2018β19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball | |
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Missouri Valley Tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 24 |
Record | 25β10 (16β2 The Valley) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | JQH Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State β | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LoyolaβChicago | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 MVC tournament winner As of March 30, 2019 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2018β19 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2018β19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by sixth year head coach Kellie Harper, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25β10, 16β2 in MVC play to finish in second place. They won the Missouri Valley women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball where upset DePaul and Iowa State in the first and second rounds to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time 2001 where they lost to Stanford.
On April 8, Harper left after 6 seasons to accept the head coaching job at her alma mater, Tennessee. [1] She finish with a 6 year record of 118β79.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Oct 29, 2018* 7:00 pm |
Central Missouri | L 64β70 |
JQH Arena (1,805) Springfield, MO | ||||||||
Nov 4, 2018* 7:00 pm |
Lincoln | W 100β54 | JQH Arena (1,767) Springfield, MO | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2018* 2:00 pm, KOZL |
at Wichita State | L 60β63 OT | 0β1 |
Charles Koch Arena (1,967) Wichita, KS | |||||||
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm |
at No. 16 Missouri | L 61β65 | 0β2 |
Mizzou Arena (4,111) Columbia, MO | |||||||
Nov 17, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Ball State | W 74β54 | 1β2 |
JQH Arena (2,018) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Nov 24, 2018* 4:00 pm |
at Santa Clara | L 73β77 | 1β3 |
Leavey Center (252) Santa Clara, CA | |||||||
Dec 1, 2018* 3:00 pm |
at North Texas | L 76β83 OT | 1β4 |
The Super Pit (1,377) Denton, TX | |||||||
Dec 4, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
South Dakota | L 74β85 | 1β5 |
JQH Arena (1,820) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Dec 9, 2018* 11:00 am, BTN |
at Indiana | L 74β98 | 1β6 |
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,463) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, KOZL |
No. 21 Gonzaga | L 67β70 | 1β7 |
JQH Arena (2,066) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Dec 20, 2018* 6:30 pm |
vs.
Louisiana Tech Roo Holiday Classic |
W 82β70 | 2β7 |
Swinney Recreation Center (322) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
Dec 21, 2018* 3:00 pm |
vs.
SIU Edwardsville Roo Holiday Classic |
W 68β65 | 3β7 |
Swinney Recreation Center (374) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Little Rock | W 48β44 | 4β7 |
JQH Arena (2,045) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Missouri Valley regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Indiana State | W 71β58 | 5β7 (1β0) |
JQH Arena (2,015) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm, KOZL |
Evansville | W 88β66 | 6β7 (2β0) |
JQH Arena (1,934) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southern Illinois | W 66β51 | 7β7 (3β0) |
JQH Arena (1,864) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Jan 18, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Bradley | W 68β56 | 8β7 (4β0) |
Renaissance Coliseum (515) Peoria, IL | |||||||
Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm, KOZL |
at Illinois State | W 59β47 | 9β7 (5β0) |
Redbird Arena (782) Normal, IL | |||||||
Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
LoyolaβChicago | W 84β49 | 10β7 (6β0) |
JQH Arena (2,757) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm, KOZL |
Valparaiso | W 108β63 | 11β7 (7β0) |
JQH Arena (2,886) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Feb 1, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Drake | W 85β79 | 12β7 (8β0) |
Knapp Center (3,101) Des Moines, IA | |||||||
Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Northern Iowa | W 63β58 | 13β7 (10β0) |
McLeod Center (1,485) Cedar Falls, IA | |||||||
Feb 8, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Southern Illinois | W 70β58 | 14β7 (10β0) |
SIU Arena (361) Carbondale, IL | |||||||
Feb 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Illinois State | L 56β60 | 14β8 (10β1) |
JQH Arena (1,750) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Bradley | W 82β60 | 15β8 (11β1) |
JQH Arena (2,235) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Feb 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Valparaiso | W 84β49 | 16β8 (12β1) |
AthleticsβRecreation Center (277) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
Feb 24, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at LoyolaβChicago | W 85β58 | 17β8 (13β1) |
Joseph J. Gentile Arena (372) Chicago, IL | |||||||
Mar 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northern Iowa | W 58β48 | 18β8 (14β1) |
JQH Arena (3,112) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, KOZL |
No. 23 Drake | L 61β70 | 18β9 (14β2) |
JQH Arena (3,827) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Evansville | W 88β46 | 19β9 (15β2) |
Meeks Family Fieldhouse (301) Evansville, IN | |||||||
Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm, KOZL |
at Indiana State | W 76β66 | 20β9 (16β2) |
Hulman Center (1,456) Terre Haute, IN | |||||||
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 15, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (7) LoyolaβChicago Quarterfinals |
W 59β50 | 21β9 |
TaxSlayer Center Moline, IL | ||||||
Mar 16, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (3) Northern Iowa Semifinals |
W 89β64 | 22β9 |
TaxSlayer Center (2,254) Moline, IL | ||||||
Mar 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (1) No. 21 Drake Championship Game |
W 94β79 | 23β9 |
TaxSlayer Center (1,558) Moline, IL | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 23, 2019* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(11 C) | vs. (6 C) No. 24
DePaul First Round |
W 89β78 | 24β9 |
Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA | ||||||
Mar 25, 2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN |
(11 C) | at (3 C) No. 13
Iowa State Second Round |
W 69β60 | 25β9 |
Hilton Coliseum (5,809) Ames, IA | ||||||
Mar 30, 2019* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(11 C) | vs. (2 C) No. 7
Stanford Sweet Sixteen |
L 46β55 | 25β10 |
Wintrust Arena (7,714) Chicago, IL | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
C=Chicago Region. All times are in Central Time. |
2018β19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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Final |
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AP | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | 24 |
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Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
(NR) | Not Ranked |