# 2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by tenth-year head coach Mike McLaughlin, played their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 24–7, 12–2 in Ivy League play, to share the Ivy League regular-season title with Princeton. They advanced to the championship game of the Ivy League women's tournament where they lost to Princeton. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated American in the first before losing to Providence in the second round.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | at Siena | W 58–51 | 1–0 | Alumni Recreation Center (1,019) Loudonville, NY |
| November 12, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCNE | | at No. 1 Notre Dame | L 55–78 | 1–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,854) South Bend, IN |
| November 15, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Saint Joseph's | W 65–45 | 2–1 | Palestra (354) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 17, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | NJIT | W 85–42 | 3–1 | Palestra (405) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 24, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | at Navy Navy Classic semifinals | W 65–61 | 4–1 | Alumni Hall (414) Annapolis, MD |
| November 25, 2018* 3:15 p.m. | | vs. Maine Navy Classic championship game | L 46–47 | 4–2 | Alumni Hall (368) Annapolis, MD |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 p.m., NBCSPHI/ESPN+ | | La Salle | W 65–34 | 5–2 | Palestra (449) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 8, 2018* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Iona | W 66–43 | 6–2 | Hynes Athletic Center (583) New Rochelle, NY |
| December 21, 2018* 11:30 a.m. | | at Drexel Battle of 33rd Street | W 55–39 | 7–2 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,625) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 31, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at Stetson | W 75–53 | 8–2 | Edmunds Center (263) DeLand, FL |
| January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ | | at Princeton | W 66–60 | 9–2 (1–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,104) Princeton, NJ |
| January 16, 2019* 7:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ | | Villanova | L 50–58 | 9–3 | Palestra (263) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 23, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Temple | W 71–62 | 10–3 | Palestra (437) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 27, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Haverford | W 81–46 | 11–3 | Palestra (734) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 1, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cornell | W 59–46 | 12–3 (2–0) | Newman Arena (1,741) Ithaca, NY |
| February 2, 2019 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 72–60 | 13–3 (3–0) | Levien Gymnasium (713) New York, NY |
| February 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Brown | W 83–43 | 14–3 (4–0) | Palestra (671) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 9, 2019 6:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ | | Yale | W 54–48 | 15–3 (5–0) | Palestra (903) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 15, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 60–44 | 16–3 (6–0) | Leede Arena (733) Hanover, NH |
| February 16, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Harvard | L 72–80 $^{2OT}$ | 16–4 (6–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA |
| February 22, 2019 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 79–56 | 17–4 (7–1) | Palestra (2,906) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 23, 2019 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 69–58 | 18–4 (8–1) | Palestra (4,298) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 26, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Princeton | L 53–68 | 18–5 (8–2) | Palestra (683) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 1, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 80–75 $^{OT}$ | 19–5 (9–2) | Palestra (568) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 2, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Dartmouth | W 56–52 | 20–5 (10–2) | Palestra (812) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 8, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Yale | W 65–56 | 21–5 (11–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (927) New Haven, CT |
| March 9, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 75–53 | 22–5 (12–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (631) Providence, RI |
| Ivy League women's tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2019 8:30 p.m., ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (3) Harvard Semifinals | W 91–62 | 23–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| March 17, 2019 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) | vs. (1) Princeton Championship game | L 54–65 | 23–6 | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| WNIT ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | American First round | W 64–45 | 24–6 | Palestra (817) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 24, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | at Providence Second round | W 54–6 | 24–7 | Alumni Hall (511) Providence, RI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||