2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball

Conference	Southland Conference
Record	10–18 (6–12 Southland)
Head coach	Donna Finnie (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Lauren Tippert Becca Allison Precious Ivy
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium
Seasons← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Lamar	17	–	1	.944	22	–	7	.759
Stephen F. Austin	16	–	2	.889	25	–	6	.806
Central Arkansas	14	–	4	.778	25	–	10	.714
Texas A&M-CC	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Nicholls State †	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
New Orleans	11	–	7	.611	15	–	15	.500
Abilene Christian	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
McNeese State	8	–	10	.444	12	–	18	.400
Southeastern Louisiana	7	–	11	.389	8	–	21	.276
Houston Baptist	6	–	12	.333	10	–	18	.357
Incarnate Word	4	–	14	.222	5	–	24	.172
Northwestern State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	22	.241
Sam Houston State	1	–	17	.056	4	–	23	.148

† 2018 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by fifth year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished with an overall record of 10–18 and 6–12 in Southland play to finish in tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland women's tournament.

Roster

Sources:

2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Shannon Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Crosby HS	Crosby, TX
G	5	Sophie Taylor	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Westwood HS	Austin, TX
PG	10	Bria Johnson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Sunnyvale HS	Sunnyvale, TX
G	11	Britta Daub	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Felix-Klein-Gymnasium	Rosdorf, Germany
G	13	Megan Valdez-Crader	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Johnson HS	San Antonio, TX
G	14	Amanda Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Georgetown HS	Georgetown, TX
G	22	Sydney Carr	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Crosby HS	Crosby, TX
F	23	Lauren Calver	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Heathcote HS	Helensburgh, Australia
F	24	Taylor Kollmorgan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Second Baptist HS	Houston, TX
C	25	Natalia Gwarda	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	NLO PZKosz Lomianki New Mexico JC	Aleksandrów, Poland
F	33	Brooklyn Moore	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Wylie HS	Murphy, TX
F	42	Blair Gillard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	La Grange HS	La Grange, TX
C	45	Veronika Kirienko	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	School 168	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
C	55	Kennedy Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Cedar Park HS	Bastrop, TX

Head coach

Donna Finnie (Heriot–Watt)

Assistant coach(es)

Lauren Tippet (Sam Houston State)
Becca Allison (Old Dominion)
Precious Ivy (Houston)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 6, 2018

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Schedule
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm	at No. 23 South Florida	L 43–90	0–1	USF Sun Dome (2,022) Tampa, FL
11/15/2017* 5:00 pm	LeTourneau	W 88–43	1–1	Sharp Gymnasium (448) Houston, TX
11/18/2017* 2:00 pm	at Rice	L 45–67	1–2	Tudor Fieldhouse (576) Houston, TX
11/25/2017* 12:30 pm	at Oral Roberts	L 56–78	1–3	Mabee Center (917) Tulsa, OK
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm	Jarvis Christian	W 78–30	2–3	Sharp Gymnasium (380) Houston, TX
12/02/2017* 2:00 pm	at UTEP	L 62–69	2–4	Don Haskins Center (412) El Paso, TX
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm	Paul Quinn	W 74–54	3–4	Sharp Gymnasium (377) Houston, TX
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm	Huston–Tillotson	W 76–72	4–4	Sharp Gymnasium (438) Houston, TX
12/19/2017* 6:00 pm	at Louisiana–Monroe	L 73–77	4–5	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (639) Monroe, LA
12/21/2017* 6:30 pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 62–85	4–6	Thomas Assembly Center (1,659) Ruston, LA
Southland Conference Schedule
12/28/2017 7:00 pm	Lamar	L 51–79	4–7 (0–1)	Sharp Gymnasium (242) Houston, TX
12/30/2017 2:00 pm	at New Orleans	L 52–70	4–8 (0–2)	Lakefront Arena (191) New Orleans, LA
01/06/2018 2:00 pm	Nicholls State	L 61–73	4–9 (0–3)	Sharp Gymnasium (326) Houston, TX
01/10/2018 7:00 pm	at Abilene Christian	L 68–80	4–10 (0–4)	Moody Coliseum (1,018) Abilene, TX
01/13/2018 3:00 pm	at Sam Houston State	W 69–61	5–10 (1–4)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (946) Huntsville, TX
01/17/2018 7:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana	L 61–76	5–11 (1–5)	Sharp Gymnasium (314) Houston, TX
01/20/2018 2:00 pm	McNeese State	L 74–86	5–12 (1–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (478) Houston, TX
01/24/2018 6:00 pm	at Incarnate Word	W 58–56	6–12 (2–6)	McDermott Center (626) San Antonio, TX
01/27/2018 5:00 pm	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 49–50	6–13 (2–7)	American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX
01/31/2018 7:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	L 54–76	6–14 (2–8)	Sharp Gymnasium (867) Houston, TX
02/07/2018 7:00 pm	at Central Arkansas	L 56–64	6–15 (2–6)	Farris Center (479) Conway, AR
02/10/2018 1:00 pm	at Nicholls State	L 45–63	6–16 (2–10)	Stopher Gym (191) Thibodaux, LA
02/14/2018 7:00 pm	Northwestern State	W 57–51	7–16 (3–10)	Sharp Gymnasium (252) Houston, TX
02/17/2018 2:00 pm	Sam Houston State	W 65–62	8–16 (4–10)	Sharp Gymnasium (597) Houston, TX
02/21/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Lamar	L 55–90	8–17 (4–11)	Montagne Center (688) Beaumont, TX
02/24/2018 2:00 pm	McNeese State	W 67–61	9–17 (5–11)	Burton Coliseum (717) Lake Charles, LA
02/28/2018 7:00 pm	Incarnate Word	W 67–56	10–17 (6–11)	Sharp Gymnasium (330) Houston, TX
03/02/2018 2:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 68–73	10–18 (6–12)	Sharp Gymnasium (632) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

References

"2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster". HBU The Official Site of HBU Athletics. Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
"Houston Baptist Huskies Roster". Houston Baptist Huskies. ESPN. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
"Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". hbuhuskies.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
"Houston Baptist Huskies Schedule - 2017-18". Houston Baptist Huskies. ESPN. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

v t e Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Sharp Gymnasium (1999–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

Categories:

Misplaced Pages

2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References