2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Little Rock.

2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2017–18 record	8–23 (5–13 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Angel Elderkin (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Sam Pierce Jr. Cristina Centeno Kate Dempsey
Home arena	Holmes Center

2017–18 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Little Rock †	17	–	1		.944			23	–	10		.697
Texas State	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
UT Arlington	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
Troy	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
South Alabama	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
Coastal Carolina	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Louisiana	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Arkansas State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Appalachian State	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
Georgia State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Georgia Southern	2	–	16		.111			5	–	25		.167
Louisiana–Monroe	1	–	17		.056			4	–	26		.133
† 2018 Sun Belt Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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Previous season

They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Little Rock.

Roster

2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Maya Calder 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr National Christian Academy Landover, MD G 3 Tierra Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr RJ Reynolds Winston-Salem, NC G 4 Nicola Mathews 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Cabra Dominican College of Central Florida Adelaide, Australia G 5 LaPresha Stanley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Rockledge Rockledge, FL G 10 Kaila Craven 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Southwestern Randolph Asheboro, NC G/F 14 Armani Hampton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Atkins Winston-Salem, NC G/F 20 Katelyn Doub 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Southwestern Randolph Asheboro, NC G 23 Ashley Polacek  5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr SPIRE Institute UCF Ottawa, ON G 24 Anna Perez Gomez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr CB Arenys Eastern Wyoming College Canet De Mar, Spain F 30 Lainey Gosnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Habersham Central Demorest, GA F 32 Dominique Jeffery 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr FAMU DRS Tallahassee, FL G 34 Madi Story 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Bandys Maiden, NC F/C 42 Bayley Plummer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So East Davidson Thomasville, NC	Head coach Angel Elderkin (Southern Maine) Assistant coach(es) Sam Pierce Jr. (Slippery Rock) Cristina Centeno (Siena) Kate Dempsey (Wofford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 12, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/2017* 3:00 pm		Tusculum	W 78–58		Holmes Center  Boone, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		Georgia Tech	L 41–75	0–1	Holmes Center (750) Boone, NC
11/12/2017* 5:00 pm		at Radford	L 40–61	0–2	Dedmon Center (689) Radford, VA
11/15/2017* 6:00 pm		East Tennessee State	L 57–70	0–3	Holmes Center (317) Boone, NC
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm		Davidson	L 57–59	0–4	Holmes Center (322) Boone, NC
11/21/2017* 5:30 pm		at North Carolina A&T	L 56–81	0–5	Corbett Sports Center (550) Greensboro, NC
11/26/2017* 2:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 76–70	1–5	TD Arena (333) Charleston, SC
12/01/2017* 11:00 am		UAB	L 59–70	1–6	Holmes Center (466) Boone, NC
12/03/2017* 5:30 pm, ACCN Extra		at North Carolina	L 43–56	1–7	Carmichael Arena (2,617) Chapel Hill, NC
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm		at Wake Forest	L 49–78	1–8	LJVM Coliseum (509) Winston–Salem, NC
12/16/2017* 1:00 pm		at Marshall	W 56–54	2–8	Cam Henderson Center (615) Huntington, WV
12/21/2017* 7:00 pm		at UNC Asheville	L 60–69 ^OT	2–9	Kimmel Arena (896) Asheville, NC
Sun Belt regular season
12/29/2017 5:00 pm		Texas State	L 54–69	2–10 (0–1)	Holmes Center (654) Boone, NC
12/31/2017 12:00 pm		Texas–Arlington	L 60–64	2–11 (0–2)	Holmes Center (275) Boone, NC
01/04/2018 6:00 pm		at Louisiana	L 45–61	2–12 (0–3)	Cajundome (704) Lafayette, LA
01/06/2018 1:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 71–67	3–11 (1–3)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,423) Monroe, LA
01/11/2018 5:00 pm		Georgia State	W 77–62	4–11 (2–3)	Holmes Center (282) Boone, NC
01/13/2018 1:00 pm		Georgia Southern	W 87–56	5–11 (3–3)	Holmes Center (357) Boone, NC
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		at South Alabama	L 52–54	5–12 (3–4)	Mitchell Center (3,877) Mobile, AL
01/22/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Troy	L 74–81	5–13 (3–5)	Trojan Arena (1,069) Troy, AL
01/25/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Little Rock	L 40–52	5–14 (3–6)	Holmes Center (297) Boone, NC
01/27/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Arkansas State	W 68–66	6–14 (4–6)	Holmes Center (319) Boone, NC
02/01/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Texas–Arlington	L 48–49	6–16 (4–7)	College Park Center (2,330) Arlington, TX
02/03/2018 3:00 pm		at Texas State	L 50–92	6–17 (4–8)	Strahan Coliseum (1,744) San Marcos, TX
02/15/2018 5:00 pm		South Alabama	W 57–56 ^OT	7–18 (5–9)	Holmes Center (278) Boone, NC
02/10/2018 1:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	L 68–73 ^OT	7–19 (5–10)	HTC Center (386) Conway, SC
02/17/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Troy	L 74–81	7–19 (5–10)	Holmes Center (582) Boone, NC
02/22/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Arkansas State	L 52–69	7–20 (5–11)	First National Bank Arena (319) Jonesboro, AR
02/24/2018 4:00 pm		at Little Rock	L 35–61	7–21 (5–12)	Jack Stephens Center (1,794) Little Rock, AR
03/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Coastal Carolina	L 51–66	7–22 (5–13)	Holmes Center (484) Boone, NC
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
03/06/2018 12:30 pm, ESPN3	(9)	vs. (8) Arkansas State First Round	W 79–68	8–22	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
03/08/2018 12:30 pm, ESPN3	(9)	vs. (1) Little Rock Quarterfinals	L 34–66	8–23	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team

References

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