# 2018–19 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Hoyas, led by second year head coach James Howard and were members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas played their home games at the McDonough Gymnasium. They finished the season 19–16, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Sacred Heart, Harvard, Big East member Providence in the first, second and third rounds before losing to James Madison in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Richmond | W 73–53 | 1–0 | Robins Center (1,006) Richmond, VA |
| Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 74–55 | 2–0 | McDonough Gymnasium (547) Washington, D.C. |
| Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Loyola (MD) | W 45–30 | 3–0 | McDonough Gymnasium (163) Washington, D.C. |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at James Madison | L 57–69 | 3–1 | JMU Convocation Center (1,927) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Nov 19, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Pittsburgh | W 70–41 | 4–1 | McDonough Gymnasium (399) Washington, D.C. |
| Nov 23, 2018* 8:00 pm | | vs. Buffalo South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 64–73 | 4–2 | South Point Events Center Enterprise, NV |
| Nov 24, 2018* 10:30 pm | | vs. Baylor South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 46–67 | 4–3 | South Point Events Center (477) Enterprise, NV |
| Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Fordham | W 58–38 | 5–3 | McDonough Gymnasium (217) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm | | VCU | L 45–47 | 5–4 | McDonough Gymnasium (377) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 10, 2018* 1:00 pm | | No. 10 NC State | L 65–76 | 5–5 | McDonough Gymnasium (671) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 21, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Rider | W 79–49 | 6–5 | Alumni Gymnasium (682) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| Dec 29, 2018 5:00 pm, BEDN | | Xavier | W 68–61 | 7–5 (1–0) | McDonough Gymnasium (591) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 31, 2018 1:00 pm, BEDN | | Butler | L 50–59 | 7–6 (1–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (345) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence | W 68–52 | 8–6 (2–1) | Alumni Hall (215) Providence, RI |
| Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Creighton | L 38–65 | 8–7 (2–2) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,056) Omaha, NE |
| Jan 11, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | DePaul | L 64–69 | 8–8 (2–3) | McDonough Gymnasium (533) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | No. 15 Marquette | L 62–72 | 8–9 (2–4) | McDonough Gymnasium (203) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Villanova | W 68–63 | 9–9 (3–4) | McDonough Gymnasium (1,297) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at St. John's | L 51–59 | 9–10 (3–5) | Carnesecca Arena (772) Queens, NY |
| Jan 27, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN | | at Seton Hall | L 63–76 | 9–11 (3–6) | Walsh Gymnasium (778) South Orange, NJ |
| Feb 1, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | Creighton | W 62–53 | 10–11 (4–6) | McDonough Gymnasium (649) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Providence | W 61–56 | 11–11 (5–6) | McDonough Gymnasium (815) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 8, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 8 Marquette | L 52–59 | 11–12 (5–7) | Al McGuire Center (2,061) Milwaukee, WI |
| Feb 10, 2019 3:00 pm, BEDN | | at DePaul | L 71–76 | 11–13 (5–8) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,882) Chicago, IL |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Villanova | L 43–91 | 11–14 (5–9) | Finneran Pavilion (1,301) Villanova, PA |
| Feb 22, 2019 11:00 am, BEDN | | Seton Hall | W 51–43 | 12–14 (6–9) | McDonough Gymnasium (513) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, FS2 | | St. John's | W 82–80 | 13–14 (7–9) | McDonough Gymnasium (987) Washington, D.C. |
| Mar 1, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Butler | W 72–42 | 14–14 (8–9) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (935) Indianapolis, IN |
| Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Xavier | W 67–64 | 15–14 (9–9) | Cintas Center (583) Cincinnati, OH |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 2019 3:30 pm, FS2 | (4) | vs. (5) Villanova Quarterfinals | W 76–67 | 16–14 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| Mar 11, 2019 4:00 pm, FS1 | (4) | vs. (1) No. 17 Marquette Semifinals | L 62–75 | 16–15 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 22, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Sacred Heart First Round | W 90–59 | 17–15 | McDonough Gymnasium (345) Washington, D.C. |
| Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm | | at Harvard Second Round | W 70–65 | 18–15 | Lavietes Pavilion (322) Cambridge, MA |
| Mar 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence Third Round | W 53–46 | 19–15 | Alumni Hall Providence, RI |
| Mar 31, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at James Madison Quarterfinals | L 44–54 | 19–16 | JMU Convocation Center (2,074) Harrisonburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## 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 |