2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball
2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball
CAA regular season co-champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	23–11 (16–2 CAA)
Head coach	Sean O'Regan (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Bridgette Mitchell; Ian Caskill; Ashley Langford;
Home arena	JMU Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 CAA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Drexel	16	–	2	.889	27	–	8	.771
James Madison	16	–	2	.889	23	–	11	.676
Elon †	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
Delaware	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Northeastern	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
William & Mary	7	–	11	.389	16	–	14	.533
Hofstra	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
UNC Wilmington	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
Towson	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
College of Charleston	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226


† 2018 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represented James Madison University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by second year head coach Sean O'Regan, played their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 23–11, 16–2 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title with Drexel. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA women's tournament, where they lost to Elon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated East Tennessee State and Radford in the first and second rounds before losing to West Virginia in the third round.

Previous season

They finished the season 26–9, 15–3 in CAA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game CAA women's tournament where they lost to Elon. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Radford and Virginia in the first and second rounds before losing to Villanova in the third round.

Roster

2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tori Harris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Half Hollow Hills West	Dix Hills, NY
G	3	Kamiah Smalls	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Neumann Goretti	Philadelphia, PA
F	4	Tasia Butler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	North Point Syracuse	Waldorf, MD
F	5	Breyenne Bellerand	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Immaculate Conception	Emerson, NJ
G	10	Aneah Young	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore, MD
G	13	Logan Reynolds	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Central	Norton, VA
G	14	Hailee Barron	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Rice	Burlington, VT
G	15	Lexie Barrier	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Ironton	Ironton, OH
C	21	Debra Ferguson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Amherst County Virginia	Madison Heights, VA
C	31	Kayla Cooper-Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	C. D. Hylton	Dumfries, VA
F	33	Kelly Koshuta	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	James Madison Virginia Tech	Vienna, VA
F	42	Devon Merritt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Berks Catholic	Reading, PA
G	55	Jackie Benitez	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Pocono Mountain West Siena	Tobyhanna, PA

Head coach

Sean O'Regan (James Madison)

Assistant coach(es)

Bridgette Mitchell (Duke)
Ian Caskill (James Madison)
Ashley Langford (Tulane)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 23, 2017

Schedule

^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Christopher Newport	W 79–41		JMU Convocation Center Harrionsburg, VA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:30 pm		Rutgers	L 63–76	0–1	JMU Convocation Center (4,598) Harrisonburg, VA
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		Wagner	W 68–45	1–1	JMU Convocation Center (1,826) Harrisonburg, VA
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		at No. 13 Tennessee	L 60–89	1–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (7,553) Knoxville, TN
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	L 66–73	1–3	JMU Convocation Center (1,850) Harrisonburg, VA
11/24/2017* 7:00 pm		vs. Villanova TD Bank Classic semifinals	L 57–60	1–4	Patrick Gym (906) Burlington, VT
11/25/2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at Vermont TD Bank Classic 3rd place game	W 68–56	2–4	Patrick Gym (409) Burlington, VT
12/03/2017* 2:00 pm		No. 13 Florida State	L 63–79	2–5	JMU Convocation Center (2,092) Harrisonburg, VA
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm		Liberty	W 58–47	3–5	JMU Convocation Center (1,912) Harrisonburg, VA
12/09/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at St. John's	L 64–81	3–6	Carnesecca Arena (809) Queens, NY
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 54–82	3–7	UD Arena (1,665) Dayton, OH
12/21/2017* 1:00 pm		Bryant	W 67–36	4–7	JMU Convocation Center (1,961) Harrisonburg, VA
CAA regular season
12/29/2017 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 55–42	5–7 (1–0)	Hofstra Arena (448) Hempstead, NY
12/31/2017 1:00 pm		at Northeastern	W 60–57	6–7 (2–0)	Cabot Center (307) Boston, MA
01/05/2018 7:00 pm		Towson	W 69–45	7–7 (3–0)	JMU Convocation Center (1,818) Harrionsburg, VA
01/07/2018 2:00 pm		Drexel	W 58–46	8–7 (4–0)	JMU Convocation Center (1,849) Harrionsburg, VA
01/12/2018 7:00 pm		Elon	W 70–67	9–7 (5–0)	JMU Convocation Center (2,421) Harrionsburg, VA
01/19/2018 6:30 pm		at College of Charleston	W 67–45	10–7 (6–0)	TD Arena (404) Charleston, SC
01/21/2018 2:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	W 63–48	11–7 (7–0)	Trask Coliseum (895) Wilmington, NC
01/26/2018 7:00 pm		Hofstra	W 73–56	12–7 (8–0)	JMU Convocation Center (2,000) Harrisonburg, VA
01/28/2018 2:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 70–67	13–7 (9–0)	JMU Convocation Center (3,661) Harrionsburg, VA
02/02/2018 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	W 86–41	14–7 (10–0)	Kaplan Arena (856) Williamsburg, VA
02/04/2018 2:00 pm		at Elon	L 43–50	14–8 (10–1)	Alumni Gym (848) Elon, NC
02/09/2018 7:00 pm		Northeastern	W 72–43	15–8 (11–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,496) Harrisonburg, VA
02/11/2018 2:00 pm		Towson	W 64–55	16–8 (12–1)	SECU Arena (457) Towson, MD
02/16/2018 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 56–53	17–8 (13–1)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,422) Newark, DE
02/18/2018 2:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 65–48	18–8 (14–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,636) Harrisonburg, VA
02/23/2018 7:00 pm		at Drexel	L 71–73 ^2OT	18–9 (14–2)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,208) Philadelphia, PA
02/25/2018 2:00 pm		Delaware	W 67–56	19–9 (13–1)	JMU Convocation Center (3,494) Harrisonburg, VA
03/03/2018 2:00 pm		William & Mary	W 70–64	20–9 (16–2)	JMU Convocation Center (2,115) Harrisonburg, VA
CAA Women's Tournament
03/08/2018 5:00 pm	(2)	vs. (10) College of Charleston Quarterfinals	W 81–66	21–9	Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,053) Philadelphia, PA
03/09/2018 3:00 pm	(2)	vs. (3) Elon Semifinals	L 53–76	21–10	Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,120) Philadelphia, PA
WNIT
03/15/2018* 7:00 pm		East Tennessee State First Round	W 60–52	22–10	JMU Convocation Center (1,089) Harrisonburg, VA
03/17/2018* 7:00 pm		Radford Second Round	W 62–35	23–10	JMU Convocation Center (1,048) Harrisonburg, VA
03/23/2018* 5:30 pm		at West Virginia Third Round	L 55–67	23–11	WVU Coliseum (1,709) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "Women's Basketball Media Center".
^ "James Madison Dukes Women's Basketball - Dukes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ James Madison Dukes. "James Madison Dukes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "Women's Basketball Media Center".

[2] "James Madison Dukes Women's Basketball - Dukes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[3] James Madison Dukes. "James Madison Dukes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[4] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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See also

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