2018–19 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers were led by fifth year head coach Teri Moren and played their home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Texas in the first round before losing to Oregon in the second round.

2018–19 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–13 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Teri Moren (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Rhet Wierzba Janese Banks Glenn Box
Home arena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

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 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Bendu Yeaney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So St. Mary's Academy Portland, OR G 2 Keyanna Warthen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL G 4 Chanel Wilson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr McEachern Powder Springs, GA G 5 Grace Withrow (W) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Valparaiso Valparaiso, IN F 10 Aleksa Gulbe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr TTT Riga Riga, Latvia F 11 Kym Royster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Newark Newark, OH C 12 Linsey Marchese 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Archer Dacula, GA G 13 Jaelynn Penn 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Butler Louisville, KY G 14 Ali Patberg 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Columbus North Notre Dame Columbus, IN F 23 Alexis Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So The Kinkaid School Houston, TX G 34 Grace Berger 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sacred Heart Louisville, KY F 50 Brenna Wise 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Vincentian Academy Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Head coach Teri Moren (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Rhet Wierzba (Austin Peay) Janese Constantine (Wisconsin) Glenn Box (Southeast Missouri State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2018* 7:00 pm		Northwood	W 78–52		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1,367) Bloomington, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:00 pm		Milwaukee	W 68–66	1–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,060) Bloomington, IN
11/11/2018* 1:00 pm		at Oakland	W 59–32	2–0	Athletics Center O'rena (819) Rochester, MI
11/18/2018* 2:00 pm		North Florida	W 75–52	3–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,298) Bloomington, IN
11/21/2018* 2:00 pm		Florida	W 83–64	4–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,345) Bloomington, IN
11/25/2018* 2:00 pm		Northern Illinois	W 91–73	5–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,415) Bloomington, IN
11/28/2018* 2:00 pm		at Wake Forest ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 87–73	6–0	LJVM Coliseum (397) Winston-Salem, NC
12/02/2018* 4:00 pm, P12N		at UCLA	W 67–65	7–0	Pauley Pavilion (3,511) Los Angeles, CA
12/05/2018* 7:00 pm		Butler	W 66–46	8–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,642) Bloomington, IN
12/09/2018* 12:00 pm, BTN		Missouri State	W 98–74	9–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,463) Bloomington, IN
12/19/2018* 4:00 pm		vs. Loyola Marymount Puerto Rico Classic	W 67–43	10–0	Mario Morales Coliseum  Guaynabo, PR
12/20/2018* 1:30 pm		vs. Grambling State Puerto Rico Classic	L 62–65	10–1	Mario Morales Coliseum  Guaynabo, PR
12/21/2018* 4:00 pm		vs. South Dakota Puerto Rico Classic	W 68–60	11–1	Mario Morales Coliseum (150) Guaynabo, PR
Big Ten regular Season
12/28/2018 8:00 pm		at Illinois	W 85–83 OT	12–1 (1–0)	State Farm Center (1,622) Champaign, IL
12/31/2018 7:00 pm		Penn State	W 83–75	13–1 (2–0)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,481) Bloomington, IN
01/06/2019 2:00 pm		No. 15 Michigan State	W 68–64	14–1 (3–0)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (6,380) Bloomington, IN
01/10/2019 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 25	at Ohio State	L 50–55	14–2 (3–1)	Value City Arena (3,557) Columbus, OH
01/13/2019 3:00 pm	No. 25	at Wisconsin	W 75–68	15–2 (4–1)	Kohl Center (6,092) Madison, WI
01/16/2019 7:00 pm	No. 25	Northwestern	L 69–75	15–3 (4–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,352) Bloomington, IN
01/20/2019 2:00 pm	No. 25	at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 53–56	15–4 (4–3)	Mackey Arena (8,657) West Lafayette, IN
01/24/2019 6:00 pm, BTN		Michigan	W 70–60	16–4 (5–3)	Simon Sjodt Assembly Hall (3,411) Bloomington, IN
01/27/2019 12:00 pm, BTN		No. 11 Maryland	L 56–76	16–5 (5–4)	Simon Sjodt Assembly Hall (4,555) Bloomington, IN
01/31/2019 12:00 pm		at No. 17 Rutgers	L 64–69	16–6 (5–5)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,776) Piscataway, NJ
02/03/2019 3:00 pm		at Nebraska	W 82–78	17–6 (6–5)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,893) Lincoln, NE
02/06/2019 7:00 pm		Minnesota	L 61–65	17–7 (6–6)	Simon Sjodt Assembly Hall (3,398) Bloomington, IN
02/11/2019 7:00 pm, BTN		at No. 24 Michigan State	L 61–77	17–8 (6–7)	Breslin Center (3,542) East Lansing, MI
02/14/2019 7:00 pm		at Michigan	L 58–67	17–9 (6–8)	Crisler Center (2,328) Ann Arbor, MI
02/18/2019 7:00 pm, BTN		Rutgers	L 61–69	17–10 (6–9)	Simon Sjodt Assembly Hall (3,324) Bloomington, IN
02/21/2019 8:00 pm, BTN		No. 10 Iowa	W 75–73	18–10 (7–9)	Simon Sjodt Assembly Hall (3,812) Bloomington, IN
02/26/2019 8:00 pm		at Northwestern	L 49–69	18–11 (7–10)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (531) Evanston, IL
03/03/2019 12:00 pm, BTN		Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 73–51	19–11 (8–10)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,854) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 6:30 pm, BTN	(10)	vs. (7) Minnesota Second Round	W 66–58	20–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2019 6:30 pm, BTN	(10)	vs. (2) No. 10 Iowa Quarterfinals	L 61–70	20–12	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(10 P)	vs. (7 P) No. 23 Texas First Round	W 69–65	21–12	Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
03/24/2019* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(10 P)	at (2 P) No. 7 Oregon Second Round	L 68–91	21–13	Matthew Knight Arena (6,729) Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25	RV								N/A
Coaches					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

See also

2018–19 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team