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2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

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2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record19–11 (11–7 WCC)
Head coach
Associate head coachApril Phillips (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Elliott
  • Nia Jackson
Home arenaGersten Pavilion
Seasons
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
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

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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

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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 Current redshirt 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
Assistant coach(es)

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

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.

See also

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References

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  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.