# 2018–19 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by seventh year head coach Jen Hoover, were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 10–20, 1–15 in ACC play in last place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to Virginia Tech.

## Previous season

They finished the season 14–17, 5–11 in ACC play in eleventh place. They defeat Pittsburgh in the first round before losing in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Miami (FL). The Demon Deacons were not invited to a post-season tournament.

## Off-season
### Recruiting class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Lindsey Jarosinski F | Medinah, Illinois | Montini Catholic High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Christina Morra F | Toronto, Canada | King's Christian Collegiate | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Kaylen Dickson G | Gurnee, Illinois | Warren Township High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Towson | W 60–53 | 1–0 | LJVM Coliseum (387) Winston–Salem, NC |
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Mercer | W 69–54 | 2–0 | LJVM Coliseum (312) Winston–Salem, NC |
| November 11, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Richmond | W 62–48 | 3–0 | LJVM Coliseum (407) Winston–Salem, NC |
| November 18, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at VCU | L 40–53 | 3–1 | Siegel Center (753) Richmond, VA |
| November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Xavier | L 50–62 | 3–2 | LJVM Coliseum (216) Winston–Salem, NC |
| November 24, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at East Carolina | L 61–70 | 3–3 | Williams Arena (901) Greenville, NC |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 73–87 | 3–4 | LJVM Coliseum (397) Winston–Salem, NC |
| December 2, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | St. John's | W 64–59 | 4–4 | LJVM Coliseum (320) Winston–Salem, NC |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Charlotte | W 69–43 | 5–4 | Dale F. Halton Arena (819) Charlotte, NC |
| December 8, 2018* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 78–67 | 6–4 | LJVM Coliseum (388) Winston–Salem, NC |
| December 17, 2018* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra | | James Madison | W 50–49 | 7–4 | LJVM Coliseum (9,786) Winston–Salem, NC |
| December 19, 2018* 8:30 pm | | vs. South Carolina State Myrtle Beach Invitational | W 58–44 | 8–4 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC |
| December 30, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Norfolk State | W 63–61 | 9–4 | LJVM Coliseum (388) Winston–Salem, NC |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Miami (FL) | L 57–72 | 9–5 (0–1) | LJVM Coliseum (704) Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 10, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN | | Boston College | L 64–65 | 9–6 (0–2) | LJVM Coliseum (467) Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 13, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 1 Notre Dame | L 48–78 | 9–7 (0–3) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,392) South Bend, IN |
| January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN | | at North Carolina | L 61–84 | 9–8 (0–4) | Carmichael Arena (2,056) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 4 Louisville | L 49–73 | 9–9 (0–5) | LJVM Coliseum (1,193) Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 24, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Duke | L 52–66 | 9–10 (0–6) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,202) Durham, NC |
| January 27, 2019 3:00 pm, RSN | | at Virginia | W 52–42 | 10–10 (1–6) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,898) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 7 NC State | L 50–59 | 10–11 (1–7) | LJVM Coliseum (1,457) Winston–Salem, NC |
| February 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 24 Florida State | L 61–85 | 10–12 (1–8) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,114) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN | | Clemson | L 53–69 | 10–13 (1–9) | LJVM Coliseum (527) Winston–Salem, NC |
| February 10, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Georgia Tech | L 46–60 | 10–14 (1–10) | LJVM Coliseum (1,017) Winston–Salem, NC |
| February 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Syracuse | L 57–77 | 10–15 (1–11) | Carrier Dome (2,579) Syracuse, NY |
| February 21, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN | | at NC State | L 46–80 | 10–16 (1–12) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,564) Raleigh, NC |
| February 24, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Duke | L 44–55 | 10–17 (1–13) | LJVM Coliseum (2,037) Winston–Salem, NC |
| February 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Pittsburgh | L 64–70 | 10–18 (1–14) | LJVM Coliseum (589) Winston–Salem, NC |
| March 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Virginia Tech | L 57–69 | 10–19 (1–15) | Cassell Coliseum (2,418) Blacksburg, VA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2019 3:30 pm, RSN | (15) | vs. (10) Virginia Tech First Round | L 63–85 | 10–20 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,172) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||