2018–19 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–25 (3–17 Big Sky)
Head coach	Velaida Harris (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Darryl Brown Amy Donovan
Home arena	Dee Events Center

2018–19 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Idaho	16	–	4		.800			22	–	12		.647
Northern Colorado	15	–	5		.750			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	15	–	5		.750			20	–	11		.645
Portland State †	14	–	6		.700			25	–	8		.758
Montana State	11	–	9		.550			16	–	15		.516
Eastern Washington	9	–	11		.450			13	–	20		.394
Montana	9	–	11		.450			14	–	16		.467
Northern Arizona	8	–	12		.400			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	14		.300			10	–	19		.345
Southern Utah	4	–	16		.200			8	–	23		.258
Weber State	3	–	17		.150			6	–	25		.194
† 2019 Big Sky tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by first year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.

Radio broadcasts

All Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster

2018–19 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Berkeley Berkeley, CA G 1 Cyliest Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Mansfield Legacy Mansfield, TX G 2 Ashley Thoms 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Campolindo Lafayette, CA G 4 Kori Pentzer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Melba Melba, ID F 5 Ciara James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Clackamas Clackamas, OR G 10 Shianne Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Killeen Harker Heights, TX G 11 Liz Eaton  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Maple Mountain BYU Mapleton, UT F 12 Kayla Watkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Glacier Peak Snohomish, WA G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Pullman Pullman, WA F 24 Dominique Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Centennial Meridian, ID G 32 Ashley Massell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Oaks Christian School Westlake Village, CA C 33 Gina O'Brien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr Methodist Ladies' Melbourne, Australia	Head coach Velaida Harris (Portland State) Assistant coach(es) Darryl Brown (Temple) Amy Donovan (Washington) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018* 4:00 pm		College of Idaho	W 93–67		Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 5:00 pm		La Verne	W 105–43	1–0	Dee Events Center (672) Ogden, UT
Nov 12, 2018* 5:00 pm		Portland	L 73–89	1–1	Dee Events Center (569) Ogden, UT
Nov 21, 2018* 4:00 pm		at Incarnate Word	W 72–64	2–1	McDermott Convocation Center (432) San Antonio, TX
Nov 23, 2018* 4:00 pm		vs. VCU UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 36–64	2–2	Convocation Center (226) San Antonio, TX
Nov 24, 2018* 1:00 pm		at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 59–64	2–3	Convocation Center (333) San Antonio, TX
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm		UTEP	W 68–63	3–3	Dee Events Center (510) Ogden, UT
Dec 5, 2018* 8:00 pm		at Pepperdine	L 47–68	3–4	Firestone Fieldhouse (437) Malibu, CA
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 56–77	3–5	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,062) Salt Lake City, UT
Dec 18, 2018* 11:00 am		at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 59–65	3–6	Lockhart Arena (401) Orem, UT
Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		UC Riverside	L 39–71	3–7	Dee Events Center (456) Ogden, UT
Big Sky regular season
Dec 29, 2018 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 58–64	3–8 (0–1)	Dee Events Center (686) Ogden, UT
Dec 31, 2018 2:00 pm		Idaho	L 74–79	3–9 (0–2)	Dee Events Center (439) Ogden, UT
Jan 3, 2019 6:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 64–74	3–10 (0–3)	Walkup Skydome (178) Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		at Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 79–84 OT	3–11 (0–4)	America First Events Center (568) Cedar City, UT
Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm		Idaho State	L 57–70	3–12 (0–5)	Dee Events Center (491) Ogden, UT
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm		Portland State	L 59–77	3–13 (0–6)	Dee Events Center (502) Ogden, UT
Jan 17, 2019 12:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 55–54	4–13 (1–6)	Bank of Colorado Arena (2,765) Greeley, CO
Jan 24, 2019 7:00 pm		Montana State	L 59–66	4–14 (1–7)	Dee Events Center (467) Ogden, UT
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		Montana	L 60–72	4–15 (1–8)	Dee Events Center (609) Ogden, UT
Jan 31, 2019 8:00 pm		at Portland State	L 38–65	4–16 (1–9)	Viking Pavilion (443) Portland, OR
Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 62–77	4–17 (1–10)	Hornets Nest (287) Sacramento, CA
Feb 7, 2019 12:00 pm		Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 67–66	5–17 (2–10)	Dee Events Center (1,532) Ogden, UT
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	L 64–75	5–18 (2–11)	Dee Events Center (576) Ogden, UT
Feb 14, 2019 2:00 pm		at Montana	L 56–64	5–19 (2–12)	Dahlberg Arena (3,215) Missoula, MT
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 59–72	5–20 (2–13)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,017) Bozeman, MT
Feb 20, 2019 12:00 pm		Sacramento State	L 69–78	5–21 (2–14)	Dee Events Center (1,126) Odgen, UT
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 57–84	5–22 (2–15)	Reed Gym (1,047) Pocatello, ID
Mar 2, 2019 12:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 61–71	5–23 (2–16)	Dee Events Center (622) Ogden, UT
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm		at Idaho	L 78–86	5–24 (2–17)	Cowan Spectrum (653) Moscow, ID
Mar 9, 2019 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 70–66	6–24 (3–17)	Reese Court (681) Cheney, WA
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019 8:00 pm	(11)	vs. (6) Eastern Washington First Round	L 74–81	6–25	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2018–19 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team