# 2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Boettcher and play their home games at America First Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–27, 1–15 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State.
On March 13, Chris Boettcher was fired. He finished at Southern Utah with a 4 year record of 29–92. On April 18, former Saint Mary's assistant coach Tracy Sanders was named the next head coach at Southern Utah.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 30, 2017* 6:30 pm | | Northern New Mexico | W 86–67 | | America First Events Center Cedar City, UT |
| Nov 03, 2017* 5:00 pm | | Concordia (Oregon) | W 82–62 | | America First Events Center Cedar City, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm | | at BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 67–75 $^{OT}$ | 0–1 | Marriott Center (972) Provo, UT |
| Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm | | at San Diego | L 59–72 | 0–2 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (202) San Diego, CA |
| Nov 18, 2017* 7:30 pm | | Binghamton | L 66–72 | 0–3 | America First Events Center (480) Cedar City, UT |
| Nov 21, 2017* 5:00 pm | | Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 70–67 | 1–3 | America First Events Center (450) Cedar City, UT |
| Nov 24, 2017* 2:00 pm | | UC Davis | L 59–85 | 1–4 | America First Events Center (500) Cedar City, UT |
| Nov 27, 2017* 6:30 pm | | Cal State Bakersfield | L 45–46 | 1–5 | America First Events Center (525) Cedar City, UT |
| Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm | | at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 61–69 | 1–6 | Lockhart Arena (319) Orem, UT |
| Dec 05, 2017* 12:00 pm | | UC Irvine | L 64–71 | 1–7 | America First Events Center (800) Cedar City, UT |
| Dec 09, 2017* 3:00 pm | | at No. 9 Oregon | L 38–98 | 1–8 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,565) Eugene, OR |
| Dec 18, 2017* 2:00 pm | | at Grand Canyon | L 54–59 | 1–9 | GCU Arena (247) Phoenix, AZ |
| Dec 20, 2017* 7:00 pm | | at Arizona | L 74–76 $^{2OT}$ | 1–10 | McKale Center (1,215) Tucson, AZ |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm | | at Montana State | L 71–91 | 1–11 (0–1) | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,679) Bozeman, MT |
| Dec 30, 2017 2:00 pm | | at Montana | L 71–81 | 1–12 (0–2) | Dahlberg Arena (2,717) Missoula, MT |
| Jan 04, 2018 6:30 pm | | Idaho State | W 76–70 | 2–12 (1–2) | America First Events Center (756) Cedar City, UT |
| Jan 06, 2018 12:30 pm | | Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 64–77 | 2–13 (1–3) | America First Events Center (714) Cedar City, UT |
| Jan 13, 2018 5:00 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 75–55 | 3–13 (2–3) | Walkup Skydome (294) Flagstaff, AZ |
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Idaho | L 51–74 | 3–14 (2–4) | Cowan Spectrum (505) Moscow, ID |
| Jan 20, 2018 3:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | L 41–58 | 3–15 (2–5) | Reese Court (426) Cheney, WA |
| Jan 25, 2018 6:30 pm | | Montana | L 64–75 | 3–16 (2–6) | America First Events Center (1,010) Cedar City, UT |
| Jan 27, 2018 12:30 pm | | Montana State | L 57–63 | 3–17 (2–7) | America First Events Center (653) Cedar City, UT |
| Feb 01, 2018 12:00 pm | | at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 50–61 | 3–18 (2–8) | Dee Events Center (3,146) Ogden, UT |
| Feb 03, 2018 2:00 pm | | at Idaho State | L 39–66 | 3–19 (2–9) | Reed Gym (974) Pocatello, ID |
| Feb 10, 2018 12:30 pm | | Northern Arizona | L 55–72 | 3–20 (2–10) | America First Events Center (953) Cedar City, UT |
| Feb 15, 2018 6:30 pm | | North Dakota | L 53–68 | 3–21 (2–11) | America First Events Center (723) Cedar City, UT |
| Feb 17, 2018 12:30 pm | | Northern Colorado | L 54–60 | 3–22 (2–12) | America First Events Center (631) Cedar City, UT |
| Feb 22, 2018 9:00 pm | | at Portland State | L 66–70 | 3–23 (2–13) | Pamplin Sports Center (310) Portland, OR |
| Feb 24, 2018 3:05 pm | | at Sacramento State | L 77–79 | 3–24 (2–14) | Hornets Nest (373) Sacramento, CA |
| Feb 28, 2018 6:30 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 49–70 | 3–25 (2–15) | America First Events Center (1,082) Cedar City, UT |
| Mar 02, 2018 6:30 pm | | Idaho | L 57–65 | 3–26 (2–16) | America First Events Center (978) Cedar City, UT |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 05, 2018 3:35 pm | (12) | vs. (6) Idaho State First Round | L 49–59 | 3–27 | Reno Events Center Reno, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||