2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record10–20 (3–14 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon † 16 – 2   .889 33 – 5   .868
No. 15 Stanford 14 – 3   .824 24 – 11   .686
No. 9 UCLA 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
No. 13 Oregon State 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
California 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Arizona State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 13   .629
USC 9 – 9   .500 20 – 11   .645
Utah 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Colorado 5 – 13   .278 15 – 16   .484
Washington State 3 – 14   .176 10 – 20   .333
Arizona 2 – 16   .111 6 – 24   .200
Washington 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by eleventh year head coach June Daugherty, played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 10–20, 3–14 in the Pac-12 to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to USC.

On March 13, June Daugherty was fired. She finished at Washington State with a record of 130–218.[4] WSU hired Northern Colorado head coach Kamie Ethridge on April 16.[5]

Previous season

They finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.

Roster

2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Caila Hailey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Serra HS Inglewood, CA
G 2 Krystle McKenzie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr N/A Brisbane, Australia
F 4 Louise Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr N/A Melbourne, Australia
F 5 Kayla Washington 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cajon HS San Bernardino, CA
G 10 Johanna Muzet 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lyon Basket Lyon, France
G 11 Chanelle Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Konawaena HS Kailua, HI
C 20 Maria Kostourkova 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr E.S.P.J.A.L. Lisbon, Portugal
F 21 Nike McClure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr W. F. West HS Tenino, WA
G 22 Pinelopi Pavlopoulou 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr ACS Athens Athens, Greece
G 23 Alexys Swedlund 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD
G 24 Celena Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Konawaena HS Kailua, HI
F 41 Jovana Subasic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr N/A Šabac, Serbia
F 42 Taryn Shelley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Shorewood HS Shoreline, WA
F 45 Borislava Hristova 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Georgi Benkovski Varna, Bulgaria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 25, 2018

Schedule

[6]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017*
7:00 pm 		The Master's University W 95–57 
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm 		at UC Davis L 76–91  0–1
 The Pavilion (817)
Davis, CA
11/12/2017*
1:00 pm 		at Saint Mary's L 75–81  0–2
 McKeon Pavilion (307)
Moraga, CA
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm 		at San Francisco W 74–70  1–2
 War Memorial Gymnasium (358)
San Francisco, CA
11/19/2017*
1:00 pm, P12N 		No. 25 Kentucky L 68–73  1–3
 Beasley Coliseum (991)
Pullman, WA
11/24/2017*
2:00 pm 		vs. No. 17 South Florida
Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals 		L 45–82  1–4
 Germain Arena (1,207)
Estero, FL
11/25/2017*
10:30 am 		vs. East Tennessee State
Gulf Coast Showcase Consolation 2nd round 		W 80–76  2–4
 Germain Arena (1,537)
Estero, FL
11/26/2017*
10:30 am 		vs. Rutgers
Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game 		W 63–60  3–4
 Germain Arena (1,707)
Estero, FL
12/01/2017*
7:00 pm 		Idaho State W 72–55  4–4
 Beasley Coliseum (652)
Pullman, WA
12/04/2017*
7:00 pm 		Saint Louis W 85–63  5–4
 Beasley Coliseum (479)
Pullman, WA
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm, P12N 		Gonzaga L 56–62  5–5
 Beasley Coliseum (977)
Pullman, WA
12/18/2017*
6:00 pm 		at Boise State W 61–53  6–5
 Taco Bell Arena (896)
Boise, ID
12/22/2017*
11:00 am 		at Nebraska W 73–61  7–5
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,404)
Lincoln, NE
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017
3:00 pm 		at No. 10 Oregon L 56–89  7–6 (0–1)
 Matthew Knight Arena (3,476)
Eugene, OR
12/31/2017
11:00 am, P12N 		at No. 17 Oregon State L 53–71  7–7 (0–2)
 Gill Coliseum (3,884)
Corvallis, OR
01/05/2018
8:00 pm, P12N 		Colorado W 89–75  8–7 (1–2)
 Beasley Coliseum (679)
Boulder, CO
01/07/2018
11:00 am, P12N 		Utah L 77–79  8–8 (1–3)
 Beasley Coliseum (776)
Boulder, CO
01/12/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		at Stanford L 57–70  8–9 (1–4)
 Maples Pavilion (3,696)
Stanford, CA
01/14/2018
1:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 24 California L 60–66  8–10 (1–5)
 Haas Pavilion (1,758)
Berkeley, CA
01/17/2018
7:00 pm, P12N 		Washington
Rivalry 		W 78–75 OT 9–10 (2–5)
 Beasley Coliseum (1,199)
Pullman, WA
01/21/2018
1:00 pm, P12N 		at Washington
Rivalry 		L 49–56  9–11 (2–6)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (3,603)
Seattle, WA
01/26/2018
7:00 pm 		USC L 72–73  9–12 (2–7)
 Beasley Coliseum (803)
Pullman, WA
01/28/2018
3:00 pm 		No. 13 UCLA L 71–79  9–13 (2–8)
 Beasley Coliseum (1,093)
Pullman, WA
02/02/2018
5:00 pm, P12N 		at Arizona W 78–60  10–13 (3–8)
 McKale Center (1,612)
Tucson, AZ
02/04/2018
1:00 pm 		at Arizona State L 51–77  10–14 (3–9)
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,588)
Tempe, AZ
02/09/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		No. 16 Oregon State L 61–63 OT 10–15 (3–10)
 Beasley Coliseum (906)
Pullman, WA
02/11/2018
1:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 Oregon L 79–90  10–16 (3–11)
 Beasley Coliseum (1,122)
Pullman, WA
02/16/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		at Utah L 50–54  10–17 (3–12)
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,149)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/18/2018
11:00 am, P12N 		at Colorado L 69–72  10–18 (3–13)
 Coors Events Center (3,423)
Boulder, CO
02/22/2018
7:00 pm 		California L 54–67  10–19 (3–14)
 Beasley Coliseum (781)
Pullman, WA
02/24/2018
1:00 pm, P12N 		No. 16 Stanford Cancelled Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		(10) vs. (7) USC
First Round 		L 44–47  10–20
 KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ "Washington State University Athletics" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Washington State Cougars Women's Basketball - Cougars News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Washington State Cougars. "Washington State Cougars on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Washington State fires women's hoops coach June Daugherty". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Kamie Ethridge named women's basketball coach at Washington St". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "Washington State University Athletics". WSUCougars.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.