# 2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

The 2018–19 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by eighth-year head coach Nikki Fargas, played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and are members of the Southeastern Conference.
The Lady Tigers finished the season 16–13, 7–9 in SEC play. As a 6th seed, they lost in the second round of the SEC women's tournament to Tennessee. They missed being selected for the NCAA Division I Tournament and were invited to play in the Women's National Invitation Tournament but declined.

## Previous season

The Lady Tigers finished the 2017–18 season 19–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. As a 4th seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where were upset by Central Michigan in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2018* 6:00 pm | | Loyola (New Orleans) | W 64–29 | | Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 5:30 pm | | Sam Houston State | W 66–52 | 1–0 | Maravich Center (1,891) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/11/2018* 1:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 62–57 | 2–0 | Maravich Center (1,805) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/15/2018* 6:30 pm | | Tulane | L 54–56 | 2–1 | Maravich Center (1,511) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/18/2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Florida State | W 58–45 | 3–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,002) Tallahassee, FL |
| 11/25/2018* 2:00 pm | | Little Rock | W 60–45 | 4–1 | Maravich Center (1,629) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/29/2018* 6:00 pm, SECN | | Kansas Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 61–68 | 4–2 | Maravich Center (1,604) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/11/2018* 11:00 am | | McNeese State | W 86–36 | 5–2 | Maravich Center (6,528) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/15/2018* 3:00 pm, BTN | | at Rutgers | L 43–57 | 5–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,726) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/18/2018* 6:30 pm | | Nicholls | W 76–44 | 6–3 | Maravich Center (1,492) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/20/2018* 6:30 pm, CST | | at Louisiana | W 76–54 | 7–3 | Cajundome (1,448) Lafayette, LA |
| 12/27/2018* 6:30 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 72–52 | 8–3 | Maravich Center (1,654) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/30/2018* 3:00 pm, SECN | | South Florida | W 78–49 | 9–3 | Maravich Center (2,270) Baton Rouge, LA |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2019 6:00 pm | | at Georgia | L 50–63 | 9–4 (0–1) | Stegeman Coliseum (2,506) Athens, GA |
| 01/06/2019 2:00 pm | | No. 21 Texas A&M | W 64–52 | 10–4 (1–1) | Maravich Center (2,290) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/10/2019 6:00 pm | | at Ole Miss | W 55–41 | 11–4 (2–1) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,247) Oxford, MS |
| 01/13/2019 4:00 pm, SECN | | No. 21 South Carolina | L 53–76 | 11–5 (2–2) | Maravich Center (2,997) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/17/2019 6:30 pm | | No. 16 Kentucky | L 60–64 | 11–6 (2–3) | Maravich Center (1,452) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/20/2018 1:00 pm, SECN | | at Alabama | W 62–56 | 12–6 (3–3) | Coleman Coliseum (2,630) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/27/2019 12:00 pm, SECN | | at Tennessee | L 65–74 | 12–7 (3–4) | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,518) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/31/2019 6:30 pm | | No. 6 Mississippi State | L 35–68 | 12–8 (3–5) | Maravich Center (2,214) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/04/2019 6:00 pm, SECN | | Missouri | W 61–51 | 13–8 (4–5) | Maravich Center (1,756) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/07/2019 8:00 pm, SECN | | Arkansas | W 71–34 | 14–8 (5–5) | Maravich Center (1,599) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/14/2019 6:30 pm | | at No. 22 Texas A&M | L 55–59 | 14–9 (5–6) | Reed Arena (3,704) College Station, TX |
| 02/17/2019 5:00 pm, SECN | | at Vanderbilt | W 79–68 | 15–9 (6–6) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,907) Nashville, TN |
| 02/21/2019 6:30 pm | | Florida | W 69–51 | 16–9 (7–6) | Maravich Center (1,573) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/24/2019 1:00 pm | | at No. 16 Kentucky | L 52–57 | 16–10 (7–7) | Memorial Coliseum (6,911) Lexington, KY |
| 02/28/2019 7:00 pm | | at No. 5 Mississippi State | L 56–76 | 16–11 (7–8) | Humphrey Coliseum (8,631) Starkville, MS |
| 03/03/2019 2:00 pm | | Auburn | L 46–56 | 16–12 (7–9) | Maravich Center (2,607) Baton Rouge, LA |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2019 11:00 am, SECN | (9) | vs. (8) Tennessee Second Round | L 66-69 | 16-13 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | RV | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not released |
| Coaches | — | —^ | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.