2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
OVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 23
Record	31–4 (18–0 OVC)
Head coach	Bart Brooks (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jamey Givens; Amy Malo; Karmen Graham;
Home arena	Curb Event Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Belmont †	18	–	0	1.000	31	–	4	.886
UT Martin	13	–	5	.722	19	–	15	.559
SIU Edwardsville	13	–	5	.722	17	–	15	.531
Morehead State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Jacksonville State	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
Austin Peay	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Southeast Missouri State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Murray State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Eastern Kentucky	5	–	13	.278	8	–	19	.296
Tennessee Tech	4	–	14	.222	7	–	22	.241
Tennessee State	4	–	14	.222	6	–	21	.222
Eastern Illinois	2	–	16	.111	3	–	26	.103


† 2018 OVC tournament winner As of March 17, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by first year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 31–4, 18–0 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC women's tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Duke in the first round. With 31 wins, they finish with most wins in school history.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	10	Allison Luly	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Creekview	Alpharetta, GA
G	11	Caitlyn Yost	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Forrest	Lewisburg, TN
G	12	Sierra Jones	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Madison Academy	Huntsville, AL
F	20	Conley Chinn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Jackson Academy	Jackson, MS
G	21	Paris Lawson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Oakland	Murfreesboro, TN
G	22	Maddie Cook	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Oakland	Murfreesboro, TN
G	23	Kylee Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Alpharetta Vanderbilt	Alpharetta, GA
G	24	Jenny Roy	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Brentwood	Brentwood, TN
G	25	Grace Smith	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Cary Christian School	Raleigh, NC
F	30	Ellie Harmeyer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Shoreland Lutheran	Kenosha, WI
G	31	Maura Muensterman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Mater Dei Indiana	Evansville, IN
G	33	Darby Maggard	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Fort Wayne Canterbury	Larwill, IN
G	34	Hannah Harmeyer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Shoreland Lutheran Wisconsin Lutheran	Kenosha, WI
C	50	Sally McCabe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Mt. Juliet	Mount Juliet, TN
F	55	Maddie Wright	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Boyd-Buchanan	Chattanooga, TN

Head coach

Bart Brooks (Wyoming)

Assistant coach(es)

Jamey Givens (Florida State)
Amy Malo (Vanderbilt)
Karmen Graham (Northern Kentucky)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 10, 2018

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non–conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 PM		at No. 22 Oklahoma	L 73–96	0–1	Lloyd Noble Center (3,306) Norman, OK
11/12/2017* 2:00 PM		at Tulsa	W 90–65	1–1	Reynolds Center (274) Tulsa, OK
11/15/2017* 6:00 PM		Fort Wayne	W 74–42	2–1	Curb Event Center (496) Nashville, TN
11/21/2017* 6:00 PM		Samford	W 83–46	3–1	Curb Event Center (641) Nashville, TN
11/23/2017* 10:00 PM		vs. Gonzaga Play4Kay Shootout Quarterfinals	W 71–63	4–1	Mandalay Bay Arena (323) Paradise, NV
11/24/2017* 10:00 PM		vs. No. 14 Stanford Play4Kay Shootout Semifinals	L 53–74	4–2	Mandalay Bay Arena (1,221) Paradise, NV
11/25/2017* 7:30 PM		vs. Florida Gulf Coast Play4Kay Shootout 3rd place game	W 75–65	5–2	Mandalay Bay Arena Paradise, NV
11/28/2017* 6:00 PM		Trevecca Nazarene	W 97–39	6–2	Curb Event Center (253) Nashville, TN
12/01/2017* 11:00 AM		Presbyterian	W 90–48	7–2	Curb Event Center (1,371) Nashville, TN
12/01/2017* 5:00 PM, ESPN3		at Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard	W 91–59	8–2	Allen Arena (475) Nashville, TN
12/14/2017* 11:30 AM		at Arkansas State	W 83–52	9–2	First National Bank Arena (4,374) Jonesboro, TN
12/18/2017* 6:00 PM		Wright State	L 81–91	9–3	Curb Event Center (731) Nashville, TN
12/21/2017* 12:00 PM		at Vanderbilt	W 111–74	10–3	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
12/28/2017 5:15 PM		at Southeast Missouri State	W 67–57	11–3 (1–0)	Show Me Center (675) Cape Girardeau, MO
12/30/2017 4:00 PM		at UT Martin	W 65–63	12–3 (2–0)	Skyhawk Arena (1,662) Martin, TN
01/04/2018 5:00 PM		Tennessee Tech	W 78–59	13–3 (3–0)	Curb Event Center (1,024) Nashville, TN
01/06/2018 3:00 PM		Jacksonville State	W 71–55	14–3 (4–0)	Curb Event Center (1,064) Nashville, TN
01/10/2018 7:00 PM		at SIU Edwardsville	W 72–55	15–3 (5–0)	Vadalabene Center (904) Edwardsville, IL
01/13/2018 1:00 PM		at Eastern Illinois	W 86–58	16–3 (6–0)	Lantz Arena (422) Charleston, IL
01/17/2018 6:00 PM		Murray State	W 70–65	17–3 (7–0)	Curb Event Center (632) Nashville, TN
01/20/2018 3:00 PM		Austin Peay	W 78–75	18–3 (8–0)	Curb Event Center (1,473) Nashville, TN
01/25/2018 5:00 PM		Eastern Illinois	W 59–37	19–3 (9–0)	Curb Event Center (1,021) Nashville, TN
01/27/2018 3:00 PM		SIU Edwardsville	W 86–64	20–3 (10–0)	Curb Event Center (1,412) Nashville, TN
02/01/2018 4:30 PM		at Eastern Kentucky	W 77–55	21–3 (11–0)	MacBrayer Arena (600) Richmond, KY
02/03/2018 5:15 PM		at Morehead State	W 83–62	22–3 (12–0)	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,688) Morehead, KY
02/08/2018 5:30 PM		at Tennessee State	W 87–70	23–3 (13–0)	Gentry Center (1,539) Nashville, TN
02/10/2018 5:30 PM		at Tennessee Tech	W 68–60	24–3 (14–0)	Eblen Center (2,899) Cookeville, TN
02/15/2018 5:00 PM	No. 24	Eastern Kentucky	W 95–62	25–3 (15–0)	Curb Event Center (1,854) Nashville, TN
02/17/2018 5:15 PM	No. 24	Morehead State	W 80–56	26–3 (16–0)	Curb Event Center (600) Nashville, TN
02/21/2018 6:00 PM	No. 23	at Jacksonville State	W 66–35	27–3 (17–0)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,064) Jacksonville, AL
02/24/2018 3:00 PM	No. 23	Tennessee State	W 84–42	28–3 (18–0)	Curb Event Center (2,278) Nashville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference tournament
02/28/2018 1:00 PM, OVCDN/ESPN3	(1) No. 22	vs. (8) Murray State Quarterfinals	W 88–64	29–3	Ford Center Evansville, IN
03/02/2018 1:00 PM, OVCDN/ESPN3	(1) No. 22	vs. (4) Jacksonville State Semifinals	W 63–53	30–3	Ford Center Evansville, IN
03/03/2018 2:00 PM, OVCDN/ESPN3	(1) No. 22	vs. (2) UT Martin Championship Game	W 63–56 ^OT	31–3	Ford Center (823) Evansville, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 11:00 AM, ESPN2	(12 A) No. 23	vs. (5 A) No. 20 Duke First Round	L 58–72	31–4	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Central 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	RV	RV	24	23	22	23	23	N/A
Coaches		N/A													RV	RV	RV	25	25	RV

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

References

^ "Belmont Bruins" (PDF). Belmont Bruins. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ "Belmont Bruins Women's Basketball - Bruins News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Belmont Bruins. "Belmont Bruins on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ "2017-18 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[1] "Belmont Bruins" (PDF). Belmont Bruins. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[2] "Belmont Bruins Women's Basketball - Bruins News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[3] Belmont Bruins. "Belmont Bruins on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[4] "2017-18 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

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v t e Belmont Bruins women's basketball
Venues	Striplin Gym (1968–2001) Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2001–2003) Curb Event Center (2003–present)
Rivalries	Lipscomb
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 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

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References