2017–18 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

2017–18 WAC women's basketball standings
	† 2018 WAC Tournament winner ; As of March 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

2017–18 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
2017–18 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2017–18 record	14–16 (4–10 WAC)
Head coach	Larry Tidwell (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Anthony Anderson; Kaylena Andersen; Yannick Denson;
Home arena	UTRGV Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represented the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Larry Tidwell's fifth season along with the third under the UTRGV label. The Vaqueros played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. The team finished seventh in the WAC after going 4–10 while finishing 14–16 overall.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On April 21 Tidwell resigned from his position to accept the job for the Chief of Staff for the women's basketball program at Texas Tech. He finished at UTRGV with a 5 year record of 85–75^[4]

Roster[]

2017–18 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Amara Graham	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Fr	Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep	Chicago, IL
G	2	Emily Azubell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Robert Vela	Edinburg, TX
G	3	Daniela Azubell	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Robert Vela	Edinburg, TX
G	4	Idil Türk	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Bodwell	Istanbul, Turkey
G	5	Jameka Dowell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Lebanon	Lebanon, TN
G	10	Valeria Tapia	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Saint Joseph Academy	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
G	11	Quynne Huggins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Millennium Mesa CC	Goodyear, AZ
G	12	Shaiann Tramble	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Shawnee Highland CC	Shawnee, OK
G	14	Brianna Pitre	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Sabino	Tucson, AZ
G	15	Nichele Hyman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Clovis	Clovis, NM
F	21	Krisynthia Sampson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	South Mountain Arizona Western College	Phoenix, AZ
F	23	Alicia McCray	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Trinity Christian Academy Florida A&M	West Palm Beach, FL
G	24	Natalia Ready	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Parkview Fort Scott CC	Little Rock, AR
F	33	Marie-Fatou Gueye	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Université Lumière Lyon II	Paris, France
F	34	Megan Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	St. Francis Xavier College	Newcastle, Australia
F	43	Jasauen Beard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Midwest City	Midwest City, OK
F	44	Laura Van Tilburg	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Weslaco	Weslaco, TX

Head coach

Larry Tidwell (Austin College)

Assistant coach(es)

Anthony Anderson (Florida International)
Kaylena Andersen (Arkansas–Fort Smith)
Yannick Denson (Lamar)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 2:00 pm		vs. Concordia (TX) Islanders Classic	W 67–49	1–0	Dugan Wellness Center (121) Corpus Christi, TX
11/11/2017* 5:00 pm		vs. Trinity Islanders Classic	W 62–57	2–0	Dugan Wellness Center (121) Corpus Christi, TX
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 56–53	3–0	UTRGV Fieldhouse (328) Edinburg, TX
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	L 38–80	3–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,441) Stillwater, OK
11/21/2017* 7:00 pm		Texas Lutheran	W 78–43	4–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (379) Edinburg, TX
11/25/2017* 3:00 pm		Feast of the Border	W 51–38	5–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (272) Edinburg, TX
11/26/2017* 3:00 pm		Feast of the Border	W 78–62	6–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (240) Edinburg, TX
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 41–71	6–2	Dugan Wellness Center (540) Corpus Christi, TX
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm		UMass Battle on the Border	W 67–59	7–2	UTRGV Fieldhouse (273) Edinburg, TX
12/02/2017* 3:00 pm		UTSA Battle on the Border	W 70–58	8–2	UTRGV Fieldhouse (485) Edinburg, TX
12/05/2017* 7:00 pm, MidcoSN		at	W 82–79	9–2	Scheels Center (609) Fargo, ND
12/06/2017 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	L 54–82	9–3	Kohl Center (2,809) Madison, WI
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		at Texas Tech	L 64–80	9–4	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (2,292) Lubbock, TX
12/19/2017* 7:00 pm		UTRGV Holiday Classic	W 63–46	10–4	UTRGV Fieldhouse (365) Edinburg, TX
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		USC UTRGV Holiday Classic	L 64–71	10–5	UTRGV Fieldhouse (528) Edinburg, TX
WAC regular season
01/06/2018 7:00 pm			L 52–54	10–6 (0–1)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (501) Edinburg, TX
01/11/2018 7:00 pm			L 64–67 ^OT	10–7 (0–2)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (402) Edinburg, TX
01/13/2018 7:00 pm			L 59–65	10–8 (0–3)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (409) Edinburg, TX
01/18/2018 12:00 pm		at	L 60–69	10–9 (0–4)	Lockhart Arena (719) Orem, UT
01/20/2018 6:00 pm		at Seattle	L 56–64	10–10 (0–5)	Connolly Center (860) Seattle, WA
01/27/2018 7:00 pm		Chicago State	W 81–44	11–10 (1–5)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (750) Edinburg, TX
02/03/2018 7:00 pm			L 77–79 ^OT	11–11 (1–6)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (731) Edinburg, TX
02/08/2018 8:00 pm		at Grand Canyon	L 58–59	11–12 (1–7)	GCU Arena (502) Phoenix, AZ
02/10/2018 3:00 pm		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 30–71	11–13 (1–8)	Icardo Center (421) Bakersfield, CA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Seattle	W 69–67 ^OT	12–13 (2–8)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (470) Edinburg, TX
02/17/2018 8:00 pm		Utah Valley	W 71–64 ^OT	13–13 (3–8)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (761) Edinburg, TX
02/22/2018 7:00 pm		at UMKC	L 59–79	13–14 (3–9)	Swinney Recreation Center (150) Kansas City, MO
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		at Chicago State	W 69–62	14–14 (4–9)	Jones Convocation Center (163) Chicago, IL
03/03/2018 3:00 pm		at New Mexico State	L 56–72	14–15 (4–10)	Pan American Center (1,564) Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2018 4:00 pm	(7)	vs. (2) Cal State Bakersfield Quarterfinals	L 59–70	14–16	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

References[]

^ https://goutrgv.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
^ http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/292/ut-rio-grande-valley-vaqueros^{[bare URL]}
^ https://herosports.com/colleges/teams/texas-rio-grande-valley-womens-basketball
^ "Coach Tidwell Resigning as Women's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). . April 21, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[1] ttps://goutrgv.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

[2] ttp://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/292/ut-rio-grande-valley-vaqueros^{[bare URL]}

[3] ttps://herosports.com/colleges/teams/texas-rio-grande-valley-womens-basketball

[4] "Coach Tidwell Resigning as Women's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). . April 21, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

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v t Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
Venues	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1982–present)
People
Seasons	2013–14 2015–16 2017–18 2018–19 2021–22

2017–18 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

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Roster[]

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References[]

2017–18 WAC women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
	11	–	3	.786	18	–	12	.600
	10	–	4	.714	18	–	13	.581
†	9	–	5	.643	18	–	14	.563
	9	–	5	.643	16	–	14	.533
	7	–	7	.500	11	–	19	.367
	5	–	9	.357	11	–	19	.367
UT Rio Grande Valley	4	–	10	.286	14	–	16	.467
Chicago State	1	–	13	.071	1	–	29	.033

† 2018 WAC Tournament winner As of March 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll