For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for 2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team.

2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team

2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball
SoCon Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record25–8 (14–0 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Susie Gardner (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Wierzba
  • Kaitlyn Cresencia
  • Sydni Means
Home arenaHawkins Arena
Seasons
2018–19 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mercer † 14 – 0   1.000 25 – 8   .758
Furman 9 – 5   .643 19 – 14   .576
Chattanooga 8 – 6   .571 14 – 17   .452
East Tennessee State 8 – 6   .571 10 – 21   .323
Wofford 7 – 7   .500 16 – 15   .516
UNC Greensboro 5 – 9   .357 11 – 19   .367
Samford 5 – 9   .357 10 – 20   .333
Western Carolina 0 – 14   .000 4 – 26   .133
† 2019 SoCon Tournament winner
As of September 12, 2024


The 2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represents Mercer University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by ninth-year head coach Susie Gardner, play their home games at the Hawkins Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 25–3, 16–0 in Southern Conference play win the Southern Conference regular season. They won the SoCon women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Iowa in the first round.

Roster

[edit]
2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Keke Calloway 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mary Persons Forsyth, GA
G 1 Amoria Neal-Tysor 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Lee County Sanford, NC
G/F 2 Amanda Thompson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Hayesville Nayesville, NC
G/F 4 Cierra Scott 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Sacred Heart Academy Louisville, KY
G 5 Emily Stradling 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St David's Catholic College Wales, England
G 11 Linnea Rosendal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr   Stockholm, Sweden
G 12 Tia Benvenuti 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr South Lakes Reston, VA
F 15 Ally Welch 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So South Forsyth Cumming, GA
G/F 21 Shannon Titus 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Northview Johns Creek, GA
C 22 Lakaitlin Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Wheeler County Alamo, GA
G 23 Summer Pahl 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St. Mary's Kitchener, ON
F 32 Jaron Dougherty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Collins Hill Buford, GA
C 34 Rachel Selph 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Dodge County Eastman, GA
G Kiana Barkhoff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Palm Harbor University
Arizona 		Kitzingen, Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[edit]

[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at Wake Forest L 54–69  0–1
 LJVM Coliseum (312)
Winston–Salem, NC
Nov 12, 2018*
6:30 pm 		at Georgia Southern W 79–72  1–1
 Hanner Fieldhouse (252)
Statesboro, GA
Nov 15, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Florida W 92–82  2–1
 Hawkins Arena (2,038)
Macon, GA
Nov 18, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UCF L 42–76  2–2
 Hawkins Arena (446)
Macon, GA
Nov 23, 2018*
4:00 pm 		vs. Memphis
Coastal Carolina Thanksgiving Classic 		L 53–59  2–3
 HTC Center (247)
Conway, SC
Nov 25, 2018*
11:30 am 		vs. Bowling Green
Coastal Carolina Thanksgiving Classic 		W 76–63  3–3
 HTC Center (106)
Conway, SC
Nov 28, 2018*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		at Georgia L 60–67  3–4
 Stegeman Coliseum (2,117)
Athens, GA
Dec 1, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Kennesaw State W 64–48  4–4
 Hawkins Arena (565)
Macon, GA
Dec 5, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Florida State L 56–57  4–5
 Hawkins Arena (1,072)
Macon, GA
Dec 8, 2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Charlotte W 57–40  5–5
 Hawkins Arena (827)
Macon, GA
Dec 18, 2018*
7:00 pm, YouTube 		at Howard W 85–70  6–5
 Burr Gymnasium (576)
Washington, D.C.
Dec 21, 2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at George Washington W 61–53  7–5
 Charles E. Smith Center (714)
Washington, D.C.
Dec 30, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UNC Asheville W 61–47  8–5
 Hawkins Arena (478)
Macon, GA
Jan 2, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Jacksonville L 66–71  8–6
 Swisher Gymnasium (445)
Jacksonville, FL
Jan 6, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Columbia L 68–72  8–7
 Hawkins Arena (565)
Macon, GA
SoCon Regular Season
Jan 12, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Samford W 76–68 OT 9–7
(1–0) 		Hawkins Arena (2,277)
Macon, GA
Jan 17, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Western Carolina W 69–67  10–7
(2–0) 		Ramsey Center (741)
Cullowhee, NC
Jan 19, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UNC Greensboro W 71–58  11–7
(3–0) 		Fleming Gymnasium (529)
Greensboro, NC
Jan 24, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Chattanooga W 65–58  12–7
(4–0) 		Hawkins Arena (1,891)
Mercer, GA
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		East Tennessee State W 64–41  13–7
(5–0) 		Hawkins Arena (2,027)
Mercer, GA
Jan 31, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Wofford W 87–79  14–7
(6–0) 		Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (412)
Spartanburg, SC
Feb 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Furman W 75–60  15–7
(7–0) 		Timmons Arena (407)
Greenville, SC
Feb 9, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Samford W 68–52  16–7
(8–0) 		Pete Hanna Center (278)
Birmingham, AL
Feb 14, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UNC Greensboro W 85–73  17–7
(9–0) 		Hawkins Arena (1,073)
Macon, GA
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Western Carolina W 71–55  18–7
(10–0) 		Hawkins Arena (876)
Macon, GA
Feb 21, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at East Tennessee State W 83–77 OT 19–7
(11–0) 		J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (703)
Johnson City, TN
Feb 23, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Chattanooga W 62–58  20–7
(12–0) 		McKenzie Arena (1,528)
Chattanooga, TN
Feb 28, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Furman W 66–62  21–7
(13–0) 		Hawkins Arena (1,234)
Mercer, GA
Mar 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Wofford W 65–59  22–7
(14–0) 		Hawkins Arena (1,347)
Mercer, GA
SoCon Tournament
Mar 7, 2019
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (8) Western Carolina
Quarterfinals 		W 55–32  23–7
 U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
Mar 8, 2019
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (5) Wofford
Semifinals 		W 69–51  24–7
 U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
Mar 10, 2019
12:00 pm, Nexstar/ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (2) Furman
Championship Game 		W 66–63  25–7
 U.S. Cellular Center (1,280)
Asheville, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 22, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN2 		(15 G) at (2 G) No. 8 Iowa
First Round 		L 61–66  25–8
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,720)
Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G=Greensboro Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

[edit]

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 N/A
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". MercerBears.com.
Venues
Culture & lore
People
  • Head coaches
Seasons
  • 1970–71
  • 1971–72
  • 1972–73
  • 1973–74
  • 1974–75
  • 1975–76
  • 1976–77
  • 1977–78
  • 1978–79
  • 1979–80
  • 1980–81
  • 1981–82
  • 1982–83
  • 1983–84
  • 1984–85
  • 1985–86
  • 1986–87
  • 1987–88
  • 1988–89
  • 1989–90
  • 1990–91
  • 1991–92
  • 1992–93
  • 1993–94
  • 1994–95
  • 1995–96
  • 1996–97
  • 1997–98
  • 1998–99
  • 1999–2000
  • 2000–01
  • 2001–02
  • 2002–03
  • 2003–04
  • 2004–05
  • 2005–06
  • 2006–07
  • 2007–08
  • 2008–09
  • 2009–10
  • 2010–11
  • 2011–12
  • 2012–13
  • 2013–14
  • 2014–15
  • 2015–16
  • 2016–17
  • 2017–18
  • 2018–19
  • 2019–20
  • 2020–21
  • 2021–22
  • 2022–23
  • 2023–24
{{bottomLinkPreText}} {{bottomLinkText}}
This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors (read/edit).
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license. Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license. Credit: (see original file).
2018–19 Mercer Bears women's basketball team
Listen to this article

This browser is not supported by Wikiwand :(
Wikiwand requires a browser with modern capabilities in order to provide you with the best reading experience.
Please download and use one of the following browsers:

✕
This article was just edited, click to reload
This article has been deleted on Wikipedia (Why?)

Back to homepage

Please click Add in the dialog above
Please click Allow in the top-left corner,
then click Install Now in the dialog
Please click Open in the download dialog,
then click Install
Please click the "Downloads" icon in the Safari toolbar, open the first download in the list,
then click Install
{{::$root.activation.text}}

Install Wikiwand

Install on Chrome Install on Firefox
Don't forget to rate us

Tell your friends about Wikiwand!

Gmail Facebook Twitter Link

Enjoying Wikiwand?

Tell your friends and spread the love:
Share on Gmail Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Buffer

Our magic isn't perfect

You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo.

This photo is visually disturbing This photo is not a good choice

Thank you for helping!


Your input will affect cover photo selection, along with input from other users.

X

Get ready for Wikiwand 2.0 🎉! the new version arrives on September 1st! Don't want to wait?