2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represented Binghamton University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by fourth year head coach Linda Cimino, played their home games at Binghamton University Events Center as members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in the America East. They earned a bye through the quarterfinals in the conference tournament, where they lost to Hartford in overtime. They received an invitation to play in the 2018 WBI, beating Youngstown State before losing to Yale in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record20–12 (10–6 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Leah Bowers
  • Chenel Harris-Smith
  • Kirsty Leedham
Home arenaBinghamton University Events Center
Seasons
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine 13 3   .813 23 10   .697
Albany 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
Binghamton 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Stony Brook 10 6   .625 18 12   .600
Hartford 9 7   .563 19 13   .594
New Hampshire 9 7   .563 19 12   .613
Vermont 5 11   .313 8 22   .267
UMBC 3 13   .188 5 26   .161
UMass Lowell 1 15   .063 4 26   .133
2018 America East tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

On May 18, Cimino resigns to become a new head coach at St. Francis Brooklyn. She finished at Binghamton with a four year record of 51–72.[4]

Media edit

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WNBF and streamed online.

Roster edit

2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Kai Moon 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Nequa Valley Bolingbrook, IL
F 5 Alyssa James 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr St. Mary's
Caldwell
Rosedale, NY
G 10 Jasmine Sina 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Jr Gill-St. Bernards Lake Hoptacong, NJ
G 11 Imani Watkins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Wingate Andrews High Point, NC
F 13 Kennedi Thompson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Gloucester Catholic Mullica Hill, NJ
C 14 Payton Husson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Marysville Marysville, MI
F 21 Karlee Krchnavi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Palisades Quakertown, PA
F 22 Lizzy Spindler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Riverside Taylor, PA
G 23 Bailey Williams 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dublin Jerome Dublin, OH
C 24 Olivia Ramil   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Binghamton
Georgetown
Binghamton, NY
F 31 Corrinne Godshall 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Central Bucks West Doylestown, PA
G 32 Carly Boland 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Shenendehowa Clifton Park, NY
G 33 Rebecca Carmody 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Western Wayne Waymart, PA
C 44 Jodi-Marie Ramil   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Binghamton
Georgetown
Binghamton, NY
F 50 Kaylee Wasco 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr H.H. Dow Midland, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule edit

[5]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm
at Army L 61–73  0–1
Christl Arena (728)
West Point, NY
11/13/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
SUNY Cortland W 90–36  1–1
Binghamton University Events Center (1,239)
Vestal, NY
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Penn W 77–72  2–1
Binghamton University Events Center (1,364)
Vestal, NY
11/15/2017*
9:30 pm
at Southern Utah W 72–66  3–1
America First Events Center (480)
Cedar City, UT
11/21/2017*
9:30 pm
vs. Tulsa
Great Alaska Shootout Quarterfinals
L 55–60  3–2
Alaska Airlines Center (1,700)
Anchorage, AK
11/23/2017*
4:00 pm
vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game
W 68–51  4–2
Alaska Airlines Center (1,652)
Anchorage, AK
11/29/2017*
6:00 pm
at Bucknell L 59–64  4–3
Sojka Pavilion (600)
Lewisburg, PA
12/02/2017*
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Yale L 69–73 OT 4–4
Binghamton University Events Center (3,640)
Vestal, NY
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
at Bryant W 57–47  5–4
Chace Athletic Center (584)
Smithfield, RI
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
NJIT W 67–36  6–4
Binghamton University Events Center (1,170)
Vestal, NY
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm
at Cornell W 66–58 OT 7–4
Newman Arena (229)
Ithaca, NY
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm
at Rider W 76–54  8–4
Alumni Gymnasium (714)
Lawrenceville, NJ
12/31/2017*
2:00 pm
Dartmouth W 80–64  9–4
Binghamton University Events Center (1,441)
Vestal, NY
America East regular season
01/06/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine W 66–62  10–4 (1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,282)
Bangor, ME
01/10/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire L 61–63  10–5 (1–1)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,523)
Vestal, NY
01/13/2018
4:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford W 64–59  11–5 (2–1)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,552)
Vestal, NY
01/15/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany L 46–63  11–6 (2–2)
SEFCU Arena (1,084)
Albany, NY
01/18/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook L 59–67  11–7 (2–3)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,432)
Vestal, NY
01/21/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell L 59–67  12–7 (3–3)
Costello Athletic Center (364)
Lowell, MA
01/24/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC W 81–51  13–7 (4–3)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,161)
Vestal, NY
01/27/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire W 54–52  14–7 (5–3)
Lundholm Gym (381)
Durham, NH
01/31/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont W 62–48  15–7 (6–3)
Patrick Gym (1,161)
Burlington, VT
02/03/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine L 38–61  15–8 (6–4)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,343)
Vestal, NY
02/05/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook W 69–64  16–8 (7–4)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (562)
Stony Brook, NY
02/08/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC W 68–53  17–8 (8–4)
UMBC Event Center (518)
Catonsville, MD
02/14/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 52–38  18–8 (9–4)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,173)
Vestal, NY
02/17/2018
4:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 52–38  19–8 (10–4)
Binghamton University Events Center (2,001)
Vestal, NY
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany L 53–57  19–9 (10–5)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,672)
Vestal, NY
02/25/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford L 45–61  19–10 (10–6)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,218)
West Hartford, CT
America East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
8:15 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (6) Hartford
Quarterfinals
L 68–72 OT 19–11
Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
WBI
03/14/2018*
7:00 pm
at Youngstown State
First Round
W 70–59  20–11
Beeghly Center (830)
Youngstown, OH
03/20/2018*
7:00 pm
Yale
Second Round
L 64–70  20–12
Binghamton University Events Center (703)
Vestal, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Media Guide". Bubearcats.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Binghamton Bearcats Women's Basketball - Bearcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Binghamton Bearcats. "Binghamton Bearcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "After four years at Binghamton, Cimino accepts head coaching position at St. Francis (N.Y.)". bubearcats.com. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Bubearcats.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.