2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
Rutgers	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Northwestern	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	15	–	18	.455
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

† 2019 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by second-year head coach Nancy Fahey, played their home games at State Farm Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	J-Naya Ephraim	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Southern Durham	Saint Croix, USVI
G	1	Brandi Beasley	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Ridgeway	Memphis, TN
F	2	Lyric Robins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Plano West	Plano, TX
G	3	Arieal Scott	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Urbana	Urbana, IL
F	4	Mackenzie Blazek	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Whiteland Community	Franklin, IN
G	5	Cierra Rice	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Grosse Pointe South	Gross Pointe, MI
G	11	Carolyn Waleski	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lincoln-Way East	Frankfort, IL
G	13	Petra Holešínská	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Sportovni Gzmnazium Ludvika Danka	Vracov, Czech Republic
F	21	Nancy Panagiotopoulou Andritsopoulou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	American Community Schools of Athens	Athens, Greece
G	23	Jaelyne Kirkpatrick	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	St. Ignatius of Loyola	Oakville, Ontario
G	30	Courtney Joens	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	City High	Iowa City, IA
F	31	Sarah Shewan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Quinnipiac	Russell, ON
G	33	Meagan McNicholas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Rochester	Rochester, IL
F	35	Alex Wittinger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Delano	Delano, MN
F	50	Ali Andrews	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Huntley	Lake in the Hills, IL

Head coach

Nancy Fahey (Wisconsin)

Assistant coach(es)

LaKale Malone (Indiana)
Tianna Kirkland (Ferris State)
Steve Cochran (Missouri-St. Louis)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 11:00 AM	Alabama A&M	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/14/2018* 7:00 PM	Valparaiso	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/18/2018* 1:00 PM	Columbia	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/23/2018* 4:00 PM	at Cal Poly ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
11/24/2018* 4:00 PM	vs. Sacramento State ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2018* 6:00 PM	at Clemson ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
12/01/2018* 2:00 PM	Eastern Michigan	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/05/2018* 7:00 PM	Indiana State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/11/2018* 7:00 PM	Murray State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/15/2018* TBA	SIU Edwardsville	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/21/2018* 12:00 PM	Missouri	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018 7:00 PM	Indiana	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/31/2018 2:00 PM, BTN	at Northwestern	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/06/2019 3:00 PM	at Minnesota	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2019 7:00 PM	Rutgers	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/12/2019 1:00 PM	at Penn State	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
01/17/2019 7:00 PM	Nebraska	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/20/2019 2:00 PM	Iowa	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/24/2019 6:00 PM	Michigan State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/27/2019 2:00 PM	Northwestern	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/31/2019 6:00 PM	at Ohio State	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
02/04/2019 6:30 PM, BTN	Maryland	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/07/2019 6:00 PM	at Purdue	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
02/10/2019 2:00 PM	Wisconsin	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/14/2019 7:00 PM	at Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
02/17/2019 2:00 PM	Michigan	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/20/2019 7:00 PM	at Wisconsin	Kohl Center Madison, WI
02/24/2019 3:00 PM, BTN	Penn State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
03/02/2019 1:00 PM	at Maryland	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/06–10/2019	vs.	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Illinois Athletics.

[1] "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Illinois Athletics.

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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References