2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record25–11 (10–8 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Valerie King
  • Erin Grant
  • Bill Ferrara
Home arenaDreamstyle Arena
Johnson Gymnasium
Seasons
2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Boise State † 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
UNLV 14 – 4   .778 19 – 12   .613
Wyoming 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
Colorado State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Fresno State 11 – 7   .611 17 – 15   .531
New Mexico 10 – 8   .556 25 – 11   .694
Nevada 7 – 11   .389 19 – 17   .528
San Diego State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Utah State 5 – 13   .278 7 – 23   .233
Air Force 5 – 13   .278 6 – 25   .194
San Jose State 4 – 14   .222 7 – 23   .233
† 2018 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by second year head coach Mike Bradbury, played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena with 1 game in the WNIT at Johnson Gymnasium and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–11, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Wyoming. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Texas and Rice in the first and second rounds before losing to TCU in the third round.

Roster

2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Cherise Beynon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Canyon Springs HS Las Vegas, NV
G 2 Tesha Buck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Red Wing
Green Bay 		Red Wing, MN
G 3 N'Dea Flye 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Oregon City HS Oregon City, OR
G 4 Alex Lapeyrolerie 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Edward S. Marcus HS Highland Village, TX
G 10 Jasmine Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Dekaney HS Houston, TX
G 11 Emily Lines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr First Baptist Academy Naples, FL
G 15 Aisia Robertson Current redshirt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Bishop O'Dowd HS
Kansas 		San Francisco, CA
G 22 Mykiel Burleson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Pflugerville HS Pflugerville, TX
G 23 Jaedyn De La Cerda 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Roswell HS Roswell, NM
C 24 Erica Moore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Mount Vernon
Purdue 		Fortville, IN
G 25 Laneah Bryan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Franklin HS El Paso, TX
F 32 Antonia Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Byron P. Steele II HS Cibolo, TX
G 35 Madi Washington 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Red Oak HS Red Oak, TX
C 44 Jaisa Nunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Juanita HS Kirkland, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017*
7:00 pm 		Eastern New Mexico W 80–66 
Dreamstyle Arena (4,016)
Albuquerque, NM
11/05/2017*
2:00 pm 		Fort Lewis W 84–68 
Dreamstyle Arena (4,153)
Albuquerque, NM
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm 		Western Michigan W 88–76  1–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,145)
Albuquerque, NM
11/13/2017*
7:00 pm 		No. 18 Marquette W 88–87  2–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,169)
Albuquerque, NM
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm 		Northern New Mexico W 107–66  3–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,314)
Albuquerque, NM
11/18/2017*
2:00 pm 		New Mexico State
Rio Grande Rivalry 		W 86–75  4–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (5,082)
Albuquerque, NM
11/24/2017*
7:00 pm 		Wichita State
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 76–62  5–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,560)
Albuquerque, NM
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm 		UC Irvine
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 83–61  6–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,425)
Albuquerque, NM
11/26/2017*
2:30 pm 		Illinois
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 97–68  7–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (4,663)
Albuquerque, NM
11/30/2017*
5:30 pm 		at UTEP W 59–35  8–0
 Don Haskins Center (1,350)
El Paso, TX
12/02/2017*
11:00 am 		at New Mexico State
Rio Grande Rivalry 		W 101–93  9–0
 Pan American Center (763)
Las Cruces, NM
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm 		Texas Tech W 90–56  10–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (5,663)
Albuquerque, NM
12/10/2017*
1:00 pm 		Navy W 94–87  11–0
 Dreamstyle Arena (6,763)
Albuquerque, NM
12/16/2017*
2:00 pm 		at Oklahoma L 63–105  11–1
 Lloyd Noble Center (4,508)
Norman, OK
12/20/2017*
7:00 pm 		Lamar W 90–58  12-1
 Dreamstyle Arena (5,081)
Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017
6:00 pm 		at Air Force W 88–59  13–1
(1–0) 		Clune Arena (312)
Colorado Springs, CO
12/30/2017
1:00 pm 		Nevada W 72–68  14–1
(2–0) 		Dreamstyle Arena (6,342)
Albuquerque, NM
01/03/2018
7:00 pm 		Boise State W 100–83  15–1
(3–0) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,367)
Albuquerque, NM
01/08/2018
3:00 pm 		at San José State L 86–95  15–2
(3–1) 		Event Center Arena (836)
San Jose, CA
01/10/2018
6:30 pm 		at Wyoming L 55–66  15–3
(3–2) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,105)
Laramie, WY
01/13/2018
2:00 pm 		Fresno State W 88–75  16–3
(4–2) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,881)
Albuquerque, NM
01/17/2018
7:00 pm 		UNLV L 66–68  16–4
(4–3) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,786)
Albuquerque, NM
01/20/2018
2:00 pm 		at San Diego State L 89–97  16–5
(4–4) 		Viejas Arena (886)
San Diego, CA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm 		at Colorado State L 71–74 OT 16–6
(4–5) 		Moby Arena (1,624)
Fort Collins, CO
01/31/2018
7:00 pm 		Utah State W 80–47  17–6
(5–5) 		Dreamstyle Arena (4,472)
Albuquerque, NM
02/03/2018
2:00 pm 		San José State W 92–62  18–6
(6–5) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,403)
Albuquerque, NM
02/07/2018
7:00 pm 		at Boise State L 85–91  18–7
(6–6) 		Taco Bell Arena (610)
Boise, ID
02/10/2018
2:00 pm 		Air Force W 57–49  19–7
(7–6) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,369)
Albuquerque, NM
02/14/2018
7:00 pm 		at Utah State W 74–50  20–7
(8–6) 		Smith Spectrum (286)
Logan, UT
02/21/2018
7:00 pm 		Wyoming L 62–63  20–8
(8–7) 		Dreamstyle Arena (4,769)
Albuquerque, NM
02/24/2018
4:00 pm 		at UNLV L 62–74  20–9
(8–8) 		Cox Pavilion (1,065)
Paradise, NV
02/27/2018
7:00 pm 		Colorado State W 54–48  21–9
(9–8) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,088)
Albuquerque, NM
03/02/2018
8:00 pm 		at Fresno State W 93–89  22–9
(10–8) 		Save Mart Center (2,401)
Fresno, CA
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/05/2018
8:00 pm 		(6) vs. (11) San José State
First Round 		W 84–54  23–9
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,542)
Paradise, NV
03/06/2018
9:30 pm 		(6) vs. (3) Wyoming
Quarterfinals 		L 66–69  23–10
 Thomas & Mack Center (2,273)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/15/2018*
7:00 pm, Stadium 		Saint Mary's
First Round 		W 82–80  24–10
 Johnson Gymnasium (1,428)
Albuquerque, NM
03/20/2018*
7:00 pm 		Rice
Second Round 		W 93–73  25–10
 Dreamstyle Arena (3,302)
Albuquerque, NM
03/22/2018*
7:00 pm 		TCU
Third Round 		L 72–81  25–11
 Dreamstyle Arena (3,938)
Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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14		 Week
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17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2017-18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "The University of New Mexico Lobos - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018.