2018–19 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by seventh year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They seeked to qualify for the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament for the second time and the first time since 2009 but they finished the season 8–23, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They lost in the first of the MAC women's tournament to Toledo.

2018–19 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	8–23 (3–15 MAC)
Head coach	Brady Sallee (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Audrey McDonald-Spencer Ryan Patterson Bri Kulas
Home arena	Worthen Arena

2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Ohio	14	–	4		.778			30	–	6		.833
Miami (OH)	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Buffalo †	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Kent State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Akron	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Bowling Green	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
West
Central Michigan	15	–	3		.833			25	–	8		.758
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Northern Illinois	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Western Michigan	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Ball State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
† 2019 MAC tournament winner

Roster

2018–19 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Abi Haynes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Lincoln Vincennes, IN G 2 Katie Helgason 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Greenfield Central Greenfield, IN G 3 Hadassah Harris 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Heritage Christian Indianapolis, IN G 5 Maliah Howard-Bass 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Columbus North Columbus, IN F 10 Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Keflavík Reykjanesbær, Iceland F 21 Blake Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Carmel Carmel, IN G 23 Gabby Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL G 24 Jasmin Samz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Wausaw Wausau, WI G 30 Anna Clephane 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Scott Taylor Mill, KY G 31 Nakeya Penny 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Logansport Logansport, IN F 32 Oshlyn Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Chillicothe Chillicothe, OH F 34 Aliyah Walker 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Brownsburg Indianapolis, IN	Head coach Brady Sallee (Thomas More) Assistant coach(es) Audrey McDonald-Spencer (Ball State) Ryan Patterson (Malone) Bri Kulas (Missouri) 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
November 7, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Purdue	L 38–80	0–1	Worthen Arena (3,104) Muncie, IN
November 11, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cleveland State	W 67–62	1–1	Worthen Arena (1,309) Muncie, IN
November 17, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 54–74	1–2	JQH Arena (2,018) Springfield, MO
November 23, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. Fordham Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals	L 70–78	1–3	Hertz Arena (429) Estero, FL
November 24, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. Duke Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round	L 62–79	1–4	Hertz Arena (516) Estero, FL
November 25, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. Quinnipiac Gulf Coast Showcase 7th place game	L 66–69	1–5	Hertz Arena (516) Estero, FL
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cincinnati	W 75–63	2–5	Worthen Arena (1,110) Muncie, IN
December 2, 2018* 2:00 pm, Facebook		at Butler	L 47–67	2–6	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,524) Indianapolis, IN
December 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Vanderbilt	L 43–60	2–7	Worthen Arena (923) Muncie, IN
December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Kentucky	W 86–83	3–7	E. A. Diddle Arena (715) Bowling Green, KY
December 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee State	W 90–51	4–7	Worthen Arena (1,223) Muncie, IN
December 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Urbana	W 99–62	5–7	Worthen Arena (1,082) Muncie, IN
MAC regular season
January 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Toledo	W 65–58	5–8 (0–1)	Savage Arena (3,473) Toledo, OH
January 9, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		Bowling Green	W 77–70	6–8 (1–1)	Worthen Arena (2,112) Muncie, IN
January 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Ohio	L 75–90	6–9 (1–2)	Worthen Arena (4,076) Muncie, IN
January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Buffalo	L 65–77	6–10 (1–3)	Alumni Arena (1,615) Buffalo, NY
January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Miami (OH)	L 57–60	6–11 (1–4)	Millett Hall (317) Oxford, OH
January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Kent State	W 48–44	7–11 (2–4)	Worthen Arena (1,055) Muncie, IN
January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	L 62–65	7–12 (2–5)	Worthen Arena (1,066) Muncie, IN
February 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Ohio	L 62–94	7–13 (2–6)	Convocation Center  Athens, OH
February 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Central Michigan	L 63–81	7–14 (2–7)	McGuirk Arena (1,879) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 9, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	L 83–93	7–15 (2–8)	Worthen Arena (1,333) Muncie, IN
February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Akron	L 61–91	7–16 (2–9)	James A. Rhodes Arena (392) Akron, OH
February 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	L 53–56	7–17 (2–10)	Convocation Center (1,228) Ypsilanti, MI
February 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Buffalo Rescheduled from January 30	L 58–97	7–18 (2–11)	Worthen Arena (1,036) Muncie, IN
February 23, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Toledo	L 62–63	7–19 (2–12)	Worthen Arena (4,389) Muncie, IN
February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Michigan	L 64–81	7–20 (2–13)	Worthen Arena (1,100) Muncie, IN
March 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	L 54–72	7–21 (2–14)	University Arena (915) Kalamazoo, MI
March 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Illinois	W 67–64	8–21 (3–14)	Convocation Center (501) DeKalb, IL
March 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Michigan	L 57–67	8–22 (3–15)	Worthen Arena (2,070) Muncie, IN
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(11)	at (6) Toledo First Round	L 63–67	8–23	Savage Arena (4,059) Toledo, OH
*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

See also

• 2018–19 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team