2018–19 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team represented University of Toledo during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rockets, led by eleventh year head coach Tricia Cullop, played their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament, where they lost to Miami (OH). They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to Northwestern in the second round.

2018–19 Toledo Rockets women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	21–12 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach	Tricia Cullop (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Nitra Perry Tiffany Swoffard Danielle Page
Home arena	Savage 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 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Sara Rokkanen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Mäkelänrinne Helsinki, Finland G 2 Mikaela Boyd 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Proviso West Hillside, IL G 3 Mariella Santucci 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Liceo Scientifico Sabin Bologna, Italy G/F 5 Sarah St-Fort 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Dawson College Montreal, Quebec F 10 Merveilles Tshitenge 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr ESCC Redlands CC Neuchâtel, Switzerland G 12 Tatyana Davis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Morgan County Madison, GA G 13 Mariah Copeland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Notre Dame Academy Toledo, OH F 14 Tyra Carlsten-Handberg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Bromma Gymnasium UIC Stockholm, Sweden C 15 Kaayla McIntyre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Notre Dame Academy Toledo, OH G 21 Sophia Fortner 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Wadsworth Wadsworth, OH F 23 Tanaya Beacham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Toledo Rogers Youngstown, OH G 25 Jaela Johnson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr dePont Manual Louisville, KY F 31 Lexi Lance 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Wadsworth Wadsworth, OH G 33 Nakiah Black 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Forest Trail Academy Tallahassee CC Concord, NC	Head coach Tricia Cullop (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Nitra Perry (Mississippi State) Tiffany Swoffard (Austin Peay) Danielle Page (Nebraska) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018* 12:00 pm		Findlay	W 77–70 OT		Savage Arena  Toledo, OH
Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm		Tiffin	W 75–41		Savage Arena  Toledo, OH
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Maine	L 59–73	0–1	Cross Insurance Center (1,578) Bangor, ME
Nov 14, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Iona	W 84–38	1–1	Savage Arena (5,348) Toledo, OH
Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Duquesne	W 65–52	2–1	Savage Arena (3,690) Toledo, OH
Nov 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dayton	L 49–70	2–2	UD Arena (1,669) Dayton, OH
Nov 21, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	W 65–59	3–2	Athletics–Recreation Center (575) Valparaiso, IN
Nov 28, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Belmont	W 78–69	4–2	Curb Event Center (2,461) Nashville, TN
Dec 1, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Memphis	W 58–48	5–2	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (408) Memphis, TN
Dec 5, 2018* 5:00 pm		at Cleveland State	W 65–60	6–2	Wolstein Center (203) Cleveland, OH
Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 2 Notre Dame	L 56–72	6–3	Savage Arena (6,059) Toledo, OH
Dec 18, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 80–48	7–3	Savage Arena (3,235) Toledo, OH
Dec 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 77–60	8–3	Savage Arena (3,274) Toledo, OH
MAC regular season
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Ball State	W 65–58	9–3 (1–0)	Savage Arena (3,473) Toledo, OH
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Miami (OH)	L 64–65	9–4 (1–1)	Millett Hall (275) Miami, OH
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Kent State	L 47–58	9–5 (1–2)	Savage Arena (4,071) Toledo, OH
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Michigan	W 80–57	10–5 (2–2)	University Arena (513) Kalamazoo, MI
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bowling Green	W 69–65	11–5 (3–2)	Stroh Center (2,467) Bowling Green, OH
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 62–59	12–5 (4–2)	Savage Arena (3,603) Toledo, OH
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Akron	L 64–70 OT	12–6 (4–3)	James A. Rhodes Arena (711) Akron, OH
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Bowling Green	W 76–56	13–6 (5–3)	Savage Arena (4,757) Toledo, OH
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Buffalo	L 63–73	13–7 (5–4)	Alumni Arena (1,507) Amherst, NY
Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Michigan	W 63–43	14–7 (6–4)	Savage Arena (4,076) Toledo, OH
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Ohio	W 76–50	15–7 (7–4)	Savage Arena (3,364) Toledo, OH
Feb 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Illinois	L 52–54	15–8 (7–5)	Convocation Center (1,305) DeKalb, IL
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Miami (OH)	L 56–65	15–9 (7–6)	Savage Arena (3,704) Toledo, OH
Feb 23, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Ball State	W 63–62	16–9 (8–6)	Worthen Arena (4,834) Muncie, IN
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Michigan	W 73–63	17–9 (9–6)	Savage Arena (3,377) Toledo, OH
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	W 64–53	18–9 (10–6)	Savage Arena (4,119) Toledo, OH
Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	W 70–67 2OT	19–9 (11–6)	Alumni Arena (1,345) Ypsilanti, MI
Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Central Michigan	L 45–78	19–10 (11–7)	McGuirk Arena (2,619) Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(6)	(11) Ball State First Round	W 67–63	20–10	Savage Arena (4,059) Toledo, OH
Mar 13, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) Miami (OH) Quarterfinals	L 54–72	20–11	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Seton Hall First Round	W 71–65	21–11	Savage Arena (1,289) Toledo, OH
Mar 24, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Northwestern Second Round	L 47–54	21–12	Savage Arena (1,879) Toledo, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team