2018–19 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team represents Boise State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 14th-year head coach Gordy Presnell, play their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title. Boise State won the 2019 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Women’s Basketball Championship, which earned them the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1] They lost in the first round to Oregon State in overtime. With 28 wins, they finish with the most wins in the regular season in school history.

2018–19 Boise State Broncos women's basketball
Husky Classic Champions Mountain West regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	28–5 (16–2 MWC)
Head coach	Gordy Presnell (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Cody Butler Heather Sower Cariann Ramirez
Home arena	Taco Bell Arena
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Boise State †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	5		.848
New Mexico	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Fresno State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Utah State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
UNLV	10	–	8		.556			12	–	18		.400
Nevada	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
San Diego State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
San Jose State	5	–	13		.278			6	–	24		.200
Air Force	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Colorado State	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2019 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 3 Sofia Galeron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr   Burgos, Spain G 14 Braydey Hodgins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Chiawana HS Pasco, WA F 15 Tess Amundsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Clovis West HS Fresno, CA G 20 Marta Hermida 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Margarita Salas HS Madrid, Spain G 21 Riley Lupfer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Lewis and Clark HS Spokane, WA G/F 22 Ellie Woerner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Eastlake HS Portland Sammamish, WA G 23 Jayde Christopher 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Cleveland HS Kansas Federal Way, WA F 25 Rachel Bowers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Canyon HS Santa Clarita, CA G 30 Jade Loville 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Skyline HS Sammamish, WA C 31 Marijke Vanderschaaf 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Eastlake HS Sammamish, WA F 32 Mallory McGwire   6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Reno HS Oregon Reno, NV F 33 Joyce Harrell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Cleveland HS Seattle, WA G 35 Maggie Freeman 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Southridge HS Beaverton, OR F 42 A'Shanti Coleman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Arizona San Francisco, CA F 44 Emerald Toth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Bozeman HS Bozeman, MT	Head coach Gordy Presnell (Northwest Nazarene) Assistant coach(es) Cody Butler (Nevada) Heather Sower (Boise State) Cariann Ramirez (Boise State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2018* 7:00 pm		Concordia (OR)	W 99–68		Taco Bell Arena (592) Boise, ID
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018* 5:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 74–63	1–0	Taco Bell Arena (419) Boise, ID
Nov 10, 2018* 4:30 pm		Southern Oregon	W 91–46	2–0	Taco Bell Arena (903) Boise, ID
Nov 16, 2018* 5:30 pm		Northwest Christian	W 93–26	3–0	Taco Bell Arena (749) Boise, ID
Nov 19, 2018* 7:00 pm		No. 5 Louisville	L 55–74	3–1	Taco Bell Arena (4,125) Boise, ID
Nov 23, 2018* 6:00 pm		vs. Idaho Beach Classic	W 91–85	4–1	Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA
Nov 24, 2018* 3:00 pm		vs. Northern Iowa Beach Classic	W 61–60	5–1	Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, CA
Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Washington State	L 71–95	5–2	Beasley Coliseum (547) Pullman, WA
Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 67–55	6–2	Taco Bell Arena (625) Boise, ID
Dec 15, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. Saint Francis (PA) Husky Classic semifinals	W 78–64	7–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,600) Seattle, WA
Dec 16, 2018* 5:00 pm		at Washington Husky Classic championship	W 73–69	8–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,417) Seattle, WA
Dec 19, 2018* 5:30 pm		Southern Utah	W 88–53	9–2	Taco Bell Arena  Boise, ID
Mountain West regular season
Jan 2, 2019 7:00 pm		Wyoming	W 72–64	10–2 (1–0)	Taco Bell Arena (1,097) Boise, ID
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm		at San Diego State	W 69–66	11–2 (2–0)	Viejas Arena (662) San Diego, CA
Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm		San Jose State	W 99–68	12–2 (3–0)	Taco Bell Arena (1,284) Boise, ID
Jan 16, 2019 7:30 pm		at Nevada	W 75–74	13–2 (4–0)	Lawlor Events Center (872) Reno, NV
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 72–60	14–2 (5–0)	Save Mart Center (2,294) Fresno, CA
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm		Air Force	W 79–48	15–2 (6–0)	Taco Bell Arena (738) Boise, ID
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 52–64	15–3 (6–1)	Arena-Auditorium (3,621) Laramie, WY
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm		Colorado State	W 70–57	16–3 (7–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,181) Boise, ID
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm		Nevada	W 80–65	17–3 (8–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,627) Boise, ID
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm		at UNLV	W 64–57	18–3 (9–1)	Cox Pavilion (1,003) Paradise, NV
Feb 9, 2019 3:00 pm		at San Jose State	W 83–69	19–3 (10–1)	Event Center Arena (402) San Jose, CA
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm		Fresno State	W 83–76	20–3 (11–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,230) Boise, ID
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm		San Diego State	W 91–67	21–3 (12–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,875) Boise, ID
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm		at Utah State	L 68–81	21–4 (12–2)	Smith Spectrum (451) Logan, UT
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 72–63 ^OT	22–4 (13–2)	Moby Arena (1,110) Fort Collins, CO
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm		UNLV	W 53–38	23–4 (14–2)	Taco Bell Arena (1,339) Boise, ID
Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm		New Mexico	W 70–66	24–4 (15–2)	Taco Bell Arena (2,682) Boise, ID
Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm		at Air Force	W 80–60	25–4 (16–2)	Clune Arena (368) Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain West Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019 1:00 pm, Stadium	(1)	vs. (8) Nevada Quarterfinals	W 72–67	26–4	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
Mar 12, 2019 7:00 pm, Stadium	(1)	vs. (4) Fresno State Semifinals	W 89–77	27–4	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
Mar 13, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN	(1)	vs. (3) Wyoming Championship Game	W 68–51	28–4	Thomas & Mack Center (2,011) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 23, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(13 A)	at (4 A) No. 11 Oregon State First Round	L 75–80 ^OT	28–5	Gill Coliseum (5,089) Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Mountain 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								RV			RV	RV			RV	N/A
Coaches		N/A	RV									RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2018–19 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

References

1. "Boise State Women's Basketball Completes Historic Three-Peat With MW Tournament Title". themw.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".