2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball

Conference| Atlantic 10 Conference
Record| 14-16 (6-10 A-10)
Head coach|

* Tory Verdi (2nd season)

Assistant coaches|

* Danny Hughes
* Candice Finley
* Candice Walker

Home arena| William D. Mullins Memorial Center

Seasons

<- 2016–17

2018–19 ->

2017–18 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Dayton | 15 | - | 1 |  | .938 |  |  | 23 | - | 7  |  | .767
Duquesne | 13 | - | 3 |  | .813 |  |  | 25 | - | 8  |  | .758
Fordham | 12 | - | 4 |  | .750 |  |  | 24 | - | 10  |  | .706
George Mason | 11 | - | 5 |  | .688 |  |  | 24 | - | 10  |  | .706
George Washington † | 10 | - | 6 |  | .625 |  |  | 19 | - | 14  |  | .576
Saint Joseph's | 10 | - | 6 |  | .625 |  |  | 19 | - | 15  |  | .559
Saint Louis | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 17 | - | 16  |  | .515
Richmond | 8 | - | 8 |  | .500 |  |  | 14 | - | 17  |  | .452
Davidson | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 12 | - | 18  |  | .400
UMass | 6 | - | 10 |  | .375 |  |  | 14 | - | 16  |  | .467
La Salle | 3 | - | 13 |  | .188 |  |  | 8 | - | 22  |  | .267
St. Bonaventure | 3 | - | 13 |  | .188 |  |  | 8 | - | 22  |  | .267
VCU | 4 | - | 12 |  | .250 |  |  | 7 | - | 22  |  | .241
Rhode Island | 1 | - | 15 |  | .063 |  |  | 3 | - | 27  |  | .100
† 2018 A10 Tournament winner
As of 22 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by second year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center.[1][2][3] They finished the season 14–16, 6–10 in A-10 play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Louis.

## Media[edit]

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.[citation needed]

## Roster[edit]

2017–18 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | # | Name | Height | Year | Previous school | Hometown

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F/C | 00  | Maggie Mulligan | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Sr | Boston Latin School | Boston, MA
G/F | 2  | Genesis Rivera | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | Jr | Gustavo
Panola College | Caracas, Venezuela
F | 10  | Alexia Allesch | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Fr | Gill St. Bernard's | Basking Ridge, NJ
G | 11  | Bre Hampton-Bey | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Fr | Notre Dame Academy | Toledo, OH
C | 14  | Anil Soysal | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Fr | Anatolian | Istanbul, Turkey
G | 15  | Paige McCormick | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | Fr | Heuvelton Central | Ogdensburg, NY
G | 21  | Autumn Giles | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Fr | Fort Myers | Fort Myers, FL
G | 22  | Jessica George | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Jr | North Point | Waldorf, MD
G | 23  | Vashnie Perry | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | So | Norcross HS
Florida Atlantic | Nashville, TN
G/F | 24  | Hailey Leidel | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | So | Woodhaven | Brownstown, MI
G | 25  | Leah McDerment | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Sr | Priestnall School | Stockport, England

Head coach

* Tory Verdi (Keene State)

Assistant coach(es)

* Danny Hughes (TCU)
* Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky)
* Candice Walker (Loyola (MD))

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster

## Schedule[edit]

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Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | Site (attendance)
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Exhibition
11/03/2017*
4:30 pm |  | Kutztown | W 79–66 |
| Mullins Center
Amherst, MA
11/06/2017*
7:00 pm |  | Flagler | W 75–51 |
| Mullins Center
Amherst, MA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
4:30 pm |  | Maine–Fort Kent | W 111–45 | 1–0
| Mullins Center (628)
Amherst, MA
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm |  | Towson | W 72–49 | 2–0
| Mullins Center (361)
Amherst, MA
11/17/2017*
8:00 pm, ESPN3 |  | at North Dakota State | L 70–82 | 2–1
| Scheels Center (605)
Grand Forks, ND
11/19/2017*
3:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP |  | at North Dakota | L 52–82 | 2–2
| Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,580)
Grand Forks, ND
11/24/2017*
1:00 pm |  | Northeastern
UMass Thanksgiving Classic | L 54–64 | 2–3
| Mullins Center (387)
Amherst, MA
11/25/2017*
1:00 pm |  | Liberty
UMass Thanksgiving Classic | W 64–61 | 3–3
| Mullins Center (396)
Amherst, MA
11/29/2017*
1:00 pm |  | at Incarnate Word | W 64–45 | 4–3
| McDermott Convocation Center (521)
San Antonio, TX
12/01/2017*
8:00 pm |  | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV Battle on the Border | L 59–67 | 4–4
| UTRGV Fieldhouse (273)
Edinburg, TX
12/02/2017*
1:00 pm |  | vs. Mississippi Valley State
UTRGV Battle on the Border | W 85–46 | 5–4
| UTRGV Fieldhouse
Edinburg, TX
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm |  | Fisher College | W 121–38 | 6–4
| Mullins Center (421)
Amherst, MA
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm |  | Saint Peter's | W 81–65 | 7–4
| Mullins Center (500)
Amherst, MA
12/13/2017*
7:30 pm, ESPN3 |  | at UMass Lowell | W 73–63 | 8–4
| Costello Athletic Center (1,475)
Lowell, MA
12/21/2017*
12:00 pm |  | Marist | L 60–88 | 8–5
| Mullins Center (322)
Amherst, MA
A-10 Regular season
12/31/2017
1:00 pm |  | at Duquesne | L 57–60 | 8–6 (0–1)
| Palumbo Center (841)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/03/2018
5:00 pm |  | Fordham | L 51–62 | 8–7 (0–2)
| Mullins Center (364)
Amherst, MA
01/06/2018
11:00 am, CBSSN |  | at St. Bonaventure | L 59–69 | 8–8 (0–3)
| Reilly Center (934)
Olean, NY
01/13/2018
2:00 pm |  | Saint Joseph's | L 79–84 | 8–9 (0–4)
| Mullins Center (536)
Amherst, MA
01/18/2018
8:00 pm |  | at Saint Louis | L 63–64 | 8–10 (0–5)
| Chaifetz Arena (486)
St. Louis, MO
01/21/2018
2:00 pm |  | VCU | W 79–75 | 9–10 (1–5)
| Mullins Center (564)
Amherst, MA
01/24/2018
7:00 pm |  | at Davidson | L 81–87 2OT | 9–11 (1–6)
| John M. Belk Arena (941)
Davidson, NC
01/28/2018
2:00 pm |  | at Rhode Island | W 61–59 | 10–11 (2–6)
| Ryan Center (454)
Kingston, RI
01/31/2018
11:30 am |  | Richmond | L 39–51 | 10–12 (2–7)
| Mullins Center (2,512)
Amherst, MA
02/04/2018
12:00 pm |  | La Salle | W 69–66 | 11–12 (3–7)
| Mullins Center (570)
Amherst, MA
02/07/2018
7:00 pm |  | Dayton | L 49–78 | 11–13 (3–8)
| Mullins Center (312)
Amherst, MA
02/11/2018
2:00 pm |  | at George Mason | L 60–71 | 11–14 (3–9)
| EagleBank Arena (1,567)
Fairfax, VA
02/14/2018
7:00 pm |  | at George Washington | L 49–55 | 11–15 (3–10)
| Charles E. Smith Center (592)
Washington, D.C.
02/17/2018
2:00 pm |  | Davidson | W 70–68 | 12–15 (4–10)
| Mullins Center (731)
Amherst, MA
02/21/2018
7:00 pm |  | at Richmond | W 58–49 | 13–15 (5–10)
| Robins Center (418)
Richmond, VA
02/24/2018
12:00 pm |  | Rhode Island | W 87–50 | 14–15 (6–10)
| Mullins Center (473)
Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018
8:00 pm | (10)  | at (7) Saint Louis
First Round | L 64–70 | 14–16
| Chaifetz Arena (543)
St. Louis, MO

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

## Rankings[edit]

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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12 | Week
13 | Week
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15 | Week
16 | Week
17 | Week
18 | Week
19 | Final

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(RV)  |  | Received Votes
(NR)  |  | Not Ranked

## See also[edit]

* 2017–18 UMass Minutemen basketball team

## References[edit]

1. ^ "UMass Athletics" (PDF). UMass Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
2. ^ "Massachusetts Minutewomen Women's Basketball - Minutewomen News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
3. ^ Massachusetts Minutewomen. "Massachusetts Minutewomen on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
4. ^ "University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball".

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UMass Minutewomen basketball

Venues|

* Curry Hicks Cage (1968–1993)
* William D. Mullins Memorial Center (1993–present)

Rivalries|

* Boston College

Culture & lore|

* Sam the Minuteman
* "Fight Mass"

People|

* Head coaches

Seasons|

* 1968–69
* 1969–70
* 1970–71
* 1971–72
* 1972–73
* 1973–74
* 1974–75
* 1975–76
* 1976–77
* 1977–78
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* 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

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