# 2018–19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was MaChelle Joseph in her 16th season. The team played its home games at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 17–13, 7–9 in ACC play, to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to North Carolina. Despite having 17 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament for the first time since 2013.
Less than a month after being placed on leave for a personnel matter, Georgia Tech fired Joseph on March 26 after 16 seasons. She finished her tenure with 311 wins, the most in program history. On April 9, Georgia Tech hired coaching veteran and ESPN analyst Nell Fortner, whose most recent coaching job had been an eight-season stint at Auburn.

## Previous season

They finished the 2017–18 season 20–14, 6–10 in ACC play, to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the third round where they lost to Alabama.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Elizabeth Balogun G | Lagos, Nigeria | Hamilton Heights | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Elizabeth Dixon F | Memphis, TN | Ridgeway | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| D'asia Gregg G | Florence, SC | Wilson | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Jasmine Carson G | Memphis, TN | McEachern | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Lotta-Mah Lahtinen PG | Helsinki, Finland | N/A | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Coastal Georgia | W 95–46 | – | McCamish Pavilion (731) Atlanta, GA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 8:00 p.m. | | at Houston | L 89–95 $^{2OT}$ | 0–1 | H&PE Arena (791) Houston, TX |
| November 11, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Appalachian State | W 71–53 | 1–1 | McCamish Pavilion (887) Atlanta, GA |
| November 14, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Western Carolina | W 84–49 | 2–1 | McCamish Pavilion (730) Atlanta, GA |
| November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | No. 14 Georgia Rivalry | W 63–53 | 3–1 | McCamish Pavilion (2,407) Atlanta, GA |
| November 22, 2018* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. George Washington Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 70–55 | 4–1 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (300) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 23, 2018* 6:30 p.m. | | vs. Idaho State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 74–51 | 5–1 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (300) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 29, 2018* 6:30 p.m., BTN | | at No. 7 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 54–67 | 5–2 | Xfinity Center (4,108) College Park, MD |
| December 2, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Georgia State | W 78–71 | 6–2 | GSU Sports Arena (797) Atlanta, GA |
| December 5, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Alabama State | W 69–42 | 7–2 | McCamish Pavilion (800) Atlanta, GA |
| December 16, 2018* 4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Kennesaw State | W 60–35 | 8–2 | McCamish Pavilion (1,014) Atlanta, GA |
| December 20, 2018* 12:30 p.m. | | vs. Seton Hall West Palm Invitational | W 84–73 | 9–2 | Student Life Center (123) West Palm Beach, FL |
| December 21, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | vs. Dayton West Palm Invitational | L 66–85 | 9–3 | Student Life Center (178) West Palm Beach, FL |
| December 30, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Wofford | W 81–40 | 10–3 | McCamish Pavilion (1,165) Atlanta, GA |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at Boston College | W 81–76 | 11–3 (1–0) | Conte Forum (1,254) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 6, 2019 3:00 p.m., RSN | | No. 2 Notre Dame | L 55–76 | 11–4 (1–1) | McCamish Pavilion (3,209) Atlanta, GA |
| January 10, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Duke | W 70–64 | 12–4 (2–1) | McCamish Pavilion (1,485) Atlanta, GA |
| January 13, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at No. 2 Louisville | L 44–61 | 12–5 (2–2) | KFC Yum! Center (10,514) Louisville, KY |
| January 17, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at Clemson | L 61–71 | 12–6 (2–3) | Littlejohn Coliseum (675) Clemson, SC |
| January 20, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | No. 12 Syracuse | W 65–55 | 13–6 (3–3) | McCamish Pavilion (2,106) Atlanta, GA |
| January 27, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | No. 8 NC State | L 60–68 | 13–7 (3–4) | McCamish Pavilion (2,014) Atlanta, GA |
| January 31, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at North Carolina | L 90–91 | 13–8 (3–5) | Carmichael Arena (1,954) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 3, 2019 12:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at No. 5 Notre Dame | L 50–90 | 13–9 (3–6) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,530) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Pittsburgh | W 67–55 | 14–9 (4–6) | McCamish Pavilion (987) Atlanta, GA |
| February 10, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at Wake Forest | W 60–46 | 15–9 (5–6) | LJVM Coliseum (1,017) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 17, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN | | Virginia Tech | W 76–68 | 16–9 (6–6) | McCamish Pavilion (1,445) Atlanta, GA |
| February 21, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | Clemson | W 75–53 | 17–9 (7–6) | McCamish Pavilion (1,119) Atlanta, GA |
| February 24, 2019 3:00 p.m., RSN | | at Virginia | L 45–53 | 17–10 (7–7) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,834) Charlottesville, VA |
| February 28, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN | | at No. 15 Miami | L 56–69 | 17–11 (7–8) | Watsco Center (1,151) Miami, FL |
| March 3, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | No. 22 Florida State | L 55–64 | 17–12 (7–9) | McCamish Pavilion (1,567) Atlanta, GA |
| ACC women's tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2019 2:00 p.m., RSN | (9) | vs. (8) North Carolina Second round | L 73–80 | 17–13 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,413) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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## Rankings

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