2017–18 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	† 2018 Big Sky Tournament winner ; As of 19 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

2017–18 Montana Lady Griz basketball
2017–18 Montana Lady Griz basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2017–18 record	14–17 (9–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	(2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Sonya Stokken; Mike Petrino; Jordan Sullivan;
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represents the University of Montana during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz are led by second year head coach , play their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 14–17, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Colorado.

Roster[]

2017–18 Montana Lady Griz women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Sophia Stiles	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr		Malta, MT
G	3	Gabi Harrington	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Bishop Kelly HS	Boise, ID
G	4	Sierra Anderson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Henry M. Jackson HS	Mill Creek, WA
F	10	Kayleigh Valley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	University HS	Spokane, WA
F	11	Abby Anderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Glencoe HS	Hillsboro, OR
F	12	Nora Klick	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Great Falls HS	Simms, MT
F	13	Alycia Harris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr		Stevensville, MT
F	14	Hailey Nicholson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So		Malta, MT
F	22	Mekayla Isaak	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Bend HS	Bend, OR
G	23	Taylor Goligoski	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Hamilton HS	Hamilton, MT
F	24	Jace Henderson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Billings Senior HS	Billings, MT
F	30	Caitlin Lonergan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	Bozeman HS	Bozeman, MT
G	32	McKenzie Johnston	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS So	Capital HS	Helena, MT
G	34	Madi Schoening	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Sandpoint HS	Sandpoint, ID
F	44	Emma Stockholm	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Chelan HS	Chelan, WA

Head coach

(Montana)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Petrino (MSU Billings)
Sonya Stokken (Montana)
Jordan Sullivan (Montana)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 21, 2017

Schedule[]

Source ^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2017* 7:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	W 55–48		Dahlberg Arena (2,178) Missoula, MT
11/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Black Hills State	W 70–46		Dahlberg Arena (2,132) Missoula, MT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2017* 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	L 62–67	0–1	Arena-Auditorium (2,484) Laramie, WY
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm		No. 25 Kentucky	L 54–71	0–2	Dahlberg Arena (2,808) Missoula, MT
11/18/2017* 7:00 pm		Gonzaga	L 55–70	0–3	Dahlberg Arena (3,520) Missoula, MT
11/23/2017* 7:00 pm		vs. Indiana State Cancún Challenge Rivera Division	L 45–57	0–4	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
11/24/2017* 7:00 pm		vs. No. 20 Marquette Cancún Challenge Rivera Division	L 68–87	0–5	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm		37th Lady Griz Classic	W 68–47	1–5	Dahlberg Arena (2,512) Missoula, MT
12/02/2017* 7:00 pm		37th Lady Griz Classic	W 67–60	2–5	Dahlberg Arena (2,455) Missoula, MT
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Stephen F. Austin	W 60–52	3–5	Dahlberg Arena (2,478) Missoula, MT
12/10/2017* 3:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 58–61	3–6	Save Mart Center (1,872) Fresno, CA
12/13/2017* 12:00 pm		Seattle	L 64–78	3–7	Dahlberg Arena (7,018) Missoula, MT
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Rocky Mountain (MT)	W 54–38	4–7	Dahlberg Arena (2,173) Missoula, MT
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 70–62 ^OT	5–7 (1–0)	Dahlberg Arena (2,662) Missoula, MT
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 81–71	6–7 (2–0)	Dahlberg Arena (2,717) Missoula, MT
01/04/2018 6:00 pm		at North Dakota	W 54–43	7–7 (3–0)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,325) Grand Forks, ND
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 68–59	7–8 (3–1)	Bank of Colorado Arena (757) Greeley, CO
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 68–59	8–8 (4–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,333) Missoula, MT
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 69–53	9–8 (5–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,866) Missoula, MT
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, SWX Montana		at Montana State	L 64–81	9–9 (5–2)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (4,017) Bozeman, MT
01/25/2018 6:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 74–65	10–9 (6–2)	America First Events Center (1,010) Cedar City, UT
01/27/2018 5:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 69–52	11–9 (7–2)	Walkup Skydome (398) Flagstaff, AZ
02/01/2018 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 58–64	11–10 (7–3)	Dahlberg Arena (3,155) Missoula, MT
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 53–51	12–10 (8–3)	Dahlberg Arena (2,943) Missoula, MT
02/08/2018 9:00 pm		at Portland State	L 53–70	12–11 (8–4)	Pamplin Sports Center (294) Portland, OR
02/10/2018 3:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 64–79	12–12 (8–5)	Hornets Nest (214) Grand Forks, ND
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 72–75	12–13 (8–6)	Dahlberg Arena (3,525) Missoula, MT
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Idaho	L 56–67	12–14 (8–7)	Dahlberg Arena (3,353) Missoula, MT
02/24/2018 2:00 pm, SWX Montana		Montana State	W 87–63	13–14 (9–7)	Dahlberg Arena (4,011) Missoula, MT
02/28/2018 7:00 pm		at Weber State	L 73–89	13–15 (9–8)	Dee Events Center (848) Ogden, UT
03/02/2018 7:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 60–72	13–16 (9–9)	Reed Gym (1,139) Pocatello, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/05/2018 1:05 pm	(9)	vs. (8) Sacramento State First Round	W 87–80	14–16	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
03/07/2018 1:05 pm	(9)	vs. (1) Northern Colorado Quarterfinals	L 69–78	14–17	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References[]

^ "University of Montana Athletics - WBB: 17-18 prospectus" (PDF). Gogriz.com. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
^ "Montana Grizzlies Women's Basketball - Grizzlies News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
^ Montana Lady Grizzlies. "Montana Lady Grizzlies on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
^ "University of Montana Athletics - 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gogriz.com. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

[1] "University of Montana Athletics - WBB: 17-18 prospectus" (PDF). Gogriz.com. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

[2] "Montana Grizzlies Women's Basketball - Grizzlies News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

[3] Montana Lady Grizzlies. "Montana Lady Grizzlies on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

[4] "University of Montana Athletics - 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gogriz.com. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

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2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t	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