# 2018–19 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by 12th-year head coach Tanya Warren, played their home games at McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). They finished the season 20–13, 12–6 in MVC play, to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament, where they lost to Missouri State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Minnesota in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | Upper Iowa | W 89–41 | | McLeod Center (1,229) Cedar Falls, IA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 8:30 p.m., ESPN3 | | Delaware Preseason WNIT first round | W 79–67 | 1–0 | McLeod Center (1,295) Cedar Falls, IA |
| November 11, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | at No. 19 Marquette Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | L 61–102 | 1–1 | Al McGuire Center (966) Milwaukee, WI |
| November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Northern Illinois Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 59–70 | 1–2 | Convocation Center (344) DeKalb, IL |
| November 20, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Creighton | W 65–55 | 2–2 | McLeod Center (1,146) Cedar Falls, IA |
| November 23, 2018* 9:00 p.m. | | at Long Beach State Bleach Classic | W 71–64 | 3–2 | Walter Pyramid (1,146) Long Beach, CA |
| November 24, 2018* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. Idaho Bleach Classic | L 60–61 | 3–3 | Walter Pyramid (1,146) Long Beach, CA |
| November 30, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at IUPUI | W 53–40 | 4–3 | The Jungle (305) Indianapolis, IN |
| December 4, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | North Dakota | W 64–60 | 5–3 | McLeod Center (1,201) Cedar Falls, IA |
| December 16, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | at No. 16 Iowa | L 57–83 | 5–4 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,860) Iowa City, IA |
| December 19, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Minnesota State | W 73–56 | 6–4 | McLeod Center (1,256) Cedar Falls, IA |
| December 21, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Omaha | W 79–50 | 7–4 | McLeod Center (1,129) Cedar Falls, IA |
| December 29, 2018* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Kansas State | L 62–72 | 7–5 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,340) Manhattan, KS |
| Missouri Valley Conference regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Illinois State | L 64–66 | 7–6 (0–1) | Redbird Arena (725) Normal, IL |
| January 6, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Bradley | W 81–78 $^{OT}$ | 8–6 (1–1) | Renaissance Coliseum (576) Peoria, IL |
| January 11, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Valparaiso | W 71–52 | 9–6 (2–1) | McLeod Center (992) Cedar Falls, IA |
| January 13, 2019 11:30 a.m., ESPN+ | | Loyola–Chicago | W 64–52 | 10–6 (3–1) | McLeod Center (1,364) Cedar Falls, IA |
| January 18, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Drake | L 64–88 | 10–7 (3–2) | McLeod Center (1,458) Cedar Falls, IA |
| January 25, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Evansville | W 74–46 | 11–7 (4–2) | Meeks Family Fieldhouse (253) Evansville, IN |
| January 27, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Indiana State | W 71–51 | 12–7 (5–2) | Hulman Center (1,564) Terre Haute, IN |
| February 1, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southern Illinois | W 65–53 | 13–7 (6–2) | McLeod Center (1,175) Cedar Falls, IA |
| February 3, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Missouri State | L 58–63 | 13–8 (6–3) | McLeod Center (1,485) Cedar Falls, IA |
| February 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Loyola–Chicago | W 71–65 | 14–8 (7–3) | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (503) Chicago, IL |
| February 10, 2019 11:00 a.m. | | at Valparaiso | W 64–56 | 15–8 (8–3) | Athletics–Recreation Center (576) Valparaiso, IN |
| February 15, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Drake | L 61–76 | 15–9 (8–4) | Knapp Center (3,401) Des Moines, IA |
| February 22, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Indiana State | W 71–63 | 16–9 (9–4) | McLeod Center (1,381) Cedar Falls, IA |
| February 24, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Evansville | W 95–46 | 17–9 (10–4) | McLeod Center (1,012) Cedar Falls, IA |
| March 1, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Missouri State | L 48–58 | 17–10 (10–5) | JQH Arena (3,112) Springfield, MO |
| March 3, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southern Illinois | W 76–67 | 18–10 (11–5) | SIU Arena (453) Carbondale, IL |
| March 7, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Bradley | W 61–57 | 19–10 (12–5) | McLeod Center (1,652) Cedar Falls, IA |
| March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Illinois State | L 53–54 | 19–11 (12–6) | McLeod Center (1,596) Cedar Falls, IA |
| Missouri Valley women's tournament ||||||
| March 15, 2019 8:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (6) Southern Illinois Quarterfinals | W 66–63 | 20–11 | TaxSlayer Center (1,542) Moline, IL |
| March 16, 2019 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (2) Missouri State Semifinals | L 64–89 | 20–12 | TaxSlayer Center (2,254) Moline, IL |
| WNIT ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 6:30 p.m. | | at Minnesota First round | L 75–91 | 20–13 | Williams Arena (2,549) Minneapolis, MN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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