2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team

2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball
2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	The Summit League
Record	18–14 (10–6 The Summit)
Head coach	Jim Turgeon (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Kayla Ard; Terra Moyers; Tommie Johnson;
Home arena	Magness Arena; Hamilton Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Summit League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Dakota State †	15	–	1	.938	28	–	7	.800
South Dakota	14	–	2	.875	28	–	6	.824
Oral Roberts	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Denver	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
Western Illinois	8	–	8	.500	12	–	18	.400
North Dakota	6	–	10	.375	12	–	19	.387
North Dakota State	4	–	12	.250	7	–	22	.241
Purdue Fort Wayne	3	–	13	.188	7	–	22	.241
Omaha	2	–	14	.125	8	–	21	.276


† 2019 Summit League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team represented the University of Denver in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pioneers, led second year head coach Jim Turgeon, played their home games at Hamilton Gymnasium with 1 game at Magness Arena and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 18–14, 10–6 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League women's tournament to North Dakota. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated New Mexico in the first before losing to Idaho in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	0	Abi Curtin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Mount St Benedict College	Sydney, Australia
F	1	Grace White	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Red Lake	Redby, MN
G	2	Briana Johnson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Serra	Carson, CA
G	3	Lauren Loven	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Notre Dame Prep	Scottsdale, AZ
G	5	Anna Jackson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, TX
G	10	Haley Simental	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Pueblo West Colorado Connections Academy	Pueblo West, CO
G	12	Claire Gritt	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	John Hersey	Arlington Heights, IL
C	15	Courtney Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Legacy	Thornton, CO
G	22	Samantha Romanowski	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Mountlake Terrace	Mountlake Terrace, WA
F	23	Madison Nelson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Dover-Eyota	Dover, MN
G/F	25	Sydney Mech	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Cherry Creek	Englewood, CO
G	32	Tsimba Malonga	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Benet Academy	Bolingbrook, IL
F	33	Jasmine Jeffcoat	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Monarch	Louisville, CO

Head coach

Jim Turgeon (Washburn)

Assistant coach(es)

Kayla Ard (Southeastern Louisiana)
Terra Moyers (Saint Mary's)
Tommie Johnson (Colorado–Colorado Springs)

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 3, 2018* 6:00 pm		Taylor	W 106–66		Ritchie Center Denver, CO
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm		UMKC	W 92–75	1–0	Hamilton Gymnasium (431) Denver, CO
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm		Air Force	W 92–66	2–0	Hamilton Gymnasium (386) Denver, CO
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 66–74	2–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,162) Greeley, CO
Nov 19, 2018* 1:00 pm		American	W 83–54	3–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (530) Denver, CO
Nov 23, 2018* 3:30 pm		Lamar Denver Thanksgiving Classic	W 117–110 ^2OT	4–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (370) Denver, CO
Nov 24, 2018* 3:30 pm		St. Bonaventure Denver Thanksgiving Classic	W 76–62	5–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (239) Denver, CO
Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 104–75	6–1	Hamilton Gymnasium (310) Denver, CO
Dec 4, 2018* 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	L 74–78	6–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,374) Laramie, WY
Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 71–70	7–2	America First Events Center (857) Cedar City, UT
Dec 11, 2018* 6:00 pm, FCSP		at New Mexico State	L 64–66	7–3	Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM
Dec 15, 2018* 3:30 pm		at Nebraska	L 71–96	7–4	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,703) Lincoln, NE
Dec 19, 2018* 11:00 am		Samford	L 83–87 ^OT	7–5	Hamilton Gymnasium (1,805) Denver, CO
Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 79–84	7–6	Moby Arena (1,069) Fort Collins, CO
Summit League regular season
Dec 28, 2018 4:00 pm		at Omaha	W 95–68	8–6 (1–0)	Baxter Arena (295) Omaha, NE
Dec 30, 2018 1:00 pm		at Western Illinois	L 78–87	8–7 (1–1)	Western Hall (472) Macomb, IL
Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm		South Dakota	W 104–99	9–7 (2–1)	Hamilton Gymnasium (382) Denver, CO
Jan 5, 2019 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 87–66	10–7 (3–1)	Hamilton Gymnasium (295) Denver, CO
Jan 9, 2019 6:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 59–76	10–8 (3–2)	Frost Arena (1,828) Brookings, SD
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm		North Dakota State	W 81–54	11–8 (4–2)	Hamilton Gymnasium (257) Denver, CO
Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, Altitude		Oral Roberts	W 93–76	12–8 (5–2)	Magness Arena Denver, CO
Jan 26, 2019 1:00 pm		at Purdue Fort Wayne	L 55–70	12–9 (5–3)	Gates Sports Center (1,536) Fort Wayne, IN
Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm		South Dakota State	L 67–83	12–10 (5–4)	Hamilton Gymnasium (457) Denver, CO
Feb 6, 2019 6:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	L 66–74	12–11 (5–5)	Mabee Center (1,029) Tulsa, OK
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm		at North Dakota State	W 87–67	13–11 (6–5)	Scheels Center (742) Fargo, ND
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 82–62	14–12 (7–5)	Hamilton Gymnasium (201) Denver, CO
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm		at No. 23 South Dakota	L 58–73	14–12 (7–6)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,703) Vermillion, SD
Feb 23, 2019 10:00 am, ESPN3		at North Dakota	W 92–91 ^OT	15–12 (8–6)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,638) Grand Forks, ND
Feb 28, 2019 1:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 94–85	16–12 (9–6)	Hamilton Gymnasium (294) Denver, CO
Mar 2, 2019 7:00 pm		Omaha	W 82–76	17–12 (10–6)	Hamilton Gymnasium (407) Denver, CO
Summit League Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019 1:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) North Dakota Quarterfinals	L 67–80	17–13	Denny Sanford Premier Center (2,971) Sioux Falls, SD
WNIT
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		at New Mexico First Round	W 83–75	18–13	Dreamstyle Arena (2,875) Albuquerque, NM
Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm		at Idaho Second Round	L 66–88	18–14	Memorial Gym (1,230) Moscow, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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