# 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by seventeenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 28–4, 16–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season. Florida Gulf Coast won the conference tournament championship game over Liberty, 72–49. They lost in the first round to Miami (FL).

## Media

All home games and conference road are shown on ESPN+ or A-Sun.TV. Road games are also broadcast on the FGCU Portal.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at South Dakota State | L 62–80 | 0–1 | Frost Arena (1,678) Brookings, SD |
| November 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Florida Memorial | W 99–68 | 1–1 | Alico Arena (2,003) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 16, 2018* 5:00 pm, Facebook Live | | FIU | W 100–58 | 2–1 | Alico Arena (1,869) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 23, 2018* 9:30 pm | | vs. No. 8 Stanford Rainbow Wahine Shootout | L 65–88 | 2–2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 24, 2018* 7:30 pm, Big West Network | | at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Shootout | W 73–67 | 3–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,268) Honolulu, HI |
| November 25, 2018* 5:00 pm | | vs. American Rainbow Wahine Shootout | W 90–71 | 4–2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 28, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Houston | W 76–71 | 5–2 | Alico Arena (2,021) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 83–69 | 6–2 | DeGol Arena (471) Loretto, PA |
| December 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Johnson & Wales (FL) | W 109–64 | 7–2 | Alico Arena (1,761) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 17, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Abilene Christian | W 81–65 | 8–2 | Alico Arena (1,758) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 19, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Coppin State Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic | W 93–61 | 9–2 | Alico Arena (1,728) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UAB Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic | L 60–62 | 9–3 | Alico Arena (1,721) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE | | at Duke | L 41–57 | 9–4 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,310) Durham, NC |
| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Liberty | W 68–50 | 10–4 (1–0) | Alico Arena (2,225) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Alabama | W 68–52 | 11–4 (2–0) | Flowers Hall (744) Florence, AL |
| January 12, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Florida | W 105–66 | 12–4 (3–0) | UNF Arena (423) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Kennesaw State | W 69–46 | 13–4 (4–0) | KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA |
| January 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 82–40 | 14–4 (5–0) | Alico Arena (2,133) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 27, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Florida | W 80–48 | 15–4 (6–0) | Alico Arena (2,203) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 29, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at NJIT | W 67–35 | 16–4 (7–0) | Wellness and Events Center (200) Newark, NJ |
| February 2, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Jacksonville | W 82–58 | 17–4 (8–0) | Alico Arena (2,523) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Alabama | W 76–51 | 18–4 (9–0) | Alico Arena (2,208) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 9, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | W 65–64 | 19–4 (10–0) | Vines Center (1,410) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | NJIT | W 61–42 | 20–4 (11–0) | Alico Arena (2,481) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 16, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson | W 73–40 | 21–4 (12–0) | Edmunds Center (475) DeLand, FL |
| February 19, 2019 7:30 pm, Facebook Live | | at Lipscomb | W 80–46 | 22–4 (13–0) | Allen Arena (135) Nashville, TN |
| February 23, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Kennesaw State | W 79–48 | 23–4 (14–0) | Alico Arena (2,522) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville | W 68–62 | 24–4 (15–0) | Swisher Gymnasium (513) Jacksonville, FL |
| March 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stetson | W 61–42 | 25–4 (16–0) | Alico Arena (2,751) Fort Myers, FL |
| Atlantic Sun Tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (8) NJIT Quarterfinals | W 58–45 | 26–4 | Alico Arena (1,542) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (7) Kennesaw State Semifinals | W 77–48 | 27–4 | Alico Arena (1,822) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 17, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (3) Liberty Championship Game | W 72–49 | 28–4 | Alico Arena (2,557) Fort Myers, FL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | (13 P) | at (4 P) No. 19 Miami (FL) First Round | L 62–69 | 28–5 | Watsco Center (3,003) Coral Gables, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.