2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by 13th-year head coach Gordy Presnell, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season title with UNLV. They were also champions of the Mountain West women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost in the first round to Louisville.

2017–18 Boise State Broncos women's basketball
Mountain West Regular Season co-champions and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	23–10 (14–4 MWC)
Head coach	Gordy Presnell (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Cody Butler Heather Sower Cariann Ramirez
Home arena	Taco Bell Arena
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 2 Shalem Shaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Reno HS Reno, NV F 3 Sofia Galeron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr   Burgos, Spain F 13 Hailey Vice-Neat 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cardinal Newman HS Santa Rosa, CA G 14 Braydey Hodgins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Chiawana HS Pasco, WA F 15 Tess Amundsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Clovis West HS Fresno, CA G 20 Marta Hermida 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Margarita Salas HS Madrid, Spain G 21 Riley Lupfer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lewis and Clark HS Spokane, WA G/F 22 Ellie Woerner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Eastlake HS Portland Sammamish, WA G 23 Jayde Christopher  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Cleveland HS Kansas Federal Way, WA F 24 Leonie Edringer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Max-Planck-Gymnasium Trier, Germany C 31 Marijke Vanderschaaf 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Eastlake HS Sammamish, WA F 33 Joyce Harrell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Cleveland HS Seattle, WA G 40 Brittney Pahukoa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lake Stevens HS Lake Stevens, WA F 42 A'Shanti Coleman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Arizona San Francisco, CA F 44 Emerald Toth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bozeman HS Bozeman, MT C 54 Brooke Wheeler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Springville HS Utah Valley Snow College Springville, UT	Head coach Gordy Presnell (Northwest Nazarene) Assistant coach(es) Cody Butler (Nevada) Heather Sower (Boise State) Cariann Ramirez (Boise State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	L 61–62		Taco Bell Arena  Boise, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:30 pm		Northwest Christian	W 83–51	1–0	Taco Bell Arena (778) Boise, ID
11/17/2017* 4:30 pm		vs. San Diego Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Classic	L 52–72	1–1	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
11/19/2017* 2:30 pm		vs. Northern Arizona Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Classic	L 60–62	1–2	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
11/26/2017* 2:00 pm		Corban	W 94–50	2–2	Taco Bell Arena (657) Boise, ID
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm		Saint Mary's	L 72–74	2–3	Taco Bell Arena (476) Boise, ID
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 61–57	3–3	Reese Court (552) Cheney, WA
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Washington	W 85–62	4–3	Taco Bell Arena (806) Boise, ID
12/10/2017* 3:00 pm		at Portland	W 73–47	5–3	Chiles Center (401) Portland, OR
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm		Washington State	L 53–61	5–4	Taco Bell Arena (896) Boise, ID
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Cal State Bakersfield	L 59–65	5–5	Taco Bell Arena (496) Boise, ID
12/21/2017* 5:30 pm		Saint Francis (PA)	W 87–59	6–5	Taco Bell Arena (476) Boise, ID
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 62–58	7–5 (1–0)	Moby Arena (1,209) Fort Collins, CO
12/30/2017 1:00 pm		UNLV	W 69–60	8–5 (2–0)	Taco Bell Arena (890) Boise, ID
01/03/2018 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 83–100	8–6 (2–1)	Dreamstyle Arena (5,367) Albuquerque, NM
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		Wyoming	L 51–66	8–7 (2–2)	Taco Bell Arena (1,058) Boise, ID
01/10/2018 7:00 pm		Fresno State	W 75–66	9–7 (3–2)	Taco Bell Arena (568) Boise, ID
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		at San Diego State	W 86–70	10–7 (4–2)	Viejas Arena (674) San Diego, CA
01/17/2018 7:00 pm		at Utah State	W 64–42	11–7 (5–2)	Smith Spectrum (563) Logan, UT
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		Nevada	L 68–72	11–8 (5–3)	Taco Bell Arena (1,157) Boise, ID
01/24/2018 2:00 pm		at San José State	W 112–80	12–8 (6–3)	Event Center Arena (889) San Jose, CA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		Air Force	W 49–46	13–8 (7–3)	Taco Bell Arena (1,045) Boise, ID
02/03/2018 4:00 pm		at UNLV	L 54–77	13–9 (7–4)	Thomas & Mack Center (1,503) Paradise, NV
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		New Mexico	W 91–85	14–9 (8–4)	Taco Bell Arena (610) Boise, ID
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		Utah State	W 68–60	15–9 (9–4)	Taco Bell Arena (1,257) Boise, ID
02/14/2018 7:30 pm		at Nevada	W 63–55	16–9 (10–4)	Lawlor Events Center (1,163) Reno, NV
02/17/2018 1:00 pm		at Air Force	W 58–47	17–9 (11–4)	Clune Arena (627) Colorado Springs, CO
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		Colorado State	W 55–49	18–9 (12–4)	Taco Bell Arena (641) Boise, ID
02/27/2018 7:00 pm		San Diego State	W 64–53	19–9 (13–4)	Taco Bell Arena (809) Boise, ID
03/02/2018 6:30 pm		at Wyoming	W 67–63	20–9 (14–4)	Arena-Auditorium (6,312) Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2018 1:00 pm	(1)	vs. (8) Air Force Quarterfinals	W 60–46	21–9	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
03/07/2018 7:30 pm	(1)	vs. (5) Colorado State Semifinals	W 76–51	22–9	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
03/09/2018 1:00 pm	(1)	vs. (7) Nevada Championship Game	W 62–60	23–9	Thomas & Mack Center (2,419) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018* 10:00 am, ESPN2	(16 L)	at (1 L) No. 3 Louisville First Round	L 42–74	23–10	KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

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

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team

References

1. "Boise State University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2017.