2018–19 Bradley Braves women's basketball team

2018–19 Bradley Braves women's basketball
2018–19 Bradley Braves women's basketball
FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	20–10 (10–8 The Valley)
Head coach	Andrea Gorski (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Paul Fessler; Christena Hamilton; Kristi Zeller;
Home arena	Renaissance Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drake	17	–	1	.944	27	–	7	.794
Missouri State †	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
Loyola–Chicago	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

† 2019 MVC tournament winner As of March 30, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Bradley Braves women's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Braves were led by third year head coach Andrea Gorski. The Braves were members of the Missouri Valley Conference and played their home games at Renaissance Coliseum. They finished the season 20–10, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Illinois State. Despite having 20 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Gabi Haack	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Elk River	Elk River, MN
G	4	Aannah Interrante	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	McHenry West	Johnsburg, IL
F	5	Chelsea Brackmann	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Eisenhower	New Berlin, WI
G	11	Lasha Petree	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Arbor Prep	Detroit, MI
F	12	Asia Strong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Riley	South Bend, IN
G	13	Tatum Koenig	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	West Branch	West Branch, IA
G	14	Ryan Wilkins	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	St. Teresa's Academy	Kansas City, MO
G	23	Jailynn Lawson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Central	Peoria, IL
G	24	Shunseere Kent	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Hapeville Charter Career Academy East Georgia State	East Point, GA
G	25	Amber Bozeman	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Dunlap	Dunlap, IL
F	30	Emily Marsh	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Huron	Superior Township, MI
G/F	32	Ellie Spelhaug	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Pleasant Valley	Bettendorf, IA
F	44	Vanessa Markert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Brown County	Mount Sterling, IL
F	45	Nyjah White	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Hickman	Columbia, MO

Head coach

Andrea Gorski (Bradley)

Assistant coach(es)

Paul Fessler (Northern Iowa)
Christena Hamilton (Temple)
Kristi Zeller (Toledo)

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* 2:30 pm		Quincy	W 91–62		Renaissance Coliseum (606) Peoria, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Southeast Missouri State	W 85–79	1–0	Renaissance Coliseum (693) Peoria, IL
Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Rockhurst	W 83–40	2–0	Renaissance Coliseum (565) Peoria, IL
Nov 23, 2018* 1:30 pm		vs. Delaware FAU Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals	W 59–47	3–0	FAU Arena (472) Boca Raton, FL
Nov 24, 2018* 11:00 am		at Florida Atlantic FAU Thanksgiving Tournament championship	W 80–59	4–0	FAU Arena (415) Boca Raton, FL
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Illinois	W 67–64	5–0	Renaissance Coliseum (571) Peoria, IL
Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	W 73–64	6–0	Renaissance Coliseum (648) Peoria, IL
Dec 4, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Western Illinois	W 82–68	7–0	Renaissance Coliseum (2,324) Peoria, IL
Dec 14, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Omaha	W 80–60	8–0	Sapp Fieldhouse (1,503) Omaha, NE
Dec 19, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cleveland State	W 67–65	9–0	Wolstein Center (203) Cleveland, OH
Dec 21, 2018* 11:00 am		at Purdue	L 61–74	9–1	Mackey Arena (5,491) West Lafayette, IN
Dec 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Chicago State	W 89–59	10–1	Renaissance Coliseum (708) Peoria, IL
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Drake	L 63–92	10–2 (0–1)	Renaissance Coliseum (737) Peoria, IL
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	L 78–81 ^OT	10–3 (0–2)	Renaissance Coliseum (576) Peoria, IL
Jan 11, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Evansville	W 75–68	11–3 (1–2)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (323) Evansville, IN
Jan 13, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Indiana State	W 61–45	12–3 (2–2)	Hulman Center (1,474) Terre Haute, IN
Jan 18, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 56–68	12–4 (2–3)	Renaissance Coliseum (515) Peoria, IL
Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Illinois	W 58–53 ^OT	13–4 (3–3)	Renaissance Coliseum (656) Peoria, IL
Jan 26, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State I-74 Rivalry	W 79–68	14–4 (4–3)	Redbird Arena (1,223) Normal, IL
Feb 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	L 73–76	14–5 (4–4)	Athletics–Recreation Center (377) Valparaiso, IN
Feb 3, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Loyola–Chicago	W 69–56	15–5 (5–4)	Joseph J. Gentile Center (378) Chicago, IL
Feb 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Indiana State	W 61–45	16–5 (6–4)	Renaissance Coliseum (683) Peoria, IL
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 81–63	17–5 (7–4)	Renaissance Coliseum (657) Peoria, IL
Feb 15, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Illinois	L 55–62	17–6 (7–5)	SIU Arena (356) Carbondale, IL
Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Missouri State	L 60–82	17–7 (7–6)	JQH Arena (2,235) Springfield, MO
Feb 22, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Illinois State I-74 Rivalry	W 65–55	18–7 (8–6)	Renaissance Coliseum (993) Peoria, IL
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Valparaiso	W 87–76	19–7 (9–6)	Renaissance Coliseum (991) Peoria, IL
Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola–Chicago	W 71–59	20–7 (10–6)	Renaissance Coliseum (1,024) Peoria, IL
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 57–61	20–8 (10–7)	McLeod Center (1,652) Cedar Falls, IA
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at No. 23 Drake	L 53–95	20–9 (10–8)	Knapp Center (3,257) Des Moines, IA
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) Illinois State Quarterfinals	L 55–61	20–10	TaxSlayer Center (1,509) Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "Official Website of Bradley University Athletics". Bubraves.com.

[1] "Official Website of Bradley University Athletics". Bubraves.com.

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v t e Bradley Braves women's basketball
Venues	Robertson Memorial Field House (1982–2008) Lorene Ramsey Gymnasium (2008–2010) Renaissance Coliseum (2010–present)
Rivalries	Illinois State
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

Roster

Schedule

See also

References