2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball
2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	25–11 (10–8 Mountain West)
Head coach	Mike Bradbury (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Valerie King; Erin Grant; Bill Ferrara;
Home arena	Dreamstyle Arena; Johnson Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by second year head coach Mike Bradbury, played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena with 1 game in the WNIT at Johnson Gymnasium and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–11, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Wyoming. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Texas and Rice in the first and second rounds before losing to TCU in the third round.

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

Roster

2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Cherise Beynon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Canyon Springs HS	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Tesha Buck	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Red Wing Green Bay	Red Wing, MN
G	3	N'Dea Flye	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Oregon City HS	Oregon City, OR
G	4	Alex Lapeyrolerie	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Edward S. Marcus HS	Highland Village, TX
G	10	Jasmine Smith	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Dekaney HS	Houston, TX
G	11	Emily Lines	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	First Baptist Academy	Naples, FL
G	15	Aisia Robertson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Bishop O'Dowd HS Kansas	San Francisco, CA
G	22	Mykiel Burleson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Pflugerville HS	Pflugerville, TX
G	23	Jaedyn De La Cerda	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Roswell HS	Roswell, NM
C	24	Erica Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Mount Vernon Purdue	Fortville, IN
G	25	Laneah Bryan	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Franklin HS	El Paso, TX
F	32	Antonia Anderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Byron P. Steele II HS	Cibolo, TX
G	35	Madi Washington	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Red Oak HS	Red Oak, TX
C	44	Jaisa Nunn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Juanita HS	Kirkland, WA

Head coach

Mike Bradbury (Chattanooga)

Assistant coach(es)

Valerie King (Cincinnati)
Erin Grant (Texas Tech)
Bill Ferrara (Florida)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 7:00 pm		Eastern New Mexico	W 80–66		Dreamstyle Arena (4,016) Albuquerque, NM
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Fort Lewis	W 84–68		Dreamstyle Arena (4,153) Albuquerque, NM
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		Western Michigan	W 88–76	1–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,145) Albuquerque, NM
11/13/2017* 7:00 pm		No. 18 Marquette	W 88–87	2–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,169) Albuquerque, NM
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		Northern New Mexico	W 107–66	3–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,314) Albuquerque, NM
11/18/2017* 2:00 pm		New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry	W 86–75	4–0	Dreamstyle Arena (5,082) Albuquerque, NM
11/24/2017* 7:00 pm		Wichita State UNM Thanksgiving Tournament	W 76–62	5–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,560) Albuquerque, NM
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm		UC Irvine UNM Thanksgiving Tournament	W 83–61	6–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,425) Albuquerque, NM
11/26/2017* 2:30 pm		Illinois UNM Thanksgiving Tournament	W 97–68	7–0	Dreamstyle Arena (4,663) Albuquerque, NM
11/30/2017* 5:30 pm		at UTEP	W 59–35	8–0	Don Haskins Center (1,350) El Paso, TX
12/02/2017* 11:00 am		at New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry	W 101–93	9–0	Pan American Center (763) Las Cruces, NM
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm		Texas Tech	W 90–56	10–0	Dreamstyle Arena (5,663) Albuquerque, NM
12/10/2017* 1:00 pm		Navy	W 94–87	11–0	Dreamstyle Arena (6,763) Albuquerque, NM
12/16/2017* 2:00 pm		at Oklahoma	L 63–105	11–1	Lloyd Noble Center (4,508) Norman, OK
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Lamar	W 90–58	12-1	Dreamstyle Arena (5,081) Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017 6:00 pm		at Air Force	W 88–59	13–1 (1–0)	Clune Arena (312) Colorado Springs, CO
12/30/2017 1:00 pm		Nevada	W 72–68	14–1 (2–0)	Dreamstyle Arena (6,342) Albuquerque, NM
01/03/2018 7:00 pm		Boise State	W 100–83	15–1 (3–0)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,367) Albuquerque, NM
01/08/2018 3:00 pm		at San José State	L 86–95	15–2 (3–1)	Event Center Arena (836) San Jose, CA
01/10/2018 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	L 55–66	15–3 (3–2)	Arena-Auditorium (2,105) Laramie, WY
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		Fresno State	W 88–75	16–3 (4–2)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,881) Albuquerque, NM
01/17/2018 7:00 pm		UNLV	L 66–68	16–4 (4–3)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,786) Albuquerque, NM
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		at San Diego State	L 89–97	16–5 (4–4)	Viejas Arena (886) San Diego, CA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 71–74 ^OT	16–6 (4–5)	Moby Arena (1,624) Fort Collins, CO
01/31/2018 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 80–47	17–6 (5–5)	Dreamstyle Arena (4,472) Albuquerque, NM
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		San José State	W 92–62	18–6 (6–5)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,403) Albuquerque, NM
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at Boise State	L 85–91	18–7 (6–6)	Taco Bell Arena (610) Boise, ID
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		Air Force	W 57–49	19–7 (7–6)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,369) Albuquerque, NM
02/14/2018 7:00 pm		at Utah State	W 74–50	20–7 (8–6)	Smith Spectrum (286) Logan, UT
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		Wyoming	L 62–63	20–8 (8–7)	Dreamstyle Arena (4,769) Albuquerque, NM
02/24/2018 4:00 pm		at UNLV	L 62–74	20–9 (8–8)	Cox Pavilion (1,065) Paradise, NV
02/27/2018 7:00 pm		Colorado State	W 54–48	21–9 (9–8)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,088) Albuquerque, NM
03/02/2018 8:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 93–89	22–9 (10–8)	Save Mart Center (2,401) Fresno, CA
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/05/2018 8:00 pm	(6)	vs. (11) San José State First Round	W 84–54	23–9	Thomas & Mack Center (1,542) Paradise, NV
03/06/2018 9:30 pm	(6)	vs. (3) Wyoming Quarterfinals	L 66–69	23–10	Thomas & Mack Center (2,273) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/15/2018* 7:00 pm, Stadium		Saint Mary's First Round	W 82–80	24–10	Johnson Gymnasium (1,428) Albuquerque, NM
03/20/2018* 7:00 pm		Rice Second Round	W 93–73	25–10	Dreamstyle Arena (3,302) Albuquerque, NM
03/22/2018* 7:00 pm		TCU Third Round	L 72–81	25–11	Dreamstyle Arena (3,938) Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV											N/A
Coaches				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "The University of New Mexico Lobos - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018.

[1] "The University of New Mexico Lobos - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018.

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2017–18 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References