2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	24–11 (12–4 The American)
Head coach	Michelle Clark-Heard (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Melissa Kolbe Semeka Randall-Lay Heath Alexander
Home arena	Fifth Third Arena

2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			35	–	3		.921
UCF	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Cincinnati	12	–	4		.750			24	–	11		.686
Houston	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
South Florida	7	–	9		.438			19	–	16		.543
Temple	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
East Carolina	6	–	10		.375			16	–	15		.516
Tulsa	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Wichita State	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
SMU	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
† 2019 AAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the sixth for the Bearcats as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats, led by first year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard, returned to play their home games at Fifth Third Arena after a one year for renovation. They finished the season 24–11, 12–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to UCF. They received an automatic bid Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Youngstown State, Minnesota, Butler in the first, second and third rounds before losing to TCU in the quarterfinals.

Media

All games will have a video stream on Bearcats TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital Network

Offseason

Departing players

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ana Owens	3	G	5'6"	Senior	Indianapolis, Indiana	Graduated
Genesis Parker	5	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Bristow, Virginia	Transferred to Butler
Shanice Johnson	21	F	6'1"	Senior	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Graduated

2018 Recruits

The Bearcats did not sign any high school recruits for the 2018-19 season.

Incoming transfers

Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Addaya Moore	14	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Granite City, Illinois	Illinois
Monique Thompson	22	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Long Beach, California	Northwest Christian
Florence Sifa	30	G	5'7"	Junior	Bujumbura, Burundi	Jacksonville College

Roster

2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Nikira Goings 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Osborne Marietta, GA F 4 Angel Rizor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr East Wake Zebulon, NC G 10 Michaela Porter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Obama Academy of International Studies Pittsburgh, PA G 11 Sam Rodgers 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lakota East Cincinnati, OH G 12 Antoinette Miller 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Southfield-Lathrup Detroit, MI G 13 Brianna Livingston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Wilfrid Laurier Scarborough, ON G 14 Addaya Moore  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Illinois Granite City, IL F 20 Maya Benham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Osborne Doulgasville, GA G 22 Monique Thompson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Northwest Christian Long Beach, CA F 23 Iimar’i Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Oakland, CA F 25 Chelsea Warren 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Red Oak Red Oak, TX G 30 Florence Sifa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Jacksonville College Bujumbura, Burundi C 35 I'Liyah Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Male Louisville, KY C 40 Andeija Puckett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Griffin Griffin, GA	Head coach Michelle Clark-Heard (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Melissa Kolbe (Wittenberg) Semeka Randall-Lay (Tennessee) Heath Alexander (Oregon) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV		California (PA)	W 69–49		Fifth Third Arena (583) Cincinnati, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Austin Peay	W 69–48	1–0	Fifth Third Arena (873) Cincinnati, OH
11/09/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		East Tennessee State	W 77–64	2–0	Fifth Third Arena (840) Cincinnati, OH
11/12/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Old Dominion	L 72–76 OT	2–1	Fifth Third Arena (882) Cincinnati, OH
11/16/2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Pittsburgh	L 48–65	2–2	Peterson Events Center (735) Pittsburgh, PA
11/18/2018* 3:00 pm		at Saint Louis	W 51–50	3–2	Chaifetz Arena (517) St. Louis, MO
11/21/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Yale	W 66–52	4–2	Fifth Third Arena (809) Cincinnati, OH
11/24/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Lipscomb	W 71–55	5–2	Fifth Third Arena (833) Cincinnati, OH
11/28/2018* 7:00 pm		at Ball State	L 63–75	5–3	Worthen Arena (1,110) Muncie, IN
12/02/2018* 2:00 pm		at Ohio State	L 56–69	5–4	Value City Arena (4,825) Columbus, OH
12/05/2018* 7:00 pm		at Miami (OH)	L 65–78	5–5	Millett Hall (571) Oxford, OH
12/07/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		VCU	W 66–54	6–5	Fifth Third Arena (747) Cincinnati, OH
12/16/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Xavier Crosstown Shootout	W 79–61	7–5	Fifth Third Arena (3,053) Cincinnati, OH
12/21/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Howard	W 85–51	8–5	Fifth Third Arena (803) Cincinnati, OH
AAC regular season
01/06/2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2		SMU	W 69–57	9–5 (1–0)	Fifth Third Arena (1,124) Cincinnati, OH
01/09/2019 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 3 Connecticut	L 38–82	9–6 (1–1)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (7,591) Storrs, CT
01/13/2019 12:00 pm, ESPNU		at UCF	L 55–56	9–7 (1–2)	CFE Arena (2,631) Orlando, FL
01/16/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Temple	W 72–52	10–7 (2–2)	Fifth Third Arena (1,004) Cincinnati, OH
01/19/2019 3:00 pm		at Tulsa	W 70–50	11–7 (3–2)	Reynolds Center (842) Tulsa, OK
01/23/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Houston	W 68–57	12–7 (4–2)	Fifth Third Arena (814) Cincinnati, OH
01/26/2019 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Memphis	W 80–56	13–7 (5–2)	Fifth Third Arena (999) Cincinnati, OH
01/30/2019 7:00 pm, ADN		at South Florida	W 57–56	14–7 (6–2)	Yuengling Center (2,472) Tampa, FL
02/02/2019 12:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		No. 2 Connecticut	L 55–65	14–8 (6–3)	Fifth Third Arena (2,996) Cincinnati, OH
02/10/2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU		Wichita State	W 82–54	15–8 (7–3)	Fifth Third Arena (1,127) Cincinnati, OH
02/13/2019 6:30 pm, ADN		at Memphis	W 89–69	16–8 (8–3)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (419) Memphis, TN
02/17/2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at Temple	L 70–78	16–9 (8–4)	McGonigle Hall (912) Philadelphia, PA
02/20/2019 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Tulsa	W 74–47	17–9 (9–4)	Fifth Third Arena (781) Cincinnati, OH
02/23/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at East Carolina	W 68–57	18–9 (10–4)	Williams Arena (1,102) Greenville, NC
03/02/2019 12:00 pm, Bearcats TV		South Florida	W 57–43	19–9 (11–4)	Fifth Third Arena (1,945) Cincinnati, OH
03/04/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Tulane	W 80–65	20–9 (12–4)	Devlin Fieldhouse (538) New Orleans, LA
AAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (11) Memphis Quarterfinals	W 68–48	21–9	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,243) Uncasville, CT
03/10/2019 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(3)	vs. (2) UCF Semifinals	L 58–66	21–10	Mohegan Sun Arena (5,872) Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/21/2019* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Youngstown State First Round	W 76–62	22–10	Fifth Third Arena (1,951) Cincinnati, OH
03/24/2019* 3:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Minnesota Second Round	W 72–65	23–10	Fifth Third Arena (1,945) Cincinnati, OH
03/28/2019* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV		Butler Third Round	W 72–65	24–10	Fifth Third Arena (2,450) Cincinnati, OH
03/31/2019* 2:00 pm		at TCU Quarterfinals	L 55–69	24–11	Schollmaier Arena (2,436) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

Awards and milestones

American Athletic Conference honors

All-AAC Awards

• Newcomer of the Year: Florence Sifa

All-AAC First Team

• IImar’I Thomas

All-AAC Second Team

• Antoinette Miller

See also

• 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

External links

• Official website