2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), are members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by fourth year head coach Lisa Fortier, play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.[1][2][3] They finished the season 27–6, 17–1 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pepperdine, San Francisco and San Diego to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford.

2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2017–18 record	27–6 (17–1 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green Stacy Clinesmith Craig Fortier
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center

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

Previous season

They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Zykera Rice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Clover Park Tacoma, WA F 3 Jenn Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Seton Catholic Chandler, AZ F 4 LeeAnne Wirth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Seton Catholic Chandler, AZ G 5 Louise Forsyth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Brookswood Secondary Langley, BC F 10 Gillian Barfield 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Phoenix Country Day School Phoenix, AZ G 11 Laura Stockton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr South Kamloops Kamloops, BC F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Fairfield Fairfield, MT G 14 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Avides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany G 15 Jessie Loera 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Moses Lake Moses Lake, WA G 22 Corryn Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Newbury Park Newbury Park, CA G 24 Katie Campbell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Ventura Ventura College Oxnard, CA G 30 Chandler Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Brewster Nebraska Brewster, WA G 32 Jill Townsend 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Okanogan Okanogan, WA	Head coach Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey) Assistant coach(es) Jordan Green (George Fox) Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara) Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey) 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
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Northwest Christian	W 96–35		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,435) Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2017* 5:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 49–65	0–1	Moby Arena (1,137) Fort Collins, CO
11/18/2017* 6:00 pm		at Montana	W 70–55	1–1	Dahlberg Arena (3,520) Missoula, MT
11/23/2017* 8:00 pm		vs. Belmont Play4Kay Shootout Quarterfinals	L 63–71	1–2	Mandalay Bay Arena (323) Paradise, NV
11/24/2017* 3:00 pm		vs. Kent State Play4Kay Shootout Consolation 2nd round	W 77–57	2–2	Mandalay Bay Arena (343) Paradise, NV
11/25/2017* 3:00 pm		vs. DePaul Play4Kay Shootout 5th place game	L 71–88	2–3	Mandalay Bay Arena (230) Paradise, NV
11/30/2017* 6:00 pm, SWX		Eastern Washington	W 69–45	3–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,394) Spokane, WA
12/02/2017* 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 91–52	4–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,298) Spokane, WA
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 62–56	5–3	Beasley Coliseum (977) Pullman, WA
12/09/2017* 2:00 pm, SWX		UNLV	L 50–52	5–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,378) Spokane, WA
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		Saint Francis (PA)	W 97–74	6–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,438) Spokane, WA
12/21/2017* 6:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 80–65	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,548) Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm		at Pacific	W 99–72	8–4 (1–0)	Alex G. Spanos Center (716) Stockton, CA
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	W 63–51	9–4 (2–0)	Leavey Center (402) Santa Clara, CA
01/04/2018 6:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 73–51	10–4 (3–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,452) Spokane, WA
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 77–67	11–4 (4–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638) Spokane, WA
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		at Portland	W 70–56	12–4 (5–0)	Chiles Center (415) Portland, OR
01/13/2018 2:00 pm, SWX		San Francisco	W 74–47	13–4 (6–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,566) Spokane, WA
01/18/2018 6:30 pm		at Saint Mary's	W 73–65	14–4 (7–0)	McKeon Pavilion (476) Moraga, CA
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, SWX		Santa Clara	W 71–44	15–4 (8–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/25/2018 6:00 pm		Portland	W 75–36	16–4 (9–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,309) Spokane, WA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 81–57	17–4 (10–0)	War Memorial Gymnaisum (415) San Francisco, CA
02/01/2018 6:00 pm		at San Diego	W 63–44	18–4 (11–0)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (675) San Diego, CA
02/03/2018 1:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	W 84–70	19–4 (12–0)	Marriott Center (1,327) Provo, UT
02/08/2018 6:00 pm		Pacific	W 90–66	20–4 (13–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,384) Spokane, WA
02/10/2018 2:00 pm, SWX		Saint Mary's	L 56–72	20–5 (13–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount	W 75–69	21–5 (14–1)	Gersten Pavilion (259) Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2018 1:00 pm		at Pepperdine	W 67–48	22–5 (15–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (223) Malibu, CA
02/22/2018 6:00 pm		San Diego	W 58–54	23–5 (16–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,712) Spokane, WA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm, SWX		BYU	W 62–37	24–5 (17–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,733) Spokane, WA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2018 12:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (8) Pepperdine Quarterfinals	W 81–70	25–5	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
03/05/2018 12:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (5) San Francisco Semifinals	W 65–53	26–5	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
03/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (6) San Diego Championship Game	W 79–71	27–5	Orleans Arena (6,661) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	(13 S)	at (4 S) No. 15 Stanford First Round	L 68–82	27–6	Maples Pavilion (2,686) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific 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	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	N/A	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

1. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gonz/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf
2. "Gonzaga Bulldogs Women's Basketball - Bulldogs News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
3. Gonzaga Bulldogs. "Gonzaga Bulldogs on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
4. "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Gozags.com. Retrieved 2018-01-13.