2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

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2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball
UMass Amherst Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2017–18 record14–16 (6–10 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Danny Hughes
  • Candice Finley
  • Candice Walker
Home arenaWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center
Seasons
 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Dayton 15 – 1   .938     23 – 7   .767
Duquesne 13 – 3   .813     25 – 8   .758
Fordham 12 – 4   .750     24 – 10   .706
George Mason 11 – 5   .688     24 – 10   .706
George Washington † 10 – 6   .625     19 – 14   .576
Saint Joseph's 10 – 6   .625     19 – 15   .559
Saint Louis 9 – 7   .563     17 – 16   .515
Richmond 8 – 8   .500     14 – 17   .452
Davidson 7 – 9   .438     12 – 18   .400
UMass 6 – 10   .375     14 – 16   .467
La Salle 3 – 13   .188     8 – 22   .267
St. Bonaventure 3 – 13   .188     8 – 22   .267
VCU 4 – 12   .250     7 – 22   .241
Rhode Island 1 – 15   .063     3 – 27   .100
† 2018 A10 Tournament winner
As of 22 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by second year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center.[1][2][3] They finished the season 14–16, 6–10 in A-10 play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Saint Louis.

Media[]

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.[citation needed]

Roster[]

2017–18 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F/C 00 Maggie Mulligan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Boston Latin School Boston, MA
G/F 2 Genesis Rivera 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Gustavo
Panola College 		Caracas, Venezuela
F 10 Alexia Allesch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Gill St. Bernard's Basking Ridge, NJ
G 11 Bre Hampton-Bey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Notre Dame Academy Toledo, OH
C 14 Anil Soysal 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Anatolian Istanbul, Turkey
G 15 Paige McCormick 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Ogdensburg, NY
G 21 Autumn Giles 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Fort Myers Fort Myers, FL
G 22 Jessica George 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr North Point Waldorf, MD
G 23 Vashnie Perry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Norcross HS
Florida Atlantic 		Nashville, TN
G/F 24 Hailey Leidel 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Woodhaven Brownstown, MI
G 25 Leah McDerment 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Priestnall School Stockport, England
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule[]

[4]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2017*
4:30 pm 		Kutztown W 79–66 
Mullins Center 
Amherst, MA
11/06/2017*
7:00 pm 		Flagler W 75–51 
Mullins Center 
Amherst, MA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
4:30 pm 		Maine–Fort Kent W 111–45  1–0
 Mullins Center (628)
Amherst, MA
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm 		Towson W 72–49  2–0
 Mullins Center (361)
Amherst, MA
11/17/2017*
8:00 pm, ESPN3 		at  L 70–82  2–1
 Scheels Center (605)
Grand Forks, ND
11/19/2017*
3:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP 		at North Dakota L 52–82  2–2
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,580)
Grand Forks, ND
11/24/2017*
1:00 pm 		Northeastern
UMass Thanksgiving Classic 		L 54–64  2–3
 Mullins Center (387)
Amherst, MA
11/25/2017*
1:00 pm 		Liberty
UMass Thanksgiving Classic 		W 64–61  3–3
 Mullins Center (396)
Amherst, MA
11/29/2017*
1:00 pm 		at Incarnate Word W 64–45  4–3
 McDermott Convocation Center (521)
San Antonio, TX
12/01/2017*
8:00 pm 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV Battle on the Border 		L 59–67  4–4
 UTRGV Fieldhouse (273)
Edinburg, TX
12/02/2017*
1:00 pm 		vs. 
UTRGV Battle on the Border 		W 85–46  5–4
 UTRGV Fieldhouse 
Edinburg, TX
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm 		Fisher College W 121–38  6–4
 Mullins Center (421)
Amherst, MA
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm 		W 81–65  7–4
 Mullins Center (500)
Amherst, MA
12/13/2017*
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		at UMass Lowell W 73–63  8–4
 Costello Athletic Center (1,475)
Lowell, MA
12/21/2017*
12:00 pm 		Marist L 60–88  8–5
 Mullins Center (322)
Amherst, MA
A-10 Regular season
12/31/2017
1:00 pm 		at Duquesne L 57–60  8–6 (0–1)
 Palumbo Center (841)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/03/2018
5:00 pm 		Fordham L 51–62  8–7 (0–2)
 Mullins Center (364)
Amherst, MA
01/06/2018
11:00 am, CBSSN 		at St. Bonaventure L 59–69  8–8 (0–3)
 Reilly Center (934)
Olean, NY
01/13/2018
2:00 pm 		Saint Joseph's L 79–84  8–9 (0–4)
 Mullins Center (536)
Amherst, MA
01/18/2018
8:00 pm 		at Saint Louis L 63–64  8–10 (0–5)
 Chaifetz Arena (486)
St. Louis, MO
01/21/2018
2:00 pm 		VCU W 79–75  9–10 (1–5)
 Mullins Center (564)
Amherst, MA
01/24/2018
7:00 pm 		at Davidson L 81–87 2OT 9–11 (1–6)
 John M. Belk Arena (941)
Davidson, NC
01/28/2018
2:00 pm 		at Rhode Island W 61–59  10–11 (2–6)
 Ryan Center (454)
Kingston, RI
01/31/2018
11:30 am 		Richmond L 39–51  10–12 (2–7)
 Mullins Center (2,512)
Amherst, MA
02/04/2018
12:00 pm 		La Salle W 69–66  11–12 (3–7)
 Mullins Center (570)
Amherst, MA
02/07/2018
7:00 pm 		Dayton L 49–78  11–13 (3–8)
 Mullins Center (312)
Amherst, MA
02/11/2018
2:00 pm 		at George Mason L 60–71  11–14 (3–9)
 EagleBank Arena (1,567)
Fairfax, VA
02/14/2018
7:00 pm 		at George Washington L 49–55  11–15 (3–10)
 Charles E. Smith Center (592)
Washington, D.C.
02/17/2018
2:00 pm 		Davidson W 70–68  12–15 (4–10)
 Mullins Center (731)
Amherst, MA
02/21/2018
7:00 pm 		at Richmond W 58–49  13–15 (5–10)
 Robins Center (418)
Richmond, VA
02/24/2018
12:00 pm 		Rhode Island W 87–50  14–15 (6–10)
 Mullins Center (473)
Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018
8:00 pm 		(10) at (7) Saint Louis
First Round 		L 64–70  14–16
 Chaifetz Arena (543)
St. Louis, MO
*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. ^ "UMass Athletics" (PDF). UMass Athletics. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Minutewomen Women's Basketball - Minutewomen News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. ^ Massachusetts Minutewomen. "Massachusetts Minutewomen on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. ^ "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".
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