# 2018–19 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by seventh year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament, where they lost to Saint Mary's. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where was their first postseason tournament since 2004, where they lost to Idaho in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 1, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Point Loma Nazarene | W 81–53 | | Gersten Pavilion (160) Los Angeles, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:30 pm | | UCLA | W 69–63 | 1–0 | Gersten Pavilion (498) Los Angeles, CA |
| Nov 13, 2018* 5:30 pm | | at Arizona | W 66–64 | 2–0 | McKale Center (852) Tucson, AZ |
| Nov 19, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at UC Santa Barbara | W 70–57 | 3–0 | The Thunderdome (237) Santa Barbara, CA |
| Nov 23, 2018* 3:00 pm | | Northern Arizona LMU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | L 62–63 | 3–1 | Gersten Pavilion (346) Los Angeles, CA |
| Nov 24, 2018* 12:30 pm | | Robert Morris LMU Thanksgiving Classic consolation game | W 61–53 | 4–1 | Gersten Pavilion (206) Los Angeles, CA |
| Nov 27, 2018* 12:00 pm | | UC Davis | W 60–53 | 5–1 | Gersten Pavilion (1,878) Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 1, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at Denver | L 75–104 | 5–2 | Hamilton Gymnasium (310) Denver, CO |
| Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Cal State Northridge | W 72–53 | 6–2 | Matadome (411) Northridge, CA |
| Dec 14, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Long Beach State | W 71–62 | 7–2 | Gersten Pavilion (289) Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 19, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. Indiana Puerto Rico Classic | L 43–67 | 7–3 | Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR |
| Dec 20, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. South Dakota Puerto Rico Classic | L 40–67 | 7–4 | Mario Morales Coliseum (150) Guaynabo, PR |
| Dec 21, 2018* 10:30 am | | vs. Grambling State Puerto Rico Classic | L 61–62 | 7–5 | Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| Dec 29, 2018 2:00 pm | | No. 20 Gonzaga | L 53–78 | 7–6 (0–1) | Gersten Pavilion (381) Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 31, 2018 2:00 pm | | Portland | W 76–58 | 8–6 (1–1) | Gersten Pavilion (236) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm | | at San Diego | W 69–52 | 9–6 (2–1) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (233) San Diego, CA |
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, BYUtv | | at BYU | L 44–55 | 9–7 (2–2) | Marriott Center (852) Provo, UT |
| Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm | | San Francisco | W 66–58 | 10–7 (3–2) | Gersten Pavilion (237) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm | | Santa Clara | L 75–83 $^{3OT}$ | 10–8 (3–3) | Gersten Pavilion (198) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Pepperdine | L 86–95 $^{OT}$ | 10–9 (3–4) | Firestone Fieldhouse (400) Malibu, CA |
| Jan 24, 2019 11:00 am | | at Pacific | W 72–67 | 11–9 (4–4) | Alex G. Spanos Center (4,373) Stockton, CA |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Saint Mary's | L 62–86 | 11–10 (4–5) | McKeon Pavilion (509) Moraga, CA |
| Jan 31, 2019 5:00 pm | | No. 25 BYU | W 61–58 | 12–10 (5–5) | Gersten Pavilion (246) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm | | San Diego | W 83–57 | 13–10 (6–5) | Gersten Pavilion (534) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Santa Clara | W 69–60 | 14–10 (7–5) | Leavey Center (380) Santa Clara, CA |
| Feb 9, 2019 12:00 pm | | at San Francisco | W 73–56 | 15–10 (8–5) | War Memorial Gymnasium (322) San Francisco, CA |
| Feb 15, 2019 7:00 pm | | Pepperdine | L 55–73 | 15–11 (8–6) | Gersten Pavilion (357) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | Saint Mary's | W 69–56 | 16–11 (9–6) | Gersten Pavilion (205) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm | | Pacific | L 75–81 | 16–12 (9–7) | Gersten Pavilion (276) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 28, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Portland | W 70–54 | 17–12 (10–7) | Chiles Center (288) Portland, OR |
| Mar 2, 2018 2:00 pm | | at No. 16 Gonzaga | L 58–68 | 17–13 (10–8) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| WCC Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 2019 12:00 pm, BYUtv | (5) | vs. (9) San Francisco Second Round | W 66–45 | 18–13 | Orleans Arena (5,237) Paradise, NV |
| Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm, BYUtv | (5) | vs. (4) Saint Mary's Quarterfinals | L 38–70 | 18–14 | Orleans Arena (5,339) Paradise, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Idaho First Round | L 64–79 | 18–15 | Gersten Pavilion (315) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||