2018–19 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team

2018–19 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball
2018–19 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball
WBI Champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	22–14 (10–8 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Angel Elderkin (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Kate Dempsey; Sam Pierce Jr.; Cristina Centeno;
Home arena	Holmes Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UT Arlington	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Little Rock *†	15	–	3	.833	21	–	11	.656
Troy	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Georgia State	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Appalachian State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
South Alabama	9	–	9	.500	25	–	11	.694
Texas State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Coastal Carolina	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Arkansas State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	18	.400
Louisiana	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Louisiana–Monroe	4	–	14	.222	10	–	19	.345
Georgia Southern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	22	.241

† 2019 Sun Belt Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of April 3, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by fifth year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–14, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock. They received an invitation to the WBI where they defeated UNC Asheville, Marshall, Campbell and North Texas to win the WBI championship.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Maya Calder	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	National Christian Academy	Landover, MD
F	2	A'Lea Gilbert	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	South Mecklenburg	Charlotte, NC
G	3	Tierra Wilson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	RJ Reynolds	Winston-Salem, NC
G	4	Nicola Mathews	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Cabra Dominican College of Central Florida	Adelaide, Australia
G	5	LaPresha Stanley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Rockledge	Rockledge, FL
G	10	Kaila Craven	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Southwestern Randolph	Asheboro, NC
G/F	14	Armani Hampton	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Atkins	Winston-Salem, NC
F	15	Emma Newton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Asheville Christian Academy	Asheville, NC
G	20	Brooke Bigott	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Seven Lakes	Katy, TX
G	23	Ashley Polacek	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	RS Jr	SPIRE Institute UCF	Ottawa, ON
G	24	Anna Perez Gomez	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	CB Arenys Eastern Wyoming College	Canet De Mar, Spain
F	30	Lainey Gosnell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Habersham Central	Demorest, GA
F	32	Dominique Jeffery	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	FAMU DRS	Tallahassee, FL
G	34	Madi Story	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Bandys	Maiden, NC
F/C	42	Bayley Plummer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	East Davidson	Thomasville, NC
F	44	Halie McDonald	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Millbrook	Winchester, VA

Head coach

Angel Elderkin (Southern Maine)

Assistant coach(es)

Kate Dempsey (Wofford)
Sam Pierce Jr. (Slippery Rock)
Cristina Centeno (Siena)

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 3, 2018* 2:00 pm		Lees–McRae	W 82–54		Holmes Center Boone, NC
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm		at UAB	L 61–80	0–1	Bartow Arena (301) Birmingham, AL
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE		at Georgia Tech	L 53–71	0–2	McCamish Pavilion (887) Atlanta, GA
Nov 15, 2018* 6:30 pm		UNC Greensboro	W 68–65	1–2	Holmes Center (254) Boone, NC
Nov 17, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Davidson	W 81–78	2–2	John M. Belk Arena (587) Davidson, NC
Nov 20, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Elon	W 65–62	3–2	Holmes Center (173) Boone, NC
Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm		Marshall	W 74–52	4–2	Holmes Center (279) Boone, NC
Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm		at East Tennessee State	L 64–95	4–3	J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (839) Johnson City, TN
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 80–66	5–3	Holmes Center (367) Boone, NC
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm		at No. 22 South Carolina	L 50–80	5–4	Colonial Life Arena (10,380) Columbia, SC
Dec 17, 2018* 6:30 pm		Wofford	W 94–70	6–4	Holmes Center (189) Boone, NC
Dec 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCNE		at Clemson	L 48–87	6–5	Littlejohn Coliseum (722) Clemson, SC
Sun Belt regular season
Jan 3, 2019 6:30 pm		South Alabama	W 71–63	7–5 (1–0)	Holmes Center (323) Boone, NC
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		Troy	L 72–83	7–6 (1–1)	Holmes Center (361) Boone, NC
Jan 10, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	L 94–99 ^2OT	7–7 (1–2)	College Park Center (836) Arlington, TX
Jan 12, 2019 3:00 pm		at Texas State	W 62–49	8–7 (2–2)	Strahan Arena (976) San Marcos, TX
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm		Coastal Carolina	W 67–53	9–7 (3–2)	Holmes Center (547) Boone, NC
Jan 24, 2019 6:30 pm		Arkansas State	W 75–67	10–7 (4–2)	Holmes Center (264) Boone, NC
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Little Rock	L 59–74	10–8 (4–3)	Holmes Center (358) Boone, NC
Jan 31, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana	L 55–73	10–9 (4–4)	Cajundome (1,091) Lafayette, LA
Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 80–58	11–9 (5–4)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,117) Monroe, LA
Feb 7, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas State	W 77–56	12–9 (6–4)	Holmes Center (840) Boone, NC
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		UT Arlington	L 65–72	12–10 (6–5)	Holmes Center (774) Boone, NC
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 66–74	12–11 (6–6)	HTC Center (269) Conway, SC
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia State	L 75–85	12–12 (6–7)	GSU Sports Arena (779) Atlanta, GA
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at Georgia Southern	W 70–52	13–12 (7–7)	Hanner Fieldhouse (212) Statesboro, GA
Feb 28, 2019 6:30 pm		Louisiana–Monroe	W 56–51	14–12 (8–7)	Holmes Center (723) Boone, NC
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Louisiana	W 83–69	15–12 (9–7)	Holmes Center (617) Boone, NC
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Troy	L 66–95	15–13 (9–8)	Trojan Arena (1,118) Troy, AL
Mar 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 59–50	16–13 (10–8)	Mitchell Center (382) Mobile, AL
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
Mar 13, 2019 12:30 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (9) Coastal Carolina Second Round	W 78–42	17–13	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
Mar 14, 2019 12:30 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) Georgia State Quarterfinals	W 47–45	18–13	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
Mar 15, 2019 12:30 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (1) Little Rock Semifinals	L 64–80	18–14	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
WBI
Mar 20, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Asheville First Round	W 57–55	19–14	Kimmel Arena (423) Asheville, NC
Mar 25, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Marshall Quarterfinals	W 83–71	20–14	Holmes Center (937) Boone, NC
Mar 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Campbell Semifinals	W 70–57	21–14	Holmes Center (1,293) Boone, NC
Apr 3, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		North Texas Championship Game	W 76–59	22–14	Holmes Center (1,823) Boone, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "Appalachian State Mountaineers". Appstatesports.com.

[1] "Appalachian State Mountaineers". Appstatesports.com.

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Roster

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