2018–19 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2018–19 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
2018–19 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–16 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Amy Williams (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Tom Goehle; Chuck Love; Tandem Mays;
Home arena	Pinnacle Bank Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
Rutgers	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Northwestern	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	15	–	18	.455
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

† 2019 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 3rd year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4 way for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Purdue.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Hannah Whitish	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Barneveld	Barneveld, WI
G	4	Sam Haiby	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Moorhead	Moorhead, MN
G	5	Nicea Eliely	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Rampart	Colorado Springs, CO
G	11	Kristian Hudson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Clay-Chalkville Florida International	Birmingham, AL
F	13	Ashtyn Veerbeek	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Western Christian	Sioux Center, IA
G/F	14	Grace Mitchell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Wellington	Wellington, KS
G	24	Maddie Simon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Pius X	Lincoln, NE
C	31	Kate Cain	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Pine Bush	Middletown, NY
F	32	Leigha Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	DeKalb	Auburn, IN
G/F	33	Taylor Kissinger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Minden	Minden, NE
F	44	Kayla Mershon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Minnetonka	Chanhasen, MN

Head coach

Amy Williams (Nebraska)

Assistant coach(es)

Tom Goehle (Augustana (SD))
Chuck Love (Northwestern Oklahoma State)
Tandem Mays (Tulsa)

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
11/03/2018* 4:00 pm		Nebraska–Kearney	W 94–41		Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,749) Lincoln, NE
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:00 pm		Drake	L 77–83	0–1	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,738) Lincoln, NE
11/11/2018* 11:00 am		USC Upstate	W 87–64	1–1	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,638) Lincoln, NE
11/16/2018* 9:00 pm		at Washington State	L 84–87 ^2OT	1–2	Beasley Coliseum (535) Pullman, WA
11/23/2018* 2:00 pm		at No. 24 Miami (FL) Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	L 68–82	1–3	Watsco Center (730) Coral Gables, FL
11/25/2018* 11:00 am		vs. Radford Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	W 77–39	2–3	Watsco Center (425) Coral Gables, FL
11/29/2018* 6:00 pm		at No. 5 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 68–85	2–4	KFC Yum! Center (7,334) Louisville, KY
12/02/2018* 1:00 pm		at Creighton	L 65–74	2–5	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,533) Omaha, NE
12/05/2018* 7:00 pm		Kansas	W 58–52	3–5	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,688) Lincoln, NE
12/08/2018* 12:00 pm		San Jose State	W 96–63	4–5	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,601) Lincoln, NE
12/15/2018* 4:30 pm		Denver	W 96–71	5–5	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,703) Lincoln, NE
12/18/2018* 7:00 pm		at Arkansas	L 80–84	5–6	Bud Walton Arena (1,335) Fayetteville, AR
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018 6:00 pm, BTN		Michigan	W 70–56	6–6 (1–0)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,450) Lincoln, NE
12/31/2018 12:00 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	W 78–69	7–6 (2–0)	Value City Arena (5,530) Columbus, OH
01/03/2019 7:00 pm		at No. 19 Iowa	L 71–77	7–7 (2–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,391) Iowa City, IA
01/08/2019 7:00 pm		No. 9 Maryland	L 63–81	7–8 (2–2)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,796) Lincoln, NE
01/13/2019 2:00 pm, BTN		Rutgers	L 56–62	7–9 (2–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,222) Lincoln, NE
01/17/2019 7:00 pm		at Illinois	W 77–67	8–9 (3–3)	State Farm Center (1,349) Champaign, IL
01/20/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 23 Minnesota	W 63–57	9–9 (4–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,072) Lincoln, NE
01/24/2019 7:00 pm		Northwestern	L 54–58	9–10 (4–4)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,660) Lincoln, NE
01/27/2019 2:00 pm		at Wisconsin	L 69–70	9–11 (4–5)	Kohl Center (6,074) Madison, WI
01/31/2019 7:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue	W 84–64	10–11 (5–5)	Mackey Arena (5,901) West Lafayette, IN
02/03/2019 2:00 pm		Indiana	L 78–82	10–12 (5–6)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,893) Lincoln, NE
02/07/2019 6:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 61–67	10–13 (5–7)	Crisler Center (2,572) Ann Arbor, MI
02/10/2019 2:00 pm		Purdue	W 67–61	11–13 (6–7)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,298) Lincoln, NE
02/14/2019 7:00 pm, BTN		at No. 7 Maryland	L 63–89	11–14 (6–8)	Xfinity Center (4,467) College Park, MD
02/17/2019 3:00 pm, BTN		No. 24 Michigan State	W 82–71	12–14 (7–8)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,588) Lincoln, NE
02/21/2019 7:00 pm		at Northwestern	W 71–64	13–14 (8–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (446) Evanston, IL
02/25/2019 7:30 pm, BTN		No. 12 Iowa	L 58–74	13–15 (8–9)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,071) Lincoln, NE
03/02/2019 2:00 pm, BTN		at Penn State	W 79–74	14–15 (9–9)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,542) University Park, PA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 8:00 pm, BTN	(6)	vs. (11) Purdue Second Round	L 71–75	14–16	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,445) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in CST 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

^ "Women's Basketball-Schedule". Nebraska Athletics.

[1] "Women's Basketball-Schedule". Nebraska Athletics.

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Culture & lore	History
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Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References