2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
OVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	26–7 (16–2 OVC)
Head coach	Bart Brooks (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jamey Givens; Amy Malo; Karmen Graham;
Home arena	Curb Event Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Belmont †	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
UT Martin	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Morehead State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
Tennessee Tech	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Austin Peay	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Jacksonville State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	15	.500
Murray State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
SIU Edwardsville	8	–	10	.444	13	–	16	.448
Southeast Missouri State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Eastern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	11	–	18	.379
Tennessee State	5	–	13	.278	5	–	25	.167
Eastern Kentucky	0	–	18	.000	2	–	27	.069


† 2019 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by second year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC Women's Tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Madison Treece	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Rock Bridge Duke	St. Peters, MO
G	4	Macie Culbertson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Daniel Boone	Fall Branch, TN
F	10	Allison Luly	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Creekview	Alpharetta, GA
G	14	Jamilyn Kinney	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Van Buren	Van Buren, AR
F	20	Conley Chinn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Jackson Academy	Jackson, MS
G	21	Paris Lawson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Oakland	Murfreesboro, TN
G	22	Maddie Cook	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Oakland	Murfreesboro, TN
G	24	Jenny Roy	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Brentwood	Brentwood, TN
G	25	Grace Smith	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Cary Christian School	Raleigh, NC
F	30	Ellie Harmeyer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Shoreland Lutheran	Kenosha, WI
G	31	Maura Muensterman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Mater Dei Indiana	Evansville, IN
G	33	Darby Maggard	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Fort Wayne Canterbury	Larwill, IN
G	34	Hannah Harmeyer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Shoreland Lutheran Wisconsin Lutheran	Kenosha, WI
F	55	Maddie Wright	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Boyd-Buchanan	Chattanooga, TN

Head coach

Bart Brooks (Wyoming)

Assistant coach(es)

Jamey Givens (Florida State)
Amy Malo (Vanderbilt)
Christine Clark (Harvard)

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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non–conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018* 6:00 pm, ACCNE		at No. 17 NC State	L 62–77	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum (1,945) Raleigh, NC
Nov 12, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Tulsa	W 78–53	1–1	Curb Event Center (619) Nashville, TN
Nov 15, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wright State	W 79–63	2–1	Nutter Center (342) Fairborn, OH
Nov 19, 2018* 6:30 pm		at Middle Tennessee	W 45–38	3–1	Murphy Center (3,625) Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 21, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	W 71–53	4–1	BB&T Arena (1,052) Highland Heights, KY
Nov 28, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Toledo	L 69–78	4–2	Curb Event Center (2,461) Nashville, TN
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCNE		at Clemson	L 62–65	4–3	Littlejohn Coliseum (561) Clemson, SC
Dec 4, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard	W 83–43	5–3	Curb Event Center (1,341) Nashville, TN
Dec 17, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Chattanooga	W 67–51	6–3	McKenzie Arena (1,367) Chattanooga, TN
Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 74–55	7–3	Curb Event Center (578) Nashville, TN
Dec 30, 2018* 1:00 pm		at No. 10 Tennessee	L 76–84	7–4	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,546) Knoxville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville State	W 66–52	8–4 (1–0)	Curb Event Center (1,197) Nashville, TN
Jan 5, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee Tech	L 72–77	8–5 (1–1)	Curb Event Center (1,894) Nashville, TN
Jan 10, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPNU		Morehead State	W 77–50	9–5 (2–1)	Curb Event Center (802) Nashville, TN
Jan 12, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Kentucky	W 69–43	10–5 (3–1)	Curb Event Center (1,252) Nashville, TN
Jan 17, 2019 5:15 pm, ESPN+		at Jacksonville State	W 64–41	11–5 (4–1)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,022) Jacksonville, AL
Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee State	W 80–46	12–5 (5–1)	Curb Event Center (1,521) Nashville, TN
Jan 24, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Murray State	W 65–58	13–5 (6–1)	CFSB Center (3,071) Murray, KY
Jan 26, 2019 1:30 pm, ESPN+		at Austin Peay	W 80–62	14–5 (7–1)	Dunn Center (596) Clarksville, TN
Jan 31, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeast Missouri State	W 91–57	15–5 (8–1)	Curb Event Center (1,043) Nashville, TN
Feb 2, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Martin	W 100–86	16–5 (9–1)	Curb Event Center (1,478) Nashville, TN
Feb 7, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky	W 87–52	17–5 (10–1)	McBrayer Arena (250) Richmond, KY
Feb 9, 2019 1:05 pm, ESPN+		at Morehead State	W 77–57	18–5 (11–1)	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,305) Morehead, KY
Feb 13, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Tennessee State	W 89–65	19–5 (12–1)	Gentry Complex (3,843) Nashville, TN
Feb 16, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee Tech	W 99–67	20–5 (13–1)	Eblen Center (2,452) Cookeville, TN
Feb 21, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Illinois	W 98–57	21–5 (14–1)	Curb Event Center (1,347) Nashville, TN
Feb 23, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+		SIU Edwardsville	W 87–54	22–5 (15–1)	Curb Event Center (2,017) Nashville, TN
Feb 28, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at UT Martin	L 68–71 ^OT	22–6 (15–2)	Skyhawk Arena (1,476) Martin, TN
Mar 2, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+		at Southeast Missouri State	W 92–86	23–6 (16–2)	Show Me Center (735) Cape Girardeau, MO
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Mar 6, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (8) Southeast Missouri State First Round	W 74–65	24–6	Ford Center Evansville, IN
Mar 8, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (4) Tennessee Tech Semifinals	W 62–48	25–6	Ford Center (767) Evansville, IN
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (3) UT Martin Championship Game	W 59–53	26–6	Ford Center (827) Evansville, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019* 12:45 pm, ESPN2	(13 G)	at (4 G) No. 15 South Carolina First Round	L 52–74	26–7	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region. All times are in Central Time.

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	RV																			N/A
Coaches		N/A

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

References

^ "2018-19 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins.

[1] "2018-19 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins.

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v t e Belmont Bruins women's basketball
Venues	Striplin Gym (1968–2001) Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2001–2003) Curb Event Center (2003–present)
Rivalries	Lipscomb
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 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

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References