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
Conference	Southland Conference
2017–18 record	10–18 (6–12 Southland)
Head coach	Donna Finnie (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Lauren Tippert Becca Allison Precious Ivy
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium

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

Sources:[1][2]

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 Donna Finnie (Heriot-Watt University) Assistant coach(es) Lauren Tippet (Sam Houston State) Becca Allison (Old Dominion) Precious Ivy (San Jacinto College Houston) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

References

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.