2017–18 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

2017–18 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
2017–18 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	9–20 (3–13 C-USA)
Head coach	Tony Kemper (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Katie Pate; Lazar Milinkovic; Stephanie Stoglin-Reed;
Home arena	Cam Henderson Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UAB	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
Western Kentucky †	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
Rice	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Middle Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Charlotte	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
UTEP	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Southern Miss	7	–	9	.438	15	–	15	.500
North Texas	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
UTSA	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
Old Dominion	6	–	10	.375	8	–	23	.258
FIU	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
Marshall	3	–	13	.188	9	–	20	.310


† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represents the Marshall University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by first year head coach Tony Kemper, play their home games at the Cam Henderson Center and are members of Conference USA.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 9–20, 3–13 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Conference USA Women's Tournament.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Talequia Hamilton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Huntington HS Cincinnati	Huntington, WV
F	1	Jovana Vucetic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Sunrise Christian Academy	Loznica, Serbia
G	2	Logan Fraley	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Boyd County HS	Ashland, KY
G	4	Mychelle Johnson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	St. Joseph Central Catholic HS Middle Tennessee State	Huntington, WV
G	10	Ashley Saintigene	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Northweast HS	Lauderdale Lakes, FL
G	11	Taylor Porter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Murray State	Fort Gay, WV
G/F	14	Shayna Gore	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Logan HS	Logan, WV
G	15	Tana Driver	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)	RS So	MacArthur HS	Irving, TX
F	20	Taylor Pearson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Columbus Alternative HS	Columbus, OH
F	21	Brianna Toney	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Bexley HS	Bexley, OH
G/F	22	Khadaijia Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Bristol Eastern HS	Bristol, CT
G	23	Kristen Mayo	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	East Carter	Grayson, KY
F	24	Ekaterina Zhibareva	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	New Mexico JC	Liski, Russia

Head coach

Tony Kemper (Fort Hays State)

Assistant coach(es)

Katie Pate (Coker)
Lazar Milinkovic (Ohio)
Stephanie Stoglin-Reed (Houston Baptist)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 PM	Longwood	W 90–45	1–0	Cam Henderson Center (1,017) Huntington, WV
11/15/2017* 6:00 PM	Penn State	L 65–80	1–1	Cam Henderson Center (1,017) Huntington, WV
11/19/2017* 2:00 PM	at Cleveland State	L 76–85	1–2	Wolstein Center (217) Cleveland, OH
11/22/2017* 5:00 PM	Ohio	L 52–54	1–3	Cam Henderson Center (757) Huntington, WV
11/26/2017* 2:00 PM	at No. 22 Kentucky	L 39–69	1–4	Memorial Coliseum (4,726) Lexington, KY
11/30/2017* 6:00 PM	Winthrop	W 70–40	2–4	Cam Henderson Center (515) Huntington, WV
12/02/2017* 1:00 PM	Southern Illinois	L 59–64	2–5	Cam Henderson Center (517) Huntington, WV
12/06/2017* 6:00 PM	Morgan State	W 73–68	3–5	Cam Henderson Center (546) Huntington, WV
12/10/2017* 1:00 PM, SECN	at Florida	L 69–74	3–6	O'Connell Center (1,008) Gainesville, FL
12/16/2017* 1:00 PM	Appalachian State	L 54–56	3–7	Cam Henderson Center (615) Huntington, WV
12/18/2017* 1:00 PM	Kentucky Christian	W 111–38	4–7	Cam Henderson Center (435) Huntington, WV
12/21/2017* 7:00 PM	at Tennessee State	W 71–65	5–7	Gentry Complex (289) Nashville, TN
12/30/2017* 1:00 PM	Alice Lloyd	W 96–46	6–7	Cam Henderson Center (718) Huntington, WV
Conference USA regular season
01/05/2018 7:00 PM	at Florida Atlantic	L 59–79	6–8 (0–1)	FAU Arena (755) Boca Raton, FL
01/07/2018 2:00 PM	at FIU	L 54–67	6–9 (0–2)	FIU Arena (327) Miami, FL
01/13/2018 1:00 PM	FIU	L 65–74	6–10 (0–3)	Cam Henderson Center (483) Huntington, WV
01/18/2018 7:00 PM	at Old Dominion	L 53–69	6–11 (0–4)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,558) Norfolk, VA
01/21/2018 1:00 PM	Western Kentucky	L 66–86	6–12 (0–5)	Cam Henderson Center (573) Huntington, WV
01/26/2018 6:00 PM, ESPN3	Middle Tennessee	L 57–73	6–13 (0–6)	Cam Henderson Center (433) Huntington, WV
01/28/2018 1:00 PM	FIU	W 78–75	7–13 (1–6)	Cam Henderson Center (1,018) Huntington, WV
02/02/2018 7:00 PM	at Charlotte	L 61–67	7–14 (1–7)	Dale F. Halton Arena (865) Charlotte, NC
02/04/2018 3:00 PM	at Southern Miss	L 61–70	7–15 (1–8)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,194) Hattiesburg, MS
02/08/2018 5:00 PM, beIN	UTSA	L 59–72	7–16 (1–9)	Cam Henderson Center (427) Huntington, WV
02/10/2018 1:00 PM	UAB	L 62–69	7–17 (1–10)	Cam Henderson Center (713) Huntington, WV
02/15/2018 6:00 PM	UTEP	W 66–64	8–17 (2–10)	Cam Henderson Center (698) Huntington, WV
02/17/2018 3:00 PM	at Western Kentucky	L 50–77	8–18 (2–11)	E. A. Diddle Arena (2,205) Bowling Green, KY
02/22/2018 8:00 PM	at Rice	L 44–87	8–19 (2–12)	Tudor Fieldhouse (586) Houston, TX
02/24/2018 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at North Texas	W 62–54	9–19 (3–12)	The Super Pit (1,136) Denton, TX
03/01/2018 6:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	L 55–62	9–20 (3–13)	Cam Henderson Center (792) Huntington, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mars/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf
^ "Marshall Thundering Herd Women's Basketball - Thundering Herd News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
^ Marshall Thundering Herd. "Marshall Thundering Herd on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
^ "Marshall Thundering Herd Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Herdzone.Com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

[1] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mars/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf

[2] "Marshall Thundering Herd Women's Basketball - Thundering Herd News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

[3] Marshall Thundering Herd. "Marshall Thundering Herd on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

[4] "Marshall Thundering Herd Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Herdzone.Com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

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v t e Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Venues	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1969–1981) Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	West Virginia
Culture & lore	History Marco the Bison
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2024–25

Roster

Schedule

See also

References