2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	19–11 (11–7 WCC)
Head coach	Charity Elliott (6th season);
Associate head coach	April Phillips (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Elliott; Nia Jackson;
Home arena	Gersten Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	17	–	1	.944	27	–	6	.818
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Loyola Marymount	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
BYU	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
San Francisco	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
San Diego	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Pacific	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Portland	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 2018 WCC tournament winner As of 17 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 19–11, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Previous season

They finished the season 14–16, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco.

Roster

2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Bianca Velasco	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA
G	2	Aiyana Barnes	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Long Beach Polytechnic	Torrance, CA
G	3	Chelsey Gipson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Palisades	Los Angeles, CA
F	4	Cheyanne Wallace	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Sierra Canyon	Woodland Hills, CA
G	11	Andee Velasco	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA
F	20	Jasmine Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Long Beach Polytechnic	Signal Hill, CA
C	22	Raychel Stanley	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas, NV
F	24	Bree Alford	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Miramonte	Walnut Creek, CA
F	30	NK Ilang	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	St. Anne's-Belfield	Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G/F	31	Brittney Reed	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Vista Murrieta	Murrieta, GA
G	32	Makenzie Cast	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Carondelet	Antioch, CA
F	33	Gabby Green	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Saint Mary's California	Oakland, CA
G	35	Cierra Belvin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Long Beach Poly	Long Beach, CA
F/C	42	Meghan Mandel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Orono Marquette	Plymouth, MN
C	44	Josie Buckingham	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Jr	New Richmond Minnesota	New Richmond, OH

Head coach

Charity Elliott (Missouri State)

Assistant coach(es)

April Phillips (Xavier)
Chris Elliott (Missouri State)
Nia Jackson (Oregon)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Occidental	W 87–38		Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		at UC Riverside	W 67–59	1–0	SRC Arena (326) Riverside, CA
11/13/2017* 2:00 pm		at Saint Louis	W 62–60	2–0	Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at Long Beach State	W 84–69	3–0	Walter Pyramid (594) Long Beach, CA
11/21/2017* 7:00 pm		Arizona	W 84–70	4–0	Gersten Pavilion (366) Los Angeles, CA
11/24/2017* 3:30 pm		Miami (OH) LMU Thanksgiving Classic	W 84–71	5–0	Gersten Pavilion (351) Los Angeles, CA
11/25/2017* 3:30 pm		Eastern Michigan LMU Thanksgiving Classic	W 73–64	6–0	Gersten Pavilion (431) Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2017* 5:00 pm		Cal State Dominguez Hills	W 84–52	7–0	Gersten Pavilion (161) Los Angeles, CA
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm		USC	L 70–80	7–1	Gersten Pavilion (445) Los Angeles, CA
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	Cancelled		The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA
12/09/2017* 2:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	L 68–75	7–2	Gersten Pavilion (286) Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm		UC Santa Barbara	W 67–61	8–2	Gersten Pavilion (215) Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2017* 11:00 am		at SMU	L 60–63	8–3	Moody Coliseum (656) Dallas, TX
WCC regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		Saint Mary's	W 69–57	9–3 (1–0)	Gersten Pavilion (324) Los Angeles, CA
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Pacific	W 75–60	10–3 (2–0)	Gersten Pavilion (220) Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2018 7:00 pm		at Santa Clara	W 65–51	11–3 (3–0)	Leavey Center (390) Santa Clara, CA
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 67–77	11–4 (3–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638) Spokane, WA
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 60–78	11–5 (3–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (281) San Francisco, CA
01/13/2018 7:00 pm		San Diego	L 54–60	11–6 (3–3)	Gersten Pavilion (281) Los Angeles, CA
01/18/2018 12:00 pm		BYU	L 55–67	11–7 (3–4)	Gersten Pavilion (3,760) Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		at Portland	W 63–60	12–7 (4–4)	Chiles Center (324) Portland, OR
01/25/2018 7:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 75–60	13–7 (5–4)	Gersten Pavilion (388) Los Angeles, CA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		at San Diego	W 67–53	14–7 (6–4)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (373) San Diego, CA
02/01/2018 6:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 52–62	14–8 (6–5)	Marriott Center (780) Provo, UT
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Portland	W 76–55	15–8 (7–5)	Gersten Pavilion (256) Los Angeles, CA
02/08/2018 6:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	W 75–65	16–8 (8–5)	McKeon Pavilion (225) Moraga, CA
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		at Pepperdine	L 74–85	16–9 (8–6)	Firestone Fieldhouse (297) Malibu, CA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Gonzaga	L 69–75	16–10 (8–7)	Gersten Pavilion (259) Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		San Francisco	W 65–60	17–10 (9–7)	Gersten Pavilion (304) Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2018 7:00 pm		Santa Clara	W 64–45	18–10 (10–7)	Gersten Pavilion (390) Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		at Pacific	W 79–77	19–10 (11–7)	Alex G. Spanos Center (609) Stockton, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 8:00 pm, BYUtv	(4)	vs. (5) San Francisco Quarterfinals	L 76–89	19–11	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "LMU Basketball 2016-17 Media Guide" (PDF). Loyola Marymount University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2019.
^ Graham Hays. "Loyola Marymount Lions Women's Basketball - Lions News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Loyola Marymount Lions on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Lmulions.Com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[1] "LMU Basketball 2016-17 Media Guide" (PDF). Loyola Marymount University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2019.

[2] Graham Hays. "Loyola Marymount Lions Women's Basketball - Lions News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[3] "Loyola Marymount Lions on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[4] "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Lmulions.Com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

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