2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] America East women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2004. They lost to Texas in the first round.
All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal .
Roster
2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 2
Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Mount Desert Island
Bar Harbor, ME
G 4
Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Jr Calais
Calais, ME
F 5
Maeve Carroll 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Fr Georgetown Visitation Preparatory
Oakton, VA
G 10
Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Collège Montmorency
Repentigny, QE
G 12
Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jr Van Buren
Van Buren, ME
G 15
Dor Saar 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Fr Israeli Basketball Academy
Ma'anit, Israel
G 20
Kelly Fogarty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr Walpole
Walpole, MA
G 22
Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So Colegio Manuel Peleteiro
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23
Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
RS Jr Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
C 31
Kat Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fr Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Coral Springs, FL
F 32
Kira Barra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Theo Koch Schule
Dillingen, Germany
F 33
Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr Academy of Our Lady Peace
San Diego, CA
F 51
Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Luleå Praktiska Gymnasium
Nacka, Sweden
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
[ 4]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Exhibition
10/28/2017 *5:00 pm
Stonehill L 49–68 Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017 *6:00 pm, ESPN3
Tulane Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals L 34–42 0–1
Memorial Gym Orono, ME
11/11/2017 *4:00 pm, ESPN3
Harvard Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game W 76–51 1–1
Memorial Gym (855)Orono, ME
11/14/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
Bryant W 70–68 OT
2–1
Cross Insurance Center (1,137)Bangor, ME
11/16/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine–Fort Kent W 100–40 3–1
Cross Insurance Center (1,082)Bangor, ME
11/24/2017 *4:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Miami (FL) Miami Thanksgiving Tournament L 73–80 3–2
Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
11/26/2017 *2:30 pm
vs. Kennesaw State Miami Thanksgiving Tournament W 75–39 4–2
Watsco Center (884)Coral Gables, FL
11/30/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo
L 64–65 OT
4–3
Savage Arena Toledo, OH
12/03/2017 *1:00 pm
at No. 8 Ohio State
L 70–83 4–4
Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/05/2017 *5:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine Maritime Academy W 89–49 5–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,964)Bangor, ME
12/09/2017 *12:00 pm
at Dartmouth
W 64–51 6–4
Leede Arena Hanover, NH
12/17/2017 *3:00 pm
at No. 5 Mississippi State
L 43–83 6–5
Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
12/19/2017 *7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 14 Duke
L 39–69 6–6
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
12/28/2017 *7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Boston College
W 61–40 7–6
Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook W 64–56 8–6 (1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,103)Bangor, ME
01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton L 62–66 OT
8–7 (1–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,282)Bangor, ME
01/10/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3
at UMBC
W 64–50 9–7 (2–1)
Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD
01/13/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany
L 54–68 9–8 (2–2)
SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
01/15/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 64–55 10–8 (3–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,584)Bangor, ME
01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford
W 59–44 11–8 (4–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT
01/24/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire
W 56–46 12–8 (5–2)
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC W 69–36 13–8 (6–2)
Cross Insurance Center (2,469)Bangor, ME
01/31/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell
W 69–51 14–8 (7–2)
Tsongas Center Lowell, MA
02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton
W 61–38 15–8 (8–2)
Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford W 59–56 16–8 (9–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,208)Bangor, ME
02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire W 77–46 17–8 (10–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,174)Bangor, ME
02/11/2018 2:00 pm
at Stony Brook
L 68–76 17–9 (10–3)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY
02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 70–65 18–9 (11–3)
Cross Insurance Center (1,141)Bangor, ME
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont
W 79–47 19–9 (12–3)
Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 74–69 OT
20–9 (13–3)
Cross Insurance Center (3,140)Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3
(1)
vs. (8) UMBC Quarterfinals W 65–43 21–9
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
03/04/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
(1)
vs. (5) New Hampshire Semifinals W 64–48 22–9
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
03/09/2018 4:00 pm, ESPNU
(1)
(6) Hartford Championship Game W 75–64 23–9
Cross Insurance Center (3,373)Bangor, ME
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018 *6:00 pm, ESPN2
(15 KC)
at (2 KC) No. 8 Texas First Round L 54–83 23–10
Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
KC=Kansas City Region.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
See also
References
^ "University of Maine Athletics" (PDF) . Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .^ "Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball - Black Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More" . ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .^ Maine Black Bears. "Maine Black Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games" . Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017 . ^ "University of Maine Athletics" . Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
