2017–18 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by third-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, played their home games at the Pamplin Sports Center due to renovations at Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Idaho.

2017–18 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–13 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Chelsey Zimmerman Amy Denson Keithan Gregg
Home arena	Pamplin Sports 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 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ashley Bolston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr South Medford HS Washington State Medford, OR G 1 Labrea Denson 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Chief Sealth Seattle, WA G 2 Sidney Rielly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Everett HS Santa Clara Everett, WA G 3 Kiana Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Triangle Lake HS Washington State/Humboldt State Cottage Grove, OR F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr BRG XIX Krottenbachstraße Vienna, Austria F 5 Savannah Dhaliwal 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Panorama Ridge Surrey, BC F 10 Courtney West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr Port Hacking HS Southern Oregon Sydney, Australia F 12 Tatiana Streun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Bellevue HS Bellevue, WA G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr West Albany HS Albany, OR G 22 Ruchae Walton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Charnwood Milton Keynes, England G 23 Kylie Jimenez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Horizon Thornton, CO F 25 Elle Pace 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Montrose Montrose, CO F 32 Jasmin Falls 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So South Medford HS Medford, OR	Head coach Lynn Kennedy (Northwest) Assistant coach(es) Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon) Amy Denson (Arizona State) Keithan Gregg (Great Falls) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: May 26, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2017* 9:00 a.m.		at Oregon Charity Exhibition for Oregon Wildfire Fund	L 60–88		Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 6:00 p.m.		at UNLV	L 80–88 OT	0–1	Cox Pavilion (383) Paradise, NV
11/12/2017* 2:00 p.m.		at Nevada	L 55–67	0–2	Lawlor Events Center (1,140) Reno, NV
11/17/2017* 7:00 p.m.		at UC Davis	L 67–79	0–3	The Pavilion (335) Davis, CA
11/19/2017* 2:00 p.m.		at San Jose State	W 90–78	1–3	Event Center Arena  San Jose, CA
11/22/2017* 6:00 p.m.		at Seattle	L 77–91	1–4	Connolly Center (405) Seattle, WA
11/25/2017* 1:00 p.m.		Multnomah	W 95–32	2–4	Pamplin Sports Center (101) Portland, OR
11/28/2017* 7:00 p.m.		at Portland	W 77–71	3–4	Chiles Center (169) Portland, OR
12/02/2017* 2:00 p.m.		at Gonzaga	L 52–91	3–5	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,298) Spokane, WA
12/09/2017* 1:00 p.m.		Northwest	W 63–60	4–5	Pamplin Sports Center (103) Portland, OR
12/16/2017* 2:00 p.m.		at UC Irvine	W 82–72	5–5	Bren Events Center (265) Irvine, CA
12/19/2017* 8:00 p.m.		Ole Miss	W 94–79	6–5	Pamplin Sports Center (265) Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2017 1:00 p.m.		Sacramento State	W 74–73	7–5 (1–0)	Pamplin Sports Center (302) Portland, OR
01/04/2018 8:00 p.m.		Eastern Washington	W 75–60	8–5 (2–0)	Pamplin Sports Center (287) Portland, OR
01/06/2018 1:00 p.m.		Idaho	L 90–101	8–6 (2–1)	Pamplin Sports Center (352) Portland, OR
01/11/2018 6:00 p.m.		at Montana State	W 69–60	9–6 (3–1)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,599) Bozeman, MT
01/13/2018 1:00 p.m.		at Montana	L 53–69	9–7 (3–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,866) Missoula, MT
01/18/2018 8:00 p.m.		Idaho State	L 59–88	9–8 (3–3)	Pamplin Sports Center (319) Portland, OR
01/20/2018 1:00 p.m.		Weber State	W 77–64	10–8 (4–3)	Pamplin Sports Center (225) Portland, OR
01/27/2018 1:00 p.m.		at Sacramento State	W 81–72	11–8 (5–3)	Hornets Nest (272) Sacramento, CA
02/01/2018 6:00 p.m.		at Idaho	L 60–61	11–9 (5–4)	Cowan Spectrum (445) Moscow, ID
02/03/2018 2:00 p.m.		at Eastern Washington	L 57–64	11–10 (5–5)	Reese Court (604) Cheney, WA
02/08/2018 8:00 p.m.		Montana	W 70–53	12–10 (6–5)	Pamplin Sports Center (294) Portland, OR
02/10/2018 1:00 p.m.		Montana State	W 62–53	13–10 (7–5)	Pamplin Sports Center (309) Portland, OR
02/15/2018 6:00 p.m.		at Weber State	W 62–60	14–10 (8–5)	Dee Events Center (718) Ogden, UT
02/17/2018 1:00 p.m.		at Idaho State	L 64–72	14–11 (8–6)	Reed Gym (1,068) Pocatello, ID
01/20/2018 8:00 p.m.		Southern Utah	W 70–66	15–11 (9–6)	Pamplin Sports Center (310) Portland, OR
01/20/2018 1:00 p.m.		Northern Arizona	W 68–59	16–11 (10–6)	Pamplin Sports Center (301) Portland, OR
02/28/2018 6:00 p.m.		at Northern Colorado	L 60–63	16–12 (10–7)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,356) Greeley, CO
03/02/2018 1:00 p.m.		at North Dakota	W 80–61	17–12 (11–7)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,601) Grand Forks, ND
Big Sky women's tournament
03/05/2018 8:05 p.m.	(6)	vs. (11) Northern Arizona First round	W 77–61	18–12	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/07/2018 8:05 p.m.	(6)	vs. (3) Eastern Washington Quarterfinals	W 82–73	19–12	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/09/2018 2:35 p.m., ELVN	(6)	vs. (2) Idaho Semifinals	L 99–102	19–13	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team