# 2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by sixth-year head coach Mike McGuire. They finished the season 26–7, 17–1 in Big South play, win the Big South regular season title. Radford won the conference tournament championship game over the Campbell Lady Camels, 57–45 to earn an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Maryland in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | Roanoke | W 77–27 | | Dedmon Center Radford, VA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | South Carolina State | W 61–31 | 1–0 | Dedmon Center (733) Radford, VA |
| November 15, 2018* 11:00 a.m. | | ETSU | W 79–64 | 2–0 | Dedmon Center (724) Radford, VA |
| November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE | | at No. 17 NC State | L 58–75 | 2–1 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,405) Raleigh, NC |
| November 23, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | vs. Temple Miami Thanksgiving Classic | W 56–50 | 3–1 | Watsco Center (569) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 25, 2018* 12:00 p.m. | | vs. Nebraska Miami Thanksgiving Classic | L 39–77 | 3–2 | Watsco Center (425) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 4, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ACCNE | | at Virginia Tech New River Valley rivalry | L 44–55 | 3–3 | Cassell Coliseum (1,763) Blacksburg, VA |
| December 8, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE | | at Virginia | W 57–44 | 4–3 | John Paul Jones Arena (2,365) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 15, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 72–79 | 4–4 | Dedmon Center (683) Radford, VA |
| December 19, 2018* 6:00 p.m. | | at VCU | W 54–49 | 5–4 | Siegel Center (654) Richmond, VA |
| December 29, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Shepherd | W 60–46 | 6–4 | Dedmon Center (587) Radford, VA |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Mount St. Mary's | L 72–79 | 6–5 | Knott Arena (218) Emmitsburg, MD |
| Big South regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UNC Asheville | W 60–46 | 7–5 (1–0) | Dedmon Center (818) Radford, VA |
| January 8, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | High Point | W 80–58 | 8–5 (2–0) | Dedmon Center (597) Radford, VA |
| January 10, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Hampton | L 54–68 | 8–6 (2–1) | Hampton Convocation Center (2,123) Hampton, VA |
| January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Winthrop | W 70–49 | 9–6 (3–1) | Dedmon Center (616) Radford, VA |
| January 15, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Charleston Southern | W 67–41 | 10–6 (4–1) | CSU Field House (217) North Charleston, SC |
| January 19, 2019 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Longwood | W 68–34 | 11–6 (5–1) | Willett Hall (336) Farmville, VA |
| January 22, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Presbyterian | W 59–49 | 12–6 (6–1) | Dedmon Center (732) Radford, VA |
| January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Campbell | W 56–52 | 13–6 (7–1) | Pope Center (1,049) Buies Creek, NC |
| February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at USC Upstate | W 82–41 | 14–6 (8–1) | G. B. Hodge Center (328) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 5, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Gardner–Webb | W 79–69 | 15–6 (9–1) | Dedmon Center (655) Radford, VA |
| February 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at High Point | W 84–79 $^{2OT}$ | 16–6 (10–1) | Millis Center (596) High Point, NC |
| February 16, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Longwood | W 81–52 | 17–6 (11–1) | Dedmon Center (808) Radford, VA |
| February 19, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Winthrop | W 79–57 | 18–6 (12–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (147) Rock Hill, SC |
| February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Campbell | W 61–57 | 19–6 (13–1) | Dedmon Center (973) Radford, VA |
| February 26, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at UNC Asheville | W 45–44 | 20–6 (14–1) | Kimmel Arena (913) Asheville, NC |
| March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | USC Upstate | W 55–43 | 21–6 (15–1) | Dedmon Center (802) Radford, VA |
| March 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Hampton | W 84–59 | 22–6 (16–1) | Dedmon Center (749) Radford, VA |
| March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Presbyterian | W 48–43 | 23–6 (17–1) | Templeton Center (256) Clinton, SC |
| Big South women's tournament ||||||
| March 14, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (1) | (9) Presbyterian Quarterfinals | W 60–49 | 24–6 | Dedmon Center (981) Radford, VA |
| March 15, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | (4) UNC Asheville Semifinals | W 59–52 | 25–6 | Dedmon Center (817) Radford, VA |
| March 17, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | (6) Campbell Championship game | W 57–45 | 26–6 | Dedmon Center (1,162) Radford, VA |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 23, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 | (14 A) | at (3 A) No. 9 Maryland First round | L 51–73 | 26–7 | Xfinity Center (5,072) College Park, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||