2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represents Mercer University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Susie Gardner, play their home games at the Hawkins Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).[1][2][3] They finished the season 30–3, 14–0 in Southern Conference play win the Southern Conference regular season. They won the SoCon women's tournament for the first time in school history and earns their first automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Georgia in the first round.

2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball
SoCon Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 25
Record30–3 (14–0 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Susie Gardner (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tiffany Morton
  • Trelanne M. Powell
  • Ben Wierzba
Home arenaHawkins Arena
2017–18 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Mercer140 1.000303  .909
East Tennessee State113 .7862013  .606
Chattanooga86 .5711713  .567
Furman77 .5001814  .563
Samford68 .4291516  .484
UNC Greensboro68 .4291318  .419
Wofford311 .2141020  .333
Western Carolina113 .071525  .167
2018 SoCon Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2018

Roster

2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Keke Calloway 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrMary Persons Forsyth, GA
G 1 Sydni Means 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SrGreater Atlanta Christian School Stone Mountain, GA
G/F 2 Amanda Thompson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrHayesville Nayesville, NC
C 5 Lakaitlin Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrWheeler County Alamo, GA
G 11 Linnea Rosendal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr  Stockholm, Sweden
G/F 12 Shannon Titus 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrNorthview Johns Creek, GA
F 15 Ally Welch 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrSouth Forsyth Cumming, GA
G 20 Shon Kitchens 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrWashington County Davisboro, GA
F 22 Alex Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrWoodward Academy College Park, GA
G 23 Kayla Potts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrForest Park Rex, GA
G 24 Kahlia Lawrence 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrKendrick Columbus, GA
C 32 Germani Abram 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoColumbia Huntsville, AL
C 34 Rachel Selph 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrDodge County Eastman, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:30 pm
at UCF W 74–63  1–0
CFE Arena (3,574)
Orlando, FL
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm
at Florida Atlantic W 66–55  2–0
FAU Arena (587)
Boca Raton, FL
11/16/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Georgia Southern W 72–45  3–0
Hawkins Arena (1,172)
Macon, GA
11/19/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Georgia L 54–72  3–1
Hawkins Arena (2,731)
Macon, GA
11/24/2017*
6:00 pm
vs. Western Kentucky
GSU Thanksgiving Classic
L 62–67  3–2
GSU Sports Arena (401)
Atlanta, GA
11/26/2017*
5:00 pm
vs. VCU
GSU Thanksgiving Classic
W 70–54  4–2
GSU Sports Arena (331)
Atlanta, GA
11/30/2017*
7:00 pm
at Campbell W 58–57  5–2
Gore Arena (876)
Buies Creek, NC
12/03/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Davidson W 69–54  6–2
Hawkins Arena (832)
Macon, GA
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
George Washington W 61–44  7–2
Hawkins Arena (852)
Macon, GA
12/10/2017*
1:00 pm
at UNC Asheville W 67–56  8–2
Kimmel Arena (1,081)
Asheville, NC
12/17/2017*
2:00 pm
Winthrop W 93–45  9–2
Hawkins Arena (634)
Macon, GA
12/19/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
South Carolina State W 74–53  10–2
Hawkins Arena (679)
Macon, GA
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Howard W 70–44  11–2
Hawkins Arena (749)
Macon, GA
12/28/2017*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at North Carolina W 97–86  12–2
Carmichael Arena (2,988)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/30/2017*
4:00 pm
at Charlotte W 90–74  13–2
Dale F. Halton Arena (863)
Charlotte, NC
SoCon Regular Season
01/04/2018
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at Wofford W 71–46  14–2 (1–0)
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (342)
Spartanburg, SC
01/06/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Furman W 86–64  15–2 (2–0)
Timmons Arena (527)
Greenville, SC
01/13/2018
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at Samford W 73–59  16–2 (3–0)
Pete Hanna Center (293)
Birmingham, AL
01/18/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UNC Greensboro W 80–57  17–2 (4–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,827)
Macon, GA
01/20/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Carolina W 72–50  18–2 (5–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,821)
Macon, GA
01/25/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at East Tennessee State W 85–65  19–2 (6–0)
J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (1,022)
Johnson City, TN
01/27/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Chattanooga W 71–50  20–2 (7–0)
McKenzie Arena 
Chattanooga, TN
02/01/2018
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at Furman W 65–53  21–2 (8–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,427)
Macon, GA
02/03/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Wofford W 80–39  22–2 (9–0)
Hawkins Arena (2,327)
Macon, GA
02/10/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Samford W 48–45  23–2 (10–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,424)
Macon, GA
02/15/2018
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at Western Carolina W 53–46  24–2 (11–0)
Ramsey Center (621)
Cullowhee, NC
02/17/2018
4:00 pm
at UNC Greensboro W 57–54  25–2 (12–0)
Fleming Gymnasium (416)
Greensboro, NC
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Chattanooga W 65–56  26–2 (13–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,672)
Macon, GA
02/24/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
East Tennessee State W 63–48  27–2 (14–0)
Hawkins Arena (1,821)
Macon, GA
SoCon Tournament
03/01/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
(1) No. 25 vs. (8) Western Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 75–44  28–2
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
03/02/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
(1) No. 25 vs. (5) Samford
Semifinals
W 81–44  29–2
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
03/04/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) No. 25 vs. (2) East Tennessee State
Championship Game
W 68–53  30–2
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
(13 A) No. 25 at (4 A) No. 18 Georgia
First Round
L 63–68  30–3
Stegeman Coliseum (3,457)
Athens, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Final
AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25 N/A
Coaches N/A RV RV RV RV 25 25 23 24 RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References

  1. "Mercer University Athletics" (PDF). MercerBears.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. "Mercer Bears Women's Basketball - Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  3. Mercer Bears. "Mercer Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. "Mercer University Athletics". MercerBears.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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