2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represents Northern Illinois University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, play 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.

2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	19–13 (10–8 MAC)
Head coach	Lisa Carlsen (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Adam Tandez John McGinty Maria Kasza
Home arena	Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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 Lisa Carlsen (Northwest Missouri State) Assistant coach(es) John McGinty (Iowa) Adam Tandez (Marquette) Maria Kasza (Michigan Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt 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

• 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

References

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