# 2018–19 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hornets were led by sixth year head coach Bunky Harkleroad and played their home games at Hornets Nest. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 10–19, 6–14 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Northern Arizona.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 5, 2018* 7:05 pm | | William Jessup | W 106–103 | | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 11, 2018* 2:05 pm | | Cal Poly | W 88–85 | 1–0 | Hornets Nest (307) Sacramento, CA |
| Nov 16, 2018* 8:35 pm | | Ohio State | Postponed | Postponed | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| Nov 23, 2018* 4:05 pm | | vs. Pepperdine ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic | L 97–113 | 1–1 | Mott Athletics Center (189) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Nov 24, 2018* 2:05 pm | | vs. Illinois ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic | W 109–107 | 2–1 | Mott Athletics Center (152) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Dec 1, 2018* 2:05 pm | | Antelope Valley | W 86–80 | 3–1 | Hornets Nest (308) Sacramento, CA |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:05 pm | | San Francisco | L 75–86 | 3–2 | Hornets Nest (336) Sacramento, CA |
| Dec 7, 2018* 7:05 pm | | UC Davis | L 60–109 | 3–3 | Hornets Nest (516) Sacramento, CA |
| Dec 19, 2018* 6:05 pm | | at New Mexico Lobo Invitational | L 53–85 | 3–4 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,708) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 20, 2018* 2:35 pm | | vs. Hampton Lobo Invitational | W 65–61 | 4–4 | Dreamstyle Arena Albuquerque, NM |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| Dec 29, 2018 1:05 pm | | at Northern Colorado | L 69–82 | 4–5 (0–1) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,063) Greeley, CO |
| Jan 3, 2019 7:05 pm | | Montana | L 86–88 $^{2OT}$ | 4–6 (0–2) | Hornets Nest (206) Sacramento, CA |
| Jan 5, 2019 2:05 pm | | Montana State | L 53–69 | 4–7 (0–3) | Hornets Nest (332) Sacramento, CA |
| Jan 12, 2019 1:05 pm | | at Idaho State | L 43–73 | 4–8 (0–4) | Reed Gym (987) Pocatello, ID |
| Jan 17, 2019 12:05 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 65–61 | 5–8 (1–4) | Hornets Nest (607) Sacramento, CA |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:05 pm | | Southern Utah | W 77–76 | 6–8 (2–4) | Hornets Nest (477) Sacramento, CA |
| Jan 24, 2019 6:05 pm | | at Idaho | L 66–104 | 6–9 (2–5) | Cowan Spectrum (520) Moscow, ID |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:05 pm | | at Eastern Washington | W 73–70 | 7–9 (3–5) | Reese Court (256) Cheney, WA |
| Jan 31, 2019 7:05 pm | | Idaho State | L 42–56 | 7–10 (3–6) | Hornets Nest (261) Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:05 pm | | Weber State | W 77–62 | 8–10 (4–6) | Hornets Nest (287) Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 7, 2019 2:05 pm | | at Portland State | L 58–74 | 8–11 (4–7) | Viking Pavilion (545) Portland, OR |
| Feb 11, 2019 5:05 pm | | Northern Colorado | L 61–71 | 8–12 (4–8) | Hornets Nest (246) Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 14, 2019 5:35 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 75–69 $^{OT}$ | 9–12 (5–8) | America First Events Center (667) Cedar City, UT |
| Feb 16, 2019 6:05 pm | | at Northern Arizona | L 69–71 | 9–13 (5–9) | Walkup Skydome (298) Flagstaff, AZ |
| Feb 20, 2019 11:05 am | | at Weber State | W 78–69 | 10–13 (6–9) | Dee Events Center (1,126) Ogden, UT |
| Feb 23, 2019 2:05 pm | | Portland State | L 57–75 | 10–14 (6–10) | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 28, 2019 7:05 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 62–71 | 10–15 (6–11) | Hornets Nest (331) Sacramento, CA |
| Mar 2, 2019 2:05 pm | | Idaho | L 65–69 | 10–16 (6–12) | Hornets Nest (221) Sacramento, CA |
| Mar 7, 2019 6:05 pm | | at Montana State | L 58–64 | 10–17 (6–13) | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,418) Bozeman, MT |
| Mar 9, 2019 1:05 pm | | at Montana | L 67–75 | 10–18 (6–14) | Dahlberg Arena (3,024) Missoula, MT |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2019 1:30 pm | (9) | vs. (8) Northern Arizona First Round | L 69–74 | 10–19 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||