# 2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fourth-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, returned to play their home games at Viking Pavilion after a one-year renovation and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 14–6 in Big Sky, play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Sky Conference women's tournament, they advanced to the championship game and defeated Eastern Washington, earning their second invitation to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They lost to Oregon in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 26, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | Simpson | W 90–52 | | Viking Pavilion (123) Portland, OR |
| November 2, 2018* 5:00 p.m. | | Lewis & Clark | W 97–46 | | Viking Pavilion Portland, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | Warner Pacific | W 102–49 | 1–0 | Viking Pavilion (425) Portland, OR |
| November 11, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | San Jose State | W 80–51 | 2–0 | Viking Pavilion (377) Portland, OR |
| November 16, 2018* 4:00 p.m. | | UC Davis | W 65–50 | 3–0 | Viking Pavilion (342) Portland, OR |
| November 24, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | Seattle | W 68–43 | 4–0 | Viking Pavilion (334) Portland, OR |
| December 1, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | Portland | W 92–79 | 5–0 | Viking Pavilion (425) Portland, OR |
| December 9, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | at UTEP | W 89–61 | 6–0 | Don Haskins Center (276) El Paso, TX |
| December 11, 2018* 5:00 p.m. | | at Grand Canyon | W 60–55 | 7–0 | GCU Arena (454) Phoenix, AZ |
| December 15, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | UNLV | W 58–49 | 8–0 | Viking Pavilion (413) Portland, OR |
| December 18, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | UC Irvine | L 68–73 | 8–1 | Viking Pavilion (320) Portland, OR |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| December 31, 2018 5:00 p.m. | | at Northern Colorado | L 63–79 | 8–2 (0–1) | Bank of Colorado Arena (931) Greeley, CO |
| January 3, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Montana State | W 55–53 | 9–2 (1–1) | Viking Pavilion (527) Portland, OR |
| January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Montana | W 78–60 | 10–2 (2–1) | Viking Pavilion (601) Portland, OR |
| January 12, 2019 1:00 p.m. | | at Weber State | W 77–59 | 11–2 (3–1) | Dee Events Center (502) Ogden, UT |
| January 17, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Southern Utah | W 63–49 | 12–2 (4–1) | Viking Pavilion (537) Portland, OR |
| January 19, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Northern Arizona | W 72–55 | 13–2 (5–1) | Viking Pavilion (541) Portland, OR |
| January 24, 2019 11:00 a.m. | | at Eastern Washington | W 76–64 | 14–2 (6–1) | Reese Court (4,124) Cheney, WA |
| January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | at Idaho | L 78–80 | 14–3 (6–2) | Cowan Spectrum (556) Moscow, ID |
| January 31, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Weber State | W 65–38 | 15–3 (7–2) | Viking Pavilion (443) Portland, OR |
| February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Idaho State | L 57–58 | 15–4 (7–3) | Viking Pavilion (527) Portland, OR |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Sacramento State | W 74–58 | 16–4 (8–3) | Viking Pavilion (545) Portland, OR |
| February 9, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Northern Colorado | W 85–66 | 17–4 (9–3) | Viking Pavilion (427) Portland, OR |
| February 14, 2019 5:30 p.m. | | at Northern Arizona | W 74–59 | 18–4 (10–3) | Walkup Skydome (202) Flagstaff, AZ |
| February 16, 2019 1:00 p.m. | | at Southern Utah | W 81–56 | 19–4 (11–3) | America First Events Center (463) Cedar City, UT |
| February 21, 2019 6:00 p.m. | | at Idaho State | L 54–72 | 19–5 (11–4) | Reed Gym (874) Pocatello, ID |
| February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | at Sacramento State | W 75–57 | 20–5 (12–4) | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| February 28, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Idaho | L 68–81 | 20–6 (12–5) | Viking Pavilion (889) Portland, OR |
| March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Eastern Washington | W 76–57 | 21–6 (13–5) | Viking Pavilion (529) Portland, OR |
| March 7, 2019 6:00 p.m. | | at Montana | L 70–73 $^{OT}$ | 21–7 (13–6) | Dahlberg Arena (2,837) Missoula, MT |
| March 9, 2019 1:00 p.m. | | at Montana State | W 68–55 | 22–7 (14–6) | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,708) Bozeman, MT |
| Big Sky women's tournament ||||||
| March 12, 2019 1:30 p.m. | (4) | vs. (5) Montana State Quarterfinals | W 68–56 | 23–7 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| March 13, 2019 4:30 p.m., ELVN | (4) | vs. (1) Idaho Semifinals | W 75–59 | 24–7 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| March 15, 2019 12:00 p.m., ELVN | (4) | vs. (6) Eastern Washington Championship game | W 61–59 | 25–7 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (15 P) | at (2 P) No. 7 Oregon First round | L 40–78 | 25–8 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,523) Eugene, OR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P=Portland Region. All times are in Pacific. ||||||
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