2018–19 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team

2018–19 Memphis Tigers women's basketball
2018–19 Memphis Tigers women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	11–20 (5–11 The American)
Head coach	Melissa McFerrin (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Michele Savage; Amy Stephens; Jessica Bogia;
Home arena	Elma Roane Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UConn †	16	–	0	1.000	35	–	3	.921
UCF	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
Cincinnati	12	–	4	.750	24	–	11	.686
Houston	9	–	7	.563	15	–	16	.484
South Florida	7	–	9	.438	19	–	16	.543
Temple	7	–	9	.438	11	–	18	.379
East Carolina	6	–	10	.375	16	–	15	.516
Tulsa	6	–	10	.375	13	–	18	.419
Tulane	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Wichita State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
SMU	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
Memphis	5	–	11	.313	11	–	20	.355

† 2019 AAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team represented the University of Memphis during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the sixth for the Tigers as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers, led by eleventh year head coach Melissa McFerrin, played their home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. They finished the season 11–20, 5–11 AAC play to finish in a 4-way tie for ninth place. They defeated Temple in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to Cincinnati.

Media

All Tigers home games will have a radio broadcast live on WUMR. Video streaming for all home games will be available on the Memphis Tiger Network, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2018–19 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jada Stinson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, KY
G	3	Gazmyne Herndon	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Douglass Walters State CC	Memphis, TN
G	4	Finess Dickson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Fr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, IL
C	10	Camille Buckhanon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Talladega	Talladega, AL
G	11	Malainna White	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Pensacola	Pensacola, FL
G	15	Taylor Barnes	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Saint Benedict at Auburndale	Memphis, TN
F	20	Manaya Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS So	Raleigh-Egypt Old Dominion	Memphis, TN
F	22	Kiana Coomber	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Prairie Central Loyola–Chicago/Chipola College	Fairbury, IL
G	23	Jamirah Shutes	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Haywood	Brownsville, TN
C	25	Brianna Porter	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	University School of Nashville	Nashville, TN
F	33	Alana Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Cross Creek	Augusta, GA
F	34	Ashia Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Covington Tennessee–Martin	Covington, TN
F	35	Jasmine James	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	San Jacinto	Innisfil, ON

Head coach

Melissa McFerrin (Missouri)

Assistant coach(es)

Michele Savage (Northwestern)
Amy Stephens (Nebraska)
Jessica Bogia (Lafayette)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018* 2:00 pm		LeMoyne–Owen	W 91–44		Elma Roane Fieldhouse (675) Memphis, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:00 pm		Jackson State	W 68–67	1–0	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (755) Memphis, TN
11/12/2018* 7:00 pm		at Arkansas State	L 66–77	1–1	First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
11/15/2018* 6:00 pm		at UAB	L 54–85	1–2	Bartow Arena (352) Birmingham, AL
11/18/2018* 2:00 pm		Louisiana Tech	L 50–66	1–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (709) Memphis, TN
11/23/2018* 3:00 pm		vs. Mercer Coastal Carolina Thanksgiving Classic	W 59–53	2–3	HTC Center (247) Conway, SC
11/25/2018* 1:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Thanksgiving Classic	L 71–90	2–4	HTC Center (287) Conway, SC
12/01/2018* 11:00 am		Toledo	L 48–58	2–5	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (408) Memphis, TN
12/04/2018* 5:30 pm		New Orleans	L 59–66	2–6	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (412) Memphis, TN
12/09/2018* 2:00 pm		Samford	W 53–48	3–6	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (458) Memphis, TN
12/17/2018* 7:00 pm		Southeast Missouri State	W 69–57	4–6	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (553) Memphis, TN
12/21/2018* 11:00 am		Little Rock	L 60–63	4–7	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (376) Memphis, TN
12/29/2018* 2:30 pm		North Carolina Central	W 77–56	5–7	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (454) Memphis, TN
01/01/2019* 1:00 pm		at George Washington	L 38–51	5–8	Charles E. Smith Center (751) Washington, D.C.
AAC regular season
01/05/2019 4:00 pm, CBSSN		UCF	L 55–68	5–9 (0–1)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (676) Memphis, TN
01/09/2019 7:00 pm		at Tulsa	L 39–46	5–10 (0–2)	Reynolds Center (918) Tulsa, OK
01/12/2019 2:00 pm, ADN		at Wichita State	W 71–50	6–10 (1–2)	Charles Koch Arena (1,380) Wichita, KS
01/19/2019 11:00 am		East Carolina	W 58–46	7–10 (2–2)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (471) Memphis, TN
01/23/2019 6:00 pm		at South Florida	W 47–40	8–10 (3–2)	Yuengling Center (2,164) Tampa, FL
01/26/2019 1:00 pm		at Cincinnati	L 56–80	8–11 (3–3)	Fifth Third Arena (999) Cincinnati, OH
01/30/2019 6:00 pm		Tulane	L 61–62 ^OT	8–12 (3–4)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (497) Memphis, TN
02/02/2019 3:00 pm		Tulsa	W 59–56	9–12 (4–4)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (524) Memphis, TN
02/06/2019 7:00 pm		Wichita State	L 48–57	9–13 (4–5)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (589) Memphis, TN
02/09/2019 12:00 pm, ADN		at East Carolina	L 59–68	9–14 (4–6)	Williams Arena (1,396) Greenville, NC
02/13/2019 5:30 pm, ADN		Cincinnati	L 69–89	9–15 (4–7)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (419) Memphis, TN
02/16/2019 2:00 pm, ADN		at Tulane	W 65–59	10–15 (5–7)	Devlin Fieldhouse (670) New Orleans, LA
02/20/2019 6:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 3 Connecticut	L 45–102	10–16 (5–8)	XL Center (8,869) Hartford, CT
02/24/2019 1:00 pm, ESPNU		Houston	L 57–59	10–17 (5–9)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (657) Memphis, TN
03/02/2019 2:00 pm		at SMU	L 48–71	10–18 (5–10)	Moody Coliseum (793) Dallas, TX
03/04/2019 7:00 pm		Temple	L 53–84	10–19 (5–11)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (665) Memphis, TN
AAC Women's Tournament
03/08/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(11)	vs. (6) Temple First Round	W 59–58	11–19	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,217) Uncasville, CT
03/08/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(11)	vs. (3) Cincinnati Quarterfinals	L 48–68	11–20	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,243) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "University of Memphis Athletics". University of Memphis.

[1] "University of Memphis Athletics". University of Memphis.

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v t e Memphis Tigers women's basketball
Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1936, 1972–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Louisville
Culture & lore	Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–72 1972–73 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 2024–25

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References