# 2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by second-year head coach Bart Brooks, played their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in OVC play, to win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC women's tournament by defeating UT Martin and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 17 NC State | L 62–77 | 0–1 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,945) Raleigh, NC |
| November 12, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tulsa | W 78–53 | 1–1 | Curb Event Center (619) Nashville, TN |
| November 15, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Wright State | W 79–63 | 2–1 | Nutter Center (342) Fairborn, OH |
| November 19, 2018* 6:30 p.m. | | at Middle Tennessee | W 45–38 | 3–1 | Murphy Center (3,625) Murfreesboro, TN |
| November 21, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Northern Kentucky | W 71–53 | 4–1 | BB&T Arena (1,052) Highland Heights, KY |
| November 28, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | Toledo | L 69–78 | 4–2 | Curb Event Center (2,461) Nashville, TN |
| December 2, 2018* 1:00 p.m., ACCNE | | at Clemson | L 62–65 | 4–3 | Littlejohn Coliseum (561) Clemson, SC |
| December 4, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard | W 83–43 | 5–3 | Curb Event Center (1,341) Nashville, TN |
| December 17, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Chattanooga | W 67–51 | 6–3 | McKenzie Arena (1,367) Chattanooga, TN |
| December 21, 2018* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | W 74–55 | 7–3 | Curb Event Center (578) Nashville, TN |
| December 30, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | at No. 10 Tennessee | L 76–84 | 7–4 | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,546) Knoxville, TN |
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Jacksonville State | W 66–52 | 8–4 (1–0) | Curb Event Center (1,197) Nashville, TN |
| January 5, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee Tech | L 72–77 | 8–5 (1–1) | Curb Event Center (1,894) Nashville, TN |
| January 10, 2019 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Morehead State | W 77–50 | 9–5 (2–1) | Curb Event Center (802) Nashville, TN |
| January 12, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Kentucky | W 69–43 | 10–5 (3–1) | Curb Event Center (1,252) Nashville, TN |
| January 17, 2019 5:15 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville State | W 64–41 | 11–5 (4–1) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,022) Jacksonville, AL |
| January 19, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee State | W 80–46 | 12–5 (5–1) | Curb Event Center (1,521) Nashville, TN |
| January 24, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Murray State | W 65–58 | 13–5 (6–1) | CFSB Center (3,071) Murray, KY |
| January 26, 2019 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | W 80–62 | 14–5 (7–1) | Dunn Center (596) Clarksville, TN |
| January 31, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southeast Missouri State | W 91–57 | 15–5 (8–1) | Curb Event Center (1,043) Nashville, TN |
| February 2, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Martin | W 100–86 | 16–5 (9–1) | Curb Event Center (1,478) Nashville, TN |
| February 7, 2019 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Eastern Kentucky | W 87–52 | 17–5 (10–1) | McBrayer Arena (250) Richmond, KY |
| February 9, 2019 1:05 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Morehead State | W 77–57 | 18–5 (11–1) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,305) Morehead, KY |
| February 13, 2019 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee State | W 89–65 | 19–5 (12–1) | Gentry Complex (3,843) Nashville, TN |
| February 16, 2019 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | W 99–67 | 20–5 (13–1) | Eblen Center (2,452) Cookeville, TN |
| February 21, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Illinois | W 98–57 | 21–5 (14–1) | Curb Event Center (1,347) Nashville, TN |
| February 23, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | SIU Edwardsville | W 87–54 | 22–5 (15–1) | Curb Event Center (2,017) Nashville, TN |
| February 28, 2019 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | L 68–71 $^{OT}$ | 22–6 (15–2) | Skyhawk Arena (1,476) Martin, TN |
| March 2, 2019 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southeast Missouri State | W 92–86 | 23–6 (16–2) | Show Me Center (735) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| Ohio Valley Conference tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (8) Southeast Missouri State First Round | W 74–65 | 24–6 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 8, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (4) Tennessee Tech Semifinals | W 62–48 | 25–6 | Ford Center (767) Evansville, IN |
| March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (3) UT Martin Championship game | W 59–53 | 26–6 | Ford Center (827) Evansville, IN |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 12:45 p.m., ESPN2 | (13 G) | at (4 G) No. 15 South Carolina First round | L 52–74 | 26–7 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region. All times are in Central. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No change |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked |