2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball
2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	21–12 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Jeff Mittie (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Ostermann; Chris Carr; Jayci Stone;
Home arena	Bramlage Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Baylor †	18	–	0	1.000	37	–	1	.974
No. 13 Iowa State	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
No. 23 Texas	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
West Virginia	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Kansas State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
TCU	10	–	8	.556	24	–	11	.686
Oklahoma State	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
Oklahoma	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
Texas Tech	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Kansas	2	–	16	.111	13	–	18	.419

† 2019 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

The 2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Mittie. They played their home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament as a 9th seed in the Albany Regional where they lost to Michigan in the first round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Savannah Simmons	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	The John Carroll School	Bel Air, MD
G	2	Cymone Goodrich	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	South Shore International Prep	Chicago, IL
G	3	Sarah Bates	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Clovis West UC Santa Barbara	Fresno, CA
G	5	Alisa Wiggins	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Montclair	Montclair, NJ
G	10	Kayla Goth	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	DeForest	DeForest, WI
F	11	Peyton Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Cair Paravel	Topeka, KS
G	12	Rachel Ranke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Eastview	Burnsville, MN
F	13	Laura Macke	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Nemaha Central	Baileyville, KS
F	15	Kali Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Murrietta Mt. San Antonio	Murrieta, CA
F	25	Jasauen Beard	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Murrietta Texas–Rio Grande Valley	Midwest City, OK
C	33	Ashley Ray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Girard	Girard, KS
C	40	Mary Lakes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Manual	Peoria, IL
G	43	Christianna Carr	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Manhattan	Manhattan, KS
C	50	Ayoka Lee	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Byron	Byron, MN

Head coach

Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Ostermann (UW–La Crosse)
Chris Carr (Southern Illinois)
Jayci Stone (Kansas State)

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 1, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Fort Hays State	W 48–46		Bramlage Coliseum (2,927) Manhattan, KS
Nov 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, FCSC		Pittsburg State	W 65–50		Bramlage Coliseum (2,753) Manhattan, KS
Non-conference regular season
Nov 12, 2018* 5:30 pm		Omaha	W 61–46	1–0	Bramlage Coliseum (3,498) Manhattan, KS
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		North Texas	W 60–42	2–0	Bramlage Coliseum (2,861) Manhattan, KS
Nov 18, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		UMKC	W 61–50	3–0	Bramlage Coliseum (2,739) Manhattan, KS
Nov 22, 2018* 12:30 pm		vs. No. 14 Syracuse Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 61–70	3–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
Nov 23, 2018* 10:00 am		vs. No. 16 DePaul Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 59–79	3–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (300) Cancún, Mexico
Nov 24, 2018* 10:00 am		vs. Princeton Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 80–61	4–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (300) Cancún, Mexico
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Vanderbilt Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 72–61	5–2	Bramlage Coliseum (3,130) Manhattan, KS
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, FCSC		Lamar	W 73–55	6–2	Bramlage Coliseum (2,683) Manhattan, KS
Dec 8, 2018* 3:00 pm		at Little Rock	W 53–47	7–2	Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR
Dec 16, 2018* 4:00 pm		vs. No. 17 Arizona State	L 51–65	7–3	Mitchell Hall Gymnasium (1,294) La Crosse, WI
Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Arkansas	W 70–54	8–3	Bramlage Coliseum (2,858) Manhattan, KS
Dec 29, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	W 72–62	9–3	Bramlage Coliseum (3,340) Manhattan, KS
Big 12 regular season
Jan 2, 2019 6:30 pm		at No. 25 Iowa State	L 58–96	9–4 (0–1)	Hilton Coliseum (9,582) Ames, IA
Jan 5, 2019 7:00 pm, FCSC		Oklahoma	W 86–56	10–4 (1–1)	Bramlage Coliseum (6,181) Manhattan, KS
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, FSGO		at No. 4 Baylor	L 50–65	10–5 (1–2)	Ferrell Center (5,025) Waco, TX
Jan 13, 2019 12:00 pm, FSN		Kansas Sunflower Showdown	L 54–61	10–6 (1–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (5,334) Manhattan, KS
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 11 Texas	W 87–69	11–6 (2–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,811) Manhattan, KS
Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm, FSSW		at Texas Tech	W 66–62	12–6 (3–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,980) Lubbock, TX
Jan 23, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Oklahoma State	W 59–48	13–6 (4–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,821) Manhattan, KS
Jan 26, 2019 3:00 pm		at West Virginia	L 30–60	13–7 (4–4)	WVU Coliseum (3,229) Morgantown, WV
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, FCSC		TCU	L 47–61	13–8 (4–5)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,676) Manhattan, KS
Feb 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 23 Iowa State	L 52–81	13–9 (4–6)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,668) Manhattan, KS
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm		at Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 72–62 ^OT	14–9 (5–6)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,281) Lawrence, KS
Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm, FSOK		at Oklahoma	W 83–75	15–9 (6–6)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,005) Norman, OK
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Baylor	L 48–71	15–10 (6–7)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,481) Manhattan, KS
Feb 17, 2019 4:00 pm, FSN		at No. 15 Texas	W 69–60	16–10 (7–7)	Frank Erwin Center (4,061) Austin, TX
Feb 23, 2019 5:00 pm, FSSW+		at TCU	W 75–72	17–10 (8–7)	Schollmaier Arena (2,606) Fort Worth, TX
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, FCSC		West Virginia	W 90–79	18–10 (9–7)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,814) Manhattan, KS
Mar 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Texas Tech	W 75–67	19–10 (10–7)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,030) Manhattan, KS
Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	W 68–58	20–10 (11–7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,701) Stillwater, OK
Big 12 Women's Tournament
Mar 9, 2019 11:00 am, FSN	(4)	vs. (5) West Virginia Quarterfinals	W 72–59	21–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,353) Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 10, 2019 2:00 pm, FS1	(4)	vs. (1) No. 1 Baylor Semifinals	L 60–88	21–11	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Tournament
Mar 22, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(9 A)	vs. (8 A) Michigan First Round	L 54–84	21–12	KFC Yum! Center (6,593) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Central 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	N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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v t e Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Ahearn Field House (1968–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas (results)
Culture & lore	History Willie the Wildcat Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References