2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	18–12 (12–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Krista Gerlich (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Kristin Cole; Ashley Crawford; Talby Justus;
Home arena	College Park Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fifth year head coach Krista Gerlich, play their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to Louisiana.

2017–18 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Little Rock †	17	–	1	.944	23	–	10	.697
Texas State	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
UT Arlington	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
Troy	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
South Alabama	11	–	7	.611	21	–	13	.618
Coastal Carolina	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Louisiana	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Arkansas State	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Appalachian State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
Georgia State	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
Georgia Southern	2	–	16	.111	5	–	25	.167
Louisiana–Monroe	1	–	17	.056	4	–	26	.133

† 2018 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 19, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season edit

They finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.

Roster edit

2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Cierra Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	L D Bell	Bedford, TX
G	1	Laurynn McGowen	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Seguin New Mexico JC	Arlington, TX
G	2	Lauren Billie	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	East Central	Tulsa, OK
G	3	Crystal Allen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Trimble Tech Seattle	Fort Worth, TX
G	5	Miranda LeJune	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Pearland San Jacinto College-North	Pearland, TX
G	10	Zhane Templeton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	South Grand Prairie Gonzaga	Austin, TX
G	11	Shelby Richards	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Riverton Odessa JC	South Jordan, UT
G	12	Brooke Alexander	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Prestonwood Christian Academy Liberty	Frisco, TX
F	13	Daiane Machado	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	New Mexico JC	Curitiba, Brazil
F	22	Jennifer Parker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Rouse	Leander, TX
G	24	Aysia Evans	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Broken Arrow	Tulsa, OK
F	33	Kelsey Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Washington	Washington, OK
C	40	Michaela Wright	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Father Tolton Catholic	Columbia, MO
F	44	Rebekah Van Dijk	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Nazareth	Nazareth, TX

Head coach

Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Kristin Cole (Notre Dame)
Ashley Crawford (Lamar)
Talby Justus (Tabor)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2018

Schedule edit

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN3		Incarnate Word	W 61–48	1–0	College Park Center (1,972) Arlington, TX
11/13/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Oral Roberts	W 70–46	2–0	College Park Center (797) Arlington, TX
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		at UTSA	W 69–68 ^OT	3–0	Convocation Center (265) San Antonio, TX
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		SMU	W 58–55	4–0	College Park Center (649) Arlington, TX
11/24/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Fresno State	W 67–54	5–0	College Park Center (735) Arlington, TX
11/27/2017* 7:00 pm		at Utah	L 41–71	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (917) Salt Lake City, UT
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Houston	L 58–62	5–2	College Park Center (761) Arlington, TX
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kansas State	L 56–70	5–3	Bramlage Coliseum (2,974) Manhattan, KS
12/10/2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Georgia Tech	L 52–80	5–4	Hank McCamish Pavilion (718) Atlanta, GA
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		at Arkansas	L 57–91	5–5	Bud Walton Arena (1,481) Fayetteville, AR
12/21/2017* 4:30 pm, ESPN3		San Francisco	W 56–54	6–5	College Park Center (1,937) Arlington, TX
Sun Belt regular season
12/29/2017 2:30 pm		at Coastal Carolina	L 76–89	6–6 (0–1)	HTC Center (293) Conway, SC
12/31/2017 11:00 am		at Appalachian State	W 64–60	7–6 (1–1)	Holmes Center (275) Boone, NC
01/04/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Troy	W 76–57	8–6 (2–1)	College Park Center (1,868) Arlington, TX
01/06/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		South Alabama	L 63–76	8–7 (2–2)	College Park Center (1,914) Arlington, TX
01/11/2018 5:00 pm		at Little Rock	L 57–59	8–8 (2–3)	Jack Stephens Center (2,091) Little Rock, AR
01/13/2018 3:00 pm		at Arkansas State	L 80–85	8–9 (2–4)	First National Bank Arena (791) Jonesboro, AR
01/18/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Louisiana	W 63–61	9–9 (3–4)	College Park Center (2,384) Arlington, TX
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Louisiana–Monroe	W 70–61	10–9 (4–4)	College Park Center Arlington, TX
01/25/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia State	W 81–76 ^OT	11–9 (5–4)	GSU Sports Arena (323) Atlanta, GA
01/27/2018 1:00 pm		at Georgia Southern	L 68–73	11–10 (5–5)	Hanner Fieldhouse (343) Statesboro, GA
02/01/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Appalachian State	W 49–48	13–9 (6–5)	College Park Center (2,330) Arlington, TX
02/03/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Coastal Carolina	W 65–63	13–10 (7–5)	College Park Center Arlington, TX
02/10/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Texas State	W 61–59 ^OT	14–10 (8–5)	College Park Center (2,602) Arlington, TX
02/15/2018 5:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 80–53	15–10 (9–5)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,439) Monroe, LA
02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Louisiana	W 38–34	16–10 (10–5)	Cajundome (733) Lafayette, LA
02/22/2018 11:30 am, ESPN3		Georgia Southern	W 70–49	17–10 (11–5)	College Park Center (5,590) Arlington, TX
02/24/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Georgia State	W 62–57	18–10 (12–5)	College Park Center Arlington, TX
03/03/2018 2:00 pm		at Texas State	L 58–75	18–11 (12–6)	Strahan Coliseum (1,699) San Marcos, TX
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
03/08/2018 7:30 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (6) Louisiana Quarterfinals	L 48–54	18–12	Lakefront Arena (854) New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings edit

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	RV	N/A	RV	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not ranked previous week

References edit

^ "UTA Lady Maverick Basketball Prospectus" (PDF). University of Texas at Arlington. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
^ "UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball - Mavericks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "UT Arlington Mavericks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com. January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[1] "UTA Lady Maverick Basketball Prospectus" (PDF). University of Texas at Arlington. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

[2] "UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball - Mavericks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[3] "UT Arlington Mavericks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[4] "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com. January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

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