2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record21–11 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Skyler Young
  • Devan Newman
  • Matt Thune
Home arenaDee Events Center
Seasons
2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Colorado 15 3   .833 26 7   .788
Idaho 13 5   .722 19 14   .576
Eastern Washington 12 6   .667 17 14   .548
Weber State 12 6   .667 21 11   .656
Idaho State 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Portland State 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
Montana 9 9   .500 14 17   .452
Montana State 9 9   .500 16 15   .516
North Dakota 5 13   .278 12 18   .400
Sacramento State 5 13   .278 7 23   .233
Northern Arizona 4 14   .222 7 23   .233
Southern Utah 2 16   .111 3 27   .100
2018 Big Sky tournament winner
As of 19 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State. They were invited to the WBI, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals.

On June 7, it was announced that Bethann Ord has resigned from Weber State and accept the head coaching job at Binghamton. She finished at Weber State with a 6 year record of 77–137.

Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Jr Berkeley Berkeley, CA
F 1 Jocelyn Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Skyview Vancouver, WA
G 3 Paulina Rodriguez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Montverde Academy Chihuahua, Mexico
G 4 Kailie Quinn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Judge Salt Lake City, UT
F 5 Briana Gray 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Nicolet
Bradley
Milwaukee, WI
G 10 Shianne Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Killeen Harker Heights, TX
G 11 Larryn Brooks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Madison Central
Texas Tech
Richmond, KY
G 12 Zharia Hale 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Central Catholic Portland, OR
G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Pullman Pullman, WA
G 22 Sierra Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Salesian Vallejo, CA
F 24 Dominique Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Centennial Meridian, ID
F 25 Audrey Frison 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr David Douglas
Central Arizona
Portland, OR
C 33 Gina O'Brien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Methodist Ladies' Melbourne, Australia
F 41 Kayla Watkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Glacier Peak Snohomish, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: December 20, 2017

Schedule

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017*
1:00 pm
Colorado Mesa W 79–62 
Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
4:00 pm
Utah Valley
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 75–57  1–0
Dee Events Center (862)
Odgen, UT
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm
Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
L 58–85  1–1
Dee Events Center (686)
Odgen, UT
11/20/2017*
7:00 pm
Antelope Valley W 80–70  2–1
Dee Events Center (576)
Odgen, UT
11/22/2017*
12:00 pm
Westminster W 64–58  3–1
Dee Events Center (628)
Odgen, UT
11/25/2017*
12:00 pm
Incarnate Word W 79–55  4–1
Dee Events Center (523)
Odgen, UT
11/30/2017*
8:00 pm
at Cal State Northridge W 64–61  5–1
Matadome (356)
Northridge, CA
12/02/2017*
3:00 pm
at No. 10 Oregon L 87–114  5–2
Matthew Knight Arena (2,506)
Eugene, OR
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
Pepperdine W 71–61  6–2
Dee Events Center (746)
Odgen, UT
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm
Air Force W 62–52  7–2
Dee Events Center (863)
Odgen, UT
12/17/2017*
3:00 pm
at Portland W 91–70  8–2
Chiles Center (353)
Portland, OR
12/20/2017*
1:00 pm
at Fresno State L 78–81  8–3
Save Mart Center (1,934)
Fresno, CA
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2017
2:00 pm
at Idaho State W 76–70  9–3
(1–0)
Reed Gym (880)
Pocatello, ID
01/04/2018
6:30 pm
at Northern Arizona L 75–76  9–4
(1–1)
Walkup Skydome (203)
Flagstaff, AZ
01/06/2018
12:30 pm
at Southern Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 77–64  10–4
(2–1)
America First Events Center (714)
Cedar City, UT
01/11/2018
7:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 82–73  11–4
(3–1)
Dee Events Center (628)
Odgen, UT
01/13/2018
2:00 pm
North Dakota W 80–69  12–4
(4–1)
Dee Events Center (771)
Odgen, UT
01/18/2018
1:00 pm
at Sacramento State W 78–56  13–4
(5–1)
Hornets Nest (505)
Sacramento, CA
01/20/2018
2:00 pm
at Portland State L 64–77  13–5
(5–2)
Pamplin Sports Center (225)
Portland, OR
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
Idaho State W 84–73  14–5
(6–2)
Dee Events Center (846)
Odgen, UT
02/01/2018
12:00 pm
Southern Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 65–50  15–5
(7–2)
Dee Events Center (3,146)
Odgen, UT
02/03/2018
2:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 77–63  16–5
(8–2)
Dee Events Center (789)
Odgen, UT
02/08/2018
6:00 pm
at North Dakota L 67–80  16–6
(8–3)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,604)
Grand Forks, ND
02/10/2018
12:00 pm
at Northern Colorado L 69–71  16–7
(8–4)
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,451)
Greeley, CO
02/15/2018
7:00 pm
Portland State L 60–62  16–8
(8–5)
Dee Events Center (718)
Odgen, UT
02/17/2018
2:00 pm
Sacramento State W 86–73  17–8
(9–5)
Dee Events Center (908)
Odgen, UT
02/22/2018
7:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 68–77  17–9
(9–6)
Reese Court (653)
Cheney, WA
02/24/2018
3:00 pm
at Idaho W 105–88  18–9
(10–6)
Cowan Spectrum (515)
Moscow, ID
02/28/2018
7:00 pm
Montana W 89–73  19–9
(11–6)
Dee Events Center (848)
Odgen, UT
03/02/2018
7:00 pm
Montana State W 85–69  20–9
(12–6)
Dee Events Center (906)
Odgen, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2018
3:35 pm
(4) vs. (5) Idaho State
Quarterfinals
L 109–113 OT 20–10
Reno Events Center 
Reno, NV
WBI
03/15/2018*
6:00 pm
at Texas Southern
First Round
W 66–56  21–10
H&PE Arena (482)
Houston, TX
03/19/2018*
6:00 pm
at Central Arkansas
Quarterfinals
L 67–82  21–11
Farris Center (2,570)
Conway, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "Weber State Wildcats Official Athletics Site" (PDF). Weberstatesports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Weber State Wildcats Women's Basketball - Wildcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Weber State Wildcats. "Weber State Wildcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "Weber State Wildcats Official Athletics Site". Weberstatesports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.