2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fourth season for the Golden Hurricane as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane, led by seventh year head coach Matilda Mossman, played their home games at the Reynolds Center. They finished the season 10–21, 3–13 in AAC play to finish in a tie for last place. They defeated Houston in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament.

2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	10–21 (3–13 The American)
Head coach	Matilda Mossman (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Shane Coffey Tari Cummings Leah Foster
Home arena	Reynolds Center

2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
No. 19 South Florida	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
UCF	12	–	4		.750			22	–	11		.667
Cincinnati	10	–	6		.625			19	–	13		.594
Houston	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Wichita State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	17		.452
East Carolina	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			10	–	20		.333
SMU	4	–	12		.250			10	–	20		.333
Temple	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Tulsa	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 American Tournament winner As of 30 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Golden Hurricane games will be broadcast on KTGX CHROME 95.3 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD3. The audio broadcast can also be heard on Hurricane Vision. A video stream for all home games will be on Hurricane Vision, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 00 Kendrian Elliott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Wichita South Wichita, KS G 2 Tatyana Perez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Cypress Woods Cypress, TX G 3 Erika Wakefield 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Heritage Hall Moore, OK G 4 Addison Richardson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bixby Bixby, OK G 5 Jasmine Butler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Pearland Pearland, TX G 10 Alexis Gaulden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, OK G 11 Ebony Parker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Klein Forest Blinn College Houston, TX G 12 Renetha Dickson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lutheran North St. Louis, TX G 21 Rebecca Lescay 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Liberty Plano, TX G 22 Morgan Brady 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Parkview Arts & Science Hensley, AR F 25 Tyjae' Scales 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Kinkaid Houston, TX F 30 Krystan Vornes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Osceola Osceola, AR F 33 Crystal Polk 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lawton Ike Lawton, OK	Head coach Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Shane Coffey (Oklahoma State) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Leah Foster (St. Edward's) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 2, 2017

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 7:00 pm		Arkansas–Fort Smith	L 58–61		Reynolds Center (256) Tulsa, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		American	L 67–72	0–1	Reynolds Center (322) Tulsa, OK
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		Belmont	L 65–90	0–2	Reynolds Center (274) Tulsa, OK
11/15/2017* 11:30 am		at Little Rock	W 74–61	1–2	Jack Stephens Center (2,138) Little Rock, AR
11/18/2017* 2:00 pm		UMKC	W 76–52	2–2	Reynolds Center (246) Tulsa, OK
11/21/2017* 8:30 pm		vs. Binghamton Great Alaska Shootout semifinals	W 60–55	3–2	Alaska Airlines Center (1,700) Anchorage, AK
11/23/2017* 5:30 pm		at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout championship	L 53–59	3–3	Alaska Airlines Center (1,828) Anchorage, AK
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		Oral Roberts Rivalry	L 41–53	3–4	Reynolds Center (641) Tulsa, OK
12/02/2017* 3:00 pm		at North Texas	L 43–66	3–5	The Super Pit (1,181) Denton, TX
12/05/2017* 7:00 pm		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 87–37	4–5	Reynolds Center (184) Tulsa, OK
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm		at Arkansas	L 41–67	4–6	Bud Walton Arena (1,821) Fayetteville, AR
12/16/2017* 1:00 pm		at South Dakota	W 64–61	5–6	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,700) Vermillion, SD
12/19/2017* 5:00 pm		at Saint Louis	L 66–77	5–7	Chaifetz Arena (822) St. Louis, MO
12/22/2017* 1:00 pm		Arkansas State	W 68–58	6–7	Reynolds Center (506) Tulsa, OK
AAC regular season
12/30/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wichita State	W 67–62	7–7 (1–0)	Charles Koch Arena (1,328) Wichita, KS
01/03/2018 11:00 am		Tulane	L 63–72	7–8 (1–1)	Reynolds Center (202) Tulsa, OK
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		Cincinnati	W 64–51	8–8 (2–1)	Reynolds Center (303) Tulsa, OK
01/10/2018 6:00 pm		at East Carolina	L 67–73	8–9 (2–2)	Williams Arena (759) Greenville, NC
01/13/2018 12:00 pm		Memphis	L 48–69	8–10 (2–3)	Reynolds Center (278) Tulsa, OK
01/18/2018 6:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 60–78	8–11 (2–4)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (7,477) Storrs, CT
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, ESPNU		at Tulane	L 39–70	8–12 (2–5)	Devlin Fieldhouse (710) New Orleans, LA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm, ADN		UCF	L 44–47	8–13 (2–6)	Reynolds Center (317) Tulsa, OK
01/31/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		South Florida	L 57–71	8–14 (2–7)	Reynolds Center (157) Tulsa, OK
02/03/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Temple	L 75–76	8–15 (2–8)	McGonigle Hall (982) Philadelphia, PA
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at SMU	L 70–74	9–16 (2–9)	Moody Coliseum (984) Dallas, TX
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		Houston	W 83–77	9–16 (3–9)	Reynolds Center (470) Tulsa, OK
02/17/2018 1:00 pm, ADN		at Cincinnati	L 41–78	9–17 (3–10)	Saint Ursula Academy Gym (502) Cincinnati, OH
02/20/2018 7:00 pm		East Carolina	L 57–59	9–18 (3–11)	Reynolds Center (107) Tulsa, OK
02/24/2018 1:00 pm		at Memphis	L 56–65	9–19 (3–12)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (502) Memphis, TN
02/26/2018 7:00 pm, ADN		Wichita State	L 59–70	9–20 (3–13)	Reynolds Center (826) Tulsa, OK
AAC Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(12)	vs. (5) Houston First Round	W 98–72	10–20	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,599) Uncasville, CT
03/04/2018 7:30 pm, ESPN3	(12)	vs. (4) Cincinnati Quarterfinals	L 65–66	10–21	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,804) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team