2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team represented the University of Denver in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pioneers, led second year head coach Jim Turgeon, played their home games at Hamilton Gymnasium with 1 game at Magness Arena and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 18–14, 10–6 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League women's tournament to North Dakota. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated New Mexico in the first before losing to Idaho in the second round.

2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	The Summit League
Record	18–14 (10–6 The Summit)
Head coach	Jim Turgeon (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kayla Ard Terra Moyers Tommie Johnson
Home arena	Magness Arena Hamilton Gymnasium

2018–19 Summit League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	7		.800
South Dakota	14	–	2		.875			28	–	6		.824
Oral Roberts	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Denver	10	–	6		.625			18	–	14		.563
Western Illinois	8	–	8		.500			12	–	18		.400
North Dakota	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
North Dakota State	4	–	12		.250			7	–	22		.241
Purdue Fort Wayne	3	–	13		.188			7	–	22		.241
Omaha	2	–	14		.125			8	–	21		.276
† 2019 Summit League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Abi Curtin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mount St Benedict College Sydney, Australia F 1 Grace White 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Red Lake Redby, MN G 2 Briana Johnson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Serra Carson, CA G 3 Lauren Loven 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Notre Dame Prep Scottsdale, AZ G 5 Anna Jackson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Flower Mound Flower Mound, TX G 10 Haley Simental 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Pueblo West Colorado Connections Academy Pueblo West, CO G 12 Claire Gritt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So John Hersey Arlington Heights, IL C 15 Courtney Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Legacy Thornton, CO G 22 Samantha Romanowski 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mountlake Terrace Mountlake Terrace, WA F 23 Madison Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Dover-Eyota Dover, MN G/F 25 Sydney Mech 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Cherry Creek Englewood, CO G 32 Tsimba Malonga 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Benet Academy Bolingbrook, IL F 33 Jasmine Jeffcoat 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Monarch Louisville, CO	Head coach Jim Turgeon (Washburn) Assistant coach(es) Kayla Ard (Southeastern Louisiana) Terra Moyers (Saint Mary's) Tommie Johnson (Colorado–Colorado Springs) 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* 6:00 pm		Taylor	W 106–66		Ritchie Center  Denver, CO
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm		UMKC	W 92–75	1–0	Hamilton Gymnasium (431) Denver, CO
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm		Air Force	W 92–66	2–0	Hamilton Gymnasium (386) Denver, CO
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 66–74	2–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,162) Greeley, CO
Nov 19, 2018* 1:00 pm		American	W 83–54	3–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (530) Denver, CO
Nov 23, 2018* 3:30 pm		Lamar Denver Thanksgiving Classic	W 117–110 2OT	4–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (370) Denver, CO
Nov 24, 2018* 3:30 pm		St. Bonaventure Denver Thanksgiving Classic	W 76–62	5–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (239) Denver, CO
Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 104–75	6–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (310) Denver, CO
Dec 4, 2018* 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	L 74–78	6–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,374) Laramie, WY
Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 71–70	7–2	America First Events Center (857) Cedar City, UT
Dec 11, 2018* 6:00 pm, FCSP		at New Mexico State	L 64–66	7–3	Pan American Center  Las Cruces, NM
Dec 15, 2018* 3:30 pm		at Nebraska	L 71–96	7–4	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,703) Lincoln, NE
Dec 19, 2018* 11:00 am		Samford	L 83–87 OT	7–5	Hamilton Gymnasium (1,805) Denver, CO
Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 79–84	7–6	Moby Arena (1,069) Fort Collins, CO
Summit League regular season
Dec 28, 2018 4:00 pm		at Omaha	W 95–68	8–6 (1–0)	Baxter Arena (295) Omaha, NE
Dec 30, 2018 1:00 pm		at Western Illinois	L 78–87	8–7 (1–1)	Western Hall (472) Macomb, IL
Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm		South Dakota	W 104–99	9–7 (2–1)	Hamilton Gymnasium (382) Denver, CO
Jan 5, 2019 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 87–66	10–7 (3–1)	Hamilton Gymnasium (295) Denver, CO
Jan 9, 2019 6:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 59–76	10–8 (3–2)	Frost Arena (1,828) Brookings, SD
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm		North Dakota State	W 81–54	11–8 (4–2)	Hamilton Gymnasium (257) Denver, CO
Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, Altitude		Oral Roberts	W 93–76	12–8 (5–2)	Magness Arena  Denver, CO
Jan 26, 2019 1:00 pm		at Purdue Fort Wayne	L 55–70	12–9 (5–3)	Gates Sports Center (1,536) Fort Wayne, IN
Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm		South Dakota State	L 67–83	12–10 (5–4)	Hamilton Gymnasium (457) Denver, CO
Feb 6, 2019 6:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	L 66–74	12–11 (5–5)	Mabee Center (1,029) Tulsa, OK
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at North Dakota State	W 87–67	13–11 (6–5)	Scheels Center (742) Fargo, ND
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 82–62	14–12 (7–5)	Hamilton Gymnasium (201) Denver, CO
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm		at No. 23 South Dakota	L 58–73	14–12 (7–6)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,703) Vermillion, SD
Feb 23, 2019 10:00 am, ESPN3		at North Dakota	W 92–91 OT	15–12 (8–6)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,638) Grand Forks, ND
Feb 28, 2019 1:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 94–85	16–12 (9–6)	Hamilton Gymnasium (294) Denver, CO
Mar 2, 2019 7:00 pm		Omaha	W 82–76	17–12 (10–6)	Hamilton Gymnasium (407) Denver, CO
Summit League Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019 1:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) North Dakota Quarterfinals	L 67–80	17–13	Denny Sanford Premier Center (2,971) Sioux Falls, SD
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		at New Mexico First Round	W 83–75	18–13	Dreamstyle Arena (2,875) Albuquerque, NM
Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm		at Idaho Second Round	L 66–88	18–14	Memorial Gym (1,230) Moscow, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2018–19 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team