2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by sixteenth year head coach Joe Foley, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 15–3 in Sun Belt play to win the share the Sun Belt regular season title with Texas–Arlington and won the Sun Belt tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.

2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball
Sun Belt Regular Season co-champions and Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record21–11 (15–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Robert Dallimore
  • Alicia Cash
  • Steve Wiedower
Home arenaJack Stephens Center
Seasons
2018–19 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UT Arlington 15 3   .833 24 8   .750
Little Rock *† 15 3   .833 21 11   .656
Troy 13 5   .722 22 9   .710
Georgia State 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
Appalachian State 10 8   .556 22 14   .611
South Alabama 9 9   .500 25 11   .694
Texas State 9 9   .500 14 17   .452
Coastal Carolina 8 10   .444 17 15   .531
Arkansas State 7 11   .389 12 18   .400
Louisiana 5 13   .278 7 23   .233
Louisiana–Monroe 4 14   .222 10 19   .345
Georgia Southern 2 16   .111 7 22   .241
2019 Sun Belt Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of April 3, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Ronjanae DeGray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Mount Juliet HS Odessa, TX
G 3 Terrion Moore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Leavenworth HS Kansas City, MO
G 5 Tori Lasker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Mayflower HS Mayflower, AR
G 12 Sydney Chastain 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Westmoore HS Oklahoma City, OK
G 13 Antwainette Walker 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr St. Francis HS Lisle, IL
G 15 Kiara Scott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr A. J. Ellender HS Houma, LA
F 22 Yanina Inkina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr South Plains Minsk, Belarus
G 23 Kyra Collier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr North Little Rock HS North Little Rock, AR
F 25 Anna Hurlburt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Southlake Carroll HS Southlake, TX
F 30 Raeyana DeGray 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Mount Juliet HS Odessa, TX
F 35 Teal Battle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So White Station HS Millington, TN
F 40 Krystan Vornes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Osceola
Tulsa
Osceola, AR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018*
11:00 am
at Louisiana Tech W 69–58  1–0
Thomas Assembly Center (5,027)
Shreveport, LA
Nov 14, 2018*
6:30 pm
Florida Atlantic W 61–38  2–0
Jack Stephens Center (842)
Little Rock, AR
Nov 17, 2018*
2:00 pm
Rice L 65–79  2–1
Jack Stephens Center (818)
Little Rock, AR
Nov 20, 2018*
6:30 pm
No. 20 Texas A&M L 41–60  2–2
Jack Stephens Center (1,228)
Little Rock, AR
Nov 25, 2018*
2:00 pm
at LSU L 45–60  2–3
Maravich Center (1,629)
Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 28, 2018*
6:30 pm
No. 5 Mississippi State L 63–98  2–4
Jack Stephens Center (2,261)
Little Rock, AR
Dec 1, 2018*
5:00 pm
Western Kentucky L 56–68  2–5
Jack Stephens Center (1,777)
Little Rock, AR
Dec 8, 2018*
3:00 pm
Kansas State L 47–53  2–6
Jack Stephens Center 
Little Rock, AR
Dec 17, 2018*
7:00 pm
at Tulsa W 63–53  3–6
Reynolds Center (863)
Tulsa, OK
Dec 21, 2018*
11:00 am
at Memphis W 63–60  4–6
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (376)
Memphis, TN
Dec 30, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Missouri State L 44–48  4–7
JQH Arena (2,045)
Springfield, MO
Sun Belt Conference regular season
Jan 3, 2019
6:30 pm
Louisiana–Monroe W 63–44  5–7
(1–0)
Jack Stephens Center (840)
Little Rock, AR
Jan 5, 2019
3:00 pm
Louisiana W 62–48  6–7
(2–0)
Jack Stephens Center (935)
Little Rock, AR
Jan 10, 2019
6:00 pm
at Troy L 66–71  6–8
(2–1)
Trojan Arena (1,876)
Troy, AL
Jan 12, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at South Alabama W 65–42  7–8
(3–1)
Mitchell Center (391)
Mobile, AL
Jan 17, 2019
6:30 pm
Texas State W 62–47  8–8
(4–1)
Jack Stephens Center (904)
Little Rock, AR
Jan 19, 2019
3:00 pm
UT Arlington W 68–65  9–8
(5–1)
Jack Stephens Center (1,059)
Little Rock, AR
Jan 24, 2019
5:00 pm
at Coastal Carolina W 60–47  10–8
(6–1)
HTC Center (547)
Conway, SC
Jan 26, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Appalachian State W 74–59  11–8
(7–1)
Holmes Center (358)
Boone, NC
Feb 2, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN+
Arkansas State W 68–55  13–8
(8–1)
Jack Stephens Center 
Little Rock, AR
Feb 7, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Troy W 76–72  13–8
(9–1)
Jack Stephens Center (1,286)
Little Rock, AR
Feb 9, 2019
3:00 pm
South Alabama W 47–44  14–8
(10–1)
Jack Stephens Center (1,227)
Little Rock, AR
Feb 14, 2019
7:00 pm
at UT Arlington W 62–61  15–8
(11–1)
College Park Center (1,188)
Arlington, TX
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Texas State L 48–50  15–9
(11–2)
Strahan Arena (1,237)
San Marcos, TX
Feb 23, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Arkansas State L 58–62  15–10
(11–3)
First National Bank Arena (871)
Jonesboro, AR
Feb 28, 2019
11:30 am
Georgia Southern W 80–51  16–10
(12–3)
Jack Stephens Center (1,627)
Little Rock, AR
Mar 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Georgia State W 82–50  17–10
(13–3)
Jack Stephens Center (1,250)
Little Rock, AR
Mar 7, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
at Louisiana W 62–49  18–10
(14–3)
Cajundome (1,120)
Lafayette, LA
Mar 9, 2019
2:00 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe W 57–38  19–10
(15–3)
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (893)
Monroe, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019
11:30 am, ESPN+
(1) vs. (5) Appalachian State
Semifinals
W 80–64  20–10
Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
Mar 16, 2019
11:00 am, ESPN3
(1) vs. (7) South Alabama
Championship Game
W 57–56  21–10
Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
(12 A) vs. (5 A) No. 16 Gonzaga
First Round
L 51–68  21–11
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Little Rock Athletics - 2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Lrtrojans.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.