2018–19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fifth season for the Golden Hurricane as members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). The Golden Hurricane, led by eighth-year head coach Matilda Mossman, played their home games at the Reynolds Center. They finished the season 13–18, 6–10 in AAC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Wichita State in the first round before losing to UCF in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament.

2018–19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	13–18 (6–10 The American)
Head coach	Matilda Mossman (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Shane Coffey Tari Cummings Leah Foster
Home arena	Reynolds Center

2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			35	–	3		.921
UCF	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Cincinnati	12	–	4		.750			24	–	11		.686
Houston	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
South Florida	7	–	9		.438			19	–	16		.543
Temple	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
East Carolina	6	–	10		.375			16	–	15		.516
Tulsa	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Wichita State	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
SMU	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
† 2019 AAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Golden Hurricane games were broadcast on KTGX CHROME 95.3 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD3. The audio broadcast could also be heard on Hurricane Vision. A video stream for all home games were on Hurricane Vision, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games were typically streamed on the opponents' websites, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2018–19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 00 Kendrian Elliott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Wichita South Wichita, KS G 2 Tatyana Perez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Cypress Woods Cypress, TX G 4 Addison Richardson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bixby Bixby, OK G 5 Jasmine Butler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Pearland Pearland, TX G 10 Alexis Gaulden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, OK G 11 Maddie Bittle 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Bixby Bixby, OK G 12 Renetha Dickson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Lutheran North St. Louis, MO G 15 K. K. Rodriguez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Webster Groves St. Louis, MO F 20 Elín Sóley Hrafnkelsdóttir 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Univ. of Iceland Kópavogur, Iceland G 21 Rebecca Lescay 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Liberty Plano, TX G 22 Morgan Brady 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Parkview Arts & Science Hensley, AR G 23 Kayla Moutry 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr McKinney McKinney, TX F 25 Tyjae' Scales 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Kinkaid Houston, TX G 32 Desiree Lewis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Judson Converse, TX F 33 Crystal Polk 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lawton Ike Lawton, OK	Head coach Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Shane Coffey (Oklahoma State) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Leah Foster (St. Edward's) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 17, 2024

Schedule and results

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2018* 7:00 p.m.		USAO	W 89–38		Reynolds Center (867) Tulsa, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 12:00 p.m.		Stetson	W 55–54	1–0	Reynolds Center (987) Tulsa, OK
11/09/2018* 6:00 p.m.		at American	L 52–68	1–1	Bender Arena (609) Washington, D.C.
11/12/2018* 5:00 p.m.		at Belmont	L 53–78	1–2	Curb Event Center (619) Nashville, TN
11/17/2018* 2:00 p.m.		at Oral Roberts PSO Mayor's Cup	W 76–68	2–2	Mabee Center (1,493) Tulsa, OK
11/20/2018* 7:00 p.m.		Saint Louis	W 86–75 OT	3–2	Reynolds Center (981) Tulsa, OK
11/24/2018* 2:00 p.m.		at Stephen F. Austin	L 34–76	3–3	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,303) Nacogdoches, TX
11/28/2018* 7:00 p.m.		Abilene Christian	W 75–63	4–3	Reynolds Center (871) Tulsa, OK
12/01/2018* 4:30 p.m.		vs. Alabama ASU Classic semifinals	W 80–73	5–3	Wells Fargo Arena (2,626) Tempe, AZ
12/02/2018* 3:00 p.m.		at Arizona State ASU Classic championship	L 52–70	5–4	Wells Fargo Arena (1,881) Tempe, AZ
12/09/2018* 2:00 p.m.		at Arkansas State	L 60–73	5–5	First National Bank Arena (671) Jonesboro, AR
12/17/2018* 7:00 p.m.		Little Rock	L 53–63	5–6	Reynolds Center (863) Tulsa, OK
12/20/2018* 2:00 p.m.		Arkansas	L 59–61	5–7	Reynolds Center (1,222) Tulsa, OK
12/29/2018* 2:00 p.m.		UTEP	W 66–45	6–7	Reynolds Center (823) Tulsa, OK
AAC regular season
01/04/2019 7:00 p.m., ADN		Wichita State	W 63–49	7–7 (1–0)	Reynolds Center (1,009) Tulsa, OK
01/09/2019 7:00 p.m.		Memphis	W 46–39	8–7 (2–0)	Reynolds Center (918) Tulsa, OK
01/12/2019 4:00 p.m.		at East Carolina	W 75–55	9–7 (3–0)	Williams Arena (893) Greenville, NC
01/16/2019 6:00 p.m.		at UCF	L 44–60	9–8 (3–1)	CFE Arena (2,547) Orlando, FL
01/19/2019 2:00 p.m.		Cincinnati	L 50–70	9–9 (3–2)	Reynolds Center (842) Tulsa, OK
01/26/2019 2:00 p.m.		at Houston	L 44–76	9–10 (3–3)	Fertitta Center (1,185) Houston, TX
01/29/2019 7:00 p.m., ADN		Temple	L 61–75	9–11 (3–4)	Reynolds Center (815) Tulsa, OK
02/02/2019 3:00 p.m.		at Memphis	L 56–59	9–12 (3–5)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (524) Memphis, TN
02/06/2019 7:00 p.m., ADN		SMU	W 49–35	10–12 (4–5)	Reynolds Center (849) Tulsa, OK
02/10/2019 2:00 p.m.		Tulane	W 72–67	11–12 (5–5)	Reynolds Center (1,203) Tulsa, OK
02/16/2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at South Florida	L 48–59	11–13 (5–6)	Yuengling Center (2,403) Tampa, FL
02/20/2019 6:00 p.m.		at Cincinnati	L 47–74	11–14 (5–7)	Fifth Third Arena (781) Cincinnati, OH
02/24/2019 2:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN3		No. 3 Connecticut	L 49–68	11–15 (5–8)	Reynolds Center (2,612) Tulsa, OK
02/27/2019 6:00 p.m.		at Temple	W 64–61	12–15 (6–8)	McGonigle Hall (859) Philadelphia, PA
03/02/2019 2:00 p.m.		East Carolina	L 60–64	12–16 (6–9)	Reynolds Center (1,119) Tulsa, OK
03/04/2019 6:30 p.m.		at Wichita State	L 49–71	12–17 (6–10)	Charles Koch Arena (1,552) Wichita, KS
AAC women's tournament
03/08/2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN3	(7)	vs. (10) Wichita State First Round	W 61–50	13–17	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
03/09/2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN3	(7)	vs. (2) UCF Quarterfinals	L 54–66	13–18	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

• 2018–19 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team