2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team represented the Northeastern University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Kelly Cole, played their home games at the Cabot Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Delaware. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Yale in the first round.

2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball
WBI, First Round
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	16–15 (11–7 CAA)
Head coach	Kelly Cole (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Whitney Edwards Mike Leflar Kindyll Dorsey
Home arena	Cabot Center Matthews Arena

2017–18 CAA women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Drexel	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
James Madison	16	–	2		.889			23	–	11		.676
Elon †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Delaware	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Northeastern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			16	–	14		.533
Hofstra	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
UNC Wilmington	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Towson	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
College of Charleston	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2018 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Drexel.

Roster

2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Zoe Zwerling 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Henry M. Gunn Palo Alto, CA G 2 Jasmin Watson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr West Windsor-Plainsboro North Princeton, NJ G 3 Loren Lassiter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd Castro Valley, CA G 4 Claudia Oritz 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr San Jorge Academy Ole Miss Carolina, PR G 11 Stella Clark 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Manasquan Sea Girt, NJ G 12 Ayanna Dublin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Grace Church School Brooklyn, NY G 14 Shannon Todd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So York York, ME G 20 Jess Genco 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Scranton Prep Scranton, PA F 21 Samantha Michel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Apex Apex, NC G 22 Te'Erica Eason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr The Lovett School Atlanta, GA F 23 Courtney Redcross 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So The Shipley School West Chester, PA F 24 Gabriella Giacone 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bethlehem Central Delmar, NY F 25 Jasmine Braswell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Broad Run Ashburn, VA F 32 Maureen Taggart 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Tilton School Wallingford, VT F 42 Rachel Aho  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Marianapolis Prep Providence Holden, MA	Head coach Kelly Cole (Northwestern) Assistant coach(es) Whitney Edwards (New Hampshire) Mike Leflar (Boston College) Kindyll Dorsey (Boston College) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 22, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:30 pm		at Boston University	L 73–74	0–1	Case Gym (1,535) Boston, MA
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm		Providence	L 95–98 OT	0–2	Cabot Center (338) Boston, MA
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm		Fairfield	W 63–43	1–2	Cabot Center (352) Boston, MA
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm		Marist	W 78–72	2–2	Cabot Center (297) Boston, MA
11/24/2017* 1:00 pm		at UMass UMass Thanksgiving Classic	W 64–54	3–2	Mullins Center (387) Amherst, MA
11/24/2017* 11:00 am		vs. Houston UMass Thanksgiving Classic	L 64–72	3–3	Mullins Center (396) Amherst, MA
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 50–65	3–4	Lundholm Gym (312) Durham, NH
12/06/2017* 12:00 pm		Harvard	L 59–69	3–5	Matthews Arena (2,043) Boston, MA
12/16/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Vermont	W 71–66	4–5	Patrick Gym (259) Burlington, VT
12/20/2017* 8:00 pm		vs. New Mexico State Beach Classic semifinals	W 65–64	5–5	Walter Pyramid (712) Long Beach, CA
12/21/2017* 5:00 pm		vs. Illinois State Beach Classic championship game	L 55–65	5–6	Walter Pyramid (684) Long Beach, CA
CAA regular season
12/29/2017 7:00 pm		at Towson	W 70–61	6–6 (1–0)	SECU Arena (206) Towson, MD
12/31/2017 1:00 pm		James Madison	L 57–60	6–7 (1–1)	Cabot Center (307) Boston, MA
01/05/2018 4:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	W 54–47	7–7 (2–1)	Trask Coliseum (421) Wilmington, NC
01/07/2018 2:00 pm		at Elon	L 71–78	7–8 (2–2)	Alumni Gym (789) Elon, NC
01/12/2018 7:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 59–37	8–8 (3–2)	Cabot Center (348) Boston, MA
01/19/2018 7:00 pm		Drexel	L 58–69	8–9 (3–3)	Cabot Center (816) Boston, MA
01/21/2018 2:00 pm, NESN+		William & Mary	W 64–46	9–9 (4–3)	Cabot Center (347) Boston, MA
01/26/2018 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 64–53	10–9 (5–3)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,539) Newark, DE
01/28/2018 2:00 pm		at Drexel	L 56–58	10–10 (5–4)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (816) Philadelphia, PA
02/02/2018 7:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 56–39	11–10 (6–4)	Cabot Center (288) Boston, MA
02/04/2018 2:00 pm		Delaware	W 73–59	12–10 (7–4)	Cabot Center (392) Boston, MA
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		at James Madison	L 43–72	12–11 (7–5)	JMU Convocation Center (2,496) Towson, MD
02/11/2018 2:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 53–71	12–12 (7–6)	Kaplan Arena (1,003) Williamsburg, VA
02/16/2018 7:00 pm		Towson	W 79–61	13–12 (8–6)	Cabot Center (334) Boston, MA
02/18/2018 2:00 pm, NESN		Elon	L 46–65	13–13 (8–7)	Cabot Center (311) Boston, MA
02/23/2018 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 55–50	14–13 (9–7)	Hofstra Arena (448) Hempstead, NY
02/25/2018 2:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 67–48	15–13 (10–7)	TD Arena (427) Charleston, SC
03/02/2018 2:00 pm		Hofstra	W 58–54	16–13 (11–7)	Cabot Center (279) Boston, MA
CAA Women's Tournament
03/08/2018 2:30 pm	(4)	vs. (5) Delaware Quarterfinals	L 50–61	16–14	Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,053) Philadelphia, PA
WBI
03/15/2018* 7:00 pm		Yale First Round	L 58–68	16–15	Cabot Center (232) Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2017–18 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team