2018–19 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 12th-year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 25–12, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4 way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Central Michigan in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in the second round.

2018–19 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018–19 record	21–12 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Maria Fantanarosa Alysiah Bond
Home arena	Breslin Center

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3		.833			29	–	5		.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4		.778			29	–	7		.806
Rutgers	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Michigan	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Ohio State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	15		.483
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	9	–	9		.500			21	–	15		.583
Nebraska	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Indiana	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Penn State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			15	–	18		.455
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			10	–	20		.333
† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Shay Colley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr St. Edmund Campion Secondary South Carolina Brampton, ON G/F 1 Tory Ozment 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Buford Buford, GA F 2 Mardrekia Cook 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Muskegon Muskegon, MI G 4 Taryn McCutcheon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr East Lansing East Lansing, MI G 5 Claire Hendrickson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Wyoming Wyoming, MI F 10 Sidney Cooks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So St. Joseph Kenosha, WI F 11 Nathy Dambo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Junípero Serra Fort-de-France, Martinique F 12 Nia Hollie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hopkins Minnetonka, MN F 15 Victoria Gaines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Merrillville Merrillville, IN G 24 Nia Clouden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Frances Owings Mills, MD C 33 Jenna Allen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr North Lawrence Bedford, IN F 42 Kayla Belles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Ithaca Ithaca, MI	Head coach Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan) Assistant coach(es) Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (Hofstra) Maria Fantanarosa (Miami (OH)) Alysiah Bond (Ohio State) 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
11/01/2018* 7:00 PM		Hillsdale	W 88–59		Breslin Center (2,547) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 7:00 PM		Bowling Green	W 99–69	1–0	Breslin Center (4,278) East Lansing, MI
11/11/2018* 1:00 PM		East Tennessee State	W 75–53	2–0	Breslin Center (4,379) East Lansing, MI
11/18/2018* 1:00 PM		Wright State	W 84–68	3–0	Breslin Center (5,233) East Lansing, MI
11/22/2018* 6:30 PM		vs. No. 15 NC State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 74–78	3–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya  Cancún, Mexico
11/23/2018* 9:00 PM		vs. Kennesaw State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 75–51	4–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (300) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2018* 7:00 PM, BTN		Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 91–66	5–1	Breslin Center (4,219) East Lansing, MI
12/02/2018* 2:00 PM		Texas Southern	W 91–45	6–1	Breslin Center (4,470) East Lansing, MI
12/05/2018* 7:00 PM		at Oakland	W 102–58	7–1	Athletics Center O'rena (1,288) Rochester, MI
12/09/2018* 3:00 PM, ESPN2		No. 3 Oregon	W 88–82	8–1	Breslin Center (6,462) East Lansing, MI
12/16/2018* 2:00 PM	No. 23	at Hartford	W 74–66 ^OT	9–1	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,179) West Hartford, CT
12/20/2018* 7:00 PM	No. 22	Florida Atlantic	W 89–74	10–1	Breslin Center (4,393) East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
12/30/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 21	No. 16 Iowa	W 84–70	11–1 (1–0)	Breslin Center (9,520) East Lansing, MI
01/03/2019 8:00 PM	No. 15	at Northwestern	L 62–70	11–2 (1–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,071) Evanston, IL
01/06/2019 2:00 PM	No. 15	at Indiana	L 64–68	11–3 (1–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (6,380) Bloomington, IN
01/09/2019 7:00 PM	No. 23	No. 18 Minnesota	W 86–68	12–3 (2–2)	Breslin Center (5,018) East Lansing, MI
01/14/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	No. 17	at Ohio State	L 55–65	12–4 (2–3)	Value City Arena (4,695) Columbus, OH
01/17/2019 6:00 PM, BTN	No. 17	No. 9 Maryland	W 77–60	13–4 (3–3)	Breslin Center (5,651) East Lansing, MI
01/20/2019 2:00 PM	No. 17	at No. 20 Rutgers	L 62–76	13–5 (3–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,539) Piscataway, NJ
01/24/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	No. 23	Illinois	W 77–60	14–5 (4–4)	Breslin Center (4,745) East Lansing, MI
01/27/2019 2:00 PM, BTN	No. 23	at Michigan Rivalry	W 77–73	15–5 (5–4)	Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI
02/03/2019 2:00 PM, BTN	No. 22	Purdue	W 74–66	16–5 (6–4)	Breslin Center (7,450) East Lansing, MI
02/07/2019 9:00 PM, BTN	No. 23	at No. 16 Iowa	L 71–86	16–6 (6–5)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,287) Iowa City, IA
02/11/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	No. 24	Indiana	W 77–61	17–6 (7–5)	Breslin Center (3,542) East Lansing, MI
02/14/2019 8:00 PM	No. 24	at Wisconsin	L 62–79	17–7 (7–6)	Kohl Center (3,356) Madison, WI
02/17/2019 4:00 PM, BTN	No. 24	at Nebraska	L 71–82	17–8 (7–7)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,588) Lincoln, NE
02/21/2019 6:00 PM, BTN		Ohio State	L 70–77	17–9 (7–8)	Breslin Center (4,857) East Lansing, MI
02/24/2019 2:00 PM, ESPN2		Michigan Rivalry	W 74–64	18–9 (8–8)	Breslin Center (11,368) East Lansing, MI
02/27/2019 7:00 PM		Penn State Rescheduled from January 31	W 57–48	19–9 (9–8)	Breslin Center (2,356) East Lansing, MI
03/04/2019 4:00 PM		at Minnesota	L 63–81	19–10 (9–9)	Williams Arena (7,707) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament
03/07/2019 12:00 PM, BTN	(9)	vs. (8) Northwestern Second Round	W 68–52	20–10	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2019 12:00 PM, BTN	(9)	vs. (1) No. 8 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 55–71	20–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019* 1:30 PM, ESPN2	(7 C)	vs. (10 C) Central Michigan First Round	W 88–87	21–11	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,885) South Bend, IN
03/25/2019* 7:00 PM, ESPN	(7 C)	at (1 C) No. 3 Notre Dame Second Round	L 63–91	21–12	Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,694) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Eastern Time Source[1].

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						23	22	21	15	23	17	23	22	23	24	RV				N/A
Coaches			RV	RV	RV	23-T	22	22	17	24	22	21	22	21	22	RV	RV			RV

Legend

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

See also

2018–19 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

References

1. "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.com.