2017–18 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team

2017–18 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball
2017–18 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 14
Record	26–10 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach	Gary Blair (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Kelly Bond-White; Bob Starkey; Amy Wright;
Home arena	Reed Arena
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	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 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team's head coach is Gary Blair, who was in his fifteenth season at Texas A&M. The team plays their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and plays in its sixth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Drake and DePaul in the first and second rounds before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	00	Khaalia Hillsman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
G	1	Aahliyah Jackson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Northside	Fort Smith, AR
G	2	Aaliyah Wilson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Muskogee	Muskogee, OK
G	3	Chennedy Carter	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Mansfield Timberview	Mansfield, TX
G	4	Lulu McKinney	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	A&M Consolidated	Houston, TX
F	5	Anriel Howard	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Westlake	Atlanta, GA
G	11	Kayla Wells	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	South Grand Prairie	Dallas, TX
G	12	Danni Williams	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Clovis	Clovis, NM
G	14	Jada Walton	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Southwest DeKalb	Lithonia, GA
G	15	Jasmine Williams	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Cy-Woods	Houston, TX
F	21	Jasmine Lumpkin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Joliet Academy	Bolingbrook, IL
C	30	Emer Nichols	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Westbury Christian	Pearland, TX
F	31	N'dea Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Brookwood	Lawrenceville, GA
F	34	Caylinne Martin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Langham Creek McLennan CC	Houston, TX
C	40	Ciera Johnson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Duncanville	Duncanville

Head coach

Gary Blair (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Kelly Bond-White (Illinois)
Bob Starkey (LSU)
Amy Wright (Arkansas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	20T	20T	19	19	18	21	19	19	22	19	17	16	15	14	14	17T	17	15	14	Not released
Coaches	RV	25^	21	22	22	20	21т	22	19	16	17	15	12	14	18	18	16	15	14	11

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Schedule and Results[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 20	Oklahoma City	W 86–35		Reed Arena (2,703) College Station, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 6:00 pm	No. 20	Houston Preseason WNIT First Round	W 83–65	1–0	Reed Arena (3,085) College Station, TX
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 20	Louisiana Preseason WNIT quarterfinals	W 83–62	2–0	Reed Arena (2,867) College Station, TX
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 19	No. 10 Oregon Preseason WNIT semifinals	L 68–83	2–1	Reed Arena (3,315) College Station, TX
11/22/2017* 6:00 pm	No. 19	Little Rock	W 66–49	3–1	Reed Arena (3,123) College Station, TX
11/26/2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW	No. 19	at Texas Tech	W 90–56	4–1	United Supermarkets Arena (4,047) Lubbock, TX
11/28/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 18	Prairie View A&M	W 98–70	5–1	Reed Arena (2,815) College Station, TX
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 18	Rice	W 82–76	6–1	Reed Arena (3,009) College Station, TX
12/03/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 18	No. 11 West Virginia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 50–76	6–2	Reed Arena (3,391) College Station, TX
12/06/2017* 11:00 am, SECN	No. 21	TCU Maggie Dixon Classic	W 71–58	7–2	Reed Arena (7,180) College Station, TX
12/09/2017* 1:00 pm	No. 21	Central Arkansas	W 72–61	8–2	Reed Arena (3,886) College Station, TX
12/15/2017* 9:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at USC	W 75–74	9–2	Galen Center (508) Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 19	vs. Hawaii Duel in the Desert	W 103–59	10–2	Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV
12/21/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 19	vs. No. 10 Oregon Duel in the Desert	L 62–84	10–3	Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 22	SMU	W 79–57	11–3	Reed Arena (4,316) College Station, TX
Conference Games
12/31/2017 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 22	at No. 4 South Carolina	L 59–61	11–4 (0–1)	Colonial Life Arena (13,431) Columbia, SC
01/04/2018 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 19	Kentucky	W 74–70	12–4 (1–1)	Reed Arena (3,662) College Station, TX
01/07/2018 2:00 pm	No. 19	at Auburn	W 82–73	13–4 (2–1)	Auburn Arena (1,980) Auburn, AL
01/11/2018 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	No. 6 Tennessee	W 79–76 ^OT	14–4 (3–1)	Reed Arena (5,043) College Station, TX
01/14/2018 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	Georgia	L 84–92 ^OT	14–5 (3–2)	Reed Arena (4,702) College Station, TX
01/18/2016 7:00 pm	No. 16	Alabama	W 73–54	15–5 (4–2)	Coleman Coliseum (2,117) Tuscaloosa, AL
01/22/2018 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	LSU	W 69–59	16–5 (5–2)	Reed Arena (3,506) College Station, TX
01/28/2018 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	at Vanderbilt	W 91–67	17–5 (6–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,009) Nashville, TN
02/01/2018 5:30 pm, SECN	No. 14	at No. 12 Tennessee	L 67–82	17–6 (6–3)	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,841) Knoxville, TN
02/04/2018 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 14	Auburn	W 78–59	18–6 (7–3)	Reed Arena (5,127) College Station, TX
02/08/2018 7:00 pm	No. 14	Ole Miss	W 83–54	19–6 (8–3)	Reed Arena (3,252) College Station, TX
02/11/2018 2:00 pm	No. 14	at LSU	L 78–80	19–7 (8–4)	Maravich Center (2,103) Baton Rouge, LA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm	No. 17	Florida	W 85–80	20–7 (9–4)	Reed Arena (4,000) College Station, TX
02/18/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 2 Mississippi State	L 55–76	20–8 (9–5)	Humphrey Coliseum (9,933) Starkville, MS
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	at Arkansas	W 104–60	21–8 (10–5)	Bud Walton Arena (1,375) Fayettveille, AR
02/25/2018 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	No. 11 Missouri	W 82–63	22–8 (11–5)	Reed Arena (6,627) College Station, TX
SEC Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 2:30 pm, SECN	(5) No. 15	vs. (13) Arkansas Second Round	W 82–52	23–8	Bridgestone Arena (3,889) Nashville, TN
03/02/2018 2:30 pm, SECN	(5) No. 15	vs. (4) No. 24 LSU Quarterfinals	W 75–69	24–8	Bridgestone Arena (6,344) Nashville, TN
03/03/2018 4:00 pm, ESPNU	(5) No. 15	vs. (1) No. 2 Mississippi State Semifinals	L 55–70	24–9	Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 14	(13 S) Drake First Round	W 89–76	25–9	Reed Arena (2,835) College Station, TX
03/18/2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 14	(5 S) DePaul Second Round	W 80–79	26–9	Reed Arena (3,162) College Station, TX
03/24/2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(4 S) No. 14	vs. (1 S) No. 5 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen	L 84–90	26–10	Spokane Arena Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane Region. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule

[1] 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule

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v t e Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball
Venues	G. Rollie White Coliseum (1974–1997) Reed Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Texas
Culture & lore	History Reed Rowdies "Aggie War Hymn"
People	Head coaches Gary Blair
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 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
NCAA national championships in bold