2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team

2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball
2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball
Big South regular-season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	26–7 (17–1 Big South)
Head coach	Mike McGuire (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Christie Rogers; Ross Jolly; Camille Collier;
Home arena	Dedmon Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by sixth-year head coach Mike McGuire and played their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 17–1 in Big South play, to win the Big South regular-season title. The Highlanders, who won a school-record 26 games,^[1]^[2] won the conference tournament championship game over Campbell—their first title since 1996^[1]—to earn an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament^[1] where they lost to Maryland in the first round.^[2]

ConferenceBig South Conference

Record26–7 (17–1 Big South)

Headcoach

Mike McGuire (6th season)

Assistant coaches

Christie Rogers
Ross Jolly
Camille Collier

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2018–19 Big South women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Radford †	17	–	1	.944	26	–	6	.813
High Point	15	–	3	.833	22	–	8	.733
Hampton	12	–	6	.667	16	–	14	.533
UNC Asheville	11	–	7	.611	17	–	13	.567
Campbell	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Gardner-Webb	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Charleston Southern	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Winthrop	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Presbyterian	4	–	14	.222	7	–	24	.226
USC Upstate	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233
Longwood	2	–	16	.111	3	–	26	.103

† 2019 Big South tournament winner As of March 14, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m.		Roanoke	W 77–27		Dedmon Center Radford, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Carolina State	W 61–31	1–0	Dedmon Center (733) Radford, VA
November 15, 2018* 11:00 a.m.		ETSU	W 79–64	2–0	Dedmon Center (724) Radford, VA
November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE		at No. 17 NC State	L 58–75	2–1	Reynolds Coliseum (2,405) Raleigh, NC
November 23, 2018* 1:00 p.m.		vs. Temple Miami Thanksgiving Classic	W 56–50	3–1	Watsco Center (569) Coral Gables, FL
November 25, 2018* 12:00 p.m.		vs. Nebraska Miami Thanksgiving Classic	L 39–77	3–2	Watsco Center (425) Coral Gables, FL
December 4, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCNE		at Virginia Tech New River Valley rivalry	L 44–55	3–3	Cassell Coliseum (1,763) Blacksburg, VA
December 8, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE		at Virginia	W 57–44	4–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,365) Charlottesville, VA
December 15, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Morehead State	L 72–79	4–4	Dedmon Center (683) Radford, VA
December 19, 2018* 6:00 p.m.		at VCU	W 54–49	5–4	Siegel Center (654) Richmond, VA
December 29, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Shepherd	W 60–46	6–4	Dedmon Center (587) Radford, VA
January 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		at Mount St. Mary's	L 72–79	6–5	Knott Arena (218) Emmitsburg, MD
Big South regular season
January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNC Asheville	W 60–46	7–5 (1–0)	Dedmon Center (818) Radford, VA
January 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		High Point	W 80–58	8–5 (2–0)	Dedmon Center (597) Radford, VA
January 10, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Hampton	L 54–68	8–6 (2–1)	Hampton Convocation Center (2,123) Hampton, VA
January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Winthrop	W 70–49	9–6 (3–1)	Dedmon Center (616) Radford, VA
January 15, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charleston Southern	W 67–41	10–6 (4–1)	CSU Field House (217) North Charleston, SC
January 19, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Longwood	W 68–34	11–6 (5–1)	Willett Hall (336) Farmville, VA
January 22, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Presbyterian	W 59–49	12–6 (6–1)	Dedmon Center (732) Radford, VA
January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Campbell	W 56–52	13–6 (7–1)	Pope Center (1,049) Buies Creek, NC
February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at USC Upstate	W 82–41	14–6 (8–1)	G. B. Hodge Center (328) Spartanburg, SC
February 5, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gardner–Webb	W 79–69	15–6 (9–1)	Dedmon Center (655) Radford, VA
February 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at High Point	W 84–79 ^2OT	16–6 (10–1)	Millis Center (596) High Point, NC
February 16, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Longwood	W 81–52	17–6 (11–1)	Dedmon Center (808) Radford, VA
February 19, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Winthrop	W 79–57	18–6 (12–1)	Winthrop Coliseum (147) Rock Hill, SC
February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Campbell	W 61–57	19–6 (13–1)	Dedmon Center (973) Radford, VA
February 26, 2019 7:00 p.m.		at UNC Asheville	W 45–44	20–6 (14–1)	Kimmel Arena (913) Asheville, NC
March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		USC Upstate	W 55–43	21–6 (15–1)	Dedmon Center (802) Radford, VA
March 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Hampton	W 84–59	22–6 (16–1)	Dedmon Center (749) Radford, VA
March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Presbyterian	W 48–43	23–6 (17–1)	Templeton Center (256) Clinton, SC
Big South women's tournament
March 14, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	(1)	(9) Presbyterian Quarterfinals	W 60–49	24–6	Dedmon Center (981) Radford, VA
March 15, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(4) UNC Asheville Semifinals	W 59–52	25–6	Dedmon Center (817) Radford, VA
March 17, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(6) Campbell Championship game	W 57–45	26–6	Dedmon Center (1,162) Radford, VA
NCAA women's tournament
March 23, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	(14 A)	at (3 A) No. 9 Maryland First round	L 51–73	26–7	Xfinity Center (5,072) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern.

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