2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by sixth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 15–3 in Sun Belt play to share the Sun Belt regular season title with Little Rock. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to South Alabama. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.

2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
Sun Belt Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	24–8 (15–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Krista Gerlich (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Kristin Cole Ashley Crawford Talby Justus
Home arena	College Park Center

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

2018–19 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Cierra Johnson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr L D Bell Bedford, TX G 1 Laurynn McGowen 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Seguin New Mexico JC Arlington, TX G 2 Lauren Billie 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr East Central Tulsa, OK C 3 Misty Dossey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Comanche Comanche, OK G 12 Brooke Alexander 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Prestonwood Christian Academy Liberty Frisco, TX F 13 Daiane Machado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr New Mexico JC Curitiba, Brazil G 20 Claire Chastain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dale Shawnee, OK G 21 Terryn Milton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Owasso High School Owasso, OK G 23 Camryn Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Rio Rancho Albuquerque, NM G 24 Aysia Evans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Broken Arrow Tulsa, OK F 30 Bre Wickware  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Guyer Indiana Denton, TX F 33 Kelsey Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Washington Washington, OK C 40 Michaela Wright 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Father Tolton Catholic Columbia, MO G 41 Katie Ferrell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Plano Plano, TX F 45 Emma Halverson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Plano Plano, TX	Head coach Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech) Assistant coach(es) Talby Justus (Tabor) Ashley Crawford (Lamar) Jordan Vessels (West Texas A&M) 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 10, 2018* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Jackson State	W 99–63	1–0	College Park Center (1,063) Arlington, TX
Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas	L 65–66	1–1	College Park Center (1,081) Arlington, TX
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Grambling State	W 78–54	2–1	College Park Center (852) Arlington, TX
Nov 23, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 61–70	2–2	Save Mart Center (1,958) Fresno, CA
Nov 25, 2018* 4:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 80–73	3–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (235) San Francisco, CA
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Incarnate Word	W 97–49	4–2	McDermott Convocation Center (349) San Antonio, TX
Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	W 80–62	5–2	Mabee Center (1,245) Tulsa, OK
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Houston	W 65–61 OT	5–2	Fertitta Center (831) Houston, TX
Dec 20, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 53–48	6–2	College Park Center (694) Arlington, TX
Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		USC	L 61–73	6–3	College Park Center (844) Arlington, TX
Dec 29, 2018* 7:00 pm		at SMU	W 66–41	7–3	Moody Coliseum (843) Dallas, TX
Sun Belt regular season
Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia State	L 48–50	7–4 (0–1)	GSU Sports Arena (376) Atlanta, GA
Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	W 74–53	8–4 (1–1)	Hanner Fieldhouse (220) Statesboro, GA
Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Appalachian State	W 99–94 2OT	9–4 (2–1)	College Park Center (836) Arlington, TX
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	W 79–53	10–4 (3–1)	College Park Center (738) Arlington, TX
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Arkansas State	W 100–73	11–4 (4–1)	First National Bank Arena (621) Jonesboro, AR
Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm		at Little Rock	L 65–68	11–5 (4–2)	Jack Stephens Center (1,059) Little Rock, AR
Jan 24, 2019 11:30 am, ESPN+		Georgia Southern	W 81–48	12–5 (5–2)	College Park Center (6,186) Arlington, TX
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia State	W 69–45	13–5 (6–2)	College Park Center (1,107) Arlington, TX
Jan 29, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana	W 76–61	14–5 (7–2)	Cajundome (1,084) Lafayette, LA
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas State	W 68–53	15–5 (8–2)	College Park Center (1,177) Arlington, TX
Feb 7, 2019 5:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	W 67–64	16–5 (9–2)	HTC Center (238) Conway, SC
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at Appalachian State	W 72–65	17–5 (10–2)	Holmes Center (774) Boone, NC
Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Little Rock	L 61–62	17–6 (10–3)	College Park Center (1,188) Arlington, TX
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 67–62	18–6 (11–3)	College Park Center (1,014) Arlington, TX
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 60–56 OT	19–6 (12–3)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,000) Monroe, LA
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		South Alabama	W 72–51	20–6 (13–3)	College Park Center (1,139) Arlington, TX
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Troy	W 88–65	21–6 (14–3)	College Park Center (1,112) Arlington, TX
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm		at Texas State	W 44–41	24–6 (15–3)	Strahan Arena (1,225) San Marcos, TX
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) South Alabama Semifinals	L 50–57	24–7	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Stephen F. Austin First Round	W 60–54	25–7	College Park Center (1,159) Arlington, TX
Mar 23, 2019* 2:00 pm		at TCU Second Round	L 54–71	25–8	Schollmaier Arena (1,531) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches		N/A

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not ranked previous week

See also

• 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team