# 2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in Sun Belt play, to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock.

## Previous season

They finished the 2016–17 season 13–19, 6–12 in Sun Belt play, to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 31, 2017* 3:00 p.m. | | Tusculum | W 78–58 | | Holmes Center Boone, NC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | Georgia Tech | L 41–75 | 0–1 | Holmes Center (750) Boone, NC |
| November 12, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | at Radford | L 40–61 | 0–2 | Dedmon Center (689) Radford, VA |
| November 15, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | | East Tennessee State | L 57–70 | 0–3 | Holmes Center (317) Boone, NC |
| November 19, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | Davidson | L 57–59 | 0–4 | Holmes Center (322) Boone, NC |
| November 21, 2017* 5:30 p.m. | | at North Carolina A&T | L 56–81 | 0–5 | Corbett Sports Center (550) Greensboro, NC |
| November 26, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | at College of Charleston | W 76–70 | 1–5 | TD Arena (333) Charleston, SC |
| December 1, 2017* 11:00 a.m. | | UAB | L 59–70 | 1–6 | Holmes Center (466) Boone, NC |
| December 3, 2017* 5:30 p.m., ACCNX | | at North Carolina | L 43–56 | 1–7 | Carmichael Arena (2,617) Chapel Hill, NC |
| December 7, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at Wake Forest | L 49–78 | 1–8 | LJVM Coliseum (509) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 16, 2017* 1:00 p.m. | | at Marshall | W 56–54 | 2–8 | Cam Henderson Center (615) Huntington, WV |
| December 21, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at UNC Asheville | L 60–69 $^{OT}$ | 2–9 | Kimmel Arena (896) Asheville, NC |
| Sun Belt regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | Texas State | L 54–69 | 2–10 (0–1) | Holmes Center (654) Boone, NC |
| December 31, 2017 12:00 p.m. | | UT Arlington | L 60–64 | 2–11 (0–2) | Holmes Center (275) Boone, NC |
| January 4, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | at Louisiana | L 45–61 | 2–12 (0–3) | Cajundome (704) Lafayette, LA |
| January 6, 2018 1:00 p.m. | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 71–67 | 3–11 (1–3) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,423) Monroe, LA |
| January 11, 2018 5:00 p.m. | | Georgia State | W 77–62 | 4–11 (2–3) | Holmes Center (282) Boone, NC |
| January 13, 2018 1:00 p.m. | | Georgia Southern | W 87–56 | 5–11 (3–3) | Holmes Center (357) Boone, NC |
| January 20, 2018 2:00 p.m. | | at South Alabama | L 52–54 | 5–12 (3–4) | Mitchell Center (3,877) Mobile, AL |
| January 22, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Troy | L 74–81 | 5–13 (3–5) | Trojan Arena (1,069) Troy, AL |
| January 25, 2018 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Little Rock | L 40–52 | 5–14 (3–6) | Holmes Center (297) Boone, NC |
| January 27, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Arkansas State | W 68–66 | 6–14 (4–6) | Holmes Center (319) Boone, NC |
| February 1, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at UT Arlington | L 48–49 | 6–16 (4–7) | College Park Center (2,330) Arlington, TX |
| February 3, 2018 3:00 p.m. | | at Texas State | L 50–92 | 6–17 (4–8) | Strahan Coliseum (1,744) San Marcos, TX |
| February 15, 2018 5:00 p.m. | | South Alabama | W 57–56 $^{OT}$ | 7–18 (5–9) | Holmes Center (278) Boone, NC |
| February 10, 2018 1:00 p.m. | | at Coastal Carolina | L 68–73 $^{OT}$ | 7–19 (5–10) | HTC Center (386) Conway, SC |
| February 17, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Troy | L 74–81 | 7–19 (5–10) | Holmes Center (582) Boone, NC |
| February 22, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Arkansas State | L 52–69 | 7–20 (5–11) | First National Bank Arena (319) Jonesboro, AR |
| February 24, 2018 4:00 p.m. | | at Little Rock | L 35–61 | 7–21 (5–12) | Jack Stephens Center (1,794) Little Rock, AR |
| March 3, 2018 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Coastal Carolina | L 51–66 | 7–22 (5–13) | Holmes Center (484) Boone, NC |
| Sun Belt women's tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2018 12:30 p.m., ESPN3 | (9) | vs. (8) Arkansas State First round | W 79–68 | 8–22 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| March 8, 2018 12:30 p.m., ESPN3 | (9) | vs. (1) Little Rock Quarterfinals | L 34–66 | 8–23 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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