# 2018–19 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by first year head coach Jenny Huth, played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 15–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Wyoming in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 2, 2018* 7:00 pm | | South Dakota Mines | W 71–39 | | Bank of Colorado Arena (991) Greeley, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado | L 69–77 | 0–1 | CU Events Center (1,384) Boulder, CO |
| Nov 11, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at LSU | L 57–62 | 0–2 | Maravich Center (1,805) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 74–66 | 1–2 | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,162) Greeley, CO |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | W 53–47 | 2–2 | Moby Arena (1,145) Fort Collins, CO |
| Nov 23, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at San Francisco | W 68–63 | 3–2 | War Memorial Gymnasium (263) San Francisco, CA |
| Nov 28, 2018* 5:00 pm | | at Air Force | L 57–69 | 3–3 | Clune Arena (446) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm | | SMU | W 58–57 | 4–3 | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,145) Greeley, CO |
| Dec 13, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Chattanooga | W 68–65 | 5–3 | Bank of Colorado Arena (741) Greeley, CO |
| Dec 21, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at BYU | L 50–70 | 5–4 | Marriott Center (681) Provo, UT |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| Dec 29, 2018 2:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 82–69 | 6–4 (1–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,063) Greeley, CO |
| Dec 31, 2018 6:00 pm | | Portland State | W 79–63 | 7–4 (2–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (931) Greeley, CO |
| Jan 5, 2019 3:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 86–72 | 8–4 (3–0) | Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID |
| Jan 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | W 67–62 $^{OT}$ | 9–4 (4–0) | Reese Court (273) Cheney, WA |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Montana | W 73–62 | 10–4 (5–0) | Dahlberg Arena (2,924) Missoula, MT |
| Jan 14, 2019 7:00 pm | | Montana State | L 66–79 | 10–5 (5–1) | Bank of Colorado Arena (979) Greeley, CO |
| Jan 17, 2019 12:00 pm | | Weber State | L 54–55 | 10–6 (5–2) | Bank of Colorado Arena (2,765) Greeley, CO |
| Jan 19, 2019 7:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 60–56 | 11–6 (6–2) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,237) Greeley, CO |
| Jan 24, 2019 6:30 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 71–44 | 12–6 (7–2) | America First Events Center (647) Cedar City, UT |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 63–53 | 13–6 (8–2) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,339) Greeley, CO |
| Feb 4, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Montana State | W 84–73 | 14–6 (9–2) | Shroyer Gymnasium (1,142) Bozeman, MT |
| Feb 9, 2019 3:00 pm | | at Portland State | L 66–85 | 14–7 (9–3) | Viking Pavilion (427) Portland, OR |
| Feb 11, 2019 6:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 71–61 | 15–7 (10–3) | Hornets Nest (246) Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 72–76 | 15–8 (10–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (968) Greeley, CO |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm | | Idaho | W 77–72 | 16–8 (11–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,547) Greeley, CO |
| Feb 25, 2019 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 79–61 | 17–8 (12–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,274) Greeley, CO |
| Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 61–59 | 18–8 (13–4) | Reed Gym (1,128) Pocatello, ID |
| Mar 2, 2019 12:00 pm | | at Weber State | W 71–61 | 19–8 (14–4) | Dee Events Center (622) Ogden, UT |
| Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 88–71 | 20–8 (15–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,328) Greeley, CO |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Northern Arizona | L 68–79 | 20–9 (15–5) | Walkup Skydome (461) Flagstaff, AZ |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 12, 2019 5:30 pm | (2) | vs. (10) Southern Utah Quarterfinals | W 82–50 | 21–9 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| Mar 13, 2019 8:30 pm, ELVN | (2) | vs. (6) Eastern Washington Semifinals | L 57–59 | 21–10 | CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 21, 2019* 6:30 pm | | at Wyoming First Round | L 60–68 | 21–11 | Arena-Auditorium (2,685) Laramie, WY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |