# 2018–19 Troy Trojans women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Troy Trojans women's basketball team represented Troy University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by sixth year head coach Chanda Rigby, played their home games at Trojan Arena and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament to South Alabama. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they lost to UAB in the first round.

## Preseason
### Sun Belt coaches poll

On October 24, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Trojans predicted to finish in second place in the conference.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Little Rock | 133 (8) |
| 2 | Troy | 131 (4) |
| 3 | Texas State | 97 |
| 3 | UT Arlington | 97 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 95 |
| 6 | South Alabama | 78 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 75 |
| 8 | Coastal Carolina | 72 |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 67 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 39 |
| 10 | Georgia State | 39 |
| 12 | Louisiana–Monroe | 13 |

### Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference team
## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 1, 2018* 7:00 pm | | West Florida | W 88–71 | | Trojan Arena (1,412) Troy, AL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 11:00 am, ACCNE | | at Florida State | L 67–103 | 0–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,895) Tallahassee, FL |
| Nov 12, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Samford | W 72–52 | 1–1 | Trojan Arena (1,403) Troy, AL |
| Nov 12, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Tennessee State | W 92–67 | 2–1 | Trojan Arena (546) Troy, AL |
| Nov 19, 2018* 10:00 am | | at East Tennessee State | W 84–66 | 3–1 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (2,740) Johnson City, TN |
| Nov 23, 2018* 4:00 pm | | vs. Sam Houston State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 84–79 | 4–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,255) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm | | vs. Mississippi Valley State Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic | W 75–54 | 5–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,251) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Nov 29, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Alabama State | W 116–46 | 6–1 | Trojan Arena (1,648) Troy, AL |
| Dec 4, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Middle Tennessee | L 64–67 | 6–2 | Trojan Arena (989) Troy, AL |
| Dec 12, 2018* 12:00 pm | | Talladega | W 91–70 | 7–2 | Trojan Arena (1,778) Troy, AL |
| Dec 19, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at Ole Miss | W 71–54 | 8–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,143) Oxford, MS |
| Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville State | W 89–63 | 9–2 | Pete Mathews Coliseum (465) Jacksonville, AL |
| Sun Belt regular season ||||||
| Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 82–81 | 10–2 (1–0) | HTC Center (175) Conway, SC |
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | W 83–72 | 11–2 (2–0) | Holmes Center (361) Boone, SC |
| Jan 10, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | W 71–66 | 12–2 (3–0) | Trojan Arena (1,876) Troy, AL |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | W 87–79 | 13–2 (4–0) | Trojan Arena (1,407) Troy, AL |
| Jan 17, 2019 5:30 pm | | at Georgia Southern | W 97–81 | 14–2 (5–0) | Hanner Fieldhouse (268) Statesboro, GA |
| Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Georgia State | L 80–84 | 14–3 (5–1) | GSU Sports Arena (460) Atlanta, GA |
| Jan 24, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 78–56 | 15–3 (6–1) | Trojan Arena (1,471) Troy, AL |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana | W 90–64 | 16–3 (7–1) | Trojan Arena (921) Troy, AL |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at South Alabama | L 77–80 | 16–4 (7–2) | Mitchell Center (4,469) Mobile, AL |
| Feb 7, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Little Rock | L 72–76 | 16–5 (7–3) | Jack Stephens Center (1,286) Little Rock, AR |
| Feb 9, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | W 100–89 | 17–5 (8–3) | First National Bank Arena (897) Jonesboro, AR |
| Feb 14, 2019 6:00 pm | | Georgia State | L 70–85 | 17–6 (8–4) | Trojan Arena (1,349) Troy, AL |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern | W 100–78 | 18–6 (9–4) | Trojan Arena (1,112) Troy, AL |
| Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Alabama | W 66–58 | 19–6 (10–4) | Trojan Arena (2,327) Troy, AL |
| Feb 28, 2019 11:30 am, ESPN+ | | at Texas State | W 82–63 | 20–6 (11–4) | Strahan Arena (3,728) San Marcos, TX |
| Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 65–88 | 20–7 (11–5) | College Park Center (1,112) Arlington, TX |
| Mar 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | W 95–66 | 21–7 (12–5) | Trojan Arena (1,118) Troy, AL |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Coastal Carolina | W 89–76 | 22–7 (13–5) | Trojan Arena (1,076) Troy, AL |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (7) South Alabama Quarterfinals | L 74–87 | 22–8 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UAB First Round | L 89–93 | 22–9 | Trojan Arena (2,451) Troy, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |