2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball team

2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball
2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2017–18 record	7–22 (3–13 A-10)
Head coach	(4th season);
Assistant coaches	Karen Blair; Nerlande Nicolas; Kirk Crawford;
Home arena	Siegel Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball team represents Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams are led by fourth year head coach . The Rams are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 7–23, 8–8 in A-10 play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament Saint Joseph's.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Taya Robinson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Huguenot	Richmond, VA
G	3	Madison Hattix-Covington	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Ellison	Killeen, TX
G	12	Olga Petrova	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	None	Moscow, Russia
G	20	Jailyn Maddox	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Hoover	Hoover, AL
G	21	Delphynia Sparks	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Monsignor Scanlan	Bronx, NY
F	22	Sydnei Archie	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	St. Catherine's	Richmond, VA
F	23	Sandra Skinner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	George Rogers Clark	Winchester, KY
G	24	Tera Reed	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Life Center Academy	New Zealand
C	30	Danielle Hammond	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Baldwin School	Philadelphia, PA
F	32	Bria Gibson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Sanderson	Columbia, MD
G	34	Nyra Williams	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Bethel	Hampton, VA
G	35	Jordan Agustus	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Saint Mary's St. John's	Bronx, NY
G	42	Niya Johnson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Nazareth	Brooklyn, NY

Head coach

(Gettysburg College)

Assistant coach(es)

Karen Blair (SMU)
Nerlande Nicholas (Rutgers–Newark)
Kirk Crawford (Western State College)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 14, 2017

Schedule[]

^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm			L 52–66	0–1	Siegel Center (923) Richmond, VA
11/16/2017* 8:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 63–108	0–2	Williams Arena (2,147) Minneapolis, MN
11/21/2017* 5:30 pm		at	L 61–74	0–3	Fleming Gymnasium (426) Greensboro, NC
11/24/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia State GSU Thanksgiving Classic	L 56–61	0–4	GSU Sports Arena (442) Atlanta, GA
11/26/2017* 5:00 pm		vs. Mercer GSU Thanksgiving Classic	L 54–70	0–5	GSU Sports Arena (331) Atlanta, GA
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	L 67–83	0–6	Trask Coliseum (856) Wilmington, NC
12/06/2017* 6:00 pm		Old Dominion Rivalry	W 68–39	1–6	Siegel Center (664) Richmond, VA
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm		at	L 62–79	1–7	Dedmon Center (644) Radford, VA
12/18/2017* 6:00 pm			W 62–47	2–7	Siegel Center (611) Richmond, VA
12/21/2017* 6:00 pm		Georgetown	L 59–71	2–8	Siegel Center (922) Richmond, VA
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm		vs. Penn NJIT Highlanders Christmas Tournament semifinals	L 52–82	2–9	Wellness and Events Center (371) Newark, NJ
12/29/2017* 3:00 pm		vs. NJIT Highlanders Christmas Tournament 3rd place game	W 69–59	3–9	Wellness and Events Center (210) Newark, NJ
A-10 regular season
12/31/2017 2:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	L 41–79	3–10 (0–1)	Hagan Arena (711) Philadelphia, PA
01/03/2018 6:00 pm		George Washington	L 39–61	3–11 (0–2)	Siegel Center (702) Richmond, VA
01/07/2018 1:00 pm		Duquesne	L 51–70	3–12 (0–3)	Siegel Center (540) Richmond, VA
01/10/2018 7:00 pm		at Rhode Island	W 61–49	4–12 (1–3)	Ryan Center (243) Kingston, RI
01/14/2018 1:00 pm		Fordham	L 54–64	4–13 (1–4)	Siegel Center (619) Richmond, VA
01/21/2018 2:00 pm		at UMass	L 75–79	4–14 (1–5)	Mullins Center (564) Amherst, MA
01/25/2018 12:00 pm		at La Salle	L 57–62	4–15 (1–6)	Tom Gola Arena (1,600) Philadelphia, PA
01/28/2018 7:00 pm		Richmond Sonabank/P.O.W.E.R. Crosstown Showdown	L 68–77	4–16 (1–7)	Siegel Center (1,856) Richmond, VA
01/31/2018 6:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	W 56–54	5–16 (2–7)	Siegel Center (541) Richmond, VA
02/04/2018 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Dayton	L 64–74	5–17 (2–8)	UD Arena (2,627) Dayton, OH
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at Duquesne	L 71–80	5–18 (2–9)	Palumbo Center (583) Pittsburgh, PA
02/11/2018 1:00 pm		St. Bonaventure	W 77–75 ^OT	6–18 (3–9)	Siegel Center (1,008) Richmond, VA
02/15/2018 11:00 am		George Mason Rivalry	L 42–65	6–19 (3–10)	Siegel Center (2,219) Richmond, VA
02/18/2018 3:00 pm		at Richmond Sonabank/P.O.W.E.R. Crosstown Showdown	L 54–59	6–20 (3–11)	Robins Center (1,302) Richmond, VA
02/21/2018 6:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 88–84 ^OT	7–20 (4–11)	Siegel Center (646) Richmond, VA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		at Davidson	L 63–69	7–21 (4–12)	John M. Belk Arena (871) Davidson, NC
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018 7:00 pm	(11)	at (6) Saint Joseph's First Round	L 63–72	7–22	Hagan Arena (516) Philadelphia, PA
*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[]

^ Eamonn Brennan. "VCU Rams Women's Basketball - Rams News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^ "VCU" (PDF). Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^ VCU Lady Rams. "VCU Lady Rams on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule - VCU". Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[1] Eamonn Brennan. "VCU Rams Women's Basketball - Rams News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[2] "VCU" (PDF). Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[3] VCU Lady Rams. "VCU Lady Rams on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[4] "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule - VCU". Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

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v t VCU Rams women's basketball
Venues	Richmond Coliseum (1974–1999) Siegel Center (1999–present)
Rivalries	George Mason Old Dominion Richmond
Culture & lore	History
People
	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	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