2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Boettcher and play their home games at America First Events Center . They were members of the Big Sky Conference .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State.
On March 13, Chris Boettcher was fired. He finished at Southern Utah with a 4 year record of 29–92.[ 4] Saint Mary's assistant coach Tracy Sanders was named the next head coach at Southern Utah.[ 5]
Roster
2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 2
Rebecca Cardenas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
So Burges
El Paso, TX
G/F 4
Ashley Larsen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS So American Fork Utah Valley
American Fork, UT
G 10
Natalie Sanchez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Burges
El Paso, TX
F 11
Megan Kamps 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Fr Manhattan Christian
Manhattan, MT
G/F 12
Chloe Bradford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So Minico Treasure Valley CC
Heyburn, ID
G 14
Breanu Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr Piedmont
Oklahoma City, OK
G 15
Kiana Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
RS So Northridge Northern Colorado
Tuscaloosa, AL
G 20
Skylee Doman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Canby
Canby, OR
C 21
Whitney Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr Lone Peak HS New Mexico
Highland, UT
F 24
Jessica Chatman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So Union BYU
Ridgefield, WA
G 25
Peyton Torgerson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr North Sevier
Salina, UT
C 30
Carlie Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Dallas Christian
Forney, TX
G/F 34
Mo Tapasa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
So Central Western Oregon
Monmouth, OR
F 40
Sariah Swallow 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Millard
Flowell, UT
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule and results
[ 6]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Exhibition
Oct 30, 2017 *6:30 pm
Northern New Mexico W 86–67 America First Events Center Cedar City, UT
Nov 03, 2017 *5:00 pm
Concordia (Oregon) W 82–62 America First Events Center Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017 *7:00 pm
at BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket L 67–75 OT
0–1
Marriott Center Provo, UT
Nov 14, 2017 *7:00 pm
at San Diego
L 59–72 0–2
Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
Nov 18, 2017 *7:30 pm
Binghamton L 66–72 0–3
America First Events Center (480)Cedar City, UT
Nov 21, 2017 *5:00 pm
Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket W 70–67 1–3
America First Events Center (450)Cedar City, UT
Nov 24, 2017 *2:00 pm
UC Davis L 59–85 1–4
America First Events Center (500)Cedar City, UT
Nov 27, 2017 *6:30 pm
Cal State Bakersfield L 45–46 1–5
America First Events Center (525)Cedar City, UT
Nov 30, 2017 *7:00 pm
at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket L 61–69 1–6
Lockhart Arena (319)Orem, UT
Dec 05, 2017 *12:00 pm
UC Irvine L 64–71 1–7
America First Events Center (800)Cedar City, UT
Dec 09, 2017 *3:00 pm
at No. 9 Oregon
L 38–98 1–8
Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
Dec 18, 2017 *2:00 pm
at Grand Canyon
L 54–59 1–9
GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ
Dec 20, 2017 *7:00 pm
at Arizona
L 74–76 2OT
1–10
McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Big Sky regular season
Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm
at Montana State
L 71–91 1–11
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
Dec 30, 2017 2:00 pm
at Montana
L 71–81 1–12
Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
Jan 04, 2018 6:30 pm
Idaho State W 76–70 2–12
America First Events Center (756)Cedar City, UT
Jan 06, 2018 12:30 pm
Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket L 64–77 2–13
America First Events Center (714)Cedar City, UT
Jan 13, 2018 5:00 pm
at Northern Arizona
W 75–55 3–13
Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm
at Idaho
L 51–74 3–14
Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID
Jan 20, 2018 3:00 pm
at Eastern Washington
L 41–58 3–15
Reese Court Cheney, WA
Jan 25, 2018 6:30 pm
Montana L 64–75 3–16
America First Events Center (1,010)Cedar City, UT
Jan 27, 2018 12:30 pm
Montana State L 57–63 3–17
America First Events Center (653)Cedar City, UT
Feb 01, 2018 12:00 pm
at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket L 50–61 3–18
Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
Feb 03, 2018 2:00 pm
at Idaho State
L 39–66 3–19
Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
Feb 10, 2018 12:30 pm
Northern Arizona L 55–72 3–20
America First Events Center (953)Cedar City, UT
Feb 15, 2018 6:30 pm
North Dakota L 53–68 3–21
America First Events Center (723)Cedar City, UT
Feb 17, 2018 12:30 pm
Northern Colorado L 54–60 3–22
America First Events Center (631)Cedar City, UT
Feb 22, 2018 9:00 pm
at Portland State
L 66–70 3–23
Pamplin Sports Center Portland, OR
Feb 24, 2018 3:05 pm
at Sacramento State
L 77–79 3–24
Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
Feb 28, 2018 6:30 pm
Eastern Washington L 49–70 3–25
America First Events Center (1,082)Cedar City, UT
Mar 02, 2018 6:30 pm
Idaho L 57–65 3–26
America First Events Center (978)Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 05, 2018 3:35 pm
(12)
vs. (6) Idaho State First Round L 49–59 3–27
Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Mountain Time .
See also
References
^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics" . Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017 .^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Women's Basketball - Thunderbirds News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More" . ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2017 .^ Southern Utah Thunderbirds. "Southern Utah Thunderbirds on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games" . Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017 . ^ "SUU fires women's basketball coach Chris Boettcher" (Press release). The Spectrum. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018 .^ "Southern Utah Announces Tracy Sanders As Head Women's Basketball Coach" (Press release). SSU Thunderbirds. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 .^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics" . Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017 .
