# 2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team represented the University of Denver in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pioneers, led second year head coach Jim Turgeon, played their home games at Hamilton Gymnasium with 1 game at Magness Arena and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 18–14, 10–6 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League women's tournament to North Dakota. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated New Mexico in the first before losing to Idaho in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 3, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Taylor | W 106–66 | | Ritchie Center Denver, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm | | UMKC | W 92–75 | 1–0 | Hamilton Gymnasium (431) Denver, CO |
| Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm | | Air Force | W 92–66 | 2–0 | Hamilton Gymnasium (386) Denver, CO |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | L 66–74 | 2–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,162) Greeley, CO |
| Nov 19, 2018* 1:00 pm | | American | W 83–54 | 3–1 | Hamilton Gymnasium (530) Denver, CO |
| Nov 23, 2018* 3:30 pm | | Lamar Denver Thanksgiving Classic | W 117–110 $^{2OT}$ | 4–1 | Hamilton Gymnasium (370) Denver, CO |
| Nov 24, 2018* 3:30 pm | | St. Bonaventure Denver Thanksgiving Classic | W 76–62 | 5–1 | Hamilton Gymnasium (239) Denver, CO |
| Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm | | Loyola Marymount | W 104–75 | 6–1 | Hamilton Gymnasium (310) Denver, CO |
| Dec 4, 2018* 6:30 pm | | at Wyoming | L 74–78 | 6–2 | Arena-Auditorium (2,374) Laramie, WY |
| Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 71–70 | 7–2 | America First Events Center (857) Cedar City, UT |
| Dec 11, 2018* 6:00 pm, FCSP | | at New Mexico State | L 64–66 | 7–3 | Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM |
| Dec 15, 2018* 3:30 pm | | at Nebraska | L 71–96 | 7–4 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,703) Lincoln, NE |
| Dec 19, 2018* 11:00 am | | Samford | L 83–87 $^{OT}$ | 7–5 | Hamilton Gymnasium (1,805) Denver, CO |
| Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 79–84 | 7–6 | Moby Arena (1,069) Fort Collins, CO |
| Summit League regular season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2018 4:00 pm | | at Omaha | W 95–68 | 8–6 (1–0) | Baxter Arena (295) Omaha, NE |
| Dec 30, 2018 1:00 pm | | at Western Illinois | L 78–87 | 8–7 (1–1) | Western Hall (472) Macomb, IL |
| Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm | | South Dakota | W 104–99 | 9–7 (2–1) | Hamilton Gymnasium (382) Denver, CO |
| Jan 5, 2019 7:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 87–66 | 10–7 (3–1) | Hamilton Gymnasium (295) Denver, CO |
| Jan 9, 2019 6:00 pm | | at South Dakota State | L 59–76 | 10–8 (3–2) | Frost Arena (1,828) Brookings, SD |
| Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm | | North Dakota State | W 81–54 | 11–8 (4–2) | Hamilton Gymnasium (257) Denver, CO |
| Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, Altitude | | Oral Roberts | W 93–76 | 12–8 (5–2) | Magness Arena Denver, CO |
| Jan 26, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Purdue Fort Wayne | L 55–70 | 12–9 (5–3) | Gates Sports Center (1,536) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm | | South Dakota State | L 67–83 | 12–10 (5–4) | Hamilton Gymnasium (457) Denver, CO |
| Feb 6, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Oral Roberts | L 66–74 | 12–11 (5–5) | Mabee Center (1,029) Tulsa, OK |
| Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm | | at North Dakota State | W 87–67 | 13–11 (6–5) | Scheels Center (742) Fargo, ND |
| Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm | | Purdue Fort Wayne | W 82–62 | 14–12 (7–5) | Hamilton Gymnasium (201) Denver, CO |
| Feb 21, 2019 6:00 pm | | at No. 23 South Dakota | L 58–73 | 14–12 (7–6) | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,703) Vermillion, SD |
| Feb 23, 2019 10:00 am, ESPN3 | | at North Dakota | W 92–91 $^{OT}$ | 15–12 (8–6) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,638) Grand Forks, ND |
| Feb 28, 2019 1:00 pm | | Western Illinois | W 94–85 | 16–12 (9–6) | Hamilton Gymnasium (294) Denver, CO |
| Mar 2, 2019 7:00 pm | | Omaha | W 82–76 | 17–12 (10–6) | Hamilton Gymnasium (407) Denver, CO |
| Summit League Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 2019 1:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (6) North Dakota Quarterfinals | L 67–80 | 17–13 | Denny Sanford Premier Center (2,971) Sioux Falls, SD |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at New Mexico First Round | W 83–75 | 18–13 | Dreamstyle Arena (2,875) Albuquerque, NM |
| Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm | | at Idaho Second Round | L 66–88 | 18–14 | Memorial Gym (1,230) Moscow, ID |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||