2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State. They were invited to the WBI, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	21–11 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bethann Ord (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Skyler Young Devan Newman Matt Thune
Home arena	Dee Events 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

On June 7, it was announced that Bethann Ord has resigned from Weber State and accept the head coaching job at Binghamton. She finished at Weber State with a 6 year record of 77–137.

Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Jr Berkeley Berkeley, CA F 1 Jocelyn Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Skyview Vancouver, WA G 3 Paulina Rodriguez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Montverde Academy Chihuahua, Mexico G 4 Kailie Quinn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Judge Salt Lake City, UT F 5 Briana Gray 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Nicolet Bradley Milwaukee, WI G 10 Shianne Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Killeen Harker Heights, TX G 11 Larryn Brooks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Madison Central Texas Tech Richmond, KY G 12 Zharia Hale 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Central Catholic Portland, OR G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Pullman Pullman, WA G 22 Sierra Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Salesian Vallejo, CA F 24 Dominique Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Centennial Meridian, ID F 25 Audrey Frison 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr David Douglas Central Arizona Portland, OR C 33 Gina O'Brien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Methodist Ladies' Melbourne, Australia F 41 Kayla Watkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Glacier Peak Snohomish, WA	Head coach Bethann Ord (UMBC) Assistant coach(es) Devan Newman (Louisville) Skyler Young (Western Michigan) Matt Thune (Indiana) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 20, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 1:00 pm		Colorado Mesa	W 79–62		Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 4:00 pm		Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 75–57	1–0	Dee Events Center (862) Odgen, UT
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm		Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 58–85	1–1	Dee Events Center (686) Odgen, UT
11/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Antelope Valley	W 80–70	2–1	Dee Events Center (576) Odgen, UT
11/22/2017* 12:00 pm		Westminster	W 64–58	3–1	Dee Events Center (628) Odgen, UT
11/25/2017* 12:00 pm		Incarnate Word	W 79–55	4–1	Dee Events Center (523) Odgen, UT
11/30/2017* 8:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	W 64–61	5–1	Matadome (356) Northridge, CA
12/02/2017* 3:00 pm		at No. 10 Oregon	L 87–114	5–2	Matthew Knight Arena (2,506) Eugene, OR
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 71–61	6–2	Dee Events Center (746) Odgen, UT
12/09/2017* 2:00 pm		Air Force	W 62–52	7–2	Dee Events Center (863) Odgen, UT
12/17/2017* 3:00 pm		at Portland	W 91–70	8–2	Chiles Center (353) Portland, OR
12/20/2017* 1:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 78–81	8–3	Save Mart Center (1,934) Fresno, CA
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 76–70	9–3 (1–0)	Reed Gym (880) Pocatello, ID
01/04/2018 6:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 75–76	9–4 (1–1)	Walkup Skydome (203) Flagstaff, AZ
01/06/2018 12:30 pm		at Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 77–64	10–4 (2–1)	America First Events Center (714) Cedar City, UT
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 82–73	11–4 (3–1)	Dee Events Center (628) Odgen, UT
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 80–69	12–4 (4–1)	Dee Events Center (771) Odgen, UT
01/18/2018 1:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 78–56	13–4 (5–1)	Hornets Nest (505) Sacramento, CA
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		at Portland State	L 64–77	13–5 (5–2)	Pamplin Sports Center (225) Portland, OR
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		Idaho State	W 84–73	14–5 (6–2)	Dee Events Center (846) Odgen, UT
02/01/2018 12:00 pm		Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 65–50	15–5 (7–2)	Dee Events Center (3,146) Odgen, UT
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 77–63	16–5 (8–2)	Dee Events Center (789) Odgen, UT
02/08/2018 6:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 67–80	16–6 (8–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,604) Grand Forks, ND
02/10/2018 12:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 69–71	16–7 (8–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,451) Greeley, CO
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Portland State	L 60–62	16–8 (8–5)	Dee Events Center (718) Odgen, UT
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 86–73	17–8 (9–5)	Dee Events Center (908) Odgen, UT
02/22/2018 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 68–77	17–9 (9–6)	Reese Court (653) Cheney, WA
02/24/2018 3:00 pm		at Idaho	W 105–88	18–9 (10–6)	Cowan Spectrum (515) Moscow, ID
02/28/2018 7:00 pm		Montana	W 89–73	19–9 (11–6)	Dee Events Center (848) Odgen, UT
03/02/2018 7:00 pm		Montana State	W 85–69	20–9 (12–6)	Dee Events Center (906) Odgen, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2018 3:35 pm	(4)	vs. (5) Idaho State Quarterfinals	L 109–113 OT	20–10	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
WBI
03/15/2018* 6:00 pm		at Texas Southern First Round	W 66–56	21–10	H&PE Arena (482) Houston, TX
03/19/2018* 6:00 pm		at Central Arkansas Quarterfinals	L 67–82	21–11	Farris Center (2,570) Conway, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2017–18 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team