2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by sixteenth year head coach Phil Stern, were members of the America East Conference,[1][2][3] They began the season playing home games in the Retriever Activities Center before the opening of the new UMBC Event Center on February 3, 2018.[4] The women's first game in the new arena was on February 8 against Binghamton.[5]

2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record5–26 (3–13 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Carlee Cassidy-Dewey
  • Chelsea Barker Walsh
  • Courtnay Pilypaitis
Home arenaRetriever Activities Center
UMBC Event Center
Seasons
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine 13 3   .813 23 10   .697
Albany 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
Binghamton 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Stony Brook 10 6   .625 18 12   .600
Hartford 9 7   .563 19 13   .594
New Hampshire 9 7   .563 19 12   .613
Vermont 5 11   .313 8 22   .267
UMBC 3 13   .188 5 26   .161
UMass Lowell 1 15   .063 4 26   .133
2018 America East tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Media

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All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

Roster

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2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Janee'a Summers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bound Brook Bound Brook, NJ
G 2 O'lesheya Braxton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Paterson Kennedy Paterson, NJ
G 3 Te'yJah Oliver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Riverdale Baptist Clinton, MD
F 10 Chukwuma Chiamaka 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Eastern Arizona College Lagos, Nigeria
F 13 Jen Gast 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Catonsville Baltimore, MD
G 21 Carly Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Shaler Area Glenshaw, PA
F 23 Kristen Teklits 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr New Fairfield New Fairfield, CT
F/C 24 Lucrezia Costa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Liceo Classico Enrico Perito Rome, Italy
G 25 Laura Castaldo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Clarkstown South West Nyack, NY
G 31 Brittany Burgess 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr St. Mary's Ryken
VCU
White Plains, MD
G 35 Allison McGrath 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So South Park South Park, PA
G 42 Tyler Moore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Norfolk Academy Portsmouth, VA
F 44 Kayla Hinderlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Edmund Burke School Silver Spring, MD
F 45 Lakiah Sims 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Charles Drew
Palm Beach State
Riverdale, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (UMBC)
  • Chelsea Barker Walsh (UMBC)
  • Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:00 pm
at Fordham L 46–55  0–1
Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,923)
Bronx, NY
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm
at Hofstra L 55–71  0–2
Hofstra Arena (323)
Hempstead, NY
11/14/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Gettysburg W 72–45  1–2
Retriever Activities Center (382)
Catonsville, MD
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
LIU Brooklyn L 52–66  1–3
Retriever Activities Center (341)
Catonsville, MD
11/21/2017*
11:00 am
at Towson L 64–95  1–4
SECU Arena (3,100)
Towson, MD
11/25/2017*
1:00 pm
vs. St. Bonaventure
Navy Classic semifinals
L 53–64  1–5
Alumni Hall (378)
Annapolis, MD
11/26/2017*
1:00 pm
vs. North Dakota State
Navy Classic 3rd place game
L 53–67  1–6
Alumni Hall (215)
Annapolis, MD
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
American L 48–61  1–7
Retriever Activities Center (320)
Catonsville, MD
12/03/2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Columbia L 44–60  1–8
Retriever Activities Center (318)
Catonsville, MD
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Denver L 48–70  1–9
Retriever Activities Center (266)
Catonsville, MD
12/11/2017*
7:00 pm
at George Mason L 38–58  1–10
EagleBank Arena (527)
Fairfax, VA
12/21/2017*
6:00 pm
at Maryland Eastern Shore L 43–66  1–11
Hytche Athletic Center (322)
Princess Anne, MD
12/30/2017*
4:00 pm
at Princeton L 44–70  1–12
Jadwin Gymnasium (828)
Princeton, NJ
America East regular season
01/03/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
at New Hampshire L 51–56  1–13 (0–1)
Lundholm Gym (156)
Durham, NH
01/06/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont L 58–72  1–14 (0–2)
Retriever Activities Center (291)
Catonsville, MD
01/10/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
Maine L 50–65  1–15 (0–3)
Retriever Activities Center (2,366)
Catonsville, MD
01/13/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 66–54  2–15 (1–3)
Retriever Activities Center (291)
Catonsville, MD
01/15/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford L 54–65  2–16 (1–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,005)
Hartford, CT
01/21/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany L 75–78  2–17 (1–5)
Retriever Activities Center (281)
Catonsville, MD
01/24/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton L 51–81  2–18 (1–6)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,151)
Vestal, NY
01/31/2018
7:00 pm
Stony Brook L 44–69  2–19 (1–7)
Retriever Activities Center (324)
Catonsville, MD
01/28/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine L 36–69  2–20 (1–8)
Cross Insurance Center (2,469)
Bangor, ME
02/03/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 52–51  3–20 (2–8)
Patrick Gym (156)
Burlington, VT
02/08/2018
7:00 pm
Binghamton L 53–68  3–21 (2–9)
UMBC Event Center (518)
Catonsville, MD
02/11/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire L 46–51  3–22 (2–10)
UMBC Event Center (220)
Catonsville, MD
02/14/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook L 49–53  3–23 (2–11)
Binghamton University Events Center (267)
Stony Brook, NY
02/17/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany L 45–79  3–24 (2–12)
SEFCU Arena (1,158)
Albany, NY
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford L 54–61  3–25 (2–13)
UMBC Event Center (203)
Catonsville, MD
02/25/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 61–39  4–25 (3–13)
Costello Athletic Center (891)
Lowell, MA
America East Women's Tournament
02/28/2018
6:00 pm, ESPN3
(9) (8) UMass Lowell
First Round
W 73–65  5–25
UMBC Event Center (281)
Catonsville, MD
02/28/2018
6:00 pm, ESPN3
(9) vs. (1) Maine
Quarterfinals
L 43–65  5–26
Cross Insurance Arena (2,158)
Portland, ME
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UMBC" (PDF). Umbcretrievers.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "UMBC Retrievers Women's Basketball - Retrievers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ UMBC Retrievers. "UMBC Retrievers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Shaffer, Jonas (January 24, 2018). "New UMBC Event Center to open for Feb. 3 men's basketball game vs. Vermont". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Retrievers Fall in RAC Finale, 69-44 to Stony Brook" (Press release). UMBC Retrievers. January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018. UMBC will have their Event Center opener against Binghamton on Thursday, Feb. 8.
  6. ^ "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule - UMBC". Umbcretrievers.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.