2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	16–14 (11–7 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Ray Stewart (7th season); Dan Nielson (5th season); Ashley Garfield (1st season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	17	–	1	.944	27	–	6	.818
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Loyola Marymount	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
BYU	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
San Francisco	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
San Diego	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Pacific	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Portland	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 2018 WCC tournament winner As of 17 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

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^[2]
Kristine Nelson	22	G/F	5'11	RS Senior	Crystal Beach, Florida	Graduated^[3]
Kalani Purcell	32	F	6'2"	Senior	Hamilton, New Zealand	Graduated; Invited to training camp with the Dallas Wings^[4]
Micaelee Orton	34	F	6'2	Senior	Kearns, Utah	Graduated^[3]
Brooke Clawson (Romney)	35	F	6'1	RS Junior	Dallas, Texas	Graduated^[3]
Melinda Bendall	XX	Asst. Coach			Murray, Utah	Retired from coaching^[1]

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.

Roster

2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Brenna Chase	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Broomfield	Thornton, CO
F	3	Shalae Salmon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Wellington Girls' College	Porirua, New Zealand
F	4	Amanda Wayment	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Fremont	Ogden, UT
G	5	Maria Albiero	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Neusa Christian	Londrina, Brazil
G	10	Abby Mangum	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Eagle	Eagle, ID
G	11	Liz Eaton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Maple Mountain	Mapleton, UT
G	13	Paisley Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Glacier Peak	Everett ,WA
F	15	Malli Valgardson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Grove, UT
G	20	Cassie Broadhead	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Scotia Glenville	Glenville, NY
G	21	Khaedin Taito	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Palm Beach Currumbin High School USC	Hastings, New Zealand
C	22	Sara Hamson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Fr	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
G	24	Ashley Beckstrand	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Desert Hills	St. George, UT
F	33	Jasmine Moody	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Radford	Honolulu, HI
F	43	Haley Rydalch	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Desert Hills/Purdue	St. George, UT
C	50	MaCayla Hanks Longson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Mountain Crest	Millville, UT

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Dan Nielson (BYU)
Ashley Garfield (BYU)
Kim Parker Beeston- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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

Nov 2	Colorado Mesa Mavericks	68–86	BYU Cougars	Marriott Center Provo, UT
7:05 p.m. MDT	Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 19–21, 16–18, 19–21
TheW.tv	Pts: Erin Reichle 24 Rebs: Ma'ata Epenisa, Tori Catlett 5 Asts: Erin Reichle, Jaylyn Duran, Sophie Anderson 3	Recap	Pts: Cassie Devashrayee 16 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 11 Asts: Cassie Devashrayee 6	Attendance: 425 Referees: Kyle Bacon, Julie Krommenhoek, Jen Zylstra

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

Nov 10	Southern Utah T-Birds	67–75(OT)	BYU Cougars	Marriott Center Provo, UT
7:05 p.m. MDT	Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 20–11, 16–9, 14–18, Overtime: 6–14
TheW.tv	Pts: Whitney Johnson 12 Rebs: Ashley Larsen 10 Asts: Rebecca Cardenas 6	Recap	Pts: Malia Nawahine 19 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 17 Asts: Malia Nawahine 5	Attendance: 972 Referees: Brian Woods, Nicole Leon, Erick Thorne

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

Nov 15	BYU Cougars	72–80	Washington Huskies	Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PST	Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 25–29, 16–23, 14–8
P12+ WA	Pts: Cassie Devashrayee 22 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 15 Asts: Brenna Chase, Cassie Devashrayee 4	Recap	Pts: Amber Melgoza 20 Rebs: Amber Melgoza 8 Asts: Jenna Moser 3	Attendance: 1,442 Referees: Karen Lasuik, Melissa Barlow, Corey Long Jr.

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

Nov 17	BYU Cougars	73–69	Eastern Washington Eagles	Reese Court Cheney, WA
7:05 p.m. PST	Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–16, 22–22, 24–16
Pluto TV	Pts: Cassie Devashrayee 22 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 11 Asts: Paisley Johnson 3	Recap	Pts: Violet Kapri Morrow 25 Rebs: Violet Kapri Morrow 11 Asts: Delaney Hodgins 3	Attendance: 602 Referees: Brittany Groves, Karen Lasuik, Michol Murray

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

Nov 21	Southern Utah T-Birds	54–75	BYU Cougars	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11:05 a.m. MST	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 5–11, 20–23, 15–20
BYUtv	Pts: Gabrielle Leos 16 Rebs: Gabrielle Leos 5 Asts: Mariah Seals 5	Recap	Pts: Malia Nawahine 21 Rebs: Shalae Salmon 8 Asts: Cassie Devashrayee 12	Attendance: 3,448 Referees: Anita Ortega, Shelley Nakasone, Ashley Ellis

Georgia

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

Georgia:
BYU:

Nov 25	Georgia Lady Bulldogs	vs.	BYU Cougars	Marriott Center Provo, UT
2:05 PM MST
BYUtv

References

^ ^a ^b "Garfield promoted to assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
^ "Banquet honors graduating athletes for academic achievement". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BYU athletes graduating in April 2017". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^ "Dallas Wings of WNBA invite Kalani Purcell to training camp". The Daily Universe. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

[Coaching_changes-1] "Garfield promoted to assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

[2] "Banquet honors graduating athletes for academic achievement". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

[Graduates-3] "BYU athletes graduating in April 2017". Deseret News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[4] "Dallas Wings of WNBA invite Kalani Purcell to training camp". The Daily Universe. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

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v t e BYU Cougars women's basketball
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Rivalries	Utah In-state Utah schools
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Pep band
People	Head coaches
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Before the season

Departures

2017–18 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Exhibition: Colorado Mesa

Southern Utah

Washington

Eastern Washington

Utah Valley

Georgia

See also

References