# 2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

The 2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins's seventeenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 16–14, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Diego. They missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2009.

## Before the season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jessica Chatman | 2 | F | 6'0 | Freshman | Ridgefield, Washington | |
| Makenzi Pulsipher | 23 | G | 5'8 | RS Senior | Draper, Utah | Graduated |
| Kristine Nelson | 22 | G/F | 5'11 | RS Senior | Crystal Beach, Florida | Graduated |
| Kalani Purcell | 32 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Hamilton, New Zealand | Graduated; Invited to training camp with the Dallas Wings |
| Micaelee Orton | 34 | F | 6'2 | Senior | Kearns, Utah | Graduated |
| Brooke Clawson (Romney) | 35 | F | 6'1 | RS Junior | Dallas, Texas | Graduated |
| Melinda Bendall | XX | Asst. Coach | | | Murray, Utah | Retired from coaching |

## 2017–18 media
### BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast. Select road games will air on TheW.tv powered by Stadium.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2017* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Colorado Mesa | W 86–68 | – | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Southern Utah | W 75–67 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 11/15/2017* 8:00 pm, P12+ WA | | at Washington | L 72–80 | 1–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA |
| 11/17/2017* 7:00 pm, Pluto TV 234 | | at Eastern Washington | W 73–69 | 2–1 | Reese Court Cheney, WA |
| 11/21/2017* 11:00 am, BYUtv | | Utah Valley UCCU Crosstown Clash | W 75–54 | 3–1 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 11/25/2017* 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Georgia | L 63–79 | 3–2 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, CET Pluto TV 241 | | at Northern Colorado | L 74–79 | 3–3 | Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO |
| 12/02/2017* 2:00 pm, Stadium | | at Colorado State | L 54–56 | 3–4 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/06/2017* 4:00 pm, BYUtv | | Utah State | L 69–76 | 3–5 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 12/09/2017* 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Utah Deseret First Duel | W 77–68 | 4–5 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 12/16/2017* 6:00 pm, P12N BAY | | at No. 24 Cal | L 45–70 | 4–6 | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA |
| 12/22/2017* 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Montana State | W 75–54 | 5–6 | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2017 8:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Portland | W 72–58 | 6–6 (1–0) | Chiles Center Portland, OR |
| 12/30/2017 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Saint Mary's | L 49–57 | 6–7 (1–1) | McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA |
| 01/04/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | San Francisco | W 70–66 | 7–7 (2–1) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 01/06/2018 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Pacific | W 77–65 | 8–7 (3–1) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 01/11/2018 8:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Pepperdine | W 73–67 | 9–7 (4–1) | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Santa Clara | W 65–47 | 10–7 (5–1) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 01/18/2018 1:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Loyola Marymount | W 67–55 | 11–7 (6–1) | Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/20/2018 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at San Diego | L 69–70 | 11–8 (6–2) | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA |
| 01/25/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | Saint Mary's | W 63–54 | 12–8 (7–2) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 01/27/2018 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Pacific | L 76–83 | 12–9 (7–3) | Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA |
| 02/01/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | Loyola Marymount | W 62–52 | 13–9 (8–3) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 02/03/2018 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | Gonzaga | L 70–84 | 13–10 (8–4) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 02/08/2018 8:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Santa Clara | W 55–34 | 14–10 (9–4) | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/10/2018 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at San Francisco | L 73–76 | 14–11 (9–5) | The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA |
| 02/15/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | Pepperdine | W 78–43 | 15–11 (10–5) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm, BYUtv | | San Diego | L 60–66 | 15–12 (10–6) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | | Portland | W 73–35 | 16–12 (11–6) | Marriott Center Provo, UT |
| 02/24/2018 3:00 pm, SWX TheW.tv | | at Gonzaga | L 37–62 | 16–13 (11–7) | McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA |
| WCC Tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2018 7:00 pm, BYUtv | (3) | vs. (6) San Diego Quarterfinals | L 56–61 | 16–14 | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain. ||||||

## Game summaries
### Exhibition: Colorado Mesa

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Keilani Unga
Starting Lineups:
* Colorado Mesa: Erin Reichle, Jaylyn Duran, Kelli Van Tassel, Karina Brandon, Ma'ata Epenisa
* BYU: Brenna Chase, Shalae Salmon, Amanda Wayment, Malia Nawahine, Cassie Devashrayee

### Southern Utah

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Makenzi Pulsipher
Series History: BYU leads 18–3 Starting Lineups:
* Southern Utah: Rebecca Cardenas, Ashley Larsen, Breanu Reid, Whitney Johnson, Peyton Torgerson
* BYU: Brenna Chase, Shalae Salmon, Amanda Wayment, Malia Nawahine, Cassie Devashrayee

### Washington

Broadcasters: Gary Hill Jr. & Elise Woodward
Series History: Washington leads 6–5 Starting Lineups:
* BYU: Brenna Chase, Shalae Salmon, Amanda Wayment, Malia Nawahine, Cassie Devashrayee
* Washington: Fapou Semebene, Amber Melgoza, Khalya Rooks, Jenna Moser, Missy Peterson

### Eastern Washington

Broadcaster: Luke Byrnes
Series History: BYU leads 3–1 Starting Lineups:
* BYU: Brenna Chase, Shalae Salmon, Amanda Wayment, Malia Nawahine, Cassie Devashrayee
* Eastern Washington: Uriah Howard, Symone Starks, Delaney Hodgins, Violet Kapri Morrow, Mariah Cunningham

### Utah Valley

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
Series History: BYU leads 7–0 Starting Lineups:
* Utah Valley: Mariah Seals, Britta Spencer, Gabrielle Leos, Taylor Christensen, Leya Harvey
* BYU: Brenna Chase, Shalae Salmon, Amanda Wayment, Malia Nawahine, Cassie Devashrayee

### Georgia

Broadcaster: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Georgia leads 2–0 Starting Lineups:
* Georgia:
* BYU: