2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by fifth year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished with an overall record of 10–18 and 6–12 in Southland play to finish in tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland women's tournament.

2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record10–18 (6–12 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lauren Tippert
  • Becca Allison
  • Precious Ivy
Home arenaSharp Gymnasium
Seasons
2017–18 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lamar 17 1   .944 22 7   .759
Stephen F. Austin 16 2   .889 25 6   .806
Central Arkansas 14 4   .778 25 10   .714
Texas A&M-CC 11 7   .611 19 12   .613
Nicholls State 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
New Orleans 11 7   .611 15 15   .500
Abilene Christian 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
McNeese State 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
Southeastern Louisiana 7 11   .389 8 21   .276
Houston Baptist 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Incarnate Word 4 14   .222 5 24   .172
Northwestern State 2 16   .111 7 22   .241
Sam Houston State 1 17   .056 4 23   .148
2018 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Shannon Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Crosby HS Crosby, TX
G 5 Sophie Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Westwood HS Austin, TX
PG 10 Bria Johnson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Sunnyvale HS Sunnyvale, TX
G 11 Britta Daub 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Felix-Klein-Gymnasium Rosdorf, Germany
G 13 Megan Valdez-Crader 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Johnson HS San Antonio, TX
G 14 Amanda Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Georgetown HS Georgetown, TX
G 22 Sydney Carr 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Crosby HS Crosby, TX
F 23 Lauren Calver 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Heathcote HS Helensburgh, Australia
F 24 Taylor Kollmorgan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Second Baptist HS Houston, TX
C 25 Natalia Gwarda 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr NLO PZKosz Lomianki
New Mexico JC
Aleksandrów, Poland
F 33 Brooklyn Moore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Wylie HS Murphy, TX
F 42 Blair Gillard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr La Grange HS La Grange, TX
C 45 Veronika Kirienko 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr School 168 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
C 55 Kennedy Collins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Cedar Park HS Bastrop, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: March 6, 2018

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference Schedule
11/12/2017*
1:00 pm
at No. 23 South Florida L 43–90  0–1
USF Sun Dome (2,022)
Tampa, FL
11/15/2017*
5:00 pm
LeTourneau W 88–43  1–1
Sharp Gymnasium (448)
Houston, TX
11/18/2017*
2:00 pm
at Rice L 45–67  1–2
Tudor Fieldhouse (576)
Houston, TX
11/25/2017*
12:30 pm
at Oral Roberts L 56–78  1–3
Mabee Center (917)
Tulsa, OK
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm
Jarvis Christian W 78–30  2–3
Sharp Gymnasium (380)
Houston, TX
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
at UTEP L 62–69  2–4
Don Haskins Center (412)
El Paso, TX
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm
Paul Quinn W 74–54  3–4
Sharp Gymnasium (377)
Houston, TX
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm
Huston–Tillotson W 76–72  4–4
Sharp Gymnasium (438)
Houston, TX
12/19/2017*
6:00 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe L 73–77  4–5
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (639)
Monroe, LA
12/21/2017*
6:30 pm
at Louisiana Tech L 62–85  4–6
Thomas Assembly Center (1,659)
Ruston, LA
Southland Conference Schedule
12/28/2017
7:00 pm
Lamar L 51–79  4–7
(0–1)
Sharp Gymnasium (242)
Houston, TX
12/30/2017
2:00 pm
at New Orleans L 52–70  4–8
(0–2)
Lakefront Arena (191)
New Orleans, LA
01/06/2018
2:00 pm
Nicholls State L 61–73  4–9
(0–3)
Sharp Gymnasium (326)
Houston, TX
01/10/2018
7:00 pm
at Abilene Christian L 68–80  4–10
(0–4)
Moody Coliseum (1,018)
Abilene, TX
01/13/2018
3:00 pm
at Sam Houston State W 69–61  5–10
(1–4)
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (946)
Huntsville, TX
01/17/2018
7:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana L 61–76  5–11
(1–5)
Sharp Gymnasium (314)
Houston, TX
01/20/2018
2:00 pm
McNeese State L 74–86  5–12
(1–6)
Sharp Gymnasium (478)
Houston, TX
01/24/2018
6:00 pm
at Incarnate Word W 58–56  6–12
(2–6)
McDermott Center (626)
San Antonio, TX
01/27/2018
5:00 pm
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 49–50  6–13
(2–7)
American Bank Center 
Corpus Christi, TX
01/31/2018
7:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin L 54–76  6–14
(2–8)
Sharp Gymnasium (867)
Houston, TX
02/07/2018
7:00 pm
at Central Arkansas L 56–64  6–15
(2–6)
Farris Center (479)
Conway, AR
02/10/2018
1:00 pm
at Nicholls State L 45–63  6–16
(2–10)
Stopher Gym (191)
Thibodaux, LA
02/14/2018
7:00 pm
Northwestern State W 57–51  7–16
(3–10)
Sharp Gymnasium (252)
Houston, TX
02/17/2018
2:00 pm
Sam Houston State W 65–62 OT 8–16
(4–10)
Sharp Gymnasium (597)
Houston, TX
02/21/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Lamar L 55–90  8–17
(4–11)
Montagne Center (688)
Beaumont, TX
02/24/2018
2:00 pm
McNeese State W 67–61 OT 9–17
(5–11)
Burton Coliseum (717)
Lake Charles, LA
02/28/2018
7:00 pm
Incarnate Word W 67–56  10–17
(6–11)
Sharp Gymnasium (330)
Houston, TX
03/02/2018
2:00 pm
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 68–73  10–18
(6–12)
Sharp Gymnasium (632)
Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

See also

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2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster". HBU The Official Site of HBU Athletics. Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Houston Baptist Huskies Roster". Houston Baptist Huskies. ESPN. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". hbuhuskies.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Houston Baptist Huskies Schedule - 2017-18". Houston Baptist Huskies. ESPN. Retrieved March 4, 2018.