2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
Big East regular season co-champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Big East
Record	24–10 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Ginny Boggess Scott Merritt Vernette Skeete
Home arena	Al McGuire Center

2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	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

Previous season

They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they got upset by Quinnipiac in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Tori McCoy  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So St. Thomas More Ohio State Champaign, IL G 1 Danielle King 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Bloom Township Chicago, IL G 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Green Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI F 10 Sandra Dahling 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Soina Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden G 11 Allazia Blockton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Dominican Milwaukee, WI F 12 Erika Davenport 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Clarkston Clarkston, MI G 13 Olivia Moskari 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Makelanrinteen Lukio Helsinki, Finland G 15 Amani Wilborn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Riverside University Milwaukee, WI F 20 Altia Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Woodbridge Bridgeville, DE G 24 Selena Lott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Columbia East Greenbush, NY G 30 Isabelle Spingola 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Whitney Young Chicago, IL C 31 Shantelle Valentine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr St. Roch Toronto, ON F 35 Myriama Smith Traore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Whitewater Whitewater, WI G 42 Lauren Van Kleunen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Mason Mason, OH	Head coach Carolyn Kieger (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Ginny Boggess (Wingate) Scott Merritt (Marquette) Vernette Skeete (Alcorn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 21, 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2017* 1:00 pm	No. 17	Minnesota State	W 78–75		Al McGuire Center  Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2017* 8:00 pm	No. 16	at New Mexico	L 87–88	0–1	Dreamstyle Arena (4,169) Albuquerque, NM
11/19/2017* 3:00 pm	No. 16	Loyola (MD)	W 83–63	1–1	Al McGuire Center (806) Milwaukee, WI
11/23/2017* 5:30 pm	No. 20	vs. No. 12 Tennessee Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 99–101 OT	1–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
11/24/2017* 8:00 pm	No. 20	vs. Montana Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 87–68	2–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2017* 11:30 am	No. 23	Loyola–Chicago	W 92–30	3–2	Al McGuire Center (3,700) Milwaukee, WI
12/04/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 23	at Green Bay	L 55–63	3–3	Kress Events Center (2,865) Green Bay, WI
12/04/2017* 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 88–65	4–3	Al McGuire Center (2,865) Milwaukee, WI
12/07/2017* 6:00 pm		at No. 24 Michigan	L 76–82	4–4	Crisler Center (1,962) Ann Arbor, MI
12/10/2017* 3:00 pm		Army	W 83–53	5–4	Al McGuire Center (1,219) Milwaukee, WI
12/17/2017* 4:00 pm, FSWI		at Milwaukee	W 83–68	6–4	Klotsche Center (874) Milwaukee, WI
12/20/2017* 2:00 pm, ACCN		at No. 2 Notre Dame	L 85–91 OT	6–5	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,456) South Bend, IN
Big East regular season
12/28/2017 7:30 pm, FS2		St. John's	W 74–72 OT	7–5 (1–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,479) Milwaukee, WI
12/30/2017 7:30 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	W 74–72	8–5 (2–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,392) Milwaukee, WI
01/04/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI		DePaul	W 93–81	9–5 (3–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,626) Milwaukee, WI
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, FS2		at Creighton	W 92–77	10–5 (4–0)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,109) Omaha, NE
01/10/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN		at Providence	W 77–60	11–5 (5–0)	Alumni Hall (257) Providence, RI
01/12/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Butler	W 69–67	12–5 (6–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,707) Milwaukee, WI
01/14/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 88–67	13–5 (7–0)	Al McGuire Center (2,003) Milwaukee, WI
01/19/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN		at Georgetown	L 58–85	13–6 (7–1)	McDonough Gymnasium (877) Washington, D.C.
01/21/2018 11:00 am, FS1		at Villanova	W 67–57	14–6 (8–1)	Jake Nevin Field House (701) Villanova, PA
01/29/2018 8:00 pm, FS1		at DePaul	L 83–95	14–7 (8–2)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,381) Chicago, IL
02/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Providence	W 94–63	15–7 (9–2)	Al McGuire Center (2,019) Milwaukee, WI
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI		Creighton	L 73–74	15–8 (9–3)	Al McGuire Center (1,612) Milwaukee, WI
02/09/2018 7:00 pm, FS2		at Xavier	W 80–63	16–8 (10–3)	Cintas Center (1,483) Cincinnati, OH
02/11/2018 12:00 pm, BEDN		at Butler	W 78–59	17–8 (11–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,317) Indianapolis, IN
02/16/2018 11:30 am, BEDN		Villanova	W 90–69	18–8 (12–3)	Al McGuire Center (2,438) Milwaukee, WI
02/18/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI		Georgetown	W 71–68	19–8 (13–3)	Al McGuire Center (2,245) Milwaukee, WI
02/23/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN		at Seton Hall	W 81–54	20–8 (14–3)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,074) South Orange, NJ
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	W 76–57	21–8 (15–3)	Carnesecca Arena (1,069) Queens, NY
Big East Women's Tournament
03/04/2018 12:00 pm, FS2	(1)	vs. (8) Butler Quarterfinals	W 73–61	22–8	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
03/04/2018 3:00 pm, FS1	(1)	vs. (4) Creighton Semifinals	W 76–70	23–8	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
03/06/2018 6:00 pm, FS1	(1)	vs. (2) DePaul Championship Game	L 63–98	23–9	Wintrust Arena (2,264) Chicago, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(8 L)	vs. (9 L) Dayton First Round	W 84–65	24–9	KFC Yum! Center (7,229) Louisville, KY
03/18/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN2	(8 L)	at (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Second Round	L 72–90	24–10	KFC Yum! Center (8,017) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central.

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	17	16	20	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	19	N/A	20	23	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Legend

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

See also

2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team