# 2017–18 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team

The 2017–18 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jaguars were led by fifth year head coach Terry Fowler and played their home games at the Mitchell Center as members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the second round of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They accepted a bid to the Women's Basketball Invitational and advanced to the semifinals but lost to Yale in overtime.

## Previous season

They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in Sun Belt play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Texas–Arlington.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2017* 7:05 pm | | Faulkner | W 88–48 | | Mitchell Center (384) Mobile, AL |
| 11/05/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 51–65 | | Devlin Fieldhouse (465) New Orleans, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:35 pm | | Georgia Southwestern | W 73–42 | 1–0 | Mitchell Center (427) Mobile, AL |
| 11/17/2017* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at NC State | L 50–71 | 1–1 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,997) Raleigh, NC |
| 11/19/2017* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at North Carolina | W 85–84 | 2–1 | Carmichael Arena (2,380) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/24/2017* 7:05 pm | | New Orleans | W 67–45 | 3–1 | Mitchell Center (291) Mobile, AL |
| 11/28/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Alabama State | W 59–47 | 4–1 | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (268) Montgomery, AL |
| 11/30/2017* 6:00 pm | | at Southern Miss | W 78–57 | 5–1 | Reed Green Coliseum (1,243) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/03/2017* 1:05 pm | | Jacksonville | L 58–60 | 5–2 | Mitchell Center (178) Mobile, AL |
| 12/09/2017* 1:00 pm | | at Ole Miss | L 59–66 | 5–3 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (873) Oxford, MS |
| 12/11/2017* 7:05 pm | | Southern | W 69–65 | 6–3 | Mitchell Center (221) Mobile, AL |
| 12/16/2017* 1:05 pm | | Central Arkansas | W 64–43 | 7–3 | Mitchell Center (1,901) Mobile, AL |
| 12/21/2017* 1:05 pm | | UAB | L 66–78 | 7–4 | Mitchell Center (242) Mobile, AL |
| Sun Belt regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2017 5:05 pm | | Georgia State | W 88–52 | 8–4 (1–0) | Mitchell Center (1,788) Mobile, AL |
| 12/31/2017 1:05 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 79–52 | 9–4 (2–0) | Mitchell Center (1,612) Mobile, AL |
| 01/04/2018 5:30 pm | | at Texas State | L 63–78 | 9–5 (2–1) | Strahan Coliseum (1,407) San Marcos, TX |
| 01/06/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Texas–Arlington | W 76–63 | 10–5 (3–1) | College Park Center (1,914) Arlington, TX |
| 01/13/2018 1:05 pm | | Troy | W 79–68 | 11–5 (4–1) | Mitchell Center (3,014) Mobile, AL |
| 01/18/2018 5:05 pm | | Coastal Carolina | W 68–62 | 12–5 (5–1) | Mitchell Center (2,098) Mobile, AL |
| 01/20/2018 1:05 pm | | Appalachian State | W 54–52 | 13–5 (6–1) | Mitchell Center (3,877) Mobile, AL |
| 01/25/2018 5:00 pm | | at Louisiana | W 72–57 | 14–5 (7–1) | Cajundome (590) Lafayette, LA |
| 01/27/2018 12:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 67–60 | 15–5 (8–1) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,635) Monroe, LA |
| 02/03/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | L 71–82 | 15–6 (8–2) | Trojan Arena (2,176) Troy, AL |
| 02/08/2018 11:00 am | | Little Rock | L 35–47 | 15–7 (8–3) | Mitchell Center (2,484) Mobile, AL |
| 02/10/2018 1:05 pm | | Arkansas State | L 60–75 | 15–8 (8–4) | Mitchell Center (1,983) Mobile, AL |
| 02/15/2018 4:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | L 56–57 $^{OT}$ | 15–9 (8–5) | Holmes Center (278) Boone, NC |
| 02/17/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Coastal Carolina | L 57–71 | 15–10 (8–6) | HTC Center (357) Conway, SC |
| 02/22/2018 5:05 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 72–57 | 16–10 (9–6) | Mitchell Center (2,011) Mobile, AL |
| 02/24/2018 5:05 pm | | Louisiana | L 56–59 | 16–11 (9–7) | Mitchell Center (1,946) Mobile, AL |
| 03/01/2018 4:00 pm | | at Georgia Southern | W 81–74 | 17–11 (10–7) | Hanner Fieldhouse (139) Statesboro, GA |
| 03/03/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 | | at Georgia State | W 70–69 | 18–11 (11–7) | GSU Sports Arena (448) Atlanta, GA |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (12) Louisiana–Monroe First Round | W 80–54 | 19–11 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| 03/08/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) Troy Quarterfinals | L 79–82 | 19–12 | Lakefront Arena (967) New Orleans, LA |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/15/2018* 7:00 pm | | Stetson First Round | W 49–33 | 20–12 | Mitchell Center (707) Mobile, AL |
| 03/19/2018* 7:00 pm | | Furman Quarterfinals | W 54–53 | 21–12 | Mitchell Center (802) Mobile, AL |
| 03/24/2018* 4:00 pm | | at Yale Semifinals | L 74–76 $^{OT}$ | 21–13 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (350) New Haven, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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 |