2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Sarah Behn, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 15–12, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy women's tournament.

2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball
Ocean State Tip-Off Champions
Conference	Ivy League
Record	15–12 (3–11 Ivy)
Head coach	Sarah Behn (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tyler Patch Sara Binkhorst Jeffrey Kirpas
Home arena	Pizzitola Sports Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Ivy League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Princeton †	12	–	2		.857			24	–	6		.800
Penn	11	–	3		.786			22	–	9		.710
Harvard	10	–	4		.714			18	–	11		.621
Yale	8	–	6		.571			19	–	13		.594
Dartmouth	7	–	7		.500			15	–	12		.556
Brown	3	–	11		.214			15	–	12		.556
Cornell	3	–	11		.214			7	–	20		.259
Columbia	2	–	12		.143			8	–	21		.276
† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.

Roster

2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Megan Reilly 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr The Lawrenceville School Norwood, NJ G 3 Dominique Leonidas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Parkview Stone Mountain, GA G/F 4 Justine Gaziano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Natick Natick, MA F 5 Morgan Clausen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Huntley Algonquin, IL G 10 Taylor Will 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Prespect Arlington Heights, IL G/F 11 Savannah Lewis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sierra Canyon Westlake Village, CA G 12 McKenna Dale 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Edwin O. Smith Storrs, CT G 22 Randi Richardson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Carman-Ainsworth Flint, MI F 23 Melissa Heath 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Northern Highlands Regional Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ F 24 Mary Butler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bangor Bangor, ME G/F 25 Kathleen Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart Clarence Center, ME G 30 Shayna Mehta 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr International San Francisco, CA F 31 Erika Steeves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Phillips Exeter Academy Montreal, QE F 32 Janie White 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Rossview Clarksville, TN C 34 Jenna Benzinger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Mt. Greylock Regional Williamstown, MA F/C 40 Lames ElGammal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Baldwin Baldwin, NY F/C 42 Haley Green 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Glenvar Salem, VA	Head coach Sarah Behn (Boston College) Assistant coach(es) Tyler Patch (Rhode Island College) Sara Binkhorst (Bowdoin) Jeffrey Kirpas (Holy Cross) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 29, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm, ILDN		Bryant Ocean State Cup	W 85–62	1–0	Pizzitola Sports Center (239) Providence, RI
11/12/2017* 7:00 pm		at Central Connecticut	W 78–55	2–0	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (798) New Britain, CT
11/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ILDN		No. 20 California	L 79–89	2–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (361) Providence, RI
11/24/2017* 4:00 pm		vs. Hampton Turkey Tip-Off	W 73–66	3–1	Alex G. Spanos Center (431) Stockton, CA
11/25/2017* 8:00 pm		at Pacific Turkey Tip-Off	W 74–57	4–1	Alex G. Spanos Center (440) Stockton, CA
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN		Holy Cross	W 82–78	5–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI
12/02/2017* 12:00 pm, YurView		at Providence Ocean State Tip-Off semifinals	W 64–59	6–1	Alumni Hall  Providence, RI
12/03/2017* 2:30 pm, YurView		vs. Bryant Ocean State Tip-Off championship	W 72–60	7–1	Alumni Hall (548) Providence, RI
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN		Sacred Heart	W 102–77	8–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (116) Providence, RI
12/10/2017* 12:00 pm		at Colgate	W 83–73	9–1	Cotterell Court (487) Hamilton, NY
12/22/2017* 1:00 pm, NESN+/ILDN		Boston University	W 92–68	10–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (751) Providence, RI
12/31/2017* 2:00 pm		at Howard	W 85–81 OT	11–1	Burr Gymnasium (127) Washington, D.C.
01/05/2018* 12:00 pm		Johnson & Wales (RI)	W 100–79	12–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI
Ivy League regular season
01/12/2018 12:00 pm, ELVN/ILDN		at Yale	L 63–77	12–2 (0–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (605) New Haven, CT
01/19/2018 5:30 pm, MyRITV/ILDN		Yale	W 81–71 OT	13–2 (1–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,553) Providence, RI
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		at Dartmouth	L 73–78	13–3 (1–2)	Leede Arena (570) New Haven, CT
01/27/2018 4:00 pm, NESN/ILDN		at Harvard	L 85–87	13–4 (1–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,016) Cambridge, MA
02/02/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		Penn	L 55–88	13–5 (1–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center (311) Providence, RI
02/03/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN		Princeton	L 62–77	13–6 (1–5)	Pizzitola Sports Center (402) Providence, RI
02/09/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		at Cornell	L 68–70	13–7 (1–6)	Newman Arena (343) Ithaca, NY
02/10/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN		at Columbia	W 84–80	14–7 (2–6)	Levien Gymnasium (512) New York, NY
02/16/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		Harvard	L 74–86	13–8 (2–7)	Pizzitola Sports Center (352) Providence, RI
02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN		Dartmouth	L 60–77	14–9 (2–8)	Pizzitola Sports Center (272) Providence, RI
02/23/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		Columbia	L 74–90	14–10 (2–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (214) Providence, RI
02/24/2018 4:00 pm, MyRITV/ILDN		Cornell	W 85–59	15–10 (3–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (350) Providence, RI
03/02/2018 6:30 pm, ESPN3/ILDN		at Princeton	L 44–79	15–11 (3–10)	Jadwin Gymnasium (743) Princeton, NJ
03/03/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN		at Penn	L 56–67	15–12 (3–11)	Palestra (638) Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Brown Bears men's basketball team

References

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2. Jeff Goodman. "Brown Bears Women's Basketball - Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
3. Brown Bears. "Brown Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
4. "2017-18 Brown Women's Basketball Schedule - Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.