2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team

2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball
Mountain West Regular Season co-champions and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record23–10 (14–4 MWC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Cody Butler
  • Heather Sower
  • Cariann Ramirez
Home arenaTaco Bell Arena
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 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 13th-year head coach Gordy Presnell, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title with UNLV. They were also champions of the Mountain West women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost in the first round to Louisville.

Roster

2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 2 Shalem Shaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Reno HS Reno, NV
F 3 Sofia Galeron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr   Burgos, Spain
F 13 Hailey Vice-Neat 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cardinal Newman HS Santa Rosa, CA
G 14 Braydey Hodgins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Chiawana HS Pasco, WA
F 15 Tess Amundsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Clovis West HS Fresno, CA
G 20 Marta Hermida 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Margarita Salas HS Madrid, Spain
G 21 Riley Lupfer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lewis and Clark HS Spokane, WA
G/F 22 Ellie Woerner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Eastlake HS
Portland
Sammamish, WA
G 23 Jayde Christopher Current redshirt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Cleveland HS
Kansas
Federal Way, WA
F 24 Leonie Edringer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Max-Planck-Gymnasium Trier, Germany
C 31 Marijke Vanderschaaf 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Eastlake HS Sammamish, WA
F 33 Joyce Harrell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Cleveland HS Seattle, WA
G 40 Brittney Pahukoa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lake Stevens HS Lake Stevens, WA
F 42 A'Shanti Coleman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep
Arizona
San Francisco, CA
F 44 Emerald Toth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bozeman HS Bozeman, MT
C 54 Brooke Wheeler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Springville HS
Utah Valley
Snow College
Springville, UT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017*
2:00 pm
Carroll (MT) L 61–62 
Taco Bell Arena 
Boise, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:30 pm
Northwest Christian W 83–51  1–0
Taco Bell Arena (778)
Boise, ID
11/17/2017*
4:30 pm
vs. San Diego
Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Classic
L 52–72  1–1
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/19/2017*
2:30 pm
vs. Northern Arizona
Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Classic
L 60–62  1–2
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/26/2017*
2:00 pm
Corban W 94–50  2–2
Taco Bell Arena (657)
Boise, ID
11/30/2017*
7:00 pm
Saint Mary's L 72–74  2–3
Taco Bell Arena (476)
Boise, ID
12/03/2016*
7:00 pm
at Eastern Washington W 61–57  3–3
Reese Court (552)
Cheney, WA
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
Washington W 85–62  4–3
Taco Bell Arena (806)
Boise, ID
12/10/2017*
3:00 pm
at Portland W 73–47  5–3
Chiles Center (401)
Portland, OR
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm
Washington State L 53–61  5–4
Taco Bell Arena (896)
Boise, ID
12/20/2017*
7:00 pm
Cal State Bakersfield L 59–65  5–5
Taco Bell Arena (496)
Boise, ID
12/21/2017*
5:30 pm
Saint Francis (PA) W 87–59  6–5
Taco Bell Arena (476)
Boise, ID
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017
7:00 pm
at Colorado State W 62–58  7–5
(1–0)
Moby Arena (1,209)
Fort Collins, CO
12/30/2017
1:00 pm
UNLV W 69–60  8–5
(2–0)
Taco Bell Arena (890)
Boise, ID
01/03/2018
7:00 pm
at New Mexico L 83–100  8–6
(2–1)
Dreamstyle Arena (5,367)
Albuquerque, NM
01/06/2018
2:00 pm
Wyoming L 51–66  8–7
(2–2)
Taco Bell Arena (1,058)
Boise, ID
01/10/2018
7:00 pm
Fresno State W 75–66  9–7
(3–2)
Taco Bell Arena (568)
Boise, ID
01/13/2018
2:00 pm
at San Diego State W 86–70  10–7
(4–2)
Viejas Arena (674)
San Diego, CA
01/17/2018
7:00 pm
at Utah State W 64–42  11–7
(5–2)
Smith Spectrum (563)
Logan, UT
01/20/2018
2:00 pm
Nevada L 68–72  11–8
(5–3)
Taco Bell Arena (1,157)
Boise, ID
01/24/2018
2:00 pm
at San José State W 112–80  12–8
(6–3)
Event Center Arena (889)
San Jose, CA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
Air Force W 49–46  13–8
(7–3)
Taco Bell Arena (1,045)
Boise, ID
02/03/2018
4:00 pm
at UNLV L 54–77  13–9
(7–4)
Thomas & Mack Center (1,503)
Paradise, NV
02/07/2018
7:00 pm
New Mexico W 91–85  14–9
(8–4)
Taco Bell Arena (610)
Boise, ID
02/10/2018
2:00 pm
Utah State W 68–60  15–9
(9–4)
Taco Bell Arena (1,257)
Boise, ID
02/14/2018
7:30 pm
at Nevada W 63–55  16–9
(10–4)
Lawlor Events Center (1,163)
Reno, NV
02/17/2018
1:00 pm
at Air Force W 58–47  17–9
(11–4)
Clune Arena (627)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/21/2018
7:00 pm
Colorado State W 55–49  18–9
(12–4)
Taco Bell Arena (641)
Boise, ID
02/27/2018
7:00 pm
San Diego State W 64–53  19–9
(13–4)
Taco Bell Arena (809)
Boise, ID
03/02/2018
6:30 pm
at Wyoming W 67–63  20–9
(14–4)
Arena-Auditorium (6,312)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2018
1:00 pm
(1) vs. (8) Air Force
Quarterfinals
W 60–46  21–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/07/2018
7:30 pm
(1) vs. (5) Colorado State
Semifinals
W 76–51  22–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/09/2018
1:00 pm
(1) vs. (7) Nevada
Championship Game
W 62–60  23–9
Thomas & Mack Center (2,419)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018*
10:00 am, ESPN2
(16 L) at (1 L) No. 3 Louisville
First Round
L 42–74  23–10
KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP N/A
Coaches RV N/A
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "Boise State University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2017.