Big South Announces 2018-19 Women's Basketball Conference Slate; Hampton Opens on Road

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – The Big South Conference announced its 2018-19 Women's Basketball conference schedule on Tuesday afternoon which in turn finishes off the schedule for Hampton in its inaugural Big South season.

Hampton will start its conference schedule on the road in Charleston, S.C. on January 5 taking on the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern.  They'll remain on the road with a date in Asheville, N.C. on January 8 to face UNC Asheville.

2018-19 Big South Conference Schedule

The first home Big South matchup will take place two days later as Hampton entertains in-state foe Radford University at the Convocation Center.  Another in-state opponent visits on January 15 when Hampton hosts Longwood.

The Lady Pirates will then visit Campbell (Jan. 19) and Winthrop (Jan. 22) before finishing off the month with a home matchup against fellow new Big South member USC Upstate on January 29.

In February, the Lady Pirates start off on the road at High Point (Feb. 2) before hosting three straight conference tilts against Presbyterian (Feb. 5), Campbell (Feb. 12) and Charleston Southern (Feb. 16).

That will lead them into a stretch of four out of five games on the road as Hampton will visit Gardner-Webb (Feb. 19), Longwood (Feb. 23) and Presbyterian (Feb. 26) to close the month.  After hosting High Point on March 2, Hampton will visit Radford three days later and will finish the regular-season hosting Winthrop on March 9.

The 2019 Big South Women's Basketball Championship will shift to a home-site, earned-seed format with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds hosting the quarterfinal and semifinal round as part of a new double-pod system.  Three first round games at the No. 6, 7 and 8 seeds open the Championship on Tuesday, March 12, followed by the quarterfinals (March 14) and semifinals (March 15) at the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, with the highest remaining seed hosting the Championship game on Sunday, March 17.

Game times will be announced at a later date.

For more information on Hampton University women's basketball, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

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