2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record21–11 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Bethann Ord (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Skyler Young
  • Devan Newman
  • Matt Thune
Home arenaDee Events Center
2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Colorado153 .833267  .788
Idaho135 .7221914  .576
Eastern Washington126 .6671714  .548
Weber State126 .6672111  .656
Idaho State117 .6112111  .656
Portland State117 .6111913  .594
Montana99 .5001417  .452
Montana State99 .5001615  .516
North Dakota513 .2781218  .400
Sacramento State513 .278723  .233
Northern Arizona414 .222723  .233
Southern Utah216 .111327  .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 represents 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 play 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) JrBerkeley Berkeley, CA
F 1 Jocelyn Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrSkyview Vancouver, WA
G 3 Paulina Rodriguez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoMontverde Academy Chihuahua, Mexico
G 4 Kailie Quinn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrJudge Salt Lake City, UT
F 5 Briana Gray 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrNicolet
Bradley
Milwaukee, WI
G 10 Shianne Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrKilleen Harker Heights, TX
G 11 Larryn Brooks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS SrMadison Central
Texas Tech
Richmond, KY
G 12 Zharia Hale 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoCentral Catholic Portland, OR
G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrPullman Pullman, WA
G 22 Sierra Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrSalesian Vallejo, CA
F 24 Dominique Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoCentennial Meridian, ID
F 25 Audrey Frison 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrDavid Douglas
Central Arizona
Portland, OR
C 33 Gina O'Brien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SoMethodist Ladies' Melbourne, Australia
F 41 Kayla Watkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrGlacier 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.
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