2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by first year head coach Loree Payne, played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–23, 3–15 in Big Sky to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Portland State.

2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–23 (3–15 Big Sky)
Head coach	Loree Payne (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Kellee Barney Brandon Huntley
Home arena	Walkup Skydome Rolle Activity 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

Roster

2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Desirae Gonzalez  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Kingman Nevada Kingman, AZ G 5 Chelena Betoney 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Sr Valley Pine Springs, AZ F 10 Abbey Jensen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Kofa Yuma, AZ G 11 Olivia Lucero 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Highland Loyola Marymount Gilbert, AZ F 12 Kenna McDavis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Pinnacle HS Boise State Phoenix, AZ F 15 Khiarica Rasheed 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Grant Portland, OR G 20 Lauren Orndoff 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr South Medford Medford, OR G 21 Tate Tsingine 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Tuba City Central Arizona Tuba City, AZ G 22 Kaprice Boston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Lynnwood Everett, WA F 23 Kaleigh Paplow 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Lutheran Parker, CO F 24 Shantel Appleby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mililani Waipahu, HI F 25 Brianna Lehew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Thunderbird Phoenix, AZ G 30 Caitlin Malvar  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So West Linn Puget Sound Portland, OR F 33 Peyton Carroll 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Clackamas Damascus, OR G/F Jacey Bailey  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Burnaby Mountain Florida Atlantic Burnaby, BC G Alize McCormick  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Tucson Tucson, AZ	Head coach Loree Payne (Washington) Assistant coach(es) Kellee Barney (Idaho) Brandon Huntley (Johnson & Wales) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 21, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 6:30 pm		UC Santa Barbara	L 93–96	0–1	Rolle Activity Center (603) Flagstaff, AZ
11/12/2017* 1:30 pm		Rice	L 83–88	0–2	Rolle Activity Center (297) Flagstaff, AZ
11/17/2017* 10:00 pm, SPEC		at Hawaii Bank of Hawaii Classic	L 68–84	0–3	Stan Sheriff Center (1,710) Honolulu, HI
11/19/2017* 5:30 pm		vs. Boise State Bank of Hawaii Classic	W 62–60	1–3	Stan Sheriff Center (1,756) Honolulu, HI
11/27/2017* 6:30 pm		vs. Antelope Valley	W 104–49	2–3	Tuba City HS (793) Tuba City, AZ
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm		at Denver	L 73–80	2–4	Hamilton Gymnasium (425) Denver, CO
12/07/2017* 6:30 pm, FSAZ+/FCSP		Arizona	W 84–66	3–4	Rolle Activity Center (383) Flagstaff, AZ
12/09/2017* 3:30 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		Cal Poly	L 73–89	3–5	Rolle Activity Center (307) Flagstaff, AZ
12/14/2017* 12:00 pm		Grand Canyon	L 54–72	3–6	Rolle Activity Center (1,240) Flagstaff, AZ
12/16/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN3		at Youngstown State	L 67–69	3–7	Beeghly Center (1,226) Youngstown, OH
12/18/2017* 8:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	L 69–78	3–8	Matadome (252) Northridge, CA
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		at Montana	L 62–70 OT	3–9 (0–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,662) Missoula, MT
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 39–61	3–10 (0–2)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,636) Bozeman, MT
01/04/2018 6:30 pm		Weber State	W 76–75	4–10 (1–2)	Walkup Skydome (203) Flagstaff, AZ
01/06/2018 5:00 pm, CW6		Idaho State	L 55–75	4–11 (1–3)	Walkup Skydome (294) Flagstaff, AZ
01/13/2018 5:00 pm, CW6		Southern Utah	L 57–60	4–12 (1–4)	Walkup Skydome (300) Flagstaff, AZ
01/18/2018 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 62–82	4–13 (1–5)	Reese Court (429) Cheney, WA
01/20/2018 3:00 pm		at Idaho	L 68–83	4–14 (1–6)	Cowan Spectrum (505) Moscow, ID
01/25/2018 6:30 pm		Montana State	L 56–78	4–15 (1–7)	Walkup Skydome (435) Flagstaff, AZ
01/27/2018 5:00 pm, CW6		Montana	L 52–69	4–16 (1–8)	Walkup Skydome (398) Flagstaff, AZ
02/01/2018 7:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 59–76	4–17 (1–9)	Reed Gym (1,081) Pocatello, ID
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		at Weber State	L 63–77	4–18 (1–10)	Dee Events Center (789) Ogden, UT
02/10/2018 12:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 72–55	5–18 (2–10)	America First Events Center (953) Cedar City, UT
02/15/2018 6:30 pm		Northern Colorado	L 63–85	5–19 (2–11)	Walkup Skydome (225) Flagstaff, AZ
02/17/2018 5:00 pm, CW6		North Dakota	W 79–59	6–19 (3–11)	Walkup Skydome (427) Flagstaff, AZ
02/22/2018 8:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 95–90 OT	7–19 (3–12)	Hornets Nest (212) Sacramento, CA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		at Portland State	L 59–68	7–20 (3–13)	Pamplin Sports Center (301) Portland, OR
02/28/2018 6:30 pm		Idaho	L 83–93	7–21 (3–14)	Walkup Skydome (253) Flagstaff, AZ
03/02/2018 6:30 pm		Eastern Washington	L 83–98	7–22 (3–15)	Walkup Skydome (555) Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/05/2018 9:05 pm	(6)	vs. (11) Portland State First Round	L 61–77	7–23	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2017–18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team