2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball
2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	14–16 (6–10 A-10)
Head coach	Tory Verdi (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Danny Hughes; Candice Finley; Candice Walker;
Home arena	William D. Mullins Memorial Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	15	–	1	.938	23	–	7	.767
Duquesne	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
Fordham	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
George Mason	11	–	5	.688	24	–	10	.706
George Washington †	10	–	6	.625	19	–	14	.576
Saint Joseph's	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Saint Louis	9	–	7	.563	17	–	16	.515
Richmond	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Davidson	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
UMass	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
La Salle	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
St. Bonaventure	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
VCU	4	–	12	.250	7	–	22	.241
Rhode Island	1	–	15	.063	3	–	27	.100


† 2018 A10 Tournament winner As of 22 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by second year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 14–16, 6–10 in A-10 play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Louis.

Media

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call. ^{[citation needed]}

Roster

2017–18 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	00	Maggie Mulligan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Boston Latin School	Boston, MA
G/F	2	Genesis Rivera	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Gustavo Panola College	Caracas, Venezuela
F	10	Alexia Allesch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Gill St. Bernard's	Basking Ridge, NJ
G	11	Bre Hampton-Bey	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Notre Dame Academy	Toledo, OH
C	14	Anil Soysal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Anatolian	Istanbul, Turkey
G	15	Paige McCormick	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Heuvelton Central	Ogdensburg, NY
G	21	Autumn Giles	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Fort Myers	Fort Myers, FL
G	22	Jessica George	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	North Point	Waldorf, MD
G	23	Vashnie Perry	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Norcross HS Florida Atlantic	Nashville, TN
G/F	24	Hailey Leidel	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Woodhaven	Brownstown, MI
G	25	Leah McDerment	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Priestnall School	Stockport, England

Head coach

Tory Verdi (Keene State)

Assistant coach(es)

Danny Hughes (TCU)
Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky)
Candice Walker (Loyola (MD))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2017* 4:30 pm		Kutztown	W 79–66		Mullins Center Amherst, MA
11/06/2017* 7:00 pm		Flagler	W 75–51		Mullins Center Amherst, MA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 4:30 pm		Maine–Fort Kent	W 111–45	1–0	Mullins Center (628) Amherst, MA
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		Towson	W 72–49	2–0	Mullins Center (361) Amherst, MA
11/17/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Dakota State	L 70–82	2–1	Scheels Center (605) Grand Forks, ND
11/19/2017* 3:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP		at North Dakota	L 52–82	2–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,580) Grand Forks, ND
11/24/2017* 1:00 pm		Northeastern UMass Thanksgiving Classic	L 54–64	2–3	Mullins Center (387) Amherst, MA
11/25/2017* 1:00 pm		Liberty UMass Thanksgiving Classic	W 64–61	3–3	Mullins Center (396) Amherst, MA
11/29/2017* 1:00 pm		at Incarnate Word	W 64–45	4–3	McDermott Convocation Center (521) San Antonio, TX
12/01/2017* 8:00 pm		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Battle on the Border	L 59–67	4–4	UTRGV Fieldhouse (273) Edinburg, TX
12/02/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. Mississippi Valley State UTRGV Battle on the Border	W 85–46	5–4	UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Fisher College	W 121–38	6–4	Mullins Center (421) Amherst, MA
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm		Saint Peter's	W 81–65	7–4	Mullins Center (500) Amherst, MA
12/13/2017* 7:30 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 73–63	8–4	Costello Athletic Center (1,475) Lowell, MA
12/21/2017* 12:00 pm		Marist	L 60–88	8–5	Mullins Center (322) Amherst, MA
A-10 Regular season
12/31/2017 1:00 pm		at Duquesne	L 57–60	8–6 (0–1)	Palumbo Center (841) Pittsburgh, PA
01/03/2018 5:00 pm		Fordham	L 51–62	8–7 (0–2)	Mullins Center (364) Amherst, MA
01/06/2018 11:00 am, CBSSN		at St. Bonaventure	L 59–69	8–8 (0–3)	Reilly Center (934) Olean, NY
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	L 79–84	8–9 (0–4)	Mullins Center (536) Amherst, MA
01/18/2018 8:00 pm		at Saint Louis	L 63–64	8–10 (0–5)	Chaifetz Arena (486) St. Louis, MO
01/21/2018 2:00 pm		VCU	W 79–75	9–10 (1–5)	Mullins Center (564) Amherst, MA
01/24/2018 7:00 pm		at Davidson	L 81–87 ^2OT	9–11 (1–6)	John M. Belk Arena (941) Davidson, NC
01/28/2018 2:00 pm		at Rhode Island	W 61–59	10–11 (2–6)	Ryan Center (454) Kingston, RI
01/31/2018 11:30 am		Richmond	L 39–51	10–12 (2–7)	Mullins Center (2,512) Amherst, MA
02/04/2018 12:00 pm		La Salle	W 69–66	11–12 (3–7)	Mullins Center (570) Amherst, MA
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		Dayton	L 49–78	11–13 (3–8)	Mullins Center (312) Amherst, MA
02/11/2018 2:00 pm		at George Mason	L 60–71	11–14 (3–9)	EagleBank Arena (1,567) Fairfax, VA
02/14/2018 7:00 pm		at George Washington	L 49–55	11–15 (3–10)	Charles E. Smith Center (592) Washington, D.C.
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Davidson	W 70–68	12–15 (4–10)	Mullins Center (731) Amherst, MA
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		at Richmond	W 58–49	13–15 (5–10)	Robins Center (418) Richmond, VA
02/24/2018 12:00 pm		Rhode Island	W 87–50	14–15 (6–10)	Mullins Center (473) Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018 8:00 pm	(10)	at (7) Saint Louis First Round	L 64–70	14–16	Chaifetz Arena (543) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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

References

^ "UMass Athletics" (PDF). UMass Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ "Massachusetts Minutewomen Women's Basketball - Minutewomen News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ Massachusetts Minutewomen. "Massachusetts Minutewomen on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".

[1] "UMass Athletics" (PDF). UMass Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

[2] "Massachusetts Minutewomen Women's Basketball - Minutewomen News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

[3] Massachusetts Minutewomen. "Massachusetts Minutewomen on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

[4] "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".

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v t e UMass Minutewomen basketball
Venues	Curry Hicks Cage (1968–1993) William D. Mullins Memorial Center (1993–present)
Rivalries	Boston College
Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 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

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References