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2017–18 Rice Owls women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceConference USA
Record23–10 (10–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lee Aduddell
  • Tasha Brown
  • Winston Gandy
Home arenaTudor Fieldhouse
Seasons
2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
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 Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by third year head coach Tina Langley, play their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and are members of Conference USA.[1][2][3] They finished the season 23–10, 10–6 in C-USA play to finish in a 4 way tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to UAB. They revived an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas State in the first round before losing to New Mexico in the second round.

Previous season

They finished the season 22–13, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the WBI where they defeat Lamar, Texas–Rio Grande Valley, Idaho and UNC Greensboro to become champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational.

Roster

2017–18 Rice Owls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Tayler Bennett 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So St. Anthony HS Long Beach, CA
G 2 Sydne Wiggins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Harrison HS Powder Springs, GA
G 5 Lauren Grigsby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Dekaney HS Spring, TX
G 10 Wendy Knight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX
G 13 Erica Ogwumike 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Cypress Woods HS
Pepperdine 		Cypress, TX
G 20 Shani Rainey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Lovejoy HS Fairview, TX
G 21 Gabrielle Stanton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Kingwood HS Kingwood, TX
G/F 22 Nicole Iademarco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr The Woodlands HS
Arizona State 		The Woodlands, TX
F/C 23 Alexah Chrisman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr McAuley HS Lawrenceburg, IN
F 24 Temi Alao 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Allen HS Allen, TX
G 25 Kendall Ellig 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Liberty Christian School Flower Mound, TX
F 30 Olivia Ogwumike 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Cypress Woods HS
Pepperdine 		Cypress, TX
C 32 Nancy Mulkey Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) So Cypress Woods HS
Oklahoma 		Cypress, TX
C 40 Gabby Ozoude 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bellbrook HS Bellbrook, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 23, 2017

Schedule

[4]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 10*
3:00 p.m. 		at Grand Canyon W 69–59  1–0
 GCU Arena (818)
Phoenix, AZ
November 12*
2:00 p.m. 		at Northern Arizona W 88–83  2–0
 Walkup Skydome (297)
Flagstaff, AZ
November 18*
2:00 p.m. 		Houston Baptist W 67–45  3–0
 Tudor Fieldhouse (576)
Houston, TX
November 21*
6:30 p.m. 		at Sam Houston State W 79–50  4–0
 Bernard Johnson Coliseum (554)
Huntsville, TX
November 24*
2:00 p.m. 		Little Rock W 58–51  5–0
 Tudor Fieldhouse (336)
Houston, TX
November 26*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Kansas L 65–73  5–1
 Allen Fieldhouse (1,546)
Lawrence, KS
November 29*
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 18 Texas A&M L 76–82  5–2
 Reed Arena (3,009)
College Station, TX
December 9*
2:00 p.m. 		Incarnate Word W 60–43  6–2
 Tudor Fieldhouse (562)
Houston, TX
December 14*
7:00 p.m. 		Louisiana–Monroe W 63–47  7–2
 Tudor Fieldhouse (423)
Houston, TX
December 18*
7:00 p.m. 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 67–56  8–2
 American Bank Center (331)
Corpus Christi, TX
December 21*
2:00 p.m. 		at Prairie View A&M W 88–68  9–2
 William J. Nicks Building (110)
Prairie View, TX
December 30*
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Columbia W 67–44  10–2
 Tudor Fieldhouse (802)
Houston, TX
Conference USA regular season
January 5
7:00 p.m., beIN 		at North Texas W 50–49  11–2
(1–0) 		UNT Coliseum (1,211)
Denton,TX
January 7
2:00 p.m. 		UTSA W 83–52  12–2
(2–0) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (651)
Houston, TX
January 11
6:00 p.m. 		at Florida Atlantic W 67–53  13–2
(3–0) 		FAU Arena (879)
Boca Raton, FL
January 13
6:00 p.m. 		at FIU L 58–68  13–3
(3–1) 		FIU Arena (346)
Miami, FL
January 20
6:00 p.m. 		at Charlotte W 62–55  14–3
(4–1) 		Dale F. Halton Arena (802)
Charlotte, NC
January 26
7:00 p.m. 		UTEP W 56–42  15–3
(5–1) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (681)
Houston, TX
January 28
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Old Dominion W 53–45  16–3
(6–1) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (643)
Houston, TX
February 1
7:00 p.m., beIN 		Southern Miss W 62–56  17–3
(7–1) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (626)
Houston, TX
February 7
6:30 p.m. 		at Louisiana Tech L 55–75  17–4
(7–2) 		Thomas Assembly Center (2,039)
Ruston, LA
February 10
2:00 p.m. 		Western Kentucky W 73–58  18–4
(8–2) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (945)
Houston, TX
February 15
6:00 p.m. 		at UAB L 63–70  18–5
(8–3) 		Bartow Arena (597)
Birmingham, AL
February 17
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Middle Tennessee L 41–51  18–6
(8–4) 		Murphy Center (4,235)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 22
7:00 p.m. 		Marshall W 87–44  19–6
(9–4) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (586)
Houston, TX
February 25
2:00 p.m. 		at UTSA L 58–62  19–7
(9–5) 		Convocation Center (609)
San Antonio, TX
March 1
5:00 p.m. 		Louisiana Tech L 62–70  19–8
(9–6) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (1,514)
Houston, TX
March 3
4:30 p.m., ESPN3 		North Texas W 47–45  20–8
(10–6) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (3,524)
Houston, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
March 7
11:30 a.m. 		(5) vs. (12) Old Dominion
First Round 		W 70–48  21–8
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
March 8
11:30 a.m. 		(5) vs. (4) Middle Tennessee
Quarterfinals 		W 61–53  22–8
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
March 9
5:30 p.m., Stadium 		(5) vs. (1) UAB
Semifinals 		L 55–67  22–9
 The Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
WNIT
March 15*
7:00 p.m. 		Texas State
First Round 		W 71–60  23–9
 Tudor Fieldhouse (320)
Houston, TX
March 20*
8:00 p.m. 		at New Mexico
Second Round 		L 73–93  23–10
 Dreamstyle Arena (3,302)
Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

2017–18 Rice Owls men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017_18_Fact_Book.pdf
  2. ^ "Rice Owls Women's Basketball - Owls News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  3. ^ Rice Owls. "Rice Owls on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  4. ^ "Rice University Women's Basketball :: Official Athletic Site". Riceowls.com. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
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