2017–18 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team

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2017–18 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball
JU Dolphins wordmark.png
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
2017–18 record24–9 (12–2 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Darnell Haney
  • LaQuanda Dawkins
  • Stephanie Edwards
Home arenaSwisher Gymnasium
Seasons
2017–18 ASUN women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Florida Gulf Coast † 13 – 1   .929 31 – 5   .861
Jacksonville 12 – 2   .857 24 – 9   .727
Stetson 8 – 6   .571 17 – 15   .531
Lipscomb 7 – 7   .500 12 – 19   .387
USC Upstate 6 – 8   .429 11 – 19   .367
North Florida 5 – 9   .357 13 – 18   .419
Kennesaw State 3 – 11   .214 7 – 19   .269
NJIT 2 – 12   .143 4 – 26   .133
† 2018 ASUN Tournament winner
As of 19 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team represents Jacksonville University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dolphins, led by fifth year head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, play their home games at Swisher Gymnasium and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.[1][2][3] They finish the season 24–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play finish in second place. They advanced to the championship of the 2018 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Florida Gulf Coast. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they lost to UCF in the first round.

On April 5, Yolett McPhee-McCuin left Jacksonville to be a head coach at Ole Miss. She finished at Jacksonville with a 5-year record of 94–63.

Media[]

All home games and conference road games are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV.

Roster[]

2017–18 Jacksonville Dolphins women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Trudy Walker 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Fort Pierce Westwood
Eastern Florida State 		Port St. Lucie, FL
G 3 Rolanda Hayes 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Viera
Florida Atlantic 		Rockledge, FL
G 4 Brandi Buie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Tampa, FL
G 5 Naqaiyyah Teague 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Malcolm X. Shabazz
UNC Wilmington 		Newark, NJ
G 11 Kayla Nevitt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Andy Dekaney HS
Mississippi State 		Houston, TX
G 14 Alexis Pierce 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Sol C. Johnson Savannah, GA
F 15 Kayla Gordon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Meridian Meridian, MS
C 20 Shalonda Neely 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Arlington Country Day Freeport, Grand Bahama
G 21 Lindsay John 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lycée Victor Hugo
Tallahassee CC 		Cholet, France
G 22 Alexis Burns 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Carver Columbus, GA
F/C 23 Khadijah Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So South Miami Miami, FL
G 24 Jasmyn Brown 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Haines City Haines City, FL
F/C 32 Amber Bender 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Calvary Christian Academy Fort Lauderdale, FL
F 44 LaKaris Salter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr FAMU DRS
Mississippi State 		Tallahassee, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 15, 2017

Schedule[]

[4]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		at NC State L 44–64  0–1
 Reynolds Coliseum (1,757)
Raleigh, NC
11/13/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 71–62  1–1
 Swisher Gymnasium (567)
Jacksonville, FL
11/16/2017*
12:30 pm 		at Alabama L 60–75  1–2
 Coleman Coliseum (4,179)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/18/2017*
2:00 pm 		at Nicholls State W 69–61  2–2
 Stopher Gym (301)
Thibodaux, LA
11/24/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN3
Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 74–65  3–2
 Swisher Gymnasium (413)
Jacksonville, FL
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN3 		Webber International
Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 64–43  4–2
 Swisher Gymnasium (544)
Jacksonville, FL
11/28/2017*
7:00 pm 		at Florida L 59–69  4–3
 O'Connell Center (1,009)
Gainesville, FL
12/01/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Troy L 88–89  4–4
 Trojan Arena (512)
Troy, AL
12/03/2017*
2:00 pm 		at South Alabama W 60–58  5–4
 Mitchell Center (178)
Mobile, AL
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Flagler W 79–52  6–4
 Swisher Gymnasium (501)
Jacksonville, FL
12/17/2017*
3:00 pm 		at  W 68–58  7–4
 Moore Gymnasium (291)
Daytona Beach, FL
12/19/2017*
12:00 pm 		vs. Edward Waters
UNF Holiday Classic 		W 79–58  8–4
 UNF Arena (147)
Jacksonville, FL
12/20/2017*
12:00 pm 		vs. 
UNF Holiday Classic 		W 61–49  9–4
 UNF Arena (112)
Jacksonville, FL
12/28/2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		at No. 13 Florida State L 50–82  9–5
 Donald L. Tucker Center (2,900)
Tallahassee, FL
12/31/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 74–46  10–5
 Swisher Gymnasium (392)
Jacksonville, FL
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/06/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at North Florida W 66–48  11–5 (1–0)
 UNF Arena (362)
Jacksonville, FL
01/13/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Lipscomb W 70–48  12–5 (2–0)
 Swisher Gymnasium (416)
Jacksonville, FL
01/15/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Kennesaw State W 84–49  13–5 (3–0)
 Swisher Gymnasium (423)
Jacksonville, FL
01/20/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at NJIT W 88–58  14–5 (4–0)
 Wellness and Events Center (28)
Newark, NJ
01/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at USC Upstate W 71–45  15–5 (5–0)
 G. B. Hodge Center (231)
Spartanburg, SC
01/27/2018
4:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Florida Gulf Coast L 58–63  15–6 (5–1)
 Alico Arena (2,814)
Fort Myers, FL
02/01/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Stetson W 73–63  16–6 (6–1)
 Swisher Gymnasium (599)
Jacksonville, FL
02/03/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Florida Gulf Coast L 63–65  16–7 (6–2)
 Swisher Gymnasium (601)
Jacksonville, FL
02/07/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Stetson W 61–54  17–7 (7–2)
 Edmunds Center (374)
Lakeland, FL
02/10/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Kennesaw State W 67–49  18–7 (8–2)
 KSU Convocation Center (652)
Kennesaw, GA
02/12/2018
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Lipscomb W 70–63  19–7 (9–2)
 Allen Arena (176)
Nashville, TN
02/17/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		USC Upstate W 65–49  20–7 (10–2)
 Swisher Gymnasium (489)
Jacksonville, FL
02/19/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		NJIT W 75–53  21–7 (11–2)
 Swisher Gymnasium (433)
Jacksonville, FL
02/24/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		North Florida W 64–43  22–7 (12–2)
 Swisher Gymnasium (707)
Jacksonville, FL
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		(2) (7) Kennesaw State
Quarterfinals 		W 79–52  23–7
 Swisher Gymnasium (379)
Jacksonville, FL
03/07/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		(2) (6) North Florida
Semifinals 		W 83–77 OT 24–7
 Swisher Gymnasium (1,010)
Jacksonville, FL
03/11/2018
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		(2) at (1) Florida Gulf Coast
Championship Game 		L 58–68  24–8
 Alico Arena (2,966)
Fort Myers, FL
WNIT
03/14/2018*
6:00 pm 		at UCF
First Round 		L 60–65 OT 24–9
 CFE Arena (493)
Orlando, FL
*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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jacksonville University. "Jacksonville University" (PDF). Judolphins.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  2. ^ "Jacksonville Dolphins Women's Basketball - Dolphins News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. ^ Jacksonville Dolphins. "Jacksonville Dolphins on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  4. ^ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule - Jacksonville University". Judolphins.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
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