2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by seventeenth year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.[2][3][4] They finished the season 25–12, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.

2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Paradise Jam Island Division Champions
WNIT, Semifinals
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record25–12 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
Seasons
2017–18 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Baylor 18 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 8 Texas 15 3   .833 28 7   .800
Oklahoma State 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Oklahoma 11 7   .611 16 15   .516
TCU 9 9   .500 23 13   .639
West Virginia 8 10   .444 25 12   .676
Iowa State 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Kansas State 7 11   .389 18 16   .529
Kansas 3 15   .167 12 18   .400
Texas Tech 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

Previous season

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The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament.[5] They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

Roster

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2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 0 Naomi Davenport 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mount Notre Dame
Trinity Valley CC
Cincinnati, OH
G 1 Ashley Jones 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Neumann-Goretti Catholic Philadelphia, PA
G 2 Kysre Gondrezick   5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Benton Harbor
Michigan
Benton Harbor, MI
G/F 3 Destiny Harden 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Morgan Park Chicago, IL
G 4 Nia Staples 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Lakota West Cincinnati, OH
G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA
F 11 Teana Muldrow 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr East Orange East Orange, NJ
G 12 Chania Ray 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Riverdale Baptist
Florida State
Alexandria, VA
F 13 Kristina King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr New Hope Christian Academy
Gulf Coast State
Mebane, NC
G 22 Katrina Pardee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Vista Ridge Cedar Park, TX
G/F 24 Anja Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr John Paul Stevens San Antonio, TX
C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Jr Life Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ
F 55 Krys McCune 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr duPont Manual Louisville, KY
G Lucky Rudd   5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So New Hope Christian Academy
NC State
Thomasville, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: February 3, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2017*
4:00 pm
No. 13 West Virginia Wesleyan W 113–54 
WVU Coliseum (1,685)
Morgantown, WV
Non-Conference Games
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Central Connecticut W 102–52  1–0
WVU Coliseum (1,359)
Morgantown, WV
11/14/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 12 Sacramento State W 101–47  2–0
WVU Coliseum (1,211)
Morgantown, WV
11/19/2017*
5:00 pm
No. 12 North Florida W 87–59  3–0
WVU Coliseum (1,156)
Morgantown, WV
11/23/2017*
12:00 pm
No. 11 vs. Butler
Paradise Jam Island Division
W 75–68  4–0
Titan Field House 
Melbourne, FL
11/24/2017*
3:30 pm
No. 11 vs. Drexel
Paradise Jam Island Division
W 75–42  5–0
Titan Field House 
Melbourne, FL
11/25/2017*
6:00 pm
No. 11 vs. Virginia Tech
Paradise Jam Island Division
W 79–61  6–0
Titan Field House (276)
Melbourne, FL
12/03/2017*
8:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 11 at No. 18 Texas A&M
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 70–56  7–0
Reed Arena (3,391)
College Station, TX
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Pittsburgh W 73–52  8–0
WVU Coliseum (2,005)
Morgantown, WV
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 10 Coppin State W 101–43  9–0
WVU Coliseum (1,163)
Morgantown, WV
12/16/2017*
4:00 pm
No. 10 vs. Radford W 75–55  10–0
Charleston Civic Center (1,807)
Charleston, WV
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 9 Morgan State W 84–41  11–0
WVU Coliseum (1,034)
Morgantown, WV
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 9 Morehead State W 66–52  12–0
WVU Coliseum (2,066)
Morgantown, WV
Conference Games
12/28/2017
7:00 pm, ATTPT
No. 9 at TCU W 87–82  13–0
(1–0)
Schollmaier Arena (1,799)
Fort Worth, TX
12/31/2017
4:30 pm, FSN
No. 9 at No. 8 Texas L 58–79  13–1
(1–1)
Frank Erwin Center (3,391)
Austin, TX
01/03/2018
7:00 pm, Netstar
No. 12 Kansas State L 52–60  13–2
(1–2)
WVU Coliseum (1,440)
Morgantown, WV
01/07/2018
2:00 pm, ATTPT
No. 12 Iowa State W 57–49  14–2
(2–2)
WVU Coliseum (2,580)
Morgantown, WV
01/07/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 15 at Kansas W 74–54  15–2
(3–2)
Allen Fieldhouse (1,536)
Lawrence, KS
01/13/2017
5:00 pm, FSN
No. 15 TCU L 74–76 OT 15–3
(3–3)
WVU Coliseum (3,139)
Morgantown, WV
01/17/2018
8:00 pm
No. 17 at No. 24 Oklahoma State L 73–79  15–4
(3–4)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,520)
Stillwater, OK
01/20/2018
7:30 pm
No. 17 at Iowa State W 69–59  16–4
(4–4)
Hilton Coliseum (10,067)
Ames, IA
01/24/2018
7:00 pm, Netstar
No. 20 Texas Tech W 82–52  17–4
(5–4)
WVU Coliseum (1,987)
Morgantown, WV
01/28/2018
3:00 pm, FS1
No. 20 No. 3 Baylor L 72–83  17–5
(5–5)
WVU Coliseum (5,073)
Morgantown, WV
01/31/2018
3:00 pm, FSOK
No. 21 at Oklahoma L 57–76  17–6
(5–6)
Lloyd Noble Center (3,490)
Norman, OK
02/05/2018
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 6 Texas L 55–73  17–7
(5–7)
WVU Coliseum (2,149)
Morgantown, WV
02/10/2018
3:00 pm, FSSW
at Texas Tech W 74–60  18–7
(6–7)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,116)
Lubbock, TX
02/14/2018
7:00 pm
Kansas W 76–46  19–7
(7–7)
WVU Coliseum (1,880)
Morgantown, WV
02/17/2018
3:00 pm, ATTPT
Oklahoma L 77–79 OT 19–8
(7–8)
WVU Coliseum (4,326)
Morgantown, WV
02/20/2018
8:00 pm
at Kansas State W 75–66  20–8
(8–8)
Bramlage Coliseum (3,452)
Manhattan, KS
02/24/2018
1:00 pm
No. 25 Oklahoma State L 69–79  20–9
(8–9)
WVU Coliseum (4,058)
Morgantown, WV
02/26/2018
9:00 pm, FS1
at No. 3 Baylor L 54–80  20–10
(8–10)
Ferrell Center (6,671)
Waco, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
9:30 pm, FSN
(6) vs. (3) Oklahoma State
Quarterfinals
W 69–60  21–10
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,676)
Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2018
5:30 pm, FS1
(6) vs. (2) No. 7 Texas
Semifinals
L 55–68  21–11
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,832)
Oklahoma City, OK
WNIT
03/15/2018*
7:00 pm
Bucknell
First Round
W 83–50  22–11
WVU Coliseum (1,509)
Morgantown, WV
03/17/2018*
2:00 pm
Saint Joseph's
Second Round
W 79–51  23–11
WVU Coliseum (1,651)
Morgantown, WV
03/22/2018*
5:30 pm
James Madison
Third Round
W 67–55  24–11
WVU Coliseum (1,709)
Morgantown, WV
03/25/2018*
4:00 pm
St. John's
Quarterfinals
W 76–62  25–11
WVU Coliseum (2,280)
Morgantown, WV
03/28/2018*
7:00 pm
Virginia Tech
Semifinals
L 61–64  25–12
WVU Coliseum (3,015)
Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 12 15 17 20 21 RV RV RV NR RV RV N/A
Coaches 15 N/A 13 12 11 11 9 9 11 15 16 19 21 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "West Virginia Athletics" (PDF). Wvusports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball - Mountaineers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  4. ^ West Virginia Mountaineers. "West Virginia Mountaineers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Tynice Martin nets 32 as WVU upsets No. 2 Baylor to win Big 12 title". ESPN. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "West Virginia Athletics". Wvusports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.