2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record17–15 (11–7 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mandi Carver
  • Bobby Ratterree
  • Shannon Bush
Home arenaSave Mart Center
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 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Jaime White, played their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 17–15, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament to Colorado State. They received an invite to the WBI, where they defeated UC Irvine in the first round before losing to Mountain West member Nevada in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Raven Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Skyline Dallas, TX
G 3 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr MacArthur
Minnesota 		Dallas, TX
C 5 Katelin Noyer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Westlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand
G 10 Candace White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Modesto Christian Modesto, CA
F 11 Maddi Utti 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seaside Seaside, OR
F 12 Genna Ogier 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Yarra Valley Grammar Melbourne, Australia
G 13 Breanne Knishka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Cashmere Dryden, WA
F 14 Jordanna Porter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Ellison
Utah 		Killeen, TX
G/F 20 Bree Delaney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy Sydney, Australia
G 22 Aly Gamez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr MacArthur Irving, TX
G 23 Tia Elbert 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Tartan Oakdale, MN
G 24 Saraya Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Ponderosa El Dorado Hills, CA
G/F 30 Kristina Cavey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Berthoud Berthoud, CO
F 33 Megan Nilsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Mt. Spokane Colbert, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 6, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exitbition
11/03/2017*
5:00 pm 		Fresno Pacific W 93–59 
Save Mart Center (1,929)
Fresno, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
7:30 pm 		Eastern Washington W 81–56  1–0
 Save Mart Center (1,853)
Fresno, CA
11/13/2017*
3:00 pm 		Arizona State L 49–86  1–1
 Save Mart Center (2,209)
Fresno, CA
11/19/2017*
2:00 pm 		UC Riverside L 56–68  1–2
 Save Mart Center (1,886)
Fresno, CA
11/24/2017*
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Texas–Arlington L 54–67  1–3
 College Park Center (735)
Arlington, TX
11/25/2017*
12:00 pm 		at Texas State L 59–76  1–4
 Strahan Coliseum (1,047)
San Marcos, TX
11/30/2017*
7:00 pm 		at UC Santa Barbara W 64–57  2–4
 The Thunderdome (286)
Santa Barbara, CA
12/02/2017*
7:00 pm 		at Cal State Northridge L 72–85  2–5
 Matadome (237)
Northridge, CA
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm 		Pacific W 81–70  3–5
 Save Mart Center (1,978)
Fresno, CA
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm, Stadium 		Montana W 61–58  4–5
 Save Mart Center (1,872)
Fresno, CA
12/17/2017*
2:00 pm 		at San Francisco L 62–70  4–6
 War Memorial Gymnasium (302)
San Francisco, CA
12/20/2017*
12:00 pm 		Weber State L 71–78  5–6
 Save Mart Center (1,934)
Fresno, CA
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017
6:30 pm 		at Nevada L 73–90  5–7
(0–1) 		Lawlor Events Center (1,158)
Reno, NV
12/30/2017
12:00 pm 		at Air Force W 64–58  6–7
(1–1) 		Clune Arena (407)
Colorado Springs, CO
01/03/2018
7:00 pm 		Utah State W 57–56  7–7
(2–1) 		Save Mart Center (2,904)
Fresno, CA
01/10/2018
2:00 pm 		at Boise State L 66–75  8–8
(3–2) 		Taco Bell Arena (568)
Boise, ID
01/13/2018
1:00 pm 		at New Mexico L 75–88  8–9
(3–3) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,881)
Albuquerque, NM
01/17/2018
7:00 pm 		San Diego State W 64–53  9–9
(4–3) 		Save Mart Center (2,122)
Fresno, CA
01/24/2018
6:00 pm 		at UNLV W 74–72  10–9
(5–3) 		Cox Pavilion (528)
Paradise, NV
01/27/2018
1:00 pm 		at Utah State L 52–60  10–10
(5–4) 		Smith Spectrum (461)
Logan, UT
01/29/2018
7:00 pm 		Air Force W 64–48  11–10
(6–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,162)
Fresno, CA
01/31/2018
7:00 pm 		Nevada W 68–55  12–10
(7–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,045)
Fresno, CA
02/03/2018
2:00 pm 		Wyoming W 60–47  13–10
(8–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,174)
Fresno, CA
02/07/2018
12:00 pm 		at San Diego State W 66–60  14–10
(9–4) 		Viejas Arena (4,306)
San Diego, CA
02/14/2018
7:00 pm 		San Jose State W 81–71  15–10
(10–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,108)
Fresno, CA
02/17/2018
2:00 pm 		at Colorado State W 74–65  16–10
(11–4) 		Moby Arena (1,999)
Fort Collins, CO
02/21/2018
7:00 pm 		UNLV L 58–73  16–11
(11–5) 		Save Mart Center (2,204)
Fresno, CA
02/24/2018
1:00 pm 		at Wyoming L 57–71  16–12
(11–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (3,021)
Laramie, WY
03/02/2018
1:00 pm 		New Mexico L 89–93  16–13
(11–7) 		Save Mart Center (2,401)
Fresno, CA
Mountain West tournament
03/06/2018
2:30 pm 		(4) vs. (5) Colorado State
Quarterfinals 		L 55–71  16–14
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,293)
Paradise, NV
WBI
03/14/2018*
7:00 pm 		at Cal State Bakersfield
First Round 		W 77–66  17–14
 Icardo Center (1,604)
Bakersfield, CA
03/19/2018*
7:00 pm 		Nevada
Quarterfinals 		L 74–86  17–15
 Save Mart Center (662)
Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fresno State Athletics" (PDF). Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Fresno State Bulldogs Women's Basketball - Bulldogs News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Fresno State Bulldogs. "Fresno State Bulldogs on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Fresno State Athletics". Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.