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
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record24–8 (15–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kristin Cole
  • Ashley Crawford
  • Talby Justus
Home arenaCollege Park 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 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
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 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

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2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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AP N/A
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not ranked previous week

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com.