# 2018–19 Nicholls Colonels women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Nicholls Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by eleventh year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and are members of the Southland Conference. The Colonels finished the 2018–19 season 20–12, 14–4 in Southland play to finish in third place. They lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the second round of the Southland women's tournament. They received an invitation to the 2019 Women's Basketball Invitational tournament where they lost in the first round to Southern Miss.

## Previous season

The Colonels finished the 2017–18 season 19–13, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to their first NCAA women's tournament in school history where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.

## Schedule

Sources:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 1, 2018* 6:00 pm | | Spring Hill College | W 85–71 | | Stopher Gymnasium (201) Thibodaux, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at No. 4 Baylor | L 39–100 | 0–1 | Ferrell Center (4,866) Waco, TX |
| Nov 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, SECN+ | | at Auburn 2018 Preseason WNIT First Round | L 59–80 | 0–2 | Auburn Arena (2,316) Auburn, AL |
| Nov 16, 2018* 6:30 pm | | at Texas State 2018 Preseason WNIT Consolation First Round | L 67–72 | 0–3 | Strahan Arena (625) San Marcos, TX |
| Nov 17, 2018* 4:00 pm | | vs. Delaware 2018 Preseason WNIT Consolation Second Round | L 56–71 | 0–4 | Strahan Arena San Marcos, TX |
| Nov 23, 2018* 3:30 pm | | at UTEP UTEP Thanksgiving Classic | W 58–56 | 1–4 | Don Haskins Center (381) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 24, 2018* 5:00 pm | | vs. Texas Southern UTEP Thanksgiving Classic | W 58–57 | 2–4 | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| Nov 28, 2018* 11:30 am | | Southern University (New Orleans) | W 86–49 | 3–4 | Stopher Gymnasium (807) Thibodaux, LA |
| Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 am | | Mississippi Valley State | W 72–47 | 4–4 | Stopher Gymnasium (141) Thibodaux, LA |
| Dec 4, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 46–71 | 4–5 | Devlin Fieldhouse (809) New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 14, 2018* 6:30 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 55–54 | 5–5 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,221) Monroe, LA |
| Dec 18, 2018* 6:30 pm, SECN+ | | at LSU | L 44–76 | 5–6 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,492) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Dec 21, 2018* 11:30 am | | William Carey | W 86–45 | 6–6 | Stopher Gymnasium (96) Thibodaux, LA |
| Southland regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2019 6:00 pm | | Northwestern State | W 97–86 | 7–6 (1–0) | Stopher Gym (144) Thibodaux, LA |
| Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm | | Incarnate Word | W 86–62 | 8–6 (2–0) | Stopher Gym (161) Thibodaux, LA |
| Jan 9, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stephen F. Austin | L 62–70 | 8–7 (2–1) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,303) Nacogdoches, TX |
| Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm | | Houston Baptist | W 77–54 | 9–7 (3–1) | Stopher Gym (201) Thibodaux, LA |
| Jan 16, 2019 6:30 pm | | McNeese State | L 68–69 | 9–8 (3–2) | Stopher Gym (225) Thibodaux, LA |
| Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm | | at Central Arkansas | W 64–60 | 10–8 (4–2) | Farris Center (512) Conway, AR |
| Jan 23, 2019 6:00 pm | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 85–55 | 11–8 (5–2) | Stopher Gym (405) Thibodaux, LA |
| Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lamar | L 65–78 | 11–9 (5–3) | Montagne Center (1,411) Beaumont, TX |
| Feb 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Southeastern Louisiana | W 73–66 | 12–9 (6–3) | University Center (635) Hammond, LA |
| Feb 9, 2019 2:00 pm | | at New Orleans | W 76–62 | 13–9 (7–3) | Lakefront Arena (344) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm | | vs. Abilene Christian | L 66–76 | 13–10 (7–4) | Mabee Complex (1,009) Abilene, TX |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Houston Baptist | W 58–55 | 14–10 (8–4) | Sharp Gymnasium (509) Houston, TX |
| Feb 20, 2019 6:00 pm | | Sam Houston State | W 84–81 | 15–10 (9–4) | Stopher Gym (414) Thibodaux, LA |
| Feb 23, 2019 4:00 pm | | Central Arkansas | W 68–52 | 16–10 (10–4) | Stopher Gym (409) Thibodaux, LA |
| Feb 27, 2019 6:30 pm | | at McNeese State | W 78–55 | 17–10 (11–4) | H&HP Complex (1,736) Lake Charles, LA |
| Mar 2, 2019 1:00 pm | | New Orleans | W 66–58 | 18–10 (12–4) | Stopher Gym (411) Thibodaux, LA |
| Mar 6, 2019 6:30 pm | | at Northwestern State | W 89–67 | 19–10 (13–4) | Prather Coliseum (702) Natchitoches, LA |
| Mar 9, 2019 4:00 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 72–55 | 20–10 (14–4) | Stopher Gym (504) Thibodaux, LA |
| Southland Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 2019 1:30 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (6) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Second Round | L 56–69 | 20–11 | Merrell Center (1,425) Katy, TX |
| WBI Tournament ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Southern Miss First Round | L 71–77 | 20–12 | Reed Green Coliseum (530) Hattiesburg, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||