2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 24
Record19–10 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Nikki Fargas (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tasha Butts
  • Mickie DeMoss
  • Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State 16 0   1.000 37 2   .949
No. 7 South Carolina 12 4   .750 29 7   .806
No. 18 Georgia 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 12 Tennessee 11 5   .688 25 8   .758
No. 17 Missouri 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
No. 14 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 26 10   .722
No. 24 LSU 11 5   .688 19 10   .655
Alabama 7 9   .438 20 14   .588
Kentucky 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
Auburn 5 11   .313 14 15   .483
Arkansas 3 13   .188 13 18   .419
Florida 3 13   .188 11 19   .367
Vanderbilt 3 13   .188 7 24   .226
Ole Miss 1 15   .063 12 19   .387
2018 SEC tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Nikki Fargas, will play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. As a 4th seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where got upset by Central Michigan in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Chloe Jackson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Riverdale Baptist
NC State
Upper Marlboro, MD
G 2 Shanice Norton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Potter's House Christian Academy London, England
G 3 Khayla Pointer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Holy Innocents' Episcopal Kennesaw, GA
F 4 Raven Farley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Queen of Peace HS Elizabeth, NJ
F 5 Ayana Mitchell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Salem HS Conyers, GA
G 10 Dekeriya Patterson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Dunbar HS Lehigh Acres, FL
G 11 Raigyne Moncrief 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr American Heritage HS Fort Lauderdale, FL
G 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Dekaney HS Houston, TX
C 15 Yasmine Bidikuindila 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Champlain College Montreal, QE
C 24 Faustine Aifuwa 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Dacula HS Dacula, GA
G 25 Rakell Spencer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Cabrini HS
Texas A&M
New Orleans, LA
G 30 Jailin Cherry 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Pascagoula HS Pascagoula, MS
F 44 Tatum Neubert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Elizabeth HS
Oregon
Elizabeth, CO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017*
2:00 pm
Mississippi College W 96–34 
Maravich Center (603)
Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
4:30 pm, CST
at No. 23 South Florida L 55–61  0–1
USF Sun Dome (4,192)
Tampa, FL
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana W 84–56  1–1
Maravich Center (2,353)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/15/2017*
8:00 pm
at Northern Colorado L 50–58  1–2
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,180)
Greeley, CO
11/21/2017*
7:00 pm
Nicholls State W 65–50  2–2
Maravich Center (1,665)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/24/2017*
5:30 pm
vs. No. 2 Texas
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 66–75  2–3
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/25/2017*
10:00 pm
vs. Saint Louis
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 71–59  3–3
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/30/2017*
6:30 pm, FSSW+
at Texas Tech
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 48–40  4–3
United Supermarkets Arena (4,303)
Lubbock, TX
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm, CST
at Tulane W 73–50  5–3
Fogleman Arena (1,242)
New Orleans, LA
12/17/2017*
2:00 pm
Louisiana W 60–45  6–3
Maravich Center (2,011)
Baton Rouge, LA
12/20/2017*
6:30 pm, CST
at Little Rock W 56–37  7–3
Jack Stephens Center (1,724)
Little Rock, AR
12/27/2017*
6:30 pm
Sam Houston State W 71–58  8–3
Maravich Center (1,746)
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC regular season
12/31/2017
3:00 pm, SECN
Vanderbilt W 85–65  9–3
(1–0)
Maravich Center (2,020)
Baton Rouge, LA
01/04/2018
7:00 pm
at No. 16 Missouri W 69–65  10–3
(2–0)
Mizzou Arena (3,253)
Columbia, MO
01/07/2018
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 5 Mississippi State L 70–83  10–4
(2–1)
Maravich Center (2,525)
Baton Rouge, LA
01/11/2018
7:00 pm
at Alabama L 51–65  10–5
(2–2)
Coleman Coliseum (2,323)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/14/2018
12:00 pm, SECN
at Florida W 66–59  11–5
(3–2)
O'Connell Center (1,332)
Gainesville, FL
01/18/2018
7:00 pm
Auburn W 59–56  12–5
(4–2)
Maravich Center (1,765)
Baton Rouge, LA
01/22/2018
6:00 pm, SECN
at No. 15 Texas A&M L 59–69  12–6
(4–3)
Reed Arena (3,506)
College Station, TX
01/28/2018
12:00 pm, SECN
No. 10 Tennessee W 70–59  13–6
(5–3)
Maravich Center (4,333)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/01/2018
7:00 pm
No. 17 Georgia W 71–60  14–6
(6–3)
Maravich Center (1,805)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/04/2018
11:00 am, SECN
at Kentucky W 72–70  15–6
(7–3)
Rupp Arena (4,521)
Lexington, KY
02/08/2018
6:00 pm
at Auburn L 62–70  15–7
(7–4)
Auburn Arena (1,916)
Auburn, AL
02/11/2018
2:00 pm
No. 14 Texas A&M W 80–78  16–7
(8–4)
Maravich Center (2,013)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/15/2018
7:00 pm
Ole Miss W 84–55  17–7
(9–4)
Maravich Center (1,759)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/18/2018
2:00 pm
at Arkansas W 62–57  18–7
(10–4)
Bud Walton Arena (2,485)
Fayetteville, AR
02/22/2018
5:30 pm, SECN
No. 24 at No. 7 South Carolina L 48–57  18–8
(10–5)
Colonial Life Arena (12,385)
Columbia, SC
02/25/2018
2:00 pm
No. 24 Alabama W 79–78 OT 19–8
(11–5)
Maravich Center (3,016)
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
2:30 pm, SECN
(4) No. 24 vs. (5) No. 15 Texas A&M
Quarterfinals
L 69–75  19–9
Bridgestone Arena (6,344)
Nashville, TN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
10:00 am, ESPN2
(6 S) No. 24 vs. (11 S) Central Michigan
First Round
L 69–78  19–10
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[1]

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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

References

  1. ^ "LSU Lady Tigers basketball schedule". Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2017.

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NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics