2018–19 American Eagles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 American Eagles women's basketball team represented American University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixth year head coach Megan Gebbia, played their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 22–11, 16–2 in Patriot League play to share the Patriot League regular season title with Bucknell. They advanced to the championship game to the Patriot League women's tournament, where they lost to Bucknell. They recited an automatic trip to the WNIT, where they lost in the first round to Penn.

2018–19 American Eagles women's basketball
Patriot League regular season co-champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Patriot League
Record	22–11 (16–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Megan Gebbia (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Tiffany Coll Nikki Flores Emily Stallings
Home arena	Bender Arena

2018–19 Patriot League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	6		.824
American	16	–	2		.889			22	–	11		.667
Lehigh	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Boston University	11	–	7		.611			15	–	14		.517
Holy Cross	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Colgate	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Army	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Navy	5	–	13		.278			10	–	19		.345
Loyola (MD)	5	–	13		.278			7	–	24		.226
Lafayette	2	–	16		.111			8	–	23		.258
† 2019 Patriot League tournament winner As of March 22, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 American Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 2 Morgan Bartner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Morristown Beard Florham Park, NJ G 3 Kaitlyn Lewis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr North Pocono Scranton, PA G 4 Emily Fisher 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Emmaus College Melbourne, Australia G 10 Jade Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr The Latin School of Chicago Chicago, IL F 11 TaeKenya Cleveland 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Regis Jesuit Aurora, CO G 12 Indeya Sanders 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Herndon Reston, VA F 14 Taylor Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Lakeville Lakeville, MN G 21 Maddie Doring 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr St. John Vianney Sayreville, NJ G 22 Katie Marenyi 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Penn Granger, IN G 23 Elina Koskimies 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Makelanrinne Sports High Helsinki, Finland G 24 Laura Graytok 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Latrobe Pittsburgh, PA F 44 Cecily Carl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA	Head coach Megan Gebbia (Towson) Assistant coach(es) Tiffany Coll (UMBC) Nikki Flores (Marist) Emily Stallings (Marist) 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
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 1:00 pm		Tulsa	W 68–52	1–0	Bender Arena (609) Washington, D.C.
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm		George Mason	W 86–71	2–0	Bender Arena (581) Washington, D.C.
Nov 19, 2018* 3:00 pm		at Denver	L 54–83	2–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (530) Denver, CO
Nov 23, 2018* 11:59 pm		at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 69–57	3–1	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
Nov 24, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. No. 8 Stanford Rainbow Wahine Shootout	L 49–71	3–2	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
Nov 25, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. Florida Gulf Coast Rainbow Wahine Shootout	L 71–90	3–3	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm		UMBC	W 64–42	4–3	Bender Arena (355) Washington, D.C.
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCNE		at Virginia	L 54–57	4–4	John Paul Jones Arena (2,549) Charlottesville, VA
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Penn State	L 59–80	4–5	Bryce Jordan Center (2,257) University Park, PA
Dec 20, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at High Point	L 61–66	4–6	Millis Athletic Center (423) High Point, NC
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm		Ohio	L 67–77	4–7	Bender Arena (334) Washington, D.C.
Patriot League regular season
Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm		at Bucknell	L 56–71	4–8 (0–1)	Sojka Pavilion (836) Lewisburg, PA
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm		Colgate	W 76–57	5–8 (1–1)	Bender Arena (380) Washington, D.C.
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm		at Navy	W 58–45	6–8 (2–1)	Alumni Hall (409) Annapolis, MD
Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm		Army	W 61–51	7–8 (3–1)	Bender Arena (644) Washington, D.C.
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm		Loyola (MD)	W 82–38	8–8 (4–1)	Bender Arena (404) Washington, D.C.
Jan 19, 2019 4:30 pm		at Lehigh	W 61–53	9–8 (5–1)	Stabler Arena (1,558) Bethlehem, PA
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm		at Boston University	W 64–51	10–8 (6–1)	Case Gym (783) Boston, MA
Jan 26, 2019 12:00 pm		Lafayette	W 60–45	11–8 (7–1)	Bender Arena (513) Washington, D.C.
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm		Holy Cross	W 70–58	12–8 (8–1)	Bender Arena (343) Washington, D.C.
Feb 2, 2019 4:00 pm		at Colgate	W 71–66	13–8 (9–1)	Cotterell Court (231) Hamilton, NY
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at Army	W 75–62	14–8 (10–1)	Christl Arena (427) West Point, NY
Feb 13, 2019 6:00 pm		at Loyola (MD)	W 67–56	15–8 (11–1)	Reitz Arena (705) Baltimore, MD
Feb 16, 2019 12:00 pm		Lehigh	W 50–47	16–8 (12–1)	Bender Arena (574) Washington, D.C.
Feb 20, 2019 11:30 am		Boston University	W 50–48	17–8 (13–1)	Bender Arena (349) Washington, D.C.
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at Lafayette	W 57–47	18–8 (14–1)	Kirby Sports Center (447) Easton, PA
Feb 27, 2019 6:05 pm		at Holy Cross	W 71–44	19–8 (15–1)	Hart Center (594) Worcester, MA
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Bucknell	L 64–65	19–9 (15–2)	Bender Arena (770) Washington, D.C.
Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm		Navy	W 69–44	20–9 (16–2)	Bender Arena (424) Washington, D.C.
Patriot League Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019 7:00 pm	(2)	(10) Lafayette Quarterfinals	W 67–47	21–9	Bender Arena (303) Washington, D.C.
Mar 14, 2019 7:00 pm	(2)	(3) Lehigh Semifinals	W 68–57	22–9	Bender Arena (393) Washington, D.C.
Mar 17, 2019 12:00 pm, CBSSN	(2)	at (1) Bucknell Championship Game	L 54–66	22–10	Sojka Pavilion (1,672) Lewisburg, PA
WNIT
Mar 22, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Penn First Round	L 45–64	22–11	Palestra (817) Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2018–19 American Eagles men's basketball team