# 2017–18 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Foley, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost in the first round to Florida State.

## Previous season

They finished the season 25–9, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Louisiana–Lafayette. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Southern Miss in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2017* 3:00 pm | | Memphis | W 86–57 | 1–0 | Jack Stephens Center (1,386) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/15/2017* 11:30 am | | Tulsa | L 61–74 | 1–1 | Jack Stephens Center (2,138) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/22/2017* 6:00 pm | | at No. 19 Texas A&M | L 49–66 | 1–2 | Reed Arena (3,123) College Station, TX |
| 11/24/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Rice | L 51–58 | 1–3 | Tudor Fieldhouse (336) Houston, TX |
| 11/28/2017* 6:30 pm | | Oklahoma | W 68–56 | 2–3 | Jack Stephens Center (1,306) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/01/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Saint Louis | L 45–48 | 2–4 | Chaifetz Arena (778) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/04/2017* 6:30 pm | | Missouri State | W 63–51 | 3–4 | Jack Stephens Center (1,037) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/07/2017* 6:30 pm | | Louisiana Tech | L 49–58 | 3–5 | Jack Stephens Center (1,141) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/10/2017* 2:00 pm | | at No. 6 Mississippi State | L 48–86 | 3–6 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,010) Starkville, MS |
| 12/16/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kansas State | L 51–66 | 3–7 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,254) Manhattan, KS |
| 12/20/2017* 6:30 pm | | LSU | L 37–56 | 3–8 | Jack Stephens Center (1,724) Little Rock, AR |
| Sun Belt Conference regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2017 5:00 pm | | Louisiana | W 78–43 | 4–8 (1–0) | Jack Stephens Center (1,688) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/31/2017 2:00 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 57–37 | 5–8 (2–0) | Jack Stephens Center (1,632) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/04/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia State | W 65–50 | 6–8 (3–0) | GSU Sports Arena (314) Atlanta, GA |
| 01/06/2018 1:00 pm | | at Georgia Southern | W 64–34 | 7–8 (4–0) | Hanner Fieldhouse (211) Statesboro, GA |
| 01/11/2018 5:00 pm | | Texas–Arlington | W 59–57 | 8–8 (5–0) | Jack Stephens Center (2,091) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/13/2018 3:00 pm | | Texas State | W 63–48 | 9–8 (6–0) | Jack Stephens Center (2,165) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/20/2018 3:00 pm | | Arkansas State | W 53–43 | 10–8 (7–0) | Jack Stephens Center (5,113) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/25/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Appalachian State | W 52–40 | 11–8 (8–0) | Holmes Center (297) Boone, NC |
| 01/27/2018 12:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 51–49 | 12–8 (9–0) | HTC Center (297) Conway, NC |
| 02/01/2018 5:00 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 92–52 | 13–8 (10–0) | Jack Stephens Center (2,084) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/03/2018 3:00 pm | | Georgia State | W 54–47 | 14–8 (11–0) | Jack Stephens Center (2,373) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/08/2018 11:00 am | | at South Alabama | W 47–35 | 15–8 (12–0) | Mitchell Center (2,484) Mobile, AL |
| 02/10/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | L 70–76 $^{OT}$ | 15–9 (12–1) | Trojan Arena (1,046) Troy, AL |
| 02/17/2018 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Arkansas State | W 64–58 | 16–9 (13–1) | First National Bank Arena (765) Jonesboro, AR |
| 02/22/2018 5:00 pm | | Coastal Carolina | W 53–44 | 17–9 (14–1) | Jack Stephens Center (1,288) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/24/2018 3:00 pm | | Appalachian State | W 61–35 | 18–9 (15–1) | Jack Stephens Center (1,794) Little Rock, AR |
| 03/01/2018 5:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 71–47 | 19–9 (16–1) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,537) Monroe, LA |
| 03/03/2018 4:00 pm | | at Louisiana | W 73–62 $^{OT}$ | 20–9 (17–1) | Cajundome (691) Lafayette, LA |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2018 11:30 am, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (9) Appalachian State Quarterfinals | W 66–34 | 21–9 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| 03/10/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (4) Troy Semifinals | W 66–63 | 22–9 | Lakefront Arena (898) New Orleans, LA |
| 03/11/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (2) Texas State Championship Game | W 54–53 | 23–9 | Lakefront Arena (1,214) New Orleans, LA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (14 A) | at (3 A) No. 11 Florida State First Round | L 49–91 | 23–10 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |