFSB Center (3,071) Murray, KY
Jan 26, 2019 1:30 pm, ESPN+		at Austin Peay	W 80–62	14–5 (7–1)	Dunn Center (596) Clarksville, TN
Jan 31, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeast Missouri State	W 91–57	15–5 (8–1)	Curb Event Center (1,043) Nashville, TN
Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Martin	W 100–86	16–5 (9–1)	Curb Event Center (1,478) Nashville, TN
Feb 7, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky	W 87–52	17–5 (10–1)	McBrayer Arena (250) Richmond, KY
Feb 9, 2019 1:05 pm, ESPN+		at Morehead State	W 77–57	18–5 (11–1)	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,305) Morehead, KY
Feb 13, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Tennessee State	W 89–65	19–5 (12–1)	Gentry Complex (3,843) Nashville, TN
Feb 16, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee Tech	W 99–67	20–5 (13–1)	Eblen Center (2,452) Cookeville, TN
Feb 21, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Illinois	W 98–57	21–5 (14–1)	Curb Event Center (1,347) Nashville, TN
Feb 23, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		SIU Edwardsville	W 87–54	22–5 (15–1)	Curb Event Center (2,017) Nashville, TN
Feb 28, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at UT Martin	L 68–71 ^OT	22–6 (15–2)	Skyhawk Arena (1,476) Martin, TN
Mar 2, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+		at Southeast Missouri State	W 92–86	23–6 (16–2)	Show Me Center (735) Cape Girardeau, MO
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Mar 6, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (8) Southeast Missouri State First Round	W 74–65	24–6	Ford Center  Evansville, IN
Mar 8, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (4) Tennessee Tech Semifinals	W 62–48	25–6	Ford Center (767) Evansville, IN
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (3) UT Martin Championship Game	W 59–53	26–6	Ford Center (827) Evansville, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019* 12:45 pm, ESPN2	(13 G)	at (4 G) No. 15 South Carolina First Round	L 52–74	26–7	Dale F. Halton Arena  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region. 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	RV																			N/A
Coaches		N/A

Legend

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

See also

2018–19 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

References

1. "2018-19 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins.