# 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the sixth for the Bearcats as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats, led by first year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard, returned to play their home games at Fifth Third Arena after a one year for renovation. They finished the season 24–11, 12–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to UCF. They received an automatic bid Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Youngstown State, Minnesota, Butler in the first, second and third rounds before losing to TCU in the quarterfinals.

## Media

All games will have a video stream on Bearcats TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital Network

## Offseason
### Departing players

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Ana Owens | 3 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Indianapolis, Indiana | Graduated |
| Genesis Parker | 5 | G | 5'8" | Sophomore | Bristow, Virginia | Transferred to Butler |
| Shanice Johnson | 21 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Graduated |

### 2018 Recruits

The Bearcats did not sign any high school recruits for the 2018-19 season.

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Num. | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Addaya Moore | 14 | G | 5'10" | Sophomore | Granite City, Illinois | Illinois |
| Monique Thompson | 22 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Long Beach, California | Northwest Christian |
| Florence Sifa | 30 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Bujumbura, Burundi | Jacksonville College |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | California (PA) | W 69–49 | | Fifth Third Arena (583) Cincinnati, OH |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Austin Peay | W 69–48 | 1–0 | Fifth Third Arena (873) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/09/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | East Tennessee State | W 77–64 | 2–0 | Fifth Third Arena (840) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/12/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Old Dominion | L 72–76 $^{OT}$ | 2–1 | Fifth Third Arena (882) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/16/2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Pittsburgh | L 48–65 | 2–2 | Peterson Events Center (735) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/18/2018* 3:00 pm | | at Saint Louis | W 51–50 | 3–2 | Chaifetz Arena (517) St. Louis, MO |
| 11/21/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Yale | W 66–52 | 4–2 | Fifth Third Arena (809) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/24/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Lipscomb | W 71–55 | 5–2 | Fifth Third Arena (833) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/28/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Ball State | L 63–75 | 5–3 | Worthen Arena (1,110) Muncie, IN |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | | at Ohio State | L 56–69 | 5–4 | Value City Arena (4,825) Columbus, OH |
| 12/05/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Miami (OH) | L 65–78 | 5–5 | Millett Hall (571) Oxford, OH |
| 12/07/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | VCU | W 66–54 | 6–5 | Fifth Third Arena (747) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/16/2018* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Xavier Crosstown Shootout | W 79–61 | 7–5 | Fifth Third Arena (3,053) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/21/2018* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Howard | W 85–51 | 8–5 | Fifth Third Arena (803) Cincinnati, OH |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 01/06/2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | | SMU | W 69–57 | 9–5 (1–0) | Fifth Third Arena (1,124) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/09/2019 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | at No. 3 Connecticut | L 38–82 | 9–6 (1–1) | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (7,591) Storrs, CT |
| 01/13/2019 12:00 pm, ESPNU | | at UCF | L 55–56 | 9–7 (1–2) | CFE Arena (2,631) Orlando, FL |
| 01/16/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Temple | W 72–52 | 10–7 (2–2) | Fifth Third Arena (1,004) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/19/2019 3:00 pm | | at Tulsa | W 70–50 | 11–7 (3–2) | Reynolds Center (842) Tulsa, OK |
| 01/23/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Houston | W 68–57 | 12–7 (4–2) | Fifth Third Arena (814) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/26/2019 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Memphis | W 80–56 | 13–7 (5–2) | Fifth Third Arena (999) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/30/2019 7:00 pm, ADN | | at South Florida | W 57–56 | 14–7 (6–2) | Yuengling Center (2,472) Tampa, FL |
| 02/02/2019 12:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | No. 2 Connecticut | L 55–65 | 14–8 (6–3) | Fifth Third Arena (2,996) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/10/2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU | | Wichita State | W 82–54 | 15–8 (7–3) | Fifth Third Arena (1,127) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/13/2019 6:30 pm, ADN | | at Memphis | W 89–69 | 16–8 (8–3) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (419) Memphis, TN |
| 02/17/2019 2:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Temple | L 70–78 | 16–9 (8–4) | McGonigle Hall (912) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/20/2019 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Tulsa | W 74–47 | 17–9 (9–4) | Fifth Third Arena (781) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/23/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at East Carolina | W 68–57 | 18–9 (10–4) | Williams Arena (1,102) Greenville, NC |
| 03/02/2019 12:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | South Florida | W 57–43 | 19–9 (11–4) | Fifth Third Arena (1,945) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/04/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Tulane | W 80–65 | 20–9 (12–4) | Devlin Fieldhouse (538) New Orleans, LA |
| AAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | (3) | vs. (11) Memphis Quarterfinals | W 68–48 | 21–9 | Mohegan Sun Arena (3,243) Uncasville, CT |
| 03/10/2019 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (3) | vs. (2) UCF Semifinals | L 58–66 | 21–10 | Mohegan Sun Arena (5,872) Uncasville, CT |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/21/2019* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Youngstown State First Round | W 76–62 | 22–10 | Fifth Third Arena (1,951) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/24/2019* 3:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Minnesota Second Round | W 72–65 | 23–10 | Fifth Third Arena (1,945) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/28/2019* 7:00 pm, Bearcats TV | | Butler Third Round | W 72–65 | 24–10 | Fifth Third Arena (2,450) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/31/2019* 2:00 pm | | at TCU Quarterfinals | L 55–69 | 24–11 | Schollmaier Arena (2,436) Fort Worth, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST. ||||||

## Awards and milestones
### American Athletic Conference honors
#### All-AAC Awards

* Newcomer of the Year: Florence Sifa

#### All-AAC First Team

* IImar’I Thomas

#### All-AAC Second Team

* Antoinette Miller