2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks, led by third year head coach Kim McNeill and will once again play their home games in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 14–2 in American East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Maine. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Providence in the first round.

2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	23–11 (14–2 America East)
Head coach	Kim McNeill (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Cory McNeill Steve Pogue Ali Heller
Home arena	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Maine †	15	–	1		.938			25	–	8		.758
Hartford	14	–	2		.875			23	–	11		.676
Stony Brook	11	–	5		.688			23	–	8		.742
Albany	9	–	7		.563			13	–	18		.419
Binghamton	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
UMBC	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
UMass Lowell	3	–	13		.188			7	–	22		.241
New Hampshire	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
† 2019 America East tournament winner

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WWUH.

Roster

2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jordan McLemore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Lodi Palisades Park, NJ G 2 Sierra DaCoasta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Bishop McDevitt Philadelphia, PA G 3 Jada Lucas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So New London New London, CT G 4 Jade Young 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Abington Friends School Philadelphia, PA G 5 Lindsey Abed 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Oakton Oakton, VA F 10 Ella Awobajo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Neumann-Goretti Boston College Kaduna, Nigeria G 11 Liz Garcia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Academy of the Holy Angels Teaneck, NJ F 12 Lawrencia Moten 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bullis School Chipola College Bowie, MD G/F 13 Kelly Douglass 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Clifton Clifton, NJ F 21 Charlette Leurs 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bronx River - Lehman Campus Bronx, NY G 23 Alexia Douglas 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Brentwood ASA Junior College Bay Shore, NY G 32 Jabria Ingram 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Neumann-Goretti Upper Darby, PA F 33 Azariah Wade 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bishop Grimes Syracuse, NY F 40 Sierra Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr St. Anne's-Belfield School Madison, VA F/C 44 Brielle Wilborn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Middletown Middletown, CT	Head coach Kim McNeill (Richmond) Assistant coach(es) Cory McNeill (Morgan State) Steve Pogue (Nyack) Ali Heller (Rider) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 7, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Villanova	L 41–59	0–1	Finneran Pavilion (845) Villanova, PA
Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Morgan State Preseason WNIT First Round	W 80–59	1–1	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (665) West Hartford, CT
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCNE		at No. 25 Miami (FL) Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals	L 62–75	1–2	Watsco Center (783) Coral Gables, FL
Nov 18, 2018* 4:00 pm		at New Mexico Preseason WNIT Consolation round	L 65–72	1–3	Dreamstyle Arena (4,330) Albuquerque, NM
Nov 21, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Harvard	W 73–60	2–3	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (478) West Hartford, CT
Nov 23, 2018* 3:00 pm		vs. Southern Illinois South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 50–72	2–4	South Point Arena (586) Enterprise, NV
Nov 24, 2018* 3:00 pm		vs. No. 5 Louisville South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 69–86	2–5	South Point Arena (989) Enterprise, NV
Nov 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		William & Mary	W 50–45	3–5	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (649) West Hartford, CT
Dec 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Bryant	W 67–57	4–5	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (676) West Hartford, CT
Dec 11, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Rhode Island	W 65–51	5–5	Ryan Center (287) Kingston, RI
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 23 Michigan State	L 66–74 OT	5–6	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,179) West Hartford, CT
Dec 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Princeton	L 38–75	5–7	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (546) West Hartford, CT
Dec 28, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Central Connecticut Rivalry	W 54–52	6–7	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (417) New Britain, CT
Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at NJIT	W 84–53	7–7	Wellness and Events Center (402) Newark, NJ
America East regular season
Jan 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Stony Brook	W 64–36	8–7 (1–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (205) Stony Brook, NY
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMBC	W 66–52	9–7 (2–0)	UMBC Event Center (426) Catonsville, MD
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	W 62–31	10–7 (3–0)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (562) West Hartford, CT
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Maine	W 49–46	11–7 (4–0)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (566) West Hartford, CT
Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 66–44	12–7 (5–0)	Costello Athletic Center (384) Lowell, MA
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Hampshire	W 66–48	13–7 (6–0)	Lundholm Gym (273) Durham, NH
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 82–35	14–7 (7–0)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (702) West Hartford, CT
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	L 62–73	14–8 (7–1)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,101) Vestal, NY
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 73–62	15–8 (8–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (858) West Hartford, CT
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UMBC	W 92–47	16–8 (9–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (554) West Hartford, CT
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Maine	L 58–78	16–9 (9–2)	Cross Insurance Center (1,443) Bangor, ME
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Vermont	W 76–48	17–9 (10–2)	Patrick Gym (589) Burlington, VT
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		New Hampshire	W 56–49	18–9 (11–2)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (522) West Hartford, CT
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 69–45	19–9 (12–2)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (820) West Hartford, CT
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Binghamton	W 63–50	20–9 (13–2)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (589) West Hartford, CT
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	W 68–56	21–9 (14–2)	SEFCU Arena (996) Albany, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/06/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(7) UMBC Quarterfinals	W 65–48	22–9	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (523) West Hartford, CT
03/10/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(3) Stony Brook Semifinals	W 64–59	23–9	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (742) West Hartford, CT
03/15/2019 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	at (1) Maine Championship Game	L 48–68	23–10	Cross Insurance Center  Bangor, ME
WNIT
03/21/2019* 7:00 pm		at Providence First Round	L 54–71	23–11	Alumni Hall (368) Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team