2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 19–11, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record19–11 (11–7 WCC)
Head coach
Associate head coachApril Phillips (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Elliott
  • Nia Jackson
Home arenaGersten Pavilion
Seasons
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 17 1   .944 27 6   .818
Saint Mary's 13 5   .722 20 11   .645
Loyola Marymount 11 7   .611 19 11   .633
BYU 11 7   .611 16 14   .533
San Francisco 10 8   .556 16 15   .516
San Diego 8 10   .444 17 15   .531
Pacific 7 11   .389 15 17   .469
Pepperdine 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Santa Clara 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
Portland 3 15   .167 7 23   .233
2018 WCC tournament winner
As of 17 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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They finished the season 14–16, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco.

Roster

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2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Bianca Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA
G 2 Aiyana Barnes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Long Beach Polytechnic Torrance, CA
G 3 Chelsey Gipson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Palisades Los Angeles, CA
F 4 Cheyanne Wallace 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sierra Canyon Woodland Hills, CA
G 11 Andee Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA
F 20 Jasmine Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Long Beach Polytechnic Signal Hill, CA
C 22 Raychel Stanley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV
F 24 Bree Alford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Miramonte Walnut Creek, CA
F 30 NK Ilang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr St. Anne's-Belfield Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G/F 31 Brittney Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, GA
G 32 Makenzie Cast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Carondelet Antioch, CA
F 33 Gabby Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Saint Mary's
California
Oakland, CA
G 35 Cierra Belvin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Long Beach Poly Long Beach, CA
F/C 42 Meghan Mandel   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Orono
Marquette
Plymouth, MN
C 44 Josie Buckingham 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr New Richmond
Minnesota
New Richmond, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2017*
7:00 pm
Occidental W 87–38 
Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm
at UC Riverside W 67–59  1–0
SRC Arena (326)
Riverside, CA
11/13/2017*
2:00 pm
at Saint Louis W 62–60  2–0
Chaifetz Arena 
St. Louis, MO
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm
at Long Beach State W 84–69  3–0
Walter Pyramid (594)
Long Beach, CA
11/21/2017*
7:00 pm
Arizona W 84–70  4–0
Gersten Pavilion (366)
Los Angeles, CA
11/24/2017*
3:30 pm
Miami (OH)
LMU Thanksgiving Classic
W 84–71  5–0
Gersten Pavilion (351)
Los Angeles, CA
11/25/2017*
3:30 pm
Eastern Michigan
LMU Thanksgiving Classic
W 73–64  6–0
Gersten Pavilion (431)
Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2017*
5:00 pm
Cal State Dominguez Hills W 84–52  7–0
Gersten Pavilion (161)
Los Angeles, CA
12/01/2017*
7:00 pm
USC L 70–80  7–1
Gersten Pavilion (445)
Los Angeles, CA
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
at UC Santa Barbara Cancelled The Thunderdome 
Santa Barbara, CA
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm
Cal State Northridge L 68–75  7–2
Gersten Pavilion (286)
Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm
UC Santa Barbara W 67–61  8–2
Gersten Pavilion (215)
Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2017*
11:00 am
at SMU L 60–63  8–3
Moody Coliseum (656)
Dallas, TX
WCC regular season
12/28/2017
7:00 pm
Saint Mary's W 69–57  9–3
(1–0)
Gersten Pavilion (324)
Los Angeles, CA
12/30/2017
2:00 pm
Pacific W 75–60  10–3
(2–0)
Gersten Pavilion (220)
Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2018
7:00 pm
at Santa Clara W 65–51  11–3
(3–0)
Leavey Center (390)
Santa Clara, CA
01/06/2018
2:00 pm
at Gonzaga L 67–77  11–4
(3–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638)
Spokane, WA
01/11/2018
7:00 pm
at San Francisco L 60–78  11–5
(3–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium (281)
San Francisco, CA
01/13/2018
7:00 pm
San Diego L 54–60  11–6
(3–3)
Gersten Pavilion (281)
Los Angeles, CA
01/18/2018
12:00 pm
BYU L 55–67  11–7
(3–4)
Gersten Pavilion (3,760)
Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2018
2:00 pm
at Portland W 63–60  12–7
(4–4)
Chiles Center (324)
Portland, OR
01/25/2018
7:00 pm
Pepperdine W 75–60  13–7
(5–4)
Gersten Pavilion (388)
Los Angeles, CA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
at San Diego W 67–53  14–7
(6–4)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (373)
San Diego, CA
02/01/2018
6:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU L 52–62  14–8
(6–5)
Marriott Center (780)
Provo, UT
02/03/2018
2:00 pm
Portland W 76–55  15–8
(7–5)
Gersten Pavilion (256)
Los Angeles, CA
02/08/2018
6:00 pm
at Saint Mary's W 75–65  16–8
(8–5)
McKeon Pavilion (225)
Moraga, CA
02/10/2018
2:00 pm
at Pepperdine L 74–85  16–9
(8–6)
Firestone Fieldhouse (297)
Malibu, CA
02/15/2018
7:00 pm
Gonzaga L 69–75  16–10
(8–7)
Gersten Pavilion (259)
Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2018
2:00 pm
San Francisco W 65–60  17–10
(9–7)
Gersten Pavilion (304)
Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2018
7:00 pm
Santa Clara W 64–45  18–10
(10–7)
Gersten Pavilion (390)
Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018
2:00 pm
at Pacific W 79–77  19–10
(11–7)
Alex G. Spanos Center (609)
Stockton, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/01/2018
8:00 pm, BYUtv
(4) vs. (5) San Francisco
Quarterfinals
L 76–89  19–11
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LMU Basketball 2016-17 Media Guide" (PDF). Loyola Marymount University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Graham Hays. "Loyola Marymount Lions Women's Basketball - Lions News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Loyola Marymount Lions on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Lmulions.Com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2018.