2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by eleventh year head coach June Daugherty, played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 10–20, 3–14 in the Pac-12 to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to USC.

2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	10–20 (3–14 Pac-12)
Head coach	June Daugherty (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Daugherty Ashley Gill Rod Jensen
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon †	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 15 Stanford	14	–	3		.824			24	–	11		.686
No. 9 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 13 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
California	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
USC	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Washington State	3	–	14		.176			10	–	20		.333
Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Washington	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 26 March 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

On March 13, June Daugherty was fired. She finished at Washington State with a record of 130–218.^[4] WSU hired Northern Colorado head coach Kamie Ethridge on April 16.^[5]

Previous season

They finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.

Roster

2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Caila Hailey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Serra HS Inglewood, CA G 2 Krystle McKenzie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr N/A Brisbane, Australia F 4 Louise Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr N/A Melbourne, Australia F 5 Kayla Washington 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cajon HS San Bernardino, CA G 10 Johanna Muzet 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lyon Basket Lyon, France G 11 Chanelle Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Konawaena HS Kailua, HI C 20 Maria Kostourkova 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr E.S.P.J.A.L. Lisbon, Portugal F 21 Nike McClure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr W. F. West HS Tenino, WA G 22 Pinelopi Pavlopoulou 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr ACS Athens Athens, Greece G 23 Alexys Swedlund 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD G 24 Celena Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Konawaena HS Kailua, HI F 41 Jovana Subasic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr N/A Šabac, Serbia F 42 Taryn Shelley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Shorewood HS Shoreline, WA F 45 Borislava Hristova 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Georgi Benkovski Varna, Bulgaria	Head coach June Daugherty (Ohio State) Assistant coach(es) Mike Daugherty (Ohio State) Ashley Gill (Washington State) Rod Jensen (Redlands) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 25, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 7:00 pm		The Master's University	W 95–57		Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	L 76–91	0–1	The Pavilion (817) Davis, CA
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 75–81	0–2	McKeon Pavilion (307) Moraga, CA
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 74–70	1–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (358) San Francisco, CA
11/19/2017* 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 25 Kentucky	L 68–73	1–3	Beasley Coliseum (991) Pullman, WA
11/24/2017* 2:00 pm		vs. No. 17 South Florida Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals	L 45–82	1–4	Germain Arena (1,207) Estero, FL
11/25/2017* 10:30 am		vs. East Tennessee State Gulf Coast Showcase Consolation 2nd round	W 80–76	2–4	Germain Arena (1,537) Estero, FL
11/26/2017* 10:30 am		vs. Rutgers Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	W 63–60	3–4	Germain Arena (1,707) Estero, FL
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm		Idaho State	W 72–55	4–4	Beasley Coliseum (652) Pullman, WA
12/04/2017* 7:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 85–63	5–4	Beasley Coliseum (479) Pullman, WA
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Gonzaga	L 56–62	5–5	Beasley Coliseum (977) Pullman, WA
12/18/2017* 6:00 pm		at Boise State	W 61–53	6–5	Taco Bell Arena (896) Boise, ID
12/22/2017* 11:00 am		at Nebraska	W 73–61	7–5	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,404) Lincoln, NE
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 3:00 pm		at No. 10 Oregon	L 56–89	7–6 (0–1)	Matthew Knight Arena (3,476) Eugene, OR
12/31/2017 11:00 am, P12N		at No. 17 Oregon State	L 53–71	7–7 (0–2)	Gill Coliseum (3,884) Corvallis, OR
01/05/2018 8:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 89–75	8–7 (1–2)	Beasley Coliseum (679) Boulder, CO
01/07/2018 11:00 am, P12N		Utah	L 77–79	8–8 (1–3)	Beasley Coliseum (776) Boulder, CO
01/12/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		at Stanford	L 57–70	8–9 (1–4)	Maples Pavilion (3,696) Stanford, CA
01/14/2018 1:00 pm, P12N		at No. 24 California	L 60–66	8–10 (1–5)	Haas Pavilion (1,758) Berkeley, CA
01/17/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		Washington Rivalry	W 78–75 OT	9–10 (2–5)	Beasley Coliseum (1,199) Pullman, WA
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, P12N		at Washington Rivalry	L 49–56	9–11 (2–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,603) Seattle, WA
01/26/2018 7:00 pm		USC	L 72–73	9–12 (2–7)	Beasley Coliseum (803) Pullman, WA
01/28/2018 3:00 pm		No. 13 UCLA	L 71–79	9–13 (2–8)	Beasley Coliseum (1,093) Pullman, WA
02/02/2018 5:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	W 78–60	10–13 (3–8)	McKale Center (1,612) Tucson, AZ
02/04/2018 1:00 pm		at Arizona State	L 51–77	10–14 (3–9)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,588) Tempe, AZ
02/09/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 16 Oregon State	L 61–63 OT	10–15 (3–10)	Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA
02/11/2018 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 9 Oregon	L 79–90	10–16 (3–11)	Beasley Coliseum (1,122) Pullman, WA
02/16/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 50–54	10–17 (3–12)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,149) Salt Lake City, UT
02/18/2018 11:00 am, P12N		at Colorado	L 69–72	10–18 (3–13)	Coors Events Center (3,423) Boulder, CO
02/22/2018 7:00 pm		California	L 54–67	10–19 (3–14)	Beasley Coliseum (781) Pullman, WA
02/24/2018 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 16 Stanford	Cancelled		Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) USC First Round	L 44–47	10–20	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific 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

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2017–18 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

References

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2. "Washington State Cougars Women's Basketball - Cougars News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
3. Washington State Cougars. "Washington State Cougars on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
4. "Washington State fires women's hoops coach June Daugherty". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
5. "Kamie Ethridge named women's basketball coach at Washington St". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
6. "Washington State University Athletics". WSUCougars.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.