2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner ; As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball
2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2017–18 record	14–16 (10–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Cara Consuegra (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Nicole Woods; Joanne Aluka-White; Tanisha Wright;
Home arena	Dale F. Halton Arena
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 49ers, led by sixth year head coach Cara Consuegra, play their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena and were members of Conference USA.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 14–16, 10–6 in C-USA play to finish in a 4 way tie for third place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to North Texas.

Previous season[]

They finished the season 21–10, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech. Despite having 21 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster[]

2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Christian Hithe	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Spring Valley UCF	Columbia, SC
G	3	Mariah Linney	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Goose Creek	Goose Creek, SC
G	4	Laia Raventós	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	IES Joaquim Blume	Santa Eulàlia de Riuprimer, Spain
G	5	Jade Phillips	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Southeast Raleigh Syracuse	Raleigh, NC
G	10	Jada Martin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Fairfield Central Spartanburg Methodist	Winnsboro, SC
G	13	Octavia Wilson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Eleanor Roosevelt	Greenbelt, MD
F	15	Nyilah Jamison-Myers	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Orangeburg-Wilkinson Clemson	Orangeburg, SC
G	22	Lauren Harley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Blythewood	Columbia, SC
F	24	Lyrissa Deans	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Bishop Ireton	Waldorf, MD
F	30	Jaida Robinson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Albemarle	Albemarle, NC
F	34	Dara Pearson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Hampton	Hampton, VA
G	44	Amaya Ransom	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Landstown	Virginia Beach, VA
F	45	Ka'Neeshia Brown	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	South Miami Daytona State	Miami, FL

Head coach

Cara Consuegra (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Nicole Woods (Belmont Abbey)
Joanne Aluka-White (Middle Tennessee)
Tanisha Wright (Penn State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 7:00 pm		Coker	W 78–47		Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm		Duquesne	W 75–72	1–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,841) Charlotte, NC
11/12/2017* 12:00 pm		at Wisconsin	L 66–80	1–1	Kohl Center (3,235) Madison, WI
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm		Rutgers	L 54–77	1–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (872) Charlotte, NC
11/18/2017* 2:00 pm		at	W 51–47	2–2	Kimmel Arena (756) Asheville, NC
11/23/2017* 12:00 pm		vs. Iowa Puerto Rico Clasico	L 64–77	2–3	Cardinal Gibbons High School (172) Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm		vs. South Dakota State Puerto Rico Clasico	L 70–71	2–4	Cardinal Gibbons High School (172) Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/30/2017* 5:30 pm		at East Carolina	L 55–58	2–5	Williams Arena (824) Greenville, NC
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm			W 78–49	3–5	Dale F. Halton Arena (975) Charlotte, NC
12/07/2017* 8:00 pm		at Arkansas	L 72–73	3–6	Bud Walton Arena (1,139) Fayetteville, AR
12/18/2017* 11:00 am		at Wake Forest	L 69–71	3–7	LJVM Coliseum (10,011) Winston–Salem, NC
12/21/2017* 2:00 pm		at Davidson	L 66–68	3–8	John M. Belk Arena (379) Davidson, NC
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm			W 64–49	4–8	Dale F. Halton Arena (814) Charlotte, NC
12/30/2017* 4:00 pm		Mercer	L 74–90	4–9	Dale F. Halton Arena (863) Charlotte, NC
Conference USA regular season
01/04/2018 11:30 am		Southern Miss	W 66–56	5–10 (1–0)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,438) Charlotte, NC
01/06/2018 7:00 pm		at Old Dominion	W 63–60	6–10 (2–0)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,522) Norfolk, VA
01/11/2018 3:00 pm, beIN		at UTEP	L 58–67	6–11 (2–1)	Don Haskins Center (1,375) El Paso, TX
01/13/2018 4:00 pm		at North Texas	L 68–73	6–12 (2–2)	The Super Pit (643) Denton, TX
01/20/2018 7:00 pm		Rice	L 55–62	6–13 (2–3)	Dale F. Halton Arena (802) Charlotte, NC
01/25/2018 7:00 pm		at Southern Miss	W 85–79 ^2OT	7–13 (3–3)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,346) Hattiesburg, MS
01/28/2018 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Middle Tennessee	L 45–64	7–13 (3–4)	Murphy Center (3,441) Murfreesboro, TN
02/02/2018 7:00 pm		Marshall	W 67–61	8–13 (4–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (865) Charlotte, NC
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		FIU	W 80–57	9–13 (5–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (778) Charlotte, NC
02/10/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UTSA	W 88–75	10–13 (6–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (1,048) Charlotte, NC
02/15/2018 5:30 pm		at Louisiana Tech	W 64–51	11–13 (7–4)	Thomas Assembly Center (3,562) Ruston, LA
02/17/2018 3:00 pm		at UAB	W 64–51	12–13 (8–4)	Bartow Arena (427) Birmingham, AL
02/23/2018 8:00 pm		at Western Kentucky	L 61–83	12–14 (8–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (2,459) Bowling Green, KY
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Middle Tennessee	L 53–54	12–15 (8–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,441) Charlotte, NC
03/01/2018 5:00 pm		Old Dominion	W 51–43	13–15 (9–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,305) Charlotte, NC
03/03/2018 5:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 83–69	14–15 (10–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,587) Charlotte, NC
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/07/2018 3:00 pm	(6)	vs. (11) North Texas First Round	L 55–58	14–16	The Ford Center at The Star (2,031) Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References[]

^ "Charlotte 49ers" (PDF). Charlotte 49ers. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
^ Charlie Creme. "Charlotte 49ers Women's Basketball - 49ers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
^ Charlotte 49ers. "Charlotte 49ers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
^ "Charlotte 49ers". Charlotte 49ers. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

[1] "Charlotte 49ers" (PDF). Charlotte 49ers. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

[2] Charlie Creme. "Charlotte 49ers Women's Basketball - 49ers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

[3] Charlotte 49ers. "Charlotte 49ers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

[4] "Charlotte 49ers". Charlotte 49ers. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

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v t Charlotte 49ers women's basketball
Venues	Belk Gymnasium (1975–1996) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present)
Culture & lore	History Norm the Niner
People
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2017–18 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UAB	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
Western Kentucky †	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
Rice	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Middle Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Charlotte	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
UTEP	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Southern Miss	7	–	9	.438	15	–	15	.500
North Texas	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
UTSA	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
Old Dominion	6	–	10	.375	8	–	23	.258
FIU	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
Marshall	3	–	13	.188	9	–	20	.310


† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll