# 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by sixth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 15–3 in Sun Belt play to share the Sun Belt regular season title with Little Rock. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to South Alabama. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2018* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Jackson State | W 99–63 | 1–0 | College Park Center (1,063) Arlington, TX |
| Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Arkansas | L 65–66 | 1–1 | College Park Center (1,081) Arlington, TX |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Grambling State | W 78–54 | 2–1 | College Park Center (852) Arlington, TX |
| Nov 23, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Fresno State | L 61–70 | 2–2 | Save Mart Center (1,958) Fresno, CA |
| Nov 25, 2018* 4:00 pm | | at San Francisco | W 80–73 | 3–2 | War Memorial Gymnasium (235) San Francisco, CA |
| Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Incarnate Word | W 97–49 | 4–2 | McDermott Convocation Center (349) San Antonio, TX |
| Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Oral Roberts | W 80–62 | 5–2 | Mabee Center (1,245) Tulsa, OK |
| Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Houston | W 65–61 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Fertitta Center (831) Houston, TX |
| Dec 20, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UTSA | W 53–48 | 6–2 | College Park Center (694) Arlington, TX |
| Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | USC | L 61–73 | 6–3 | College Park Center (844) Arlington, TX |
| Dec 29, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at SMU | W 66–41 | 7–3 | Moody Coliseum (843) Dallas, TX |
| Sun Belt regular season ||||||
| Jan 3, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Georgia State | L 48–50 | 7–4 (0–1) | GSU Sports Arena (376) Atlanta, GA |
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Georgia Southern | W 74–53 | 8–4 (1–1) | Hanner Fieldhouse (220) Statesboro, GA |
| Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | W 99–94 $^{2OT}$ | 9–4 (2–1) | College Park Center (836) Arlington, TX |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Coastal Carolina | W 79–53 | 10–4 (3–1) | College Park Center (738) Arlington, TX |
| Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | W 100–73 | 11–4 (4–1) | First National Bank Arena (621) Jonesboro, AR |
| Jan 19, 2019 3:00 pm | | at Little Rock | L 65–68 | 11–5 (4–2) | Jack Stephens Center (1,059) Little Rock, AR |
| Jan 24, 2019 11:30 am, ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern | W 81–48 | 12–5 (5–2) | College Park Center (6,186) Arlington, TX |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgia State | W 69–45 | 13–5 (6–2) | College Park Center (1,107) Arlington, TX |
| Jan 29, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana | W 76–61 | 14–5 (7–2) | Cajundome (1,084) Lafayette, LA |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas State | W 68–53 | 15–5 (8–2) | College Park Center (1,177) Arlington, TX |
| Feb 7, 2019 5:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 67–64 | 16–5 (9–2) | HTC Center (238) Conway, SC |
| Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | W 72–65 | 17–5 (10–2) | Holmes Center (774) Boone, NC |
| Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | L 61–62 | 17–6 (10–3) | College Park Center (1,188) Arlington, TX |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | W 67–62 | 18–6 (11–3) | College Park Center (1,014) Arlington, TX |
| Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 60–56 $^{OT}$ | 19–6 (12–3) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,000) Monroe, LA |
| Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Alabama | W 72–51 | 20–6 (13–3) | College Park Center (1,139) Arlington, TX |
| Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Troy | W 88–65 | 21–6 (14–3) | College Park Center (1,112) Arlington, TX |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Texas State | W 44–41 | 24–6 (15–3) | Strahan Arena (1,225) San Marcos, TX |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (7) South Alabama Semifinals | L 50–57 | 24–7 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stephen F. Austin First Round | W 60–54 | 25–7 | College Park Center (1,159) Arlington, TX |
| Mar 23, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at TCU Second Round | L 54–71 | 25–8 | Schollmaier Arena (1,531) Fort Worth, TX |
| *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 previous week |