2018–19 Michigan State Spartans 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 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 12th-year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Shay Colley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	St. Edmund Campion Secondary South Carolina	Brampton, ON
G/F	1	Tory Ozment	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, GA
F	2	Mardrekia Cook	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Muskegon	Muskegon, MI
G	4	Taryn McCutcheon	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	East Lansing	East Lansing, MI
G	5	Claire Hendrickson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	Wyoming	Wyoming, MI
F	10	Sidney Cooks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	St. Joseph	Kenosha, WI
F	11	Nathy Dambo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Junípero Serra	Fort-de-France, Martinique
F	12	Nia Hollie	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
F	15	Victoria Gaines	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
G	24	Nia Clouden	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	St. Frances	Owings Mills, MD
C	33	Jenna Allen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	North Lawrence	Bedford, IN
F	42	Kayla Belles	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Ithaca	Ithaca, MI

Head coach

Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (Hofstra)
Maria Fantanarosa (Miami)
Alysiah Bond (Ohio State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2018* 7:00 PM	Hillsdale	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 7:00 PM	Bowling Green	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
11/11/2018* 1:00 PM	East Tennessee State	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
11/18/2018* 1:00 PM	Wright State	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
11/22/2018* 6:30 PM	vs. NC State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
11/23/2018* 9:00 PM	vs. Kennesaw State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2018* 7:00 PM, BTN	Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/02/2018* 2:00 PM	Texas Southern	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/05/2018* 7:00 PM	at Oakland	Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
12/09/2018* 3:00 PM, ESPN2	Oregon	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/16/2018* 2:00 PM	at Hartford	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT
12/20/2018* 7:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
12/30/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN2	Iowa	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/03/2019 8:00 PM	at Northwestern	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/06/2019 2:00 PM	at Indiana	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
01/09/2019 7:00 PM	Minnesota	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/14/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	at Ohio State	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
01/17/2019 6:00 PM, BTN	Maryland	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/20/2019 2:00 PM	at Rutgers	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
01/24/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	Illinois	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/27/2019 2:00 PM, BTN	at Michigan	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
01/31/2019 7:00 PM	Penn State	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/03/2019 2:00 PM, BTN	Purdue	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/07/2019 9:00 PM, BTN	at Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
02/11/2019 7:00 PM, BTN	Indiana	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/14/2019 8:00 PM	at Wisconsin	Kohl Center Madison, WI
02/17/2019 4:00 PM, BTN	at Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
02/21/2019 6:00 PM, BTN	Ohio State	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/24/2019 2:00 PM, ESPN2	Michigan	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
03/04/2019 4:00 PM	at Minnesota	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten 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 Eastern Time Source^[1].

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

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.Com.

[1] "Michigan State University Official Athletic Site Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Msuspartans.Com.

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v t e Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References