2017–18 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by tenth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with early season games at Memorial Gym, and are members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Colorado. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.

2017–18 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–14 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jon Newlee (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Christa Stanford Jeri Jacobson
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum Memorial Gym
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
Idaho	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Weber State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Portland State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Montana	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
North Dakota	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2017–18 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jenae Lewallen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Liberty HS Surprise, AZ F 3 Nina Carlson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Lake City Post Falls, ID G 10 Sarah Bersang 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Eastern Wyoming Horsens, Denmark C 11 Isabelle Hadden 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Boise Boise, ID C 12 Nejra Solo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr PRVA Gimnazija Zenica Zenica, Bosnia G 13 Haley Blankinship 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr West Springfield Springfield, VA G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr La Costa Canyon HS Carlsbad, CA G 20 Allison Kirby 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Timberlake Spirit Lake, ID G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Walla Walla HS Walla Walla, WA G/F 31 Geraldine McCorkell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia C 42 Natalie Klinker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Fairfield Fairfield, MT	Head coach Jon Newlee (San Diego State) Assistant coach(es) Christa Stanford (Idaho State) Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 21, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Lewis–Clark State (Idaho)	W 82–67		Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 4:30 pm		at Colorado State	W 82–69	1–0	Moby Arena (1,663) Fort Collins, CO
11/15/2017* 4:00 pm		at No. 9 Ohio State	L 56–99	1–1	Value City Arena (3,960) Columbus, OH
11/18/2017* 12:00 pm		at Abilene Christian	L 72–82	1–2	Moody Coliseum (1,181) Abilene, TX
11/24/2017* 7:30 pm		at Cal State Northridge Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Basketball Classic	W 80–75	2–2	Matadome (556) Northridge, CA
11/25/2017* 7:30 pm		vs. TCU Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Basketball Classic	L 76–86	2–3	Matadome (411) Northridge, CA
12/01/2017* 6:00 pm		Washington	L 69–81	2–4	Memorial Gym (667) Moscow, ID
12/04/2017* 6:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	W 80–60	3–4	Memorial Gym (347) Moscow, ID
12/09/2017* 6:00 pm		Wyoming	L 64–70	3–5	Memorial Gym (454) Moscow, ID
12/15/2017* 5:00 pm		Seattle	L 60–68	3–6	Cowan Spectrum (719) Moscow, ID
12/18/2017* 5:00 pm		at Arizona State	L 33–77	3–7	Wells Fargo Arena (1,723) Tempe, AZ
12/21/2017* 4:00 pm		vs. Eastern Oregon Boise Showcase	W 84–70	4–7	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017 6:00 pm		North Dakota	W 80–75	5–7 (1–0)	Cowan Spectrum (312) Moscow, ID
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 72–78	5–8 (1–1)	Cowan Spectrum (380) Moscow, ID
01/04/2018 7:05 pm		at Sacramento State	L 64–79	5–9 (1–2)	Hornets Nest (156) Sacramento, CA
01/06/2018 1:00 pm		at Portland State	W 101–90	6–9 (2–2)	Pamplin Sports Center (352) Portland, OR
01/12/2018 5:00 pm, SWX		at Eastern Washington	L 64–71	6–10 (2–3)	Reese Court (1,137) Cheney, WA
01/18/2018 6:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 74–51	7–10 (3–3)	Cowan Spectrum (444) Moscow, ID
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 83–68	8–10 (4–3)	Cowan Spectrum (505) Moscow, ID
01/25/2018 6:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 79–71	9–10 (5–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (772) Greeley, CO
01/27/2018 12:00 pm		at North Dakota	W 78–64	10–10 (6–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,935) Grand Forks, ND
02/01/2018 6:00 pm		Portland State	W 61–60	11–10 (7–3)	Cowan Spectrum (445) Moscow, ID
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 101–66	12–10 (8–3)	Cowan Spectrum (419) Moscow, ID
02/09/2018 5:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 85–71	13–10 (9–3)	Cowan Spectrum  Moscow, ID
02/15/2018 6:00 pm		at Montana State	W 95–77	14–10 (10–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,720) Bozeman, MT
02/17/2018 1:00 pm		at Montana	W 67–56	15–10 (11–3)	Dahlberg Arena (3,353) Missoula, MT
02/22/2018 6:00 pm		Idaho State	L 52–62	15–11 (11–4)	Cowan Spectrum (416) Moscow, ID
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		Weber State	L 88–105	15–12 (11–5)	Cowan Spectrum (515) Moscow, ID
02/28/2018 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 93–83	16–12 (12–5)	Walkup Skydome (253) Flagstaff, AZ
03/02/2018 5:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 65–57	17–12 (13–5)	America First Events Center (978) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2018 6:35 pm	(2)	vs. (7) Montana State Quarterfinals	W 78–74	18–12	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/09/2018 2:35 pm, ELVN	(2)	vs. (6) Portland State Semifinals	W 102–99	19–12	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/10/2018 12:05 pm, ELVN	(2)	vs. (1) Northern Colorado Championship Game	L 69–91	19–13	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
WNIT
03/15/2018* 6:00 pm		at UC Davis First Round	L 62–82	19–14	The Pavilion (1,382) Davis, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2017–18 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team