# 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Ohio. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 3, 2018* 1:00 pm | | St. Francis (IL) | W 59–55 | | Convocation Center (224) DeKalb, IL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 8, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale Preseason WNIT First Round | W 89–80 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (615) DeKalb, IL |
| Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Iowa State Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals | L 60–70 | 1–1 | Hilton Coliseum (9,266) Ames, IA |
| Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northern Iowa Preseason WNIT Consolation round | W 70–59 | 2–1 | Convocation Center (344) DeKalb, IL |
| Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Indiana | L 73–91 | 2–2 | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,415) Bloomington, IN |
| Nov 28, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | North Dakota State | W 81–63 | 3–2 | Convocation Center (1,202) DeKalb, IL |
| Dec 1, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at Montana 38th Lady Griz Classic semifinals | L 70–86 | 3–3 | Dahlberg Arena (2,816) Missoula, MT |
| Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. Nevada 38th Lady Griz Classic 3rd place game | W 98–69 | 4–3 | Dahlberg Arena (301) Missoula, MT |
| Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Southern Illinois Compass Challenge | L 73–82 | 4–4 | SIU Arena (560) Carbondale, IL |
| Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. Western Illinois Compass Challenge | W 86–61 | 5–4 | SIU Arena (100) Carbondale, IL |
| Dec 17, 2018* 5:30 pm | | Eastern Illinois | W 78–59 | 6–4 | Convocation Center (417) DeKalb, IL |
| Dec 21, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Chicago State | W 114–52 | 7–4 | Convocation Center (455) DeKalb, IL |
| Dec 31, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 109–102 $^{2OT}$ | 8–4 | Convocation Center (411) DeKalb, IL |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Miami (OH) | W 82–71 | 9–4 (1–0) | Convocation Center (507) DeKalb, IL |
| Jan 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kent State | L 78–87 | 9–5 (1–1) | MAC Center (215) Kent, OH |
| Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Central Michigan | L 66–89 | 9–6 (1–2) | Convocation Center (431) DeKalb, IL |
| Jan 16, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bowling Green | W 66–52 | 10–6 (2–2) | Stroh Center (1,408) Bowling Green, OH |
| Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Akron Rescheduled from January 19 | W 70–59 | 11–6 (3–2) | Convocation Center (917) DeKalb, IL |
| Jan 23, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Ohio | L 53–69 | 11–7 (3–3) | Convocation Center (269) DeKalb, IL |
| Jan 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Buffalo | L 64–93 | 11–8 (3–4) | Alumni Arena (2,174) Amherst, NY |
| Feb 2, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Eastern Michigan | W 68–65 | 12–8 (4–4) | Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI |
| Feb 6, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bowling Green | W 88–47 | 13–8 (5–4) | Convocation Center (302) DeKalb, IL |
| Feb 9, 2019 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Ball State | W 93–83 | 14–8 (6–4) | Worthen Arena (1,333) Muncie, IN |
| Feb 13, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Miami (OH) | L 45–70 | 14–9 (6–5) | Millett Hall (466) Oxford, OH |
| Feb 16, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Toledo | W 54–52 | 15–9 (7–5) | Convocation Center (1,305) DeKalb, IL |
| Feb 18, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Western Michigan Rescheduled from January 30 | W 77–64 | 16–9 (8–5) | Convocation Center (296) DeKalb, IL |
| Feb 23, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Central Michigan | L 52–76 | 16–10 (8–6) | McGuirk Arena (2,157) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Feb 27, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Eastern Michigan | W 70–60 | 17–10 (9–6) | Convocation Center (367) DeKalb, IL |
| Mar 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Toledo | L 43–54 | 17–11 (9–7) | Savage Arena (4,119) Toledo, OH |
| Mar 6, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Ball State | L 64–67 | 17–12 (9–8) | Convocation Center (501) DeKalb, IL |
| Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Western Michigan | W 74–71 | 18–12 (10–8) | University Arena (594) Kalamazoo, MI |
| MAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | (7) | (10) Western Michigan First Round | W 70–69 | 19–12 | Convocation Center (496) DeKalb, IL |
| Mar 13, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (2) Ohio Quarterfinals | L 56–72 | 19–13 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||