# 2018–19 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2018–19 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by 12th-year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season of 12–18, 5–13 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Wisconsin.
On March 9, Coquese Washington was fired as head coach. She finished at Penn State with a 12-year record of 209–169.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 28, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Lock Haven | W 92–57 | | Bryce Jordan Center (857) University Park, PA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 8, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Providence | W 74–72 | 1–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,115) University Park, PA |
| Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | | No. 24 California | L 58–75 | 1–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,406) University Park, PA |
| Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Fordham | W 72–55 | 2–1 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (639) Bronx, NY |
| Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, BTN | | Princeton | W 79–71 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,026) University Park, PA |
| Nov 21, 2018* 2:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 75–68 | 4–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (1,881) University Park, PA |
| Nov 25, 2018* 1:00 pm, BTN | | Stony Brook | L 70–81 | 4–2 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,018) University Park, PA |
| Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Florida State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 58–87 | 4–3 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,501) Tallahassee, FL |
| Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Jacksonville | W 80–61 | 5–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,121) University Park, PA |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Duquesne | L 58–64 | 5–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (1,989) University Park, PA |
| Dec 9, 2018* 2:00 pm | | St. Bonaventure | W 80–65 | 6–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,152) University Park, PA |
| Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm | | American | W 80–59 | 7–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,257) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten conference season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2018 1:00 pm | | No. 4 Maryland | L 61–77 | 7–5 (0–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,259) University Park, PA |
| Dec 31, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Indiana | L 75–83 | 7–6 (0–2) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,481) Bloomington, IN |
| Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm | | Wisconsin | W 71–64 | 8–6 (1–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,093) University Park, PA |
| Jan 6, 2019 4:00 pm | | at Rutgers | L 61–74 | 8–7 (1–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,868) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm | | Illinois | W 62–48 | 9–7 (2–3) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,472) University Park, PA |
| Jan 17, 2019 7:00 pm | | Ohio State | L 71–76 $^{OT}$ | 9–8 (2–4) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,090) University Park, PA |
| Jan 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 9 Maryland | L 67–79 | 9–9 (2–5) | Xfinity Center (7,684) College Park, MD |
| Jan 24, 2019 8:00 pm | | at Wisconsin | W 65–59 | 10–9 (3–5) | Kohl Center (3,074) Madison, WI |
| Jan 27, 2019 7:00 pm | | No. 14 Rutgers | L 61–69 | 10–10 (3–6) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,463) University Park, PA |
| Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm | | No. 13 Iowa | L 61–81 | 10–11 (3–7) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,815) University Park, PA |
| Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Ohio State | L 73–78 | 10–12 (3–8) | Value City Arena (4,264) Columbus, OH |
| Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm | | Michigan | L 62–66 | 10–13 (3–9) | Bryce Jordan Center (5,024) University Park, PA |
| Feb 14, 2019 8:00 pm | | at Northwestern | L 63–78 | 10–14 (3–10) | Welsh–Ryan Arena (490) Evanston, IL |
| Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm, BTN | | at Minnesota | L 67–97 | 10–15 (3–11) | Williams Arena (5,869) Minneapolis, MN |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | Purdue | W 72–61 | 11–15 (4–11) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,049) University Park, PA |
| Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm, BTN | | at Illinois | W 76–65 | 12–15 (5–11) | State Farm Center (1,532) Champaign, IL |
| Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Michigan State Rescheduled from January 31 | L 48–57 | 12–16 (5–12) | Breslin Center (2,356) East Lansing, MI |
| Mar 2, 2019 3:00 pm, BTN | | Nebraska | L 74–79 | 12–17 (5–13) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,545) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 6, 2019 1:30 pm, BTN | (12) | vs. (13) Wisconsin First Round | L 57–65 | 12–18 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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