# 2018–19 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

The 2018–19 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils were led by fifth-year head coach Andre Payne, and played their home games at the Harrison HPER Complex in Itta Bena, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–26 overall, 4–14 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the 2019 SWAC tournament, as only the top eight teams are eligible to participate.

## Previous season

The Delta Devils finished the 2017–18 season 4–28, 4–14 in SWAC play to finish in ninth place. Due to the ineligibility of Grambling State, the Delta Devils received the No. 8 seed in the SWAC tournament and lost to Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | Tougaloo College | L 85–87 | | Harrison HPER Complex (987) Itta Bena, MS |
| Nov 3, 2018* 3:00 pm | Delta State | L 67–70 | | Harrison HPER Complex (879) Itta Bena, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, BTN+ | at Nebraska Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | L 37–106 | 0–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,307) Lincoln, NE |
| Nov 9, 2018* 8:00 pm | at Texas Tech Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | L 52–84 | 0–2 | United Supermarkets Arena (9,873) Lubbock, TX |
| Nov 13, 2018* 8:00 pm | at Utah State | L 59–94 | 0–3 | Smith Spectrum (5,133) Logan, UT |
| Nov 15, 2018* 8:00 pm | at Utah | L 63–98 | 0–4 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,804) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Nov 17, 2018* 6:00 pm | at Robert Morris Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | L 59–68 | 0–5 | North Athletic Complex (1,016) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, BYUtv | Southeastern Louisiana Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | W 69–59 | 1–5 | Harrison HPER Complex (188) Itta Bena, MS |
| Nov 25, 2018* 1:00 pm | at Illinois | L 67–86 | 1–6 | State Farm Center (11,706) Champaign, IL |
| Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm | Rust | W 102–62 | 2–6 | Harrison HPER Complex (478) Itta Bena, MS |
| Dec 1, 2018* 9:00 pm | at California Baptist | L 71–107 | 2–7 | CBU Events Center (2,742) Riverside, CA |
| Dec 4, 2018* 7:00 pm | Southeast Missouri State | L 57–77 | 2–8 | Harrison HPER Complex (978) Itta Bena, MS |
| Dec 11, 2018* 7:30 pm | at Louisiana Tech | L 80–96 | 2–9 | Thomas Assembly Center (1,816) Ruston, LA |
| Dec 13, 2018* 9:00 pm | at Santa Clara | L 54–82 | 2–10 | Leavey Center (862) Santa Clara, CA |
| Dec 16, 2018* 10:00 pm | at Hawaii | L 51–76 | 2–11 | Stan Sheriff Center (4,890) Honolulu, HI |
| Dec 22, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Grand Canyon | L 64–85 | 2–12 | GCU Arena (7,255) Phoenix, AZ |
| SWAC regular season ||||||
| Jan 5, 2019 7:00 pm | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 52–64 | 2–13 (0–1) | K. L. Johnson Complex (1,651) Pine Bluff, AR |
| Jan 12, 2019 4:30 pm | Alabama A&M | W 72–63 | 3–13 (1–1) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,997) Itta Bena, MS |
| Jan 14, 2019 7:30 pm | Alabama State | L 79–81 $^{OT}$ | 3–14 (1–2) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,298) Itta Bena, MS |
| Jan 19, 2019 4:30 pm | at Alcorn State | L 57–63 | 3–15 (1–3) | Davey Whitney Complex (687) Lorman, MS |
| Jan 21, 2019 4:30 pm | at Southern | L 56–80 | 3–16 (1–4) | F. G. Clark Center (930) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Jan 26, 2019 4:30 pm | Prairie View A&M | L 78–89 | 3–17 (1–5) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,017) Itta Bena, MS |
| Jan 28, 2019 4:30 pm | Texas Southern | L 62–65 | 3–18 (1–6) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,229) Itta Bena, MS |
| Feb 2, 2019 4:30 pm | at Jackson State | L 57–61 | 3–19 (1–7) | Williams Assembly Center (2,005) Jackson, MS |
| Feb 4, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPNU | at Grambling State | L 57–79 | 3–20 (1–8) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,191) Grambling, LA |
| Feb 9, 2019 4:30 pm | at Alabama A&M | L 63–78 | 3–21 (1–9) | Elmore Gymnasium (987) Normal, AL |
| Feb 11, 2019 7:30 pm | at Alabama State | L 59–82 | 3–22 (1–10) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome Montgomery, AL |
| Feb 16, 2019 4:30 pm | Alcorn State | W 76–68 | 4–22 (2–10) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,879) Itta Bena, MS |
| Feb 18, 2019 7:30 pm | Southern | W 70–59 | 5–22 (3–10) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,298) Itta Bena, MS |
| Feb 23, 2019 4:30 pm | at Prairie View A&M | L 63–69 | 5–23 (3–11) | William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX |
| Feb 25, 2019 4:30 pm | at Texas Southern | L 80–92 | 5–24 (3–12) | H&PE Arena (647) Houston, TX |
| Mar 2, 2019 4:30 pm | Jackson State | W 60–57 | 6–24 (4–12) | Harrison HPER Complex (4,901) Itta Bena, MS |
| Mar 4, 2019 7:30 pm | Grambling State | L 75–77 | 6–25 (4–13) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,187) Itta Bena, MS |
| Mar 9, 2019 4:30 pm | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | L 57–91 | 6–26 (4–14) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,987) Itta Bena, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||