2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team

2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record19–13 (10–8 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Adam Tandez
  • John McGinty
  • Maria Kasza
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Ohio 14 – 4   .778 30 – 6   .833
Miami (OH) 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719
Buffalo † 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
Kent State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Akron 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
Bowling Green 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
West
Central Michigan 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758
Toledo 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Northern Illinois 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Eastern Michigan 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Western Michigan 4 – 14   .222 10 – 20   .333
Ball State 3 – 15   .167 8 – 23   .258
† 2019 MAC tournament winner

The 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Ohio. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster

2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Errin Hodges 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Central Evansville, IN
G 3 Gabby Nikitiniate 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) So Coopers School Orpington, England
G/F 4 Courtney Woods 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Margaret's Anglican School Brisbane, Australia
G 5 Ninni Salmi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Mäkelänrinne
San Francisco 		Kauhajoki, Finland
F 12 Riley Blackwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Plainfield Plainfield, IN
F 14 Mikayla Brandon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Bradley-Bourbonnais Bourbonnais, IL
G 21 Mikayla Voigt 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Kettle Moraine Lutheran Slinger, WI
G 22 Janae Poisson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Marian Catholic Matteson, IL
G 23 Myia Starks 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Neuqua Valley Oswego, IL
G 24 Paulina Castro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Harvest Christian Elgin, IL
F 31 Christina Britter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Dunlap Dunlap, IL
F 32 Abby Woollacott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Rockford Lutheran Rockford, IL
F 34 Ally May 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Arrowhead Hartland, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018*
1:00 pm 		St. Francis (IL) W 59–55 
Convocation Center (224)
DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Yale
Preseason WNIT First Round 		W 89–80  1–0
 Convocation Center (615)
DeKalb, IL
Nov 11, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at Iowa State
Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals 		L 60–70  1–1
 Hilton Coliseum (9,266)
Ames, IA
Nov 18, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northern Iowa
Preseason WNIT Consolation round 		W 70–59  2–1
 Convocation Center (344)
DeKalb, IL
Nov 25, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at Indiana L 73–91  2–2
 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,415)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 28, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		North Dakota State W 81–63  3–2
 Convocation Center (1,202)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 1, 2018*
3:00 pm 		at Montana
38th Lady Griz Classic semifinals 		L 70–86  3–3
 Dahlberg Arena (2,816)
Missoula, MT
Dec 2, 2018*
1:00 pm 		vs. Nevada
38th Lady Griz Classic 3rd place game 		W 98–69  4–3
 Dahlberg Arena (301)
Missoula, MT
Dec 7, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at Southern Illinois
Compass Challenge 		L 73–82  4–4
 SIU Arena (560)
Carbondale, IL
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm 		vs. Western Illinois
Compass Challenge 		W 86–61  5–4
 SIU Arena (100)
Carbondale, IL
Dec 17, 2018*
5:30 pm 		Eastern Illinois W 78–59  6–4
 Convocation Center (417)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 21, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Chicago State W 114–52  7–4
 Convocation Center (455)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 31, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Brown W 109–102 2OT 8–4
 Convocation Center (411)
DeKalb, IL
MAC regular season
Jan 5, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Miami (OH) W 82–71  9–4
(1–0) 		Convocation Center (507)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 9, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Kent State L 78–87  9–5
(1–1) 		MAC Center (215)
Kent, OH
Jan 12, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Central Michigan L 66–89  9–6
(1–2) 		Convocation Center (431)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 16, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bowling Green W 66–52  10–6
(2–2) 		Stroh Center (1,408)
Bowling Green, OH
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Akron
Rescheduled from January 19 		W 70–59  11–6
(3–2) 		Convocation Center (917)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 23, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Ohio L 53–69  11–7
(3–3) 		Convocation Center (269)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 26, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Buffalo L 64–93  11–8
(3–4) 		Alumni Arena (2,174)
Amherst, NY
Feb 2, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Eastern Michigan W 68–65  12–8
(4–4) 		Convocation Center 
Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 6, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Bowling Green W 88–47  13–8
(5–4) 		Convocation Center (302)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 9, 2019
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Ball State W 93–83  14–8
(6–4) 		Worthen Arena (1,333)
Muncie, IN
Feb 13, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Miami (OH) L 45–70  14–9
(6–5) 		Millett Hall (466)
Oxford, OH
Feb 16, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Toledo W 54–52  15–9
(7–5) 		Convocation Center (1,305)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 18, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Western Michigan
Rescheduled from January 30 		W 77–64  16–9
(8–5) 		Convocation Center (296)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 23, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Central Michigan L 52–76  16–10
(8–6) 		McGuirk Arena (2,157)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Feb 27, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Eastern Michigan W 70–60  17–10
(9–6) 		Convocation Center (367)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 2, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Toledo L 43–54  17–11
(9–7) 		Savage Arena (4,119)
Toledo, OH
Mar 6, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Ball State L 64–67  17–12
(9–8) 		Convocation Center (501)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 9, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Western Michigan W 74–71  18–12
(10–8) 		University Arena (594)
Kalamazoo, MI
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(7) (10) Western Michigan
First Round 		W 70–69  19–12
 Convocation Center (496)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 13, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(7) vs. (2) Ohio
Quarterfinals 		L 56–72  19–13
 Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Official Website of Northern Illinois Athletics". Niuhuskies.com.