2017–18 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

2017–18 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
2017–18 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	10–20 (3–15 Big East)
Head coach	Brian Neal (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Crystal Kelly; Christian Stefanopoulos; Mark Stephens;
Home arena	Cintas Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
DePaul †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
Marquette	15	–	3	.833	24	–	10	.706
Villanova	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Creighton	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
St. John's	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
Georgetown	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Seton Hall	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
Butler	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Xavier	3	–	15	.167	10	–	20	.333
Providence	3	–	15	.167	10	–	21	.323


† 2018 Big East tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, led by seventh-year head coach Brian Neal, played their games at the Cintas Center and were members of the Big East Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 10–20, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the Big East women's tournament to Seton Hall.

Previous season

They finished the season 12–18, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East women's tournament to Butler.

Roster

2017–18 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Kindell Fincher	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Canterbury HS	Fort Wayne, IN
F	2	Deja Ross	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Pomfret	Providence, RI
G	3	Aaliyah Dunham	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	South Charleston	South Charleston, WV
G	5	Princess Stewart	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Franklin County	Frankfort, KY
G	10	Ashley Gomez	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Westmoore HS	Oklahoma City, OK
G	12	Jada Byrd	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Redan HS	Lithonia GA
G	15	Aly Reiff	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Whitko	South Whitley, IN
G	20	Na'Teshia Owens	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Mexia HS	Mexia, TX
F	21	A'Riana Gray	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Maple Heights	Cleveland, OH
F	22	Megan Christopher	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Turpin HS	Cincinnati, OH
G/F	24	Jordyn Dawson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Huntington	Huntington, WV
F	25	Anniina Äijänen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Sammon Keskuslukio	Tampere, Finland
F	40	Tierra Floyd	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	St. Bernard-Elmwood Place HS	Toledo, OH
F	45	Imani Partlow	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Winton Woods HS	Cincinnati, OH

Head coach

Brian Neal (Northern Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Crystal Kelly (Western Kentucky)
Christian Stefanopoulos (Thomas More)
Mark Stephens (Morehead State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 23, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017* 5:00 pm		New Hampshire Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic	W 71–66 ^OT	1–0	Cintas Center (1,922) Cincinnati, OH
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm		Mount St. Mary's	W 66–45	2–0	Cintas Center (537) Cincinnati, OH
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm		Grambling State	W 72–67	3–0	Cintas Center (705) Cincinnati, OH
11/22/2017* 9:00 pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 62–74	3–1	Williams Arena (2,000) Minneapolis, MN
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		Fort Wayne	W 62–50	4–1	Cintas Center (612) Cincinnati, OH
12/04/2017* 7:00 pm		Wake Forest	L 57–62	4–2	Cintas Center (656) Cincinnati, OH
12/06/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN3		at Bowling Green	L 53–63	4–3	Stroh Center (4,130) Bowling Green, OH
12/10/2017* 5:00 pm		Cincinnati	W 53–50	5–3	Cintas Center (1,654) Cincinnati, OH
12/17/2017* 6:00 pm		vs. Furman West Palm Beach Invitational Semifinal	W 75–62	6–3	Student Life Center (125) West Palm Beach, FL
12/18/2017* 5:00 pm		vs. No. 16 Missouri West Palm Beach Invitational Final	L 48–74	6–4	Student Life Center (350) West Palm Beach, FL
12/22/2017* 2:00 pm		Florida A&M	W 70–52	7–4	Cintas Center (704) Cincinnati, OH
Big East regular season
12/29/2017 7:00 pm, FS2		Butler	W 69–62	8–4 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (799) Indianapolis, IN
01/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Georgetown	L 60–65	8–5 (1–1)	McDonough Gymnasium (391) Washington, D.C.
01/05/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at No. 21 Villanova	L 57–75	8–6 (1–2)	Jake Nevin Field House (541) Villanova, PA
01/07/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN		St. John's	L 63–67	8–7 (1–3)	Cintas Center (845) Cincinnati, OH
01/10/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	L 51–62	8–8 (1–4)	Cintas Center (597) Cincinnati, OH
01/12/2018 6:30 pm, BEDN		at DePaul	L 48–79	8–9 (1–5)	Wintrust Arena (5,354) Chicago, IL
01/14/2018 3:00 pm, BEDN		at Marquette	L 67–88	8–10 (1–6)	Al McGuire Center (2,003) Milwaukee, WI
01/19/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Providence	W 68–59	9–10 (2–6)	Cintas Center (1,433) Cincinnati, OH
01/22/2018 12:00 pm, BEDN		Creighton	L 64–71 ^OT	9–11 (2–7)	Cintas Center (922) Cincinnati, OH
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Villanova	L 50–89	9–12 (2–8)	Cintas Center (1,135) Cincinnati, OH
01/28/2018 2:00 pm, FS2		Georgetown	L 48–65	9–13 (2–9)	Cintas Center (2,400) Cincinnati, OH
02/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Seton Hall	L 53–58	9–14 (2–10)	Walsh Gymnasium (787) South Orange, NJ
02/04/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	L 36–70	9–15 (2–11)	Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY
02/09/2018 8:00 pm, FS2		Marquette	L 63–80	9–16 (2–12)	Cintas Center (1,483) Cincinnati, OH
02/11/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN		DePaul	L 72–73	9–17 (2–13)	Cintas Center (1,107) Cincinnati, OH
02/16/2018 8:00 pm, BEDN		at Creighton	L 54–65	9–18 (2–14)	D. J. Sokol Arena (922) Omaha, NE
02/18/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Providence	L 48–69	9–19 (2–15)	Alumni Hall (677) Providence, RI
02/25/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN		Butler	W 57–54	10–19 (3–15)	Cintas Center (1,766) Cincinnati, OH
Big East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 7:30 pm, BEDN	(10)	vs. (7) Seton Hall First Round	L 42–66	10–20	Wintrust Arena (1,950) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "Xavier Athletics" (PDF). Goxavier.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
^ "Xavier Musketeers Women's Basketball - Musketeers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
^ Xavier Musketeers. "Xavier Musketeers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
^ "Xavier Athletics". Goxavier.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[1] "Xavier Athletics" (PDF). Goxavier.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[2] "Xavier Musketeers Women's Basketball - Musketeers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[3] Xavier Musketeers. "Xavier Musketeers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

[4] "Xavier Athletics". Goxavier.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

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v t e Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
Venues	Schmidt Fieldhouse (1971–2000) Cintas Center (2000–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

Previous season

Roster

Schedule

See also

References