2017–18 Rice Owls women's basketball team

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.

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
2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UAB13–3 .81327–7  .794
Western Kentucky †12–4 .75024–9  .727
Rice10–6 .62523–10  .697
Louisiana Tech10–6 .62519–12  .613
Middle Tennessee10–6 .62518–13  .581
Charlotte10–6 .62514–16  .467
UTEP7–9 .43817–14  .548
Florida Atlantic7–9 .43813–15  .464
Southern Miss7–9 .43815–15  .500
North Texas6–10 .37517–14  .548
UTSA6–10 .3759–21  .300
Old Dominion6–10 .3758–23  .258
FIU5–11 .3138–21  .276
Marshall3–13 .1889–20  .310
† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Tayler Bennett 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoSt. Anthony HS Long Beach, CA
G 2 Sydne Wiggins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrHarrison HS Powder Springs, GA
G 5 Lauren Grigsby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrDekaney HS Spring, TX
G 10 Wendy Knight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrReagan HS San Antonio, TX
G 13 Erica Ogwumike 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoCypress Woods HS
Pepperdine		 Cypress, TX
G 20 Shani Rainey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrLovejoy HS Fairview, TX
G 21 Gabrielle Stanton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrKingwood HS Kingwood, TX
G/F 22 Nicole Iademarco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrThe Woodlands HS
Arizona State		 The Woodlands, TX
F/C 23 Alexah Chrisman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrMcAuley HS Lawrenceburg, IN
F 24 Temi Alao 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrAllen HS Allen, TX
G 25 Kendall Ellig 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoLiberty Christian School Flower Mound, TX
F 30 Olivia Ogwumike 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrCypress Woods HS
Pepperdine		 Cypress, TX
C 32 Nancy Mulkey Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) SoCypress Woods HS
Oklahoma		 Cypress, TX
C 40 Gabby Ozoude 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoBellbrook 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
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  2. "Rice Owls Women's Basketball - Owls News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  3. "Rice Owls on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  4. "Rice University Women's Basketball :: Official Athletic Site". Riceowls.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
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