2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018–19 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Nancy Fahey (2nd season)
Assistant coach	LaKale Malone
Assistant coach	Tianna Kirkland
Assistant coach	Steve Cochran
Home arena	State Farm Center

The 2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by second-year head coach Nancy Fahey, played their home games at State Farm Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	J-Naya Ephraim	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Southern Durham	Saint Croix, USVI
G	1	Brandi Beasley	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Ridgeway	Memphis, TN
F	2	Lyric Robins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Plano West	Plano, TX
G	3	Arieal Scott	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Urbana	Urbana, IL
F	4	Mackenzie Blazek	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Whiteland Community	Franklin, IN
G	5	Cierra Rice	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Grosse Pointe South	Gross Pointe, MI
G	11	Carolyn Waleski	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lincoln-Way East	Frankfort, IL
G	13	Petra Holešínská	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Sportovni Gzmnazium Ludvika Danka	Vracov, Czech Republic
F	21	Nancy Panagiotopoulou Andritsopoulou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	American Community Schools of Athens	Athens, Greece
G	23	Jaelyne Kirkpatrick	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	St. Ignatius of Loyola	Oakville, Ontario
G	30	Courtney Joens	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	City High	Iowa City, IA
F	31	Sarah Shewan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Quinnipiac	Russell, ON
G	33	Meagan McNicholas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Rochester	Rochester, IL
F	35	Alex Wittinger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Delano	Delano, MN
F	50	Ali Andrews	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Huntley	Lake in the Hills, IL

Head coach

Nancy Fahey (Wisconsin)

Assistant coach(es)

LaKale Malone (Indiana)
Tianna Kirkland (Ferris State)
Steve Cochran (Missouri-St. Louis)

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	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 11:00 AM	Alabama A&M	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/14/2018* 7:00 PM	Valparaiso	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/18/2018* 1:00 PM	Columbia	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
11/23/2018* 4:00 PM	at Cal Poly ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
11/24/2018* 4:00 PM	vs. Sacramento State ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic	Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2018* 6:00 PM	at Clemson ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
12/01/2018* 2:00 PM	Eastern Michigan	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/05/2018* 7:00 PM	Indiana State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/11/2018* 7:00 PM	Murray State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/15/2018* TBA	SIU Edwardsville	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/21/2018* 12:00 PM	Missouri	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018 7:00 PM	Indiana	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
12/31/2018 2:00 PM, BTN	at Northwestern	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/06/2019 3:00 PM	at Minnesota	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2019 7:00 PM	Rutgers	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/12/2019 1:00 PM	at Penn State	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
01/17/2019 7:00 PM	Nebraska	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/20/2019 2:00 PM	Iowa	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/24/2019 6:00 PM	Michigan State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/27/2019 2:00 PM	Northwestern	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/31/2019 6:00 PM	at Ohio State	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
02/04/2019 6:30 PM, BTN	Maryland	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/07/2019 6:00 PM	at Purdue	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
02/10/2019 2:00 PM	Wisconsin	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/14/2019 7:00 PM	at Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
02/17/2019 2:00 PM	Michigan	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
02/20/2019 7:00 PM	at Wisconsin	Kohl Center Madison, WI
02/24/2019 3:00 PM, BTN	Penn State	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
03/02/2019 1:00 PM	at Maryland	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/06–10/2019	vs.	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Illinois Athletics.

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[1] "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Illinois Athletics.

Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Venues	State Farm Center (1974–present)
Culture & lore	Fighting Illini Sports Network
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 1999–00 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

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Maryland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Penn State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Purdue	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

2018–19 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References