# 2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bengals, led by tenth year head coach Seton Sobolewski, played their home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Colorado. Despite having 21 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament for the 2nd year in a row.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2017* 7:00 pm | | Northwest Nazarene | L 87–95 | | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Seattle | W 74–69 | 1–0 | Connolly Center (350) Seattle, WA |
| 11/12/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Washington | W 79–59 | 2–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,479) Seattle, WA |
| 11/16/2017* 11:00 am | | College of Idaho | W 89–32 | 3–0 | Reed Gym (1,365) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/19/2017* 3:00 pm | | at UC Irvine | W 78–72 | 4–0 | Bren Events Center (302) Irvine, CA |
| 11/21/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Pepperdine | L 74–80 | 4–1 | Firestone Fieldhouse (178) Malibu, CA |
| 11/27/2017* 7:00 pm | | Utah State | W 64–44 | 5–1 | Reed Gym (1,038) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/01/2017* 8:00 pm | | at Washington State | L 55–72 | 5–2 | Beasley Coliseum (652) Pullman, WA |
| 12/03/2017* 1:00 pm | | at Wyoming | L 53–61 | 5–3 | Arena-Auditorium (2,460) Laramie, WY |
| 12/08/2017* 10:00 pm | | at Hawaii | W 64–62 $^{OT}$ | 6–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,501) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/16/2017* 3:00 pm | | at Utah Valley | W 70–58 | 7–3 | Lockhart Arena (287) Orem, UT |
| 12/28/2017* 7:00 pm | | Westminster | W 83–45 | 8–3 | Reed Gym (1,019) Pocatello, ID |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2017 2:00 pm | | Weber State | L 70–76 | 8–4 (0–1) | Reed Gym (880) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/04/2018 6:30 pm | | at Southern Utah | L 70–76 | 8–5 (0–2) | America First Events Center (756) Cedar City, UT |
| 01/06/2018 5:00 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 75–55 | 9–5 (1–2) | Walkup Skydome (294) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 01/11/2018 7:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 57–46 | 10–5 (2–2) | Reed Gym (1,111) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | L 57–63 | 10–6 (2–3) | Reed Gym (1,037) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/18/2018 9:00 pm | | at Portland State | W 88–59 | 11–6 (3–3) | Pamplin Sports Center (319) Portland, OR |
| 01/20/2018 3:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 85–71 | 12–6 (4–3) | Hornets Nest (229) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/27/2018 2:00 pm | | at Weber State | L 73–84 | 12–7 (4–4) | Dee Events Center (846) Ogden, UT |
| 02/01/2018 7:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 76–59 | 13–7 (5–4) | Reed Gym (1,081) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/03/2018 2:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 66–39 | 14–7 (7–4) | Reed Gym (974) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/08/2018 12:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | L 52–75 | 14–8 (7–5) | Bank of Colorado Arena (2,714) Greeley, CO |
| 02/10/2018 1:00 pm | | at North Dakota | W 68–55 | 15–8 (8–5) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,977) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/15/2018 7:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 83–71 | 16–8 (9–5) | Reed Gym (825) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm | | Portland State | W 72–64 | 17–8 (10–5) | Reed Gym (1,068) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 62–52 | 18–8 (11–5) | Cowan Spectrum (416) Moscow, ID |
| 02/24/2018 3:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | L 64–66 | 18–9 (10–6) | Reese Court (523) Cheney, WA |
| 02/28/2018 7:00 pm | | Montana State | L 60–61 | 18–10 (10–7) | Reed Gym (1,007) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/02/2018 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 72–60 | 19–10 (11–7) | Reed Gym (1,139) Pocatello, ID |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2018 3:35 pm | (5) | vs. (12) Southern Utah First Round | W 59–49 | 20–10 | Reno Events Center Reno, NV |
| 03/07/2018 3:35 pm | (5) | vs. (4) Weber State Quarterfinals | W 113–109 $^{OT}$ | 21–10 | Reno Events Center Reno, NV |
| 03/09/2018 3:35 pm, ELVN | (5) | vs. (1) Northern Colorado Semifinals | L 66–73 | 21–11 | Reno Events Center Reno, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||