2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represents Northern Illinois University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, play their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Ohio. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2018–19 record19–13 (10–8 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Adam Tandez
  • John McGinty
  • Maria Kasza
Home arenaConvocation Center
2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Ohio144 .778  306  .833
Miami (OH)135 .722  239  .719
Buffalo126 .667  2410  .706
Kent State117 .611  2013  .606
Akron711 .389  1615  .516
Bowling Green216 .111  921  .300
West
Central Michigan153 .833  258  .758
Toledo117 .611  2112  .636
Northern Illinois108 .556  1913  .594
Eastern Michigan612 .333  1417  .452
Western Michigan414 .222  1020  .333
Ball State315 .167  823  .258
2019 MAC Tournament winner

Roster

2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Errin Hodges 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoCentral Evansville, IN
G 3 Gabby Nikitiniate 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) SoCoopers School Orpington, England
G/F 4 Courtney Woods 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrSt. Margaret's Anglican School Brisbane, Australia
G 5 Ninni Salmi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrMäkelänrinne
San Francisco
Kauhajoki, Finland
F 12 Riley Blackwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoPlainfield Plainfield, IN
F 14 Mikayla Brandon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrBradley-Bourbonnais Bourbonnais, IL
G 21 Mikayla Voigt 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrKettle Moraine Lutheran Slinger, WI
G 22 Janae Poisson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoMarian Catholic Matteson, IL
G 23 Myia Starks 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) JrNeuqua Valley Oswego, IL
G 24 Paulina Castro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoHarvest Christian Elgin, IL
F 31 Christina Britter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrDunlap Dunlap, IL
F 32 Abby Woollacott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrRockford Lutheran Rockford, IL
F 34 Ally May 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrArrowhead Hartland, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018*
1:00 pm
St. Francis (IL) W 59–55 
Convocation Center (224)
DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Yale
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 89–80  1–0
Convocation Center (615)
DeKalb, IL
Nov 11, 2018*
2:00 pm
at Iowa State
Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals
L 60–70  1–1
Hilton Coliseum (9,266)
Ames, IA
Nov 18, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Northern Iowa
Preseason WNIT Consolation Round
W 70–59  2–1
Convocation Center (344)
DeKalb, IL
Nov 25, 2018*
2:00 pm
at Indiana L 73–91  2–2
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,415)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 28, 2018*
11:00 am, ESPN+
North Dakota State W 81–63  3–2
Convocation Center (1,202)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 1, 2018*
3:00 pm
at Montana
38th Lady Griz Classic semifinals
L 70–86  3–3
Dahlberg Arena (2,816)
Missoula, MT
Dec 2, 2018*
1:00 pm
vs. Nevada
38th Lady Griz Classic 3rd place game
W 98–69  4–3
Dahlberg Arena (301)
Missoula, MT
Dec 7, 2018*
7:00 pm
at Southern Illinois
Compass Challenge
L 73–82  4–4
SIU Arena (560)
Carbondale, IL
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm
vs. Western Illinois
Compass Challenge
W 86–61  5–4
SIU Arena (100)
Carbondale, IL
Dec 17, 2018*
5:30 pm
Eastern Illinois W 78–59  6–4
Convocation Center (417)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 21, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Chicago State W 114–52  7–4
Convocation Center (455)
DeKalb, IL
Dec 31, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Brown W 109–102 2OT 8–4
Convocation Center (411)
DeKalb, IL
MAC regular season
Jan 5, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Miami (OH) W 82–71  9–4
(1–0)
Convocation Center (507)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 9, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kent State L 78–87  9–5
(1–1)
MAC Center (215)
Kent, OH
Jan 12, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Central Michigan L 66–89  9–6
(1–2)
Convocation Center (431)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 16, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Bowling Green W 66–52  10–6
(2–2)
Stroh Center (1,408)
Bowling Green, OH
Jan 20, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Akron
Rescheduled from January 19
W 70–59  11–6
(3–2)
Convocation Center (917)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 23, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Ohio L 53–69  11–7
(3–3)
Convocation Center (269)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 26, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Buffalo L 64–93  11–8
(3–4)
Alumni Arena (2,174)
Amherst, NY
Feb 2, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Eastern Michigan W 68–65  12–8
(4–4)
Convocation Center 
Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 6, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Bowling Green W 88–47  13–8
(5–4)
Convocation Center (302)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 9, 2019
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Ball State W 93–83  14–8
(6–4)
Worthen Arena (1,333)
Muncie, IN
Feb 13, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Miami (OH) L 45–70  14–9
(6–5)
Millett Hall (466)
Oxford, OH
Feb 16, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Toledo W 54–52  15–9
(7–5)
Convocation Center (1,305)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 18, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Michigan
Rescheduled from January 30
W 77–64  16–9
(8–5)
Convocation Center (296)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 23, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan L 52–76  16–10
(8–6)
McGuirk Arena (2,157)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Feb 27, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Eastern Michigan W 70–60  17–10
(9–6)
Convocation Center (367)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 2, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo L 43–54  17–11
(9–7)
Savage Arena (4,119)
Toledo, OH
Mar 6, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Ball State L 64–67  17–12
(9–8)
Convocation Center (501)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 9, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Western Michigan W 74–71  18–12
(10–8)
University Arena (594)
Kalamazoo, MI
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2019
5:30 pm, ESPN+
(7) (10) Western Michigan
First Round
W 70–69  19–12
Convocation Center (496)
DeKalb, IL
Mar 13, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+
(7) vs. (2) Ohio
Quarterfinals
L 56–72  19–13
Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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