2017–18 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team
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Horizon League Regular Season and Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round | |
Conference | Horizon League |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 21 |
Record | 29–4 (16–2 Horizon) |
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Home arena | Kress Events Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Green Bay † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 28 | .067 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 Horizon League Tournament winner As of 18 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2017–18 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by head coach Kevin Borseth, in the sixth year of his current stint and 15th year overall at Green Bay, played their home games at the Kress Events Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 39th season of Green Bay women's basketball. They finished the season 29–4, 16–2 in Horizon play to win the Horizon League regular and tournament titles to earn an automatic to the NCAA women's tournament. They lost to Minnesota in the first round.
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
10/26/2017* 7:00 pm |
UW–Whitewater | W 71–34 | 12 – Mad. Wolf | 4 – Murphy | 4 – Lindstrom | Kress Events Center (1,669) Green Bay, WI | |||||
11/02/2017* 7:00 pm |
Michigan Tech | W 87–49 | 15 – LeClaire | 3 – Lindstrom | 3 – 3 tied | Kress Events Center (2,031) Green Bay, WI | |||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Chattanooga | W 60–30 | 1–0 |
13 – LeClaire | 6 – Lindstrom | 8 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (1,908) Green Bay, WI | ||||
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm |
at Wisconsin | W 67–34 | 2–0 |
19 – Hibner | 9 – Lindstrom | 4 – James | Kohl Center (3,495) Madison, WI | ||||
11/18/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
South Dakota State Festival Foods Family Day |
W 55–41 | 3–0 |
19 – Lindstrom | 10 – Lindstrom | 2 – 3 tied | Kress Events Center (2,026) Green Bay, WI | ||||
11/23/2017* 10:00 am |
vs. Columbia Cancún Challenge Mayan Division |
W 61–43 | 4–0 |
13 – Murphy | 12 – Lindstrom | 3 – LeClaire | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico | ||||
11/24/2017* 12:30 pm |
vs. No. 24 Arizona State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division |
W 61–48 | 5–0 |
18 – LeClaire | 8 – Lindstrom | 5 – LeClaire | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico | ||||
11/25/2017* 10:00 am |
vs. No. 7 Mississippi State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division |
L 46–67 | 5–1 |
14 – Lindstrom | 7 – Wurtz | 3 – James | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico | ||||
12/02/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 Marquette | W 63–55 | 6–1 |
15 – Lindstrom | 12 – Murphy | 4 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,865) Green Bay, WI | ||||
12/06/2017* 10:00 am, SPEC |
No. 23 | at Dayton | W 75–64 | 7–1 |
29 – Lindstrom | 14 – Lindstrom | 6 – Wellnitz | UD Arena (8,416) Dayton, OH | |||
12/10/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 | at Loyola–Chicago | W 76–39 | 8–1 |
16 – Wurtz | 12 – Lindstrom | 5 – Lindstrom | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (304) Chicago, IL | |||
12/16/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 21 | Bradley | W 72–40 | 9–1 |
18 – Murphy | 9 – Lindstrom | 3 – LeClaire | Kress Events Center (2,239) Green Bay, WI | |||
12/19/2017* 11:00 am |
No. 21 | at Northwestern | W 63–57 | 10–1 |
22 – LeClaire | 10 – Lindstrom | 4 – Lindstrom | Allstate Arena (4,112) Rosemont, IL | |||
Horizon League regular season | |||||||||||
12/28/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 19 | at Wright State | W 58–51 | 11–1 (1–0) |
15 – 2 tied | 12 – Lindstrom | 5 – LeClaire | Nutter Center (814) Fairborn, OH | |||
12/30/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 19 | at Northern Kentucky | L 54–62 | 11–2 (1–1) |
20 – Lindstrom | 12 – Lindstrom | 4 – 2 tied | BB&T Arena (958) Highland Heights, KY | |||
01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Milwaukee Cellcom Food Drive |
W 52–29 | 12–2 (2–1) |
28 – LeClaire | 10 – 2 tied | 4 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,801) Green Bay, WI | ||||
01/11/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 25 | Youngstown State | W 65–56 | 13–2 (3–1) |
14 – Murphy | 13 – Lindstrom | 6 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (1,982) Green Bay, WI | |||
01/13/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 25 | Cleveland State | W 69–43 | 14–2 (4–1) |
16 – Lindstrom | 8 – Lindstrom | 9 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,447) Green Bay, WI | |||
01/15/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 | at IUPUI | W 60–34 | 15–2 (5–1) |
20 – LeClaire | 7 – Lindstrom | 4 – 2 tied | The Jungle (472) Indianapolis, IN | |||
01/18/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 | at Detroit | W 85–27 | 16–2 (6–1) |
15 – Wurtz | 9 – Lindstrom | 6 – 2 tied | Calihan Hall (232) Detroit, MI | |||
01/20/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 | at Oakland | W 81–48 | 17–2 (7–1) |
22 – Lindstrom | 13 – Lindstrom | 9 – Wellnitz | Athletics Center O'rena (624) Rochester, MI | |||
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 22 | UIC | W 65–36 | 18–2 (8–1) |
13 – 2 tied | 12 – Lindstrom | 8 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,510) Green Bay, WI | |||
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 22 | IUPUI | W 52–45 | 19–2 (9–1) |
22 – LeClaire | 6 – Lindstrom | 3 – 2 tied | Kress Events Center (2,970) Green Bay, WI | |||
02/01/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 20 | Northern Kentucky | W 58–41 | 20–2 (10–1) |
13 – 3 tied | 11 – Lindstrom | 3 – 3 tied | Kress Events Center (2,308) Green Bay, WI | |||
02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 20 | Wright State Alumni Day |
W 75–68 | 21–2 (11–1) |
22 – LeClaire | 10 – Hibner | 7 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,950) Green Bay, WI | |||
02/10/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 20 | at Milwaukee | W 65–36 | 22–2 (12–1) |
16 – LeClaire | 6 – Hibner | 5 – LeClaire | Klotsche Center (1,489) Milwaukee, WI | |||
02/15/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 19 | at Cleveland State | L 60-71 | 22–3 (12–2) |
23 – Lindstrom | 21 – Lindstrom | 5 – Wellnitz | Wolstein Center (203) Cleveland, OH | |||
02/17/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 19 | at Youngstown State | W 67–42 | 23–3 (13–2) |
21 – Lindstrom | 15 – Lindstrom | 4 – Lindstrom | Beeghly Center (1,360) Youngstown, OH | |||
02/19/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 22 | at UIC | W 66–37 | 24–3 (14–2) |
22 – Lindstrom | 13 – Lindstrom | 5 – Wellnitz | UIC Pavilion (413) Chicago, IL | |||
02/23/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 22 | Oakland Festival Foods Family Night |
W 78–48 | 25–3 (15–2) |
16 – Lindstrom | 12 – Lindstrom | 5 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,679) Green Bay, WI | |||
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 22 | Detroit | W 88–45 | 26–3 (16–2) |
19 – Lindstrom | 14 – Lindstrom | 5 – Wellnitz | Kress Events Center (2,885) Green Bay, WI | |||
Horizon League Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2018 1:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) No. 21 | vs. (8) Northern Kentucky Quarterfinals |
W 62–49 | 27–3 |
21 – LeClaire | 12 – Lindstrom | 4 – 2 tied | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI | |||
03/05/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) No. 21 | vs. (5) Youngstown State Semifinals |
W 66–45 | 28–3 |
17 – Lindstrom | 9 – Lindstrom | 5 – LeClaire | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI | |||
03/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPNU |
(1) No. 21 | vs. (3) Wright State Championship Game |
W 62–44 | 29–3 |
24 – LeClaire | 14 – Lindstrom | 8 – Wellnitz | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI | |||
2018 Women's NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
03/16/2018* 4:15 pm, ESPN2 |
(7 S) No. 21 | vs. (10 S) Minnesota First Round |
L 77–89 | 29–4 |
17 – LeClaire | 8 – Lindstrom | 5 – Wellnitz | Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane Region. All times are in Central Time. |
Rankings
[edit]Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
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AP | NR | NR | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | N/A |
Coaches | NR | NR | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | RV |
References
[edit]- ^ "2017-18 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball schedule". Retrieved January 9, 2018.
Awards and honors
[edit]Horizon League Awards
[edit]- Defensive Player of the year: Jen Wellnitz
- All-League First Team: Jessica Lindstrom
- All-League Second Team: Allie LeClaire
- All-Freshman Team: Karly Murphy
- All-Defensive Team: Jen Wellnitz, Jessica Lindstrom
- All-Academic Team: Jessica Lindstrom