# 2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team represented University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by fourth-year head coach Jenerrie Harris and played most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will were played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 4–26, 1–15 in America East play, to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the America East women's tournament to UMBC.
On March 5, Jenerrie Harris's contract was not renewed. She finished at UMass Lowell with a four-year record of 25–91. On April 12, former Boston College assistant coach Tom Garrick was named the next head coach of the River Hawks.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games were streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games were streamed on the opponents' websites.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | at Rhode Island | L 64–81 | 0–1 | Ryan Center (6,367) Kingston, RI |
| November 12, 2017* 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Holy Cross | L 56–84 | 0–2 | Tsongas Center (492) Lowell, MA |
| November 15, 2017* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Columbia | W 77–70 | 1–2 | Costello Athletic Center (718) Lowell, MA |
| November 18, 2017* 12:00 p.m. | | at Longwood | L 82–84 | 1-3 | Willett Hall (312) Farmville, VA |
| November 22, 2017* 4:00 p.m. | | at Texas Tech | L 65–93 | 1–4 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,057) Lubbock, TX |
| November 27, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | Fisher | W 102–47 | 2–4 | Costello Athletic Center (143) Lowell, MA |
| November 29, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at Fairfield | L 67–78 | 2–5 | Alumni Hall (364) Fairfield, CT |
| December 2, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | at Colgate | L 64–84 | 2–6 | Cotterell Court (213) Hamilton, NY |
| December 7, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at Saint Peter's | W 66–60 | 3–6 | Yanitelli Center (425) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 9, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | at Fairleigh Dickinson | L 51–60 | 3–7 | Rothman Center (159) Hackensack, NJ |
| December 13, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMass | L 63–73 | 3–8 | Costello Athletic Center (1,475) Lowell, MA |
| December 28, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Morgan State | L 59–65 | 3–9 | Costello Athletic Center (347) Lowell, MA |
| December 31, 2017* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Cornell | L 53–71 | 3–10 | Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA |
| America East regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2018 7:00 p.m. | | at Vermont | L 55–63 | 3–11 (0–1) | Patrick Gym (164) Burlington, VT |
| January 10, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Hartford | L 42–81 | 3–12 (0–2) | Tsongas Center (421) Lowell, MA |
| January 13, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 54–66 | 3–13 (0–3) | Retriever Activities Center (291) Catonsville, MD |
| January 15, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 45–66 | 3–14 (0–4) | Lundholm Gym (327) Durham, NH |
| January 18, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Albany | L 52–61 | 3–15 (0–5) | Tsongas Center (632) Lowell, MA |
| January 21, 2018 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Binghamton | L 46–76 | 3–16 (0–6) | Tsongas Center Lowell, MA |
| January 24, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | L 50–59 | 3–17 (0–7) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (559) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 27, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Hartford | L 56–68 | 3–18 (0–8) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,031) Hartford, CT |
| January 31, 2018 11:00 a.m., ESPN3 | | Maine | L 51–69 | 3–19 (0–9) | Tsongas Center (4,125) Lowell, MA |
| February 5, 2018 7:00 p.m. | | at Albany | L 60–93 | 3–20 (0–10) | SEFCU Arena (903) Albany, NY |
| February 8, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | L 60–63 | 3–21 (0–11) | Costello Athletic Center (472) Lowell, MA |
| February 11, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 65–60 | 4–21 (1–11) | Tsongas Center (1.016) Lowell, MA |
| February 11, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Maine | L 65–70 | 4–22 (1–12) | Cross Insurance Center (1,141) Bangor, ME |
| February 17, 2018 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | L 38–52 | 4–23 (1–13) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,001) Vestal, NY |
| February 22, 2018 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | L 49–70 | 4–24 (1–14) | Costello Athletic Center (1,153) Lowell, MA |
| February 25, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMBC | L 39–61 | 4–25 (1–15) | Tsongas Center (891) Lowell, MA |
| America East tournament ||||||
| February 28, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (9) | at (8) UMBC First round | L 65–73 | 4–26 | UMBC Event Center (281) Catonsville, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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