2018–19 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

2018–19 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record19–12 (11–7 The Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jessica Keller
  • Scott Gillespie
  • Mariyah Brawner-Henley
Home arenaRedbird Arena
Seasons
2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drake 17 – 1   .944 27 – 7   .794
Missouri State † 16 – 2   .889 25 – 10   .714
Northern Iowa 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Illinois State 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Bradley 10 – 8   .556 20 – 10   .667
Southern Illinois 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Loyola–Chicago 6 – 12   .333 13 – 18   .419
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Valparaiso 3 – 15   .167 8 – 24   .250
Evansville 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2019 MVC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Kristen Gillespie, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Drake. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster

2018–19 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Mary Crompton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Iowa City Regina Iowa City, IA
F 5 Lexy Koudelka 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Nevada Nevada, IA
G 11 TeTe Maggett 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Zion-Benton
Vincennes 		North Chicago, IL
G 13 Katrina Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Whitney Young Chicago, IL
G 14 Paige Saylor 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Roncalli Martinsville, IN
G 15 Frannie Corrigan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lyons Township LaGrange, IL
G 21 Ally Gietzel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Fon du Lac Fond du Lac, WI
G 23 Viria Livingston 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Hopkins Minnetonka, MN
F 24 Megan Talbot 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Barrington Barrington, IL
F 25 Lexi Wallen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Thomas Moore Champaign, IL
G 31 Kayel Wallen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Liberty Kansas City, MO
F 32 Simone Goods 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Benson HS
Kirkwood CC 		Omaha, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 4, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Quincy W 82–55 
Redbird Arena (550)
Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 11, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at SIU Edwardsville L 61–68  0–1
 Vadalabene Center (929)
Edwardsville, IL
Nov 14, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		North Dakota W 67–55  1–1
 Redbird Arena (507)
Normal, IL
Nov 17, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN3 		at Eastern Michigan L 41–50  1–2
 Convocation Center (1,036)
Ypsilanti, MI
Nov 19, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Cleveland State L 63–67  1–3
 Wolstein Center (132)
Cleveland, OH
Nov 25, 2018*
1:00 pm 		at Butler L 56–58  1–4
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (611)
Indianapolis, IN
Nov 29, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Oakland W 62–56  2–4
 Redbird Arena (564)
Normal, IL
Dec 4, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Austin Peay W 61–49  3–4
 Redbird Arena (547)
Normal, IL
Dec 7, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Northern Kentucky W 58–53  4–4
 BB&T Arena (1,013)
Highland Heights, KY
Dec 16, 2018*
3:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Maryville W 61–52  5–4
 Redbird Arena (545)
Normal, IL
Dec 20, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN3 		Saint Louis W 72–67  6–4
 Redbird Arena (3,500)
Normal, IL
Dec 30, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at UMKC W 62–55  7–4
 Swinney Recreation Center (713)
Kansas City, MO
Missouri Valley regular season
Jan 4, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northern Iowa W 66–64  8–4 (1–0)
 Redbird Arena (725)
Normal, IL
Jan 6, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Drake L 64–82  8–5 (1–1)
 Redbird Arena (592)
Normal, IL
Jan 11, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Indiana State L 44–59  8–6 (1–2)
 Hulman Center (1,582)
Terre Haute, IN
Jan 13, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Evansville W 72–61  9–6 (2–2)
 Meeks Family Fieldhouse (282)
Evansville, IN
Jan 18, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Southern Illinois W 60–52  10–6 (3–2)
 Redbird Arena (631)
Normal, IL
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Missouri State L 47–59  10–7 (3–3)
 Redbird Arena (782)
Normal, IL
Jan 26, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Bradley
I-74 Rivalry 		L 68–79  10–8 (3–4)
 Redbird Arena (1,223)
Normal, IL
Feb 1, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Loyola–Chicago L 59–62  10–9 (3–5)
 Joseph J. Gentile Arena (482)
Chicago, IL
Feb 3, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Valparaiso W 70–67  11–9 (4–5)
 Athletics–Recreation Center (355)
Valparaiso, IN
Feb 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Evansville W 82–59  12–9 (5–5)
 Redbird Arena (416)
Normal, IL
Feb 10, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Indiana State W 78–70  13–9 (6–5)
 Redbird Arena (1,184)
Normal, IL
Feb 15, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Missouri State W 60–56  14–9 (7–5)
 JQH Arena (1,750)
Springfield, MO
Feb 17, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Southern Illinois W 68–66  15–9 (8–5)
 SIU Arena (446)
Carbondale, IL
Feb 22, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Bradley
I-74 Rivalry 		L 65–75  15–10 (8–6)
 Renaissance Coliseum (993)
Peoria, IL
Feb 28, 2019
7:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Loyola–Chicago W 65–52  16–10 (9–6)
 Redbird Arena (497)
Normal, IL
Feb 3, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Valparaiso W 74–53  17–10 (10–6)
 Redbird Arena (897)
Normal, IL
Mar 7, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at No. 23 Drake L 61–88  17–11 (10–7)
 Knapp Center (3,555)
Des Moines, IA
Mar 9, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Northern Iowa W 54–53  18–11 (11–7)
 McLeod Center (1,596)
Cedar Falls, IA
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
Mar 15, 2019
2:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(4) vs. (5) Bradley
Quarterfinals 		W 61–55  19–11
 TaxSlayer Center (1,509)
Moline, IL
Mar 16, 2019
1:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(4) vs. (1) No. 21 Drake
Semifinals 		L 54–65  19–12
 TaxSlayer Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Illinois State Athletics". Goredbirds.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.