2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team

2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	20–15 (11–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Greg Collins (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jocelyn Wyatt; Tiffany Porter-Talbert; Jhasmin Bowen;
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Rice †	16	–	0	1.000	28	–	4	.875
UAB	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
Middle Tennessee	11	–	5	.688	23	–	11	.676
Western Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	20	–	15	.571
Old Dominion	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Marshall	10	–	6	.625	17	–	15	.531
Charlotte	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
Southern Miss	9	–	7	.563	18	–	14	.563
North Texas	7	–	9	.438	18	–	16	.529
Louisiana Tech	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
UTEP	5	–	11	.313	9	–	22	.290
UTSA	2	–	14	.125	7	–	21	.250
FIU	2	–	14	.125	5	–	24	.172
Florida Atlantic	2	–	14	.125	5	–	25	.167


† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by first year head coach Greg Collins. They played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20–15, 11–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Rice. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Miami (OH) and Morehead State in the first and second rounds before losing to Ohio in the third round.

Roster

2018–19 WKU Lady Toppers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Arame Niang	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So		Rufisque, Senegal
G	3	Sidnee Bopp	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Marmaduke HS	Marmaduke, AR
F	4	Dee Givens	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Lafayette HS	Lexington, KY
G	5	Whitney Creech	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Jenkins HS	Jenkins, KY
G	11	Alexis Brewer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Bardstown HS West Virginia	Buffalo, KY
F	13	Jae'Lisa Allen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	White Hall HS Virginia	Pine Bluff, AR
F	15	Raneem Elgedawy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So		Alexandria, Egypt
G	20	Terri Smith	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Sparkman	Harvest, AL
G	22	Sherry Porter	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Madison Prep Academy	Baton Rouge, LA
F	23	Sandra Skinner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	George Rogers Clark HS VCU	Winchester, KY
G	24	Myriah Noodel-Haywood	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Edwardsville HS	Edwardsville, IL
G/F	32	Kayla Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Fayette County HS	Fayetteville, GA
C	34	Kallie Searcy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Brentwood Academy	Brentwood, TN
G	44	Meral Abdelgawad	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr		Cairo, Egypt

Head coach

Greg Collins (Louisville)

Assistant coach(es)

Jocelyn Wyatt (Appalachian State)
Tiffany Porter-Talbert (Western Kentucky)
Jhasmin Bowen (Arkansas)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018* 6:00 pm		West Virginia State	W 104–74		E. A. Diddle Arena (854) Bowling Green, KY
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 15 Louisville	L 80–102	0–1	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,476) Bowling Green, KY
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSOK		at Oklahoma	L 83–90	0–2	Lloyd Noble Center (2,907) Norman, OK
Nov 13, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU		No. 13 Iowa	L 67–104	0–3	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,301) Bowling Green, KY
Nov 17, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Central Michigan	L 90–108	0–4	McGuirk Arena (1,696) Mount Pleasant, MI
Nov 20, 2018* 11:00 am		Southern Illinois	W 83–76	1–4	E. A. Diddle Arena (4,792) Bowling Green, KY
Nov 22, 2018* 10:30 pm		vs. No. 8 Oregon State Vancouver Showcase Quarterfinals	L 60–74	1–5	Vancouver Convention Centre (296) Vancouver, BC
Nov 23, 2018* 4:30 pm		vs. East Tennessee State Vancouver Showcase Consolation 2nd round	W 82–68	2–5	Vancouver Convention Centre (1,022) Vancouver, BC
Nov 24, 2018* 3:30 pm		vs. Gonzaga Vancouver Showcase 5th place game	L 55–76	2–6	Vancouver Convention Centre (722) Vancouver, BC
Nov 28, 2018* 6:00 pm		Morgan State	W 90–43	3–6	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,056) Bowling Green, KY
Dec 1, 2018* 5:00 pm		at Little Rock	W 68–56	4–6	Jack Stephens Center (1,777) Little Rock, AR
Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm		Bellarmine	W 68–56	5–6	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,204) Bowling Green, KY
Dec 16, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU		Ball State	L 83–86	5–7	E. A. Diddle Arena (715) Bowling Green, KY
Dec 19, 2018* 6:00 pm, ACCNE		at No. 2 Notre Dame	L 53–94	5–8	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,502) South Bend, IN
Dec 29, 2018* 7:00 pm		Union (TN)	W 77–65	6–8	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,214) Bowling Green, KY
Conference USA regular season
Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU		Charlotte	W 76–58	7–8 (1–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena (892) Bowling Green, KY
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		Old Dominion	W 75–60	8–8 (2–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,236) Bowling Green, KY
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU		Marshall	W 85–55	9–8 (3–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,391) Bowling Green, KY
Jan 17, 2019 10:00 am, beIN		at FIU	W 94–82	10–8 (4–0)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (1,383) Miami, FL
Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic	W 81–50	11–8 (5–0)	FAU Arena (368) Boca Raton, FL
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 pm		Southern Miss	L 56–69	11–9 (5–1)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,187) Bowling Green, KY
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3/WKYU		Louisiana Tech	W 81–76	12–9 (6–1)	E. A. Diddle Arena (2,759) Bowling Green, KY
Jan 31, 2019 11:00 am		at UTSA	W 81–62	13–9 (7–1)	Convocation Center (1,200) San Antonio, TX
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm		at UTEP	W 64–61	14–9 (8–1)	Don Haskins Center (429) El Paso, TX
Feb 7, 2019 6:00 pm		Rice	L 46–68	14–10 (8–2)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,347) Bowling Green, KY
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		North Texas	L 67–76	14–11 (8–3)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,363) Bowling Green, KY
Feb 14, 2019 6:30 pm		at Middle Tennessee	L 69–81	14–12 (8–4)	Murphy Center (3,922) Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UAB	L 63–70	14–13 (8–5)	Bartow Arena (634) Birmingham, AL
Feb 23, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marshall	W 69–66 ^OT	15–13 (9–5)	Cam Henderson Center (1,182) Huntington, WV
Mar 2, 2019 3:00 pm		at North Texas	W 71–66	16–13 (10–5)	The Super Pit (658) Denton, TX
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	W 67–56	17–13 (11–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,823) Bowling Green, KY
Conference USA Women's Tournament
Mar 14, 2019 11:30 am, Stadium	(4)	vs. (5) Old Dominion Quarterfinals	W 74–60	18–13	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
Mar 15, 2019 8:00 pm, Stadium	(4)	vs. (1) No. 24 Rice Semifinals	L 57–64	18–14	The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 6:00 pm		at Miami (OH) First Round	W 67–63	19–14	Millett Hall (338) Oxford, OH
Mar 24, 2019* 2:00 pm		Morehead State Second Round	W 68–65	20–14	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,206) Bowling Green, KY
Mar 28, 2019* 6:00 pm		at Ohio Third Round	L 60–68	20–15	Convocation Center (1,491) Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. 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																				N/A
Coaches		N/A

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "Western Kentucky University Athletics". Wkusports.com.

[1] "Western Kentucky University Athletics". Wkusports.com.

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v t e Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball
Venues	E. A. Diddle Arena (1973–present)
Culture & lore	Big Red
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References