2017–18 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team

2017–18 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
2017–18 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	16–15 (9–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tricia Binford (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Nate Harris; Kati Burrows Mobley; Julian Assibey;
Home arena	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3	.833	26	–	7	.788
Idaho	13	–	5	.722	19	–	14	.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6	.667	17	–	14	.548
Weber State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Idaho State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Portland State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Montana	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Montana State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
North Dakota	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16	.111	3	–	27	.100


† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth year head coach Tricia Binford, played their home games at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse and are members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in a tied seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Tori Martell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Somerset	Somerset, WI
G	3	Ashley Van Sickle	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Ralston Valley	Arvada, CO
G	11	Madisyn Shaide	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Big Sky	Missoula, MT
G	12	Delany Junkermier	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mead HS	Spokane, WA
F	14	Claire Lundberg	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Anoka	Andover, MN
F	15	Martha Kuderer	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Chanhassen	Eden Prairie, MN
G	20	Coral Gillette	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Bismarck	Bismarck, ND
F	22	Laura Pranger	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Cherry Creek	Centennial, CO
G	23	Hannah Caudill	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Gonzaga Prep	Spokane, WA
G	24	Oliana Squires	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Sand Creek	Colorado Springs, CO
G	30	Rebekah Hatchard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Windsor Gardens Vocational College Seward CC	Adelaide, Australia
F	33	Madeline Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Snohomish	Snohomish, WA
C	40	Janie Mcrae	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Shepherd	Shepherd, MT
F	44	Blaire Braxton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Highlands Ranch	Highlands Ranch, CO

Head coach

Tricia Binford (Boise State)

Assistant coach(es)

Nate Harris (Montana Tech)
Kati Burrows Mobley (Montana State)
Julian Assibey (William Penn)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 21, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 6:00 pm		Montana Tech	W 86–64		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
11/03/2017* 6:00 pm		South Dakota Mines	W 84–55		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm		at USC	L 47–98	0–1	Galen Center (614) Los Angeles, CA
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		at Long Beach State	W 62–51	1–1	Walter Pyramid (623) Long Beach, CA
11/15/2017* 6:00 pm		Providence (MT)	W 66–31	2–1	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (848) Bozeman, MT
11/17/2017* 11:00 am		at Omaha	L 53–64	2–2	Sapp Fieldhouse (1,683) Omaha, NE
11/25/2017* 2:00 pm		Montana State Billings	W 67–47	3–2	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (947) Bozeman, MT
11/29/2017* 11:00 am		Wyoming	W 50–46	4–2	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (6,012) Bozeman, MT
12/01/2017* 8:00 pm		vs. Utah State Maui Classic	W 64–52	5–2	War Memorial Gym Wailuku, HI
12/02/2017* 8:00 pm		vs. Nevada Maui Classic	L 53–67	5–3	War Memorial Gym Wailuku, HI
12/04/2017* 10:00 pm		at Hawaii	L 75–81	5–4	Stan Sheriff Center (1,432) Honolulu, HI
12/09/2017* 4:30 pm, SWX Montana		Stephen F. Austin	W 59–54	6–4	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (4,077) Bozeman, MT
12/22/2017* 2:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 54–75	6–5	Marriott Center (771) Provo, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 91–71	7–5 (1–0)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,679) Bozeman, MT
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 61–39	8–5 (2–0)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,636) Bozeman, MT
01/04/2018 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 69–82	8–6 (2–1)	Bank of Colorado Arena (869) Greeley, CO
01/06/2018 1:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 70–79	8–7 (2–2)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,523) Grand Forks, ND
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		Portland State	L 60–69	8–8 (2–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,599) Bozeman, MT
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 85–50	9–8 (3–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,724) Bozeman, MT
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, SWX Montana		Montana	W 81–64	10–8 (4–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (4,017) Bozeman, MT
01/25/2017 6:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 78–56	11–8 (5–3)	Walkup Skydome (435) Flagstaff, AZ
01/27/2018 12:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 63–57	12–8 (6–3)	America First Events Center (653) Cedar City, UT
02/01/2018 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 72–56	13–8 (7–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,026) Bozeman, MT
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 63–78	13–9 (7–4)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,794) Bozeman, MT
02/08/2018 8:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 77–88	13–10 (7–5)	Hornets Nest (243) Sacramento, CA
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		at Portland State	L 53–62	13–11 (7–6)	Pamplin Sports Center (309) Portland, OR
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Idaho	L 77–95	13–12 (7–7)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,720) Bozeman, MT
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 77–74	14–12 (8–7)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,088) Bozeman, MT
02/24/2018 2:00 pm, SWX Montana		at Montana	L 63–87	14–13 (8–8)	Dahlberg Arena (4,011) Missoula, MT
02/28/2018 7:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 61–60	15–13 (9–8)	Reed Gym (1,007) Pocatello, ID
03/02/2018 7:00 pm		at Weber State	L 69–85	15–14 (9–9)	Dee Events Center (906) Ogden, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/05/2018 6:35 pm	(7)	vs. (10) North Dakota First Round	W 68–58	16–14	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
03/05/2018 6:35 pm	(7)	vs. (2) Idaho Quarterfinals	L 74–78	16–15	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "Montana State Athletics" (PDF). Msubobcats.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
^ "Montana State Bobcats Women's Basketball - Bobcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
^ Montana State Bobcats. "Montana State Bobcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
^ "Montana State Athletics". Msubobcats.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[1] "Montana State Athletics" (PDF). Msubobcats.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[2] "Montana State Bobcats Women's Basketball - Bobcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[3] Montana State Bobcats. "Montana State Bobcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[4] "Montana State Athletics". Msubobcats.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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v t e Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
Venues	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1976–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

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See also

References