2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Jaime White, play their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament to Colorado State. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated UC Irvine in the first round before losing to Mountain West member Nevada in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	17–15 (11–7 Mountain West)
Head coach	Jaime White (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Mandi Carver Bobby Ratterree Shannon Bush
Home arena	Save Mart Center

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Boise State †	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
UNLV	14	–	4		.778			19	–	12		.613
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			22	–	11		.667
Colorado State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Fresno State	11	–	7		.611			17	–	15		.531
New Mexico	10	–	8		.556			25	–	11		.694
Nevada	7	–	11		.389			19	–	17		.528
San Diego State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Utah State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Air Force	5	–	13		.278			6	–	25		.194
San Jose State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Raven Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Skyline Dallas, TX G 3 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr MacArthur Minnesota Dallas, TX C 5 Katelin Noyer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Westlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand G 10 Candace White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Modesto Christian Modesto, CA F 11 Maddi Utti 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seaside Seaside, OR F 12 Genna Ogier 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Yarra Valley Grammar Melbourne, Australia G 13 Breanne Knishka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Cashmere Dryden, WA F 14 Jordanna Porter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Ellison Utah Killeen, TX G/F 20 Bree Delaney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy Sydney, Australia G 22 Aly Gamez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr MacArthur Irving, TX G 23 Tia Elbert 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Tartan Oakdale, MN G 24 Saraya Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Ponderosa El Dorado Hills, CA G/F 30 Kristina Cavey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Berthoud Berthoud, CO F 33 Megan Nilsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Mt. Spokane Colbert, WA	Head coach Jaime White (Southern Utah) Assistant coach(es) Mandi Carver (Idaho State) Bobby Ratterree (Northern Colorado) Shannon Bush (Holy Cross) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 6, 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exitbition
11/03/2017* 5:00 pm		Fresno Pacific	W 93–59		Save Mart Center (1,929) Fresno, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:30 pm		Eastern Washington	W 81–56	1–0	Save Mart Center (1,853) Fresno, CA
11/13/2017* 3:00 pm		Arizona State	L 49–86	1–1	Save Mart Center (2,209) Fresno, CA
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm		UC Riverside	L 56–68	1–2	Save Mart Center (1,886) Fresno, CA
11/24/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Texas–Arlington	L 54–67	1–3	College Park Center (735) Arlington, TX
11/25/2017* 12:00 pm		at Texas State	L 59–76	1–4	Strahan Coliseum (1,047) San Marcos, TX
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	W 64–57	2–4	The Thunderdome (286) Santa Barbara, CA
12/02/2017* 7:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	L 72–85	2–5	Matadome (237) Northridge, CA
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Pacific	W 81–70	3–5	Save Mart Center (1,978) Fresno, CA
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm, Stadium		Montana	W 61–58	4–5	Save Mart Center (1,872) Fresno, CA
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 62–70	4–6	War Memorial Gymnasium (302) San Francisco, CA
12/20/2017* 12:00 pm		Weber State	L 71–78	5–6	Save Mart Center (1,934) Fresno, CA
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017 6:30 pm		at Nevada	L 73–90	5–7 (0–1)	Lawlor Events Center (1,158) Reno, NV
12/30/2017 12:00 pm		at Air Force	W 64–58	6–7 (1–1)	Clune Arena (407) Colorado Springs, CO
01/03/2018 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 57–56	7–7 (2–1)	Save Mart Center (2,904) Fresno, CA
01/10/2018 2:00 pm		at Boise State	L 66–75	8–8 (3–2)	Taco Bell Arena (568) Boise, ID
01/13/2018 1:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 75–88	8–9 (3–3)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,881) Albuquerque, NM
01/17/2018 7:00 pm		San Diego State	W 64–53	9–9 (4–3)	Save Mart Center (2,122) Fresno, CA
01/24/2018 6:00 pm		at UNLV	W 74–72	10–9 (5–3)	Cox Pavilion (528) Paradise, NV
01/27/2018 1:00 pm		at Utah State	L 52–60	10–10 (5–4)	Smith Spectrum (461) Logan, UT
01/29/2018 7:00 pm		Air Force	W 64–48	11–10 (6–4)	Save Mart Center (2,162) Fresno, CA
01/31/2018 7:00 pm		Nevada	W 68–55	12–10 (7–4)	Save Mart Center (2,045) Fresno, CA
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Wyoming	W 60–47	13–10 (8–4)	Save Mart Center (2,174) Fresno, CA
02/07/2018 12:00 pm		at San Diego State	W 66–60	14–10 (9–4)	Viejas Arena (4,306) San Diego, CA
02/14/2018 7:00 pm		San Jose State	W 81–71	15–10 (10–4)	Save Mart Center (2,108) Fresno, CA
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 74–65	16–10 (11–4)	Moby Arena (1,999) Fort Collins, CO
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		UNLV	L 58–73	16–11 (11–5)	Save Mart Center (2,204) Fresno, CA
02/24/2018 1:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 57–71	16–12 (11–6)	Arena-Auditorium (3,021) Laramie, WY
03/02/2018 1:00 pm		New Mexico	L 89–93	16–13 (11–7)	Save Mart Center (2,401) Fresno, CA
Mountain West tournament
03/06/2018 2:30 pm	(4)	vs. (5) Colorado State Quarterfinals	L 55–71	16–14	Thomas & Mack Center (1,293) Paradise, NV
WBI
03/14/2018* 7:00 pm		at Cal State Bakersfield First Round	W 77–66	17–14	Icardo Center (1,604) Bakersfield, CA
03/19/2018* 7:00 pm		Nevada Quarterfinals	L 74–86	17–15	Save Mart Center (662) Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team