2018–19 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by third year head coach Kenny Brooks, played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 22–12, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Clemson. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Furman and VCU in the first and second rounds before losing to James Madison in the third round.

2018–19 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2018–19 record22–12 (6–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Britney Anderson
  • Jennifer Brown
  • Shawn Poppie
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame†14–2 .875  35–4  .897
No. 5 Louisville14–2 .875  32–4  .889
No. 10 NC State12–4 .750  28–6  .824
No. 19 Miami (FL)12–4 .750  25–9  .735
No. 12 Syracuse11–5 .688  25–9  .735
No. 25 Florida State10–6 .625  24–9  .727
Clemson9–7 .563  20–13  .606
North Carolina8–8 .500  18–15  .545
Georgia Tech7–9 .438  17–13  .567
Virginia Tech6–10 .375  22–12  .647
Duke6–10 .375  15–15  .500
Virginia5–11 .313  12–19  .387
Boston College3–13 .188  14–16  .467
Pittsburgh2–14 .125  11–20  .355
Wake Forest1–15 .063  10–20  .333
† 2019 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 7, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 23–14, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Navy, George Mason and Fordham in the first, second and third rounds respectively, Alabama in the quarterfinals, West Virginia in the semifinals to advanced to the championship game where they lost to Indiana.

Off-season

Recruiting Class

Source:[4]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Shaniya Jones
PG		 High Point, North Carolina Wesleyan Christian Academy 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94 PG #21
Dara Mabrey
PG		 Belmar, New Jersey Manasquan High School 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90 PG #27
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:

    Roster
    2017–18 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
    F 0 Trinity Baptiste 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoHillsborough
    Northwest Florida St    		 Tampa, FL
    G 1 Taylor Emery 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrFreedom
    Gulf Coast State
    Tulane    		 Tampa, FL
    G 2 Aisha Sheppard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSt. John's Alexandria, VA
    G 3 Chloe Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSpotswood Harrisonburg, VA
    G 4 Dara Mabrey 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrManasquan Belmar, NJ
    G 10 Kendyl Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrSpotswood Harrisonburg, VA
    F 11 Regan Magarity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrIgelstavikens Gymnasium Norrköping, Sweden
    G 14 Kaela Kinder 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrChrist the King Inwood, NY
    F 20 Michelle Berry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrMiami Country Day
    Cal State Fullerton    		 Miami, FL
    G 23 Rachel Camp 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrEast Rutherford Forest City, NC
    F 25 Alexis Jean 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrTreasure Coast
    Kennesaw State/Palm Beach State    		 Port St. Lucie, FL
    F 34 Erinn Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrFranklin County Union Hall, VA
    C 40 Alex Obouh Fegue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SoPierre de Coubertin (Calais, France)
    Eastern Florida    		 Chatearoux, France
    Head coach
    Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • (W) Walk-on

    Roster
    Last update: November 1, 2018

    Shaniya Jones transferred after appearing in 5 games for the Hokies.

    Schedule

    Source:[5]

    Date
    time, TV    		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
    city, state
    Non-conference regular season
    November 6, 2018*
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 USC Upstate W 96–45  1–0
    		  18 – 2 tied  15 – Magarity  5 – Mabrey  Cassell Coliseum (1,591)
    Blacksburg, VA
    November 10, 2018*
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Georgia Southern W 78–49  2–0
    		  18 – Magarity  12 – Baptiste  6 – Mabrey  Cassell Coliseum (1,252)
    Blacksburg, VA
    November 13, 2018*
    6:00 pm, ESPN+    		 at Liberty W 72–61  3–0
    		  13 – 2 tied  15 – Magarity  6 – Camp  Vines Center (1,573)
    Lynchburg, VA
    November 16, 2018*
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Monmouth W 82–49  4–0
    		  26 – Mabrey  14 – Magarity  5 – Camp  Cassell Coliseum (1,233)
    Blacksburg, VA
    November 19, 2018*
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Chattanooga W 74–59  5–0
    		  20 – Emery  14 – Magarity  6 – Sheppard  Cassell Coliseum (955)
    Blacksburg, VA
    November 24, 2018*
    12:00 pm    		 vs. Villanova
    UCF Thanksgiving Classic    		 W 61–59  6–0
    		  22 – Emery  16 – Magarity  2 – 3 tied  CFE Arena 
    Orlando, FL
    November 25, 2018*
    11:00 am    		 vs. Richmond
    UCF Thanksgiving Classic    		 W 85–57  7–0
    		  24 – Baptiste  15 – Magarity  4 – Magarity  CFE Arena 
    Orlando, FL
    November 28, 2018*
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Rutgers
    ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge    		 W 67–51  8–0
    		  22 – Emery  14 – Magarity  3 – Mabrey  Cassell Coliseum (966)
    Blacksburg, VA
    December 4, 2018*
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Radford
    New River Valley rivalry    		 W 55–44   9–0
    		  21 – Emery  16 – Magarity  2 – Magarity  Cassell Coliseum (1,763)
    Blacksburg, VA
    December 16, 2018*
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Mount St. Mary's W 83–51  10–0
    		  24 – Emery  10 – Magarity  4 – Mabrey  Cassell Coliseum (1,621)
    Blacksburg, VA
    December 20, 2018*
    2:30 pm    		 vs. Dayton
    West Palm Invitational    		 W 69–57  11–0
    		  20 – Magarity  10 – Magarity  5 – Magarity  Student Life Center (200)
    West Palm Beach, FL
    December 21, 2018*
    12:15 pm    		 vs. Ohio State
    West Palm Invitational    		 W 81–73  12–0
    		  27 – Emery  15 – Magarity  4 – Emery  Student Life Center (127)
    West Palm Beach, FL
    December 29, 2018*
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Longwood W 93–39  13–0
    		  22 – Baptiste  18 – Magarity  6 – Camp  Cassell Coliseum (1,389)
    Blacksburg, VA
    ACC regular season
    January 3, 2019
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 at Miami (FL) L 61–68  13–1
    (0–1)    		  20 – Emery  10 – Emery  3 – 2 Tied  Watsco Center (961)
    Coral Gables, FL
    January 6, 2019
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 No. 14 Syracuse L 73–75 OT 13–2
    (0–2)    		  27 – Emery  10 – Magarity  5 – 2 Tied  Cassell Coliseum (2,287)
    Blacksburg, VA
    January 10, 2019
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 at Virginia
    Rivalry    		 L 58–62  13–3
    (0–3)    		  26 – Emery  11 – Magarity  6 – Mabrey  John Paul Jones Arena (2,703)
    Charlottesville, VA
    January 16, 2019
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 No. 1 Notre Dame L 51–80  13–4
    (0–4)    		  15 – Emery  16 – Baptiste  2 – Emery  Cassell Coliseum (2,131)
    Blacksburg, VA
    January 20, 2019
    12:30 pm, RSN    		 at No. 8 NC State L 61–70 OT 13–5
    (0–5)    		  13 – Baptiste  5 – Baptiste  2 – 3 tied  Reynolds Coliseum (3,925)
    Raleigh, NC
    January 24, 2019
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 North Carolina L 69–81  13–6
    (0–6)    		  19 – Mabrey  11 – Magarity  3 – 2 tied  Cassell Coliseum (1,450)
    Blacksburg, VA
    January 27, 2019
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 No. 22 Florida State L 54–56  13–7
    (0–7)    		  16 – Baptiste  10 – Magarity  3 – K. Brooks  Cassell Coliseum (1,915)
    Blacksburg, VA
    January 31, 2019
    7:00 pm, RSN    		 at Pittsburgh W 74–58  14–7
    (1–7)    		  24 – Emery  17 – Magarity  7 – Magarity  Petersen Events Center (588)
    Pittsburgh, PA
    February 3, 2019
    1:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 at Boston College W 95–86  15–7
    (2–7)    		  30 – Magarity  14 – Magarity  6 – Mabrey  Conte Forum (1,590)
    Chestnut Hill, MA
    February 10, 2019
    12:00 pm, RSN    		 No. 2 Louisville L 63–72  15–8
    (2–8)    		  17 – Mabrey  8 – 2 tied  3 – Emery  Cassell Coliseum (2,006)
    Blacksburg, VA
    February 14, 2019
    7:00 pm, RSN    		 at Duke W 64–57  16–8
    (3–8)    		  22 – Magarity  18 – Magarity  3 – 2 tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,117)
    Durham, NC
    February 17, 2019
    1:00 pm, RSN    		 at Georgia Tech L 68–76  16–9
    (3–9)    		  27 – Emery  14 – Magarity  6 – Mabrey  McCamish Pavilion (1,445)
    Atlanta, GA
    February 21, 2019
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 No. 14 Miami (FL) W 73–65  17–9
    (4–9)    		  24 – Emery  19 – Magarity  5 – Mabrey  Cassell Coliseum (2,213)
    Blacksburg, VA
    February 24, 2019
    1:00 pm, RSN    		 at Clemson L 66–73  17–10
    (4–10)    		  17 – Magarity  9 – Magarity  6 – Mabrey  Littlejohn Coliseum (1,264)
    Clemson, SC
    February 28, 2019
    7:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Virginia
    Rivalry    		 W 63–45  18–10
    (5–10)    		  19 – Emery  17 – Magarity  6 – Emery  Cassell Coliseum (2,287)
    Blacksburg, VA
    March 3, 2019
    2:00 pm, ACCN Extra    		 Wake Forest W 69–57  19–10
    (6–10)    		  20 – Emery  15 – Magarity  3 – 4 Tied  Cassell Coliseum (2,418)
    Blacksburg, VA
    ACC Women's Tournament
    March 6, 2019
    3:30 pm, RSN    		 (10) vs. (15) Wake Forest
    First Round    		 W 85–63  20–10
    		  26 – Emery  15 – Baptiste  5 – Mabrey  Greensboro Coliseum 
    Greensboro, NC
    March 7, 2019
    6:00 pm, RSN    		 (10) vs. (7) Clemson
    Second Round    		 L 79–80 OT 20–11
    		  35 – Emery  10 – Magarity  3 – Magarity  Greensboro Coliseum 
    Greensboro, NC
    WNIT
    March 21, 2019*
    7:00 pm    		 Furman
    First Round    		 W 92–65  21–11
    		  23 – Emery  15 – Magarity  5 – Baptise  Cassell Coliseum (681)
    Blacksburg, VA
    March 24, 2019*
    2:00 pm    		 VCU
    Second Round    		 W 82–72  22–11
    		  21 – Emery  12 – Magarity  3 – Baptiste  Cassell Coliseum (781)
    Blacksburg, VA
    March 28, 2019*
    7:00 pm    		 James Madison
    Third Round    		 L 66–70  22–12
    		  21 – Emery  12 – Baptiste  4 – Emery  JMU Convocation Center (2,872)
    Harrisonburg, VA
    *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
    All times are in Eastern.

    Player statistics
    Legend
      GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
     FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
     RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
     BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
    No. Player GP GS MPG FG% FT% 3FG% STL BLK AST REB PTS
    0 Trinity Baptiste 29 14 27.10 46.95 85.71 60.00 0.79 0.8 1.28 7.10 9.79
    1 Taylor Emery 29 29 34.38 45.52 84.87 38.41 0.83 0.24 2.10 5.52 17.93
    2 Aisha Sheppard 29 6 22.45 38.37 79.41 35.88 0.62 0.24 1.45 1.76 6.62
    4 Dara Mabrey 29 29 27.90 45.97 86.00 47.68 0.66 0.10 2.83 1.79 11.83
    5 Shaniya Jones 5 0 10.2 35.7 66.67 50.00 0.60 0.20 1.40 1.00 2.60
    10 Kendyl Brooks 29 19 24.17 26.95 70.00 28.91 0.55 0.24 0.86 2.07 4.14
    11 Regan Magarity 29 29 35.45 51.84 73.40 30.88 1.07 1.79 2.28 12.90 14.41
    23 Rachel Camp 28 15 19.46 35.85 68.57 22.73 0.39 0.25 1.46 2.82 3.75
    25 Alexis Jean 16 3 12.44 30.95 50.00 32.14 0.25 0.06 0.13 1.88 2.31
    34 Erinn Brooks 19 0 4.79 75.00 N/A N/A 0.11 0.00 0.21 0.53 0.63

    Rankings

    2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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    (RV)   Received Votes
    (NR)   Not Ranked

    See also

    References
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    2. "Virginia Tech Hokies Women's Basketball - Hokies News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
    3. Virginia Tech Hokies. "Virginia Tech Hokies on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
    4. "Virginia Tech Hokies". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
    5. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
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