2018–19 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by seventh-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, play their home games at Knapp Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

2018–19 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball
MVC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	27–7 (17–1 The Valley)
Head coach	Jennie Baranczyk (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Allison Pohlman Nicci Hays Fort Markisha Wright
Home arena	Knapp Center
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017–18 season 26–8, 18–0 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Valparaiso, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley women's tournament.^[1] They earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Texas A&M in the first round.^[2]

Roster

2018–19 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Maddie Monahan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Glencoe-Silver Lake Silver Lake, MN G 5 Becca Hittner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Dowling Catholic Urbandale, IA G 11 Kierra Collier   5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Truman Washington Kansas City, MO G/F 12 Brenni Rose 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Shawnee Mission Northwest Shawnee, KS F 15 Allie Wooldridge 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Center Point-Urbana Center Point, IA G 20 Maddy Dean 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Jordan Jordan, MN G 21 Sammie Bachrodt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Kapaun Mt. Carmel Wichita, KS G 22 Hannah Fuller 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Valley West Des Moines, IA G 23 Maggie Negaard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI G 24 Nicole Miller 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr North Linn Walker, IA G 30 Katie Van Scyoc 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lourdes Academy Green Lake, WI F 31 Monica Burich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Roseville Colorado Roseville, MN F/C 35 Becca Jonas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Truman Independence, MO F/C 40 Mya Mertz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Blue Valley Northwest Overland Park, KS F 43 Grace Berg   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Indianola Missouri Indianola, IA F 50 Sara Rhine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Eldon Eldon, MO	Head coach Jennie Baranczyk (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Allison Pohlman (Northern Iowa) Nicci Hays Fort (Loyola (MD)) Markisha Wright (Notre Dame) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 28, 2019

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV = Received votes. NR = Not ranked.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	24	21	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	23	21	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV^	RV	24	21	25	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	23	21	RV

^ No Week 2 poll released.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2018* 2:00 pm		Dubuque	W 117–33		Knapp Center (1,993) Des Moines, IA
11/03/2018* 5:00 pm		Pittsburg State	W 92–55		Knapp Center (2,059) Des Moines, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Nebraska	W 83–77	1–0	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,738) Lincoln, NE
11/10/2018* 4:30 pm		at Western Illinois	W 98–71	2–0	Western Hall (681) Macomb, IL
11/15/2018* 6:00 pm, MC22/ESPN3		South Dakota	W 76–64	3–0	Knapp Center (5,511) Des Moines, IA
11/18/2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 73–63	4–0	Knapp Center (2,345) Des Moines, IA
11/22/2018* 3:30 pm		vs. Rutgers Vancouver Showcase quarterfinals	W 69–59	5–0	Vancouver Convention Centre (383) Vancouver, BC
11/23/2018* 9:00 pm		vs. No. 1 Notre Dame Vancouver Showcase semifinals	L 64–82	5–1	Vancouver Convention Centre (1,156) Boulder, CO
11/24/2018* 9:30 pm		vs. No. 13 South Carolina Vancouver Showcase 3rd place game	W 90–85 ^OT	6–1	Vancouver Convention Centre (1,866) Boulder, CO
11/28/2018* 12:00 pm	No. 24	Creighton	W 85–69	7–1	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,535) Omaha, NE
12/04/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN3	No. 21	Clarke	W 91–43	8–1	Knapp Center (6,031) Des Moines, IA
12/08/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 21	at South Dakota State	L 71–80	8–2	Frost Arena (1,711) Brookings, SD
12/16/2018* 12:00 pm, Cyclones.TV		at Iowa State	L 81–86	8–3	Hilton Coliseum (10,923) Ames, IA
12/21/2018* 6:00 pm, MC22/ESPN+		No. 16 Iowa	L 82–91	8–4	Knapp Center (6,107) Des Moines, IA
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
1/04/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bradley	W 92–63	9–4 (1–0)	Renaissance Coliseum (737) Peoria, IL
1/06/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State	W 82–64	10–4 (2–0)	Redbird Arena (592) Normal, IL
1/11/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Loyola–Chicago	W 69–60	11–4 (2–1)	Knapp Center (2,786) Des Moines, IA
1/13/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Valparaiso	W 84–53	12–4 (4–0)	Knapp Center (3,121) Des Moines, IA
1/18/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa	W 88–64	13–4 (5–0)	McLeod Center (1,458) Cedar Falls, IA
1/25/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	W 70–68	14–4 (6–0)	Hulman Center (1,408) Terre Haute, IN
1/27/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Evansville	W 78–47	15–4 (7–0)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (233) Evansville, IN
2/01/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Missouri State	L 79–85	15–5 (7–1)	Knapp Center (3,101) Des Moines, IA
2/03/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Southern Illinois	W 94–66	16–5 (8–1)	Knapp Center (3,683) Des Moines, IA
2/08/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	W 88–62	17–5 (9–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (328) Valparaiso, IN
2/10/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola–Chicago	W 83–55	18–5 (10–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (264) Chicago, IL
2/15/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	W 76–61	19–5 (11–1)	Knapp Center (3,401) Des Moines, IA
2/22/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 24	Evansville	W 66–39	20–5 (12–1)	Knapp Center (3,463) Des Moines, IA
2/24/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 24	Indiana State	W 96–77	21–5 (13–1)	Knapp Center (2,878) Des Moines, IA
3/01/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 23	at Southern Illinois	W 71–64	22–5 (14–1)	SIU Arena (415) Carbondale, IL
3/03/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 23	at Missouri State	W 70–61	23–5 (15–1)	JQH Arena (3,827) Springfield, MO
3/06/2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 23	Illinois State	W 88–61	24–5 (16–1)	Knapp Center (3,555) Des Moines, IA
3/09/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 23	Bradley	W 95–53	25–5 (17–1)	Knapp Center (3,257) Des Moines, IA
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
3/15/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(1) No. 21	vs. (9) Valparaiso Quarterfinals	W 86–58	25–5	TaxSlayer Center (1,509) Moline, IL
3/16/2018 1:30 pm, ESPN+	(1) No. 21	vs. (4) Illinois State Semifinals	W 65–54	27–5	TaxSlayer Center (2,254) Moline, IL
3/17/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(1) No. 21	vs. (2) Missouri State Championship Game	L 79–94	27–6	TaxSlayer Center (1,558) Moline, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2018* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(10 G)	vs. (7 G) Missouri First Round	L 76–77 ^OT	27–7	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,220) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region. All times are in Central Time. ^[3]

References

1. Drake women win MVC Tournament over Northern Iowa, 75-63
2. Drake women shoot, pass well but ultimately fall to Texas A&M in NCAA Tournament's first round
3. Drake women's basketball schedule