2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represents the University of Pennsylvania during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by tenth year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 24–7, 12–2 to share the Ivy League regular season title with Princeton. They advanced to the championship game of the Ivy League Women's Tournament where they lost to Princeton. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated American in the first before losing to Providence in the second round.

2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball
Ivy League regular season co-champions
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceIvy League
2018–19 record24–7 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coachMike McLaughlin (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kelly Killion
  • Bernadette Laukaitis
Home arenaPalestra
2018–19 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Penn122 .857  246  .800
Princeton *†122 .857  2210  .688
Harvard95 .643  1712  .586
Yale68 .429  1613  .552
Dartmouth68 .429  1314  .481
Cornell68 .429  1214  .462
Columbia410 .286  819  .296
Brown113 .071  921  .300
2019 Ivy League Tournament winner
*Tournament #1 seed
As of March 23, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Katie Kinum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoNew Providence New Providence, NJ
G 3 Michae Jones 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoE.D. White Catholic Thibodaux, LA
F 4 Kennedy Suttle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrHoly Innocents' Episcopal Atlanta, GA
G 5 Sereena Weledji 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSaint Thomas Aquinas Overland Park, KS
G 11 Kendall Grasela 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrGermantown Academy Huntingdon Valley, PA
G 14 Meg Hair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrJames-DeWitt Syracuse, NY
F 15 Liz Satter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrLoyola Academy Glencoe, IL
G 21 Mia Lakstigala 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrNaperville Central Naperville, IL
G 22 Deja Jackson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrGrinnell Grinnell, IA
G 23 Kristen Daley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrThe Rivers School Sharon, MA
F 24 Tori Crawford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoBullis School Potomac, MD
G 25 Ashley Russell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBraintree Braintree, MA
C 31 Eleah Parker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoNorthside Christian Academy Charlotte, NC
G 33 Phoebe Sterba 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrMagnificat Cleveland, OH
F 34 Christina Dicindio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoWest Windsor-Plainsboro West Windsor, NJ
C 40 Emily Anderson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrSouth Fayette Bridgeville, PA
C 44 Noelle Cahill 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrRegis Jesuit Parker, CO
F 50 Princess Aghayere 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrSouth Lakes Reston, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Nov 10, 2018*
2:00 pm
at Siena W 58–51  1–0
Alumni Recreation Center (1,019)
Loudonville, NY
Nov 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCNE
at No. 1 Notre Dame L 55–78  1–1
Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,854)
South Bend, IN
Nov 15, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Saint Joseph's W 65–45  2–1
Palestra (354)
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
NJIT W 85–42  3–1
Palestra (405)
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 24, 2018*
1:00 pm
at Navy
Navy Classic semifinals
W 65–61  4–1
Alumni Hall (414)
Annapolis, MD
Nov 25, 2018*
3:15 pm
vs. Maine
Navy Classic championship game
L 46–47  4–2
Alumni Hall (368)
Annapolis, MD
Dec 5, 2018*
7:00 pm, NBCSPHI/ESPN+
La Salle W 65–34  5–2
Palestra (449)
Philadelphia, PA
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Iona W 66–43  6–2
Hynes Athletic Center (583)
New Rochelle, NY
Dec 21, 2018*
11:30 am
at Drexel
Battle of 33rd Street
W 55–39  7–2
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,625)
Philadelphia, PA
Dec 31, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN+
at Stetson W 75–53  8–2
Edmunds Center (263)
DeLand, FL
Jan 5, 2019
2:00 pm, NBCSPHI+/ESPN+
at Princeton W 66–60  9–2
(1–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,104)
Princeton, NJ
Jan 16, 2019*
7:00 pm, NBCSPHI+/ESPN+
Villanova L 50–58  9–3
Palestra (263)
Philadelphia, PA
Jan 23, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Temple W 71–62  10–3
Palestra (437)
Philadelphia, PA
Jan 27, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Haverford W 81–46  11–3
Palestra (734)
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Cornell W 59–46  12–3
(2–0)
Newman Arena (1,741)
Ithaca, NY
Feb 2, 2019
5:30 pm, ESPN+
at Columbia W 72–60  13–3
(3–0)
Levien Gymnasium (713)
New York, NY
Feb 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Brown W 83–43  14–3
(4–0)
Palestra (671)
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 9, 2019
6:00 pm, NBCSPHI+/ESPN+
Yale W 54–48  15–3
(5–0)
Palestra (903)
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 15, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Dartmouth W 60–44  16–3
(6–0)
Leede Arena (733)
Hanover, NH
Feb 16, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+
at Harvard L 72–80 2OT 16–4
(6–1)
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Cambridge, MA
Feb 22, 2019
5:30 pm, ESPN+
Columbia W 79–56  17–4
(7–1)
Palestra (2,906)
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 23, 2019
4:30 pm, ESPN+
Cornell W 69–58  18–4
(8–1)
Palestra (4,298)
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 26, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Princeton L 53–68  18–5
(8–2)
Palestra (683)
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Harvard W 80–75 OT 19–5
(9–2)
Palestra (568)
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 2, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Dartmouth W 56–52  20–5
(10–2)
Palestra (812)
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 8, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Yale W 65–56  21–5
(11–2)
John J. Lee Amphitheater (927)
New Haven, CT
Mar 9, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Brown W 75–53  22–5
(12–2)
Pizzitola Sports Center (631)
Providence, RI
Ivy League Women's Tournament
Mar 16, 2019
8:30 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (3) Harvard
Semifinals
W 91–62  23–5
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
Mar 17, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPNU
(2) vs. (1) Princeton
Championship Game
L 54–65  23–6
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
WNIT
Mar 22, 2019*
7:00 pm
American
First Round
W 64–45  24–6
Palestra (817)
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 24, 2019*
4:00 pm
at Providence
Second Round
W 54–6  24–7
Alumni Hall (511)
Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. "University of Pennsylvania". Pennathletics.com.
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