2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball
2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	16–16 (7–9 A-10)
Head coach	Tory Verdi (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Danny Hughes; Candice Finley; Candice Walker;
Home arena	William D. Mullins Memorial Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Fordham †	13	–	3	.813	25	–	9	.735
VCU	13	–	3	.813	24	–	10	.706
Duquesne	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Dayton	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Davidson	10	–	6	.625	17	–	15	.531
Saint Louis	9	–	7	.563	15	–	16	.484
George Mason	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
Massachusetts	7	–	9	.438	16	–	16	.500
Saint Joseph's	7	–	9	.438	12	–	19	.387
George Washington	7	–	9	.438	10	–	20	.333
Richmond	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11	.313	8	–	22	.267
La Salle	3	–	13	.188	6	–	25	.194
Rhode Island	3	–	13	.188	8	–	21	.276

† 2019 A10 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by third year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 16–16, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost Duquesne.

Media

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call. ^{[citation needed]}

Roster

2018–19 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	2	Genesis Rivera	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Gustavo Panola College	Caracas, Venezuela
G	3	Destiney Philoxy	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	South Shore	Queens, NY
F	10	Alexia Allesch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Gill St. Bernard's	Basking Ridge, NJ
G	11	Bre Hampton-Bey	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Notre Dame Academy	Toledo, OH
F	12	MacKenzie Sullivan (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Hopkins Academy	Hadley, MA
C	14	Anil Soysal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	Anatolian	Istanbul, Turkey
G	15	Paige McCormick	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Heuvelton Central	Ogdensburg, NY
F	21	Jessica Nelson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, GA
G	22	Jessica George (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	North Point	Waldorf, MD
G	23	Vashnie Perry	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Norcross HS Florida Atlantic	Nashville, TN
G/F	24	Hailey Leidel (C)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Woodhaven	Brownstown, MI
F	30	Alexa Kellner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Stamford	Stamford, CT
G	32	Madison Lowery	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	TPLS Christian Academy	Virginia Beach, VA
G	35	Asia McCoy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Archer	Lawrenceville, GA

Head coach

Tory Verdi (Keene State)

Assistant coach(es)

Danny Hughes (TCU)
Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky)
Candice Walker (Loyola (MD))

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
Oct 31, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Dartmouth	W 109–51		Mullins Center Amherst, MA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 4:30 pm, ELVN/NESN+		Sacred Heart	W 78–61	1–0	Mullins Center (547) Amherst, MA
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Towson	L 53–78	1–1	SECU Arena (1,389) Towson, MD
Nov 17, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Connecticut	W 74–59	2–1	Mullins Center (676) Amherst, MA
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 74–70	3–1	Mullins Center (413) Amherst, MA
Nov 23, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Bucknell Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	L 58–77	3–2	Pizzitola Sports Center (436) Providence, RI
Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Brown Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	W 90–61	4–2	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
Nov 25, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Fairfield Brown University Turkey Tip-Off	W 59–49	5–2	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
Nov 28, 2018* 4:30 pm, ELVN/NESN		North Dakota	L 52–59	5–3	Mullins Center (654) Amherst, MA
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, NESN		at Northeastern	L 52–53	5–4	Cabot Center (279) Boston, MA
Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 71–59	6–4	Mullins Center (555) Amherst, MA
Dec 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Boston University	W 66–55	7–4	Mullins Center (518) Amherst, MA
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Siena	L 59–64	7–5	Alumni Recreation Center (372) Loudonville, NY
Dec 21, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	L 59–62	7–6	Mullins Center (422) Amherst, MA
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	W 70–55	8–6	McCann Arena (1,789) Poughkeepsie, NY
A-10 Regular season
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Louis	W 70–66	9–6 (1–0)	Mullins Center (599) Amherst, MA
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dayton	L 47–75	9–7 (1–1)	UD Arena (1,686) Dayton, OH
Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at La Salle	W 74–60	10–7 (2–1)	Tom Gola Arena (362) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 16, 2019 12:00 pm, NBCSN		George Mason	L 52–70	10–8 (2–2)	Mullins Center (3,310) Amherst, MA
Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Davidson	W 70–58	11–8 (3–2)	John M. Belk Arena (511) Davidson, NC
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	L 63–64	11–9 (3–3)	Mullins Center (1,248) Amherst, MA
Jan 30, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	L 48–52	11–10 (3–4)	Siegel Center (523) Richmond, VA
Feb 3, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 58–62	11–11 (3–5)	Robins Center (576) Richmond, VA
Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Duquesne	W 69–66	12–11 (4–5)	Mullins Center (509) Amherst, MA
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Rhode Island	W 56–34	13–11 (5–5)	Mullins Center (656) Amherst, MA
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 54–55	13–12 (5–6)	Hagan Arena (204) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Davidson	L 49–64	13–13 (5–7)	Mullins Center (775) Amherst, MA
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		George Washington	L 59–66	13–14 (5–8)	Mullins Center (673) Amherst, MA
Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham	L 64–76	13–15 (5–9)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,008) Bronx, NY
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Richmond	W 64–38	14–15 (5–10)	Mullins Center (541) Amherst, MA
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 57–53	15–15 (5–11)	Ryan Center (411) Kingston, RI
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
Mar 5, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(10)	at (7) George Mason First Round	W 86–80 ^2OT	16–15	EagleBank Arena (259) Fairfax, VA
Mar 8, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+	(10)	vs. (2) Fordham Quarterfinals	L 62–73	16–16	Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".

[1] "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".

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v t e UMass Minutewomen basketball
Venues	Curry Hicks Cage (1968–1993) William D. Mullins Memorial Center (1993–present)
Rivalries	Boston College
Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 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

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See also

References