# 2018–19 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

The 2018–19 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by third year head coach Mike Bradbury. They played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 14–4 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament to San Diego State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they got upset by Denver in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Lubbock Christian | W 62–55 | | Dreamstyle Arena (4,240) Albuquerque, NM |
| Nov 4, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 91–43 | | Dreamstyle Arena (4,275) Albuquerque, NM |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Texas State Preseason WNIT First Round | W 82–51 | 1–0 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,585) Albuquerque, NM |
| Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Auburn Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals | L 76–79 | 1–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,419) Albuquerque, NM |
| Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Hartford Preseason WNIT Consolation round | W 72–65 | 2–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,330) Albuquerque, NM |
| Nov 24, 2018* 1:00 pm | | at Houston | W 89–84 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | H&PE Arena (4,330) Houston, TX |
| Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Oklahoma | W 84–80 | 4–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (5,152) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm | | New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry | W 83–58 | 5–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (5,327) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | UTEP | W 69–51 | 6–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,490) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 84–55 | 7–1 | Walkup Skydome (406) Flagstaff, AZ |
| Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm, AggieVision | | at New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry | W 75–50 | 8–1 | Pan American Center (889) Las Cruces, NM |
| Dec 19, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Sacramento State Lobo Invitational | W 85–53 | 9–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,708) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Stephen F. Austin Lobo Invitational | W 74–33 | 10–1 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,702) Albuquerque, NM |
| Dec 29, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | Canceled | Canceled | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2019 7:00 pm | | Air Force | W 78–57 | 11–1 (1–0) | Dreamstyle Arena (4,608) Albuquerque, NM |
| Jan 5, 2019 3:00 pm, Stadium | | at Nevada | W 66–64 | 12–1 (2–0) | Lawlor Events Center (1,058) Reno, NV |
| Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm | | at UNLV | L 57–66 | 12–2 (2–1) | Cox Pavilion (774) Paradise, NV |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm | | Colorado State | W 70–58 | 13–2 (3–1) | Dreamstyle Arena (5,809) Albuquerque, NM |
| Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm | | San Diego State | W 70–62 | 14–2 (4–1) | Dreamstyle Arena (4,976) Albuquerque, NM |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Wyoming | W 78–75 | 15–2 (5–1) | Arena-Auditorium (2,590) Laramie, WY |
| Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm | | UNLV | W 80–77 $^{OT}$ | 16–2 (6–1) | Dreamstyle Arena (5,009) Albuquerque, NM |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Utah State | W 68–64 | 17–2 (7–1) | Smith Spectrum (597) Logan, UT |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm | | Fresno State | W 82–73 | 18–2 (8–1) | Dreamstyle Arena (8,068) Albuquerque, NM |
| Feb 6, 2019 12:00 pm | | at San Diego State | L 59–61 | 18–3 (8–2) | Viejas Arena (4,272) San Diego, CA |
| Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm | | Nevada | W 85–74 | 19–3 (9–2) | Dreamstyle Arena (6,316) Albuquerque, NM |
| Feb 13, 2019 8:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 79–60 | 20–3 (10–2) | Event Center Arena (603) San Jose, CA |
| Feb 16, 2019 3:00 pm | | at Fresno State | L 70–77 | 20–4 (10–3) | Save Mart Center (2,228) Fresno, CA |
| Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm | | Utah State | W 74–56 | 21–4 (11–3) | Dreamstyle Arena (4,749) Albuquerque, NM |
| Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 110–72 | 22–4 (12–3) | Dreamstyle Arena (5,974) Albuquerque, NM |
| Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Colorado State | W 79–56 | 23–4 (13–3) | Moby Arena (1,531) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 66–70 | 23–5 (13–4) | Taco Bell Arena (2,682) Boise, ID |
| Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | Wyoming | W 57–50 | 24–5 (14–4) | Dreamstyle Arena (8,152) Albuquerque, NM |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2019 6:30 pm, Stadium | (2) | vs. (7) San Diego State Quarterfinals | L 61–70 | 24–6 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| WNI ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Denver First Round | L 75–83 | 24–7 | Dreamstyle Arena (2,875) Albuquerque, NM |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |