2018–19 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2018–19 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State †	15	–	1	.938	33	–	3	.917
No. 15 South Carolina	13	–	3	.813	23	–	9	.719
No. 14 Texas A&M	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 17 Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
Missouri	10	–	6	.625	24	–	11	.686
Auburn	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Tennessee	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
LSU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	22	–	15	.595
Alabama	5	–	11	.313	14	–	17	.452
Ole Miss	3	–	13	.188	9	–	22	.290
Florida	3	–	13	.188	8	–	23	.258
Vanderbilt	2	–	14	.125	7	–	23	.233

† 2019 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team will represent the University of South Carolina during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by eleventh year head coach Dawn Staley, will play their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2017–18 season 29–7, 12–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi State to win the SEC Women's Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament.^[1] They defeated North Carolina A&T and Virginia in the first and second rounds, Buffalo in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.^[2]

Roster

2017–18 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Nelly Perry	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Brimm Medical Arts	Camden, NJ
G	1	Bianca Cuevas-Moore	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Sr	Nazareth Regional	Bronx, NY
G	2	Te'a Cooper	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	McEachern HS Tennessee	Powder Springs, GA
G	3	Destanni Henderson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Fort Myers	Fort Myers, FL
G	4	Doniyah Cliney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Malcolm X Shabazz	Newark, NJ
F	5	Victaria Saxton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Model	Rome, GA
G	10	Bianca Jackson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Brewbaker Tech Magnet	Montgomery, AL
F	21	Mikiah Harrigan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Flanagan	Pembroke Pines, FL
C	23	LaDazhia Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Lakewood Ranch	Bradenton, FL
G	24	Lele Grissett	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Hillside	Durham, NC
F	32	Elysa Wesolek	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Northwood Academy	Charleston, SC
F	35	Alexis Jennings	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Sparkman HS Kentucky	Madison, AL
G	52	Tyasha Harris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Heritage Christian	Noblesville, IN

Head coach

Dawn Staley (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2018*	Lander	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
Regular season
11/11/2018*	at Alabama State	Dunn–Oliver Acadome Montgomery, AL
11/15/2018*	Clemson Rivalry	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
11/18/2018*	Maryland	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
11/22/2018* 9 p.m.	vs. ETSU Vancouver Showcase	Vancouver Convention Centre Vancouver, BC
11/28/2018*	Dayton	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
12/02/2018*	Baylor Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
12/05/2018*	Appalachian State	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
12/09/2018*	at Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
12/16/2018*	at Purdue	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2018*	Temple	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
12/30/2018*	Furman	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
1/03/2019	at Texas A&M	Reed Arena College Station, TX
1/06/2019	Alabama	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
1/10/2019	Florida	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
1/13/2019	at LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
1/17/2019	at Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
1/21/2019	Missouri	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
1/28/2019	Vanderbilt	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
1/31/2019	at Kentucky	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
2/03/2019	at Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
2/07/2019	Ole Miss	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
2/11/2019	at Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
2/14/2019	Georgia	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
2/17/2019	at Florida	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
2/21/2019	Kentucky	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
2/24/2019	at Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
2/28/2019	at Auburn	Auburn Arena Auburn, AL
3/03/2019	Mississippi State	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

[1] South Carolina snaps Mississippi State's 32-game winning streak to win 4th straight SEC title

[2] UConn routs South Carolina 94-65, heads back to Final Four

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