2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks, led by sixth year head coach Travis Brewster, played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 5–13 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Montana State.

2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	12–18 (5–13 Big Sky)
Head coach	Travis Brewster (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Adam Jacobson Mallory Bernhard Katelin Oney
Home arena	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
Idaho	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Weber State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Portland State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Montana	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
North Dakota	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

This season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school joined the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it remained a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.

Roster

2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Chastity Franklin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Cardinal Ritter HS Johnson County CC St. Louis, MO G 3 Melissa Dailey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Centennial HS College of the Siskiyous Portland, OR G 4 Jill Morton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Edina HS Edina, MN C 5 Melissa Leet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Portage HS Portage, WI G 11 Grace Sawatzke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Monticello HS Monticello, MN C 15 Faith Dooley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Central Cass HS Wheatland, ND G 20 Mikayla Reinke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Kindred HS Kindred, ND G 21 Megan Dailey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Centennial HS College of the Siskiyous Portland, OR G 22 Bailey Strand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Kennedy Secondary Fergus Falls, MN G 23 Kaila Burroughs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr St. Cloud Tech Denver St. Cloud, MN F 24 Julia Fleecs 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Glidden-Ralston Jr.-Sr. Glidden, IA F 32 Akealy Moton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr West Fargo HS West Fargo, ND F 34 Lexi Klabo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Davies HS Fargo, ND F 35 Fallyn Freije 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Lakota-Edmore HS Edmore, ND	Head coach Travis Brewster (Charleston Southern) Assistant coach(es) Adam Jacobson (North Dakota) Mallory Bernhard (North Dakota) Katelin Oney (Northern Iowa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 2:00 pm		Minnesota–Morris	W 99–35		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,457) Grand Forks, ND
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 4:00 pm		at No. 19 Oregon State	L 55–65	0–1	Gill Coliseum (3,737) Corvallis, OR
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm, MidcoSN2		at South Dakota State	L 52–66	0–2	Frost Arena (1,646) Brookings, SD
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP		UMass	W 82–52	1–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,580) Grand Forks, ND
11/24/2017* 2:00 pm		vs. Lamar UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 73–70	2–2	Convocation Center (150) San Antonio, TX
11/25/2017* 3:30 pm		at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 60–47	3–2	Convocation Center (328) San Antonio, TX
12/02/2017* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP		Northern Iowa	W 80–72	4–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,877) Grand Forks, ND
12/05/2017* 7:00 pm		at No. 8 Baylor	L 43–105	4–3	Ferrell Center (4,788) Waco, TX
12/09/2017* 2:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		North Dakota State	W 79–68	5–3	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,571) Grand Forks, ND
12/12/2017* 7:00 pm		Mayville State	W 82–64	6–3	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,358) Grand Forks, ND
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm		Southwest Minnesota State	W 85–62	7–3	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,249) Grand Forks, ND
12/21/2017* 5:00 pm, MidcoSN		at South Dakota	L 71–76	7–4	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,732) Vermillion, SD
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		at Idaho	L 75–80	7–5 (0–1)	Cowan Spectrum (312) Moscow, ID
12/30/2017 4:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 70–74	7–6 (0–2)	Reese Court (323) Cheney, WA
01/04/2018 7:00 pm		Montana	L 43–54	7–7 (0–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,325) Grand Forks, ND
01/06/2018 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		Montana State	W 79–70	8–7 (1–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,523) Grand Forks, ND
01/11/2018 8:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 46–57	8–8 (1–4)	Reed Gym (1,111) Pocatello, ID
01/13/2018 3:00 pm		at Weber State	L 69–80	8–9 (1–5)	Dee Events Center (771) Ogden, UT
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 78–70	9–9 (2–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,877) Grand Forks, ND
01/25/2018 7:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 81–79	10–9 (3–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,594) Grand Forks, ND
01/27/2018 1:00 pm		Idaho	L 64–78	10–10 (3–6)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,935) Grand Forks, ND
02/01/2018 8:00 pm		at Montana State	L 56–72	10–11 (3–7)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,026) Bozeman, MT
02/03/2018 3:00 pm		at Montana	L 51–53	10–12 (3–8)	Dahlberg Arena (2,943) Missoula, MT
02/08/2018 7:00 pm, MidcoSN		Weber State	W 80–67	11–12 (4–8)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,604) Grand Forks, ND
02/10/2018 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		Idaho State	L 55–68	11–13 (4–9)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,977) Grand Forks, ND
02/15/2018 7:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 68–53	12–13 (5–9)	America First Events Center (723) Cedar City, UT
02/17/2018 6:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 59–79	12–14 (5–10)	Walkup Skydome (427) Flagstaff, AZ
02/24/2018 3:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 45–51	12–15 (5–11)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,232) Greeley, CO
02/28/2018 7:00 pm, MidcoSN		Sacramento State	L 66–72	12–16 (5–12)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,552) Grand Forks, ND
03/02/2018 3:00 pm		Portland State	L 61–80	12–17 (5–13)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,601) Grand Forks, ND
Big Sky tournament
03/05/2018 7:35 pm	(10)	vs. (7) Montana State First Round	L 58–68	12–28	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team