2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

The 2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Dakota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks were led by sixth year head coach Travis Brewster and play their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 12–18, 5–13 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Women's Tournament to Montana State.

2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2017–18 record12–18 (5–13 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Travis Brewster (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Adam Jacobson
  • Mallory Bernhard
  • Katelin Oney
Home arenaBetty Engelstad Sioux Center
2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Colorado †15–3 .833  26–7  .788
Idaho13–5 .722  19–14  .576
Eastern Washington12–6 .667  17–14  .548
Weber State12–6 .667  21–11  .656
Idaho State11–7 .611  21–11  .656
Portland State11–7 .611  19–13  .594
Montana9–9 .500  14–17  .452
Montana State9–9 .500  16–15  .516
North Dakota5–13 .278  12–18  .400
Sacramento State5–13 .278  7–23  .233
Northern Arizona4–14 .222  7–23  .233
Southern Utah2–16 .111  3–27  .100
† 2018 Big Sky Tournament winner
As of 19 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

This season was the last for North Dakota as a full Big Sky member. On July 1, 2018, the school will join the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.[4]

Roster
2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Chastity Franklin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrCardinal Ritter HS
Johnson County CC		 St. Louis, MO
G 3 Melissa Dailey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrCentennial HS
College of the Siskiyous		 Portland, OR
G 4 Jill Morton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrEdina HS Edina, MN
C 5 Melissa Leet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrPortage HS Portage, WI
G 11 Grace Sawatzke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrMonticello HS Monticello, MN
C 15 Faith Dooley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrCentral Cass HS Wheatland, ND
G 20 Mikayla Reinke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrKindred HS Kindred, ND
G 21 Megan Dailey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrCentennial HS
College of the Siskiyous		 Portland, OR
G 22 Bailey Strand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrKennedy Secondary Fergus Falls, MN
G 23 Kaila Burroughs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrSt. Cloud Tech
Denver		 St. Cloud, MN
F 24 Julia Fleecs 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrGlidden-Ralston Jr.-Sr. Glidden, IA
F 32 Akealy Moton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrWest Fargo HS West Fargo, ND
F 34 Lexi Klabo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrDavies HS Fargo, ND
F 35 Fallyn Freije 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrLakota-Edmore HS Edmore, ND
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[5]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017*
2:00 pm		 Minnesota–Morris W 99–35 
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,457)
Grand Forks, ND
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
4:00 pm		 at No. 19 Oregon State L 55–65  0–1
 Gill Coliseum (3,737)
Corvallis, OR
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm, MidcoSN2		 at South Dakota State L 52–66  0–2
 Frost Arena (1,646)
Brookings, SD
11/19/2017*
2:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP		 UMass W 82–52  1–2
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,580)
Grand Forks, ND
11/24/2017*
2:00 pm		 vs. Lamar
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic		 W 73–70  2–2
 Convocation Center (150)
San Antonio, TX
11/25/2017*
3:30 pm		 at UTSA
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic		 W 60–47  3–2
 Convocation Center (328)
San Antonio, TX
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm, FSNOR/FSCP		 Northern Iowa W 80–72  4–2
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,877)
Grand Forks, ND
12/05/2017*
7:00 pm		 at No. 8 Baylor L 43–105  4–3
 Ferrell Center (4,788)
Waco, TX
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		 North Dakota State W 79–68  5–3
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,571)
Grand Forks, ND
12/12/2017*
7:00 pm		 Mayville State W 82–64  6–3
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,358)
Grand Forks, ND
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm		 Southwest Minnesota State W 85–62  7–3
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,249)
Grand Forks, ND
12/21/2017*
5:00 pm, MidcoSN		 at South Dakota L 71–76  7–4
 Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,732)
Vermillion, SD
Big Sky regular season
12/28/2017
7:00 pm		 at Idaho L 75–80  7–5
(0–1)		 Cowan Spectrum (312)
Moscow, ID
12/30/2017
4:00 pm		 at Eastern Washington L 70–74  7–6
(0–2)		 Reese Court (323)
Cheney, WA
01/04/2018
7:00 pm		 Montana L 43–54  7–7
(0–3)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,325)
Grand Forks, ND
01/06/2018
2:00 pm, MidcoSN		 Montana State W 79–70  8–7
(1–3)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,523)
Grand Forks, ND
01/11/2018
8:00 pm		 at Idaho State L 46–57  8–8
(1–4)		 Reed Gym (1,111)
Pocatello, ID
01/13/2018
3:00 pm		 at Weber State L 69–80  8–9
(1–5)		 Dee Events Center (771)
Ogden, UT
01/20/2018
2:00 pm		 Northern Colorado W 78–70  9–9
(2–5)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,877)
Grand Forks, ND
01/25/2018
7:00 pm		 Eastern Washington W 81–79  10–9
(3–5)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,594)
Grand Forks, ND
01/27/2018
1:00 pm		 Idaho L 64–78  10–10
(3–6)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,935)
Grand Forks, ND
02/01/2018
8:00 pm		 at Montana State L 56–72  10–11
(3–7)		 Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,026)
Bozeman, MT
02/03/2018
3:00 pm		 at Montana L 51–53  10–12
(3–8)		 Dahlberg Arena (2,943)
Missoula, MT
02/08/2018
7:00 pm, MidcoSN		 Weber State W 80–67  11–12
(4–8)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,604)
Grand Forks, ND
02/10/2018
2:00 pm, MidcoSN		 Idaho State L 55–68  11–13
(4–9)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,977)
Grand Forks, ND
02/15/2018
7:30 pm		 at Southern Utah W 68–53  12–13
(5–9)		 America First Events Center (723)
Cedar City, UT
02/17/2018
6:00 pm		 at Northern Arizona L 59–79  12–14
(5–10)		 Walkup Skydome (427)
Flagstaff, AZ
02/24/2018
3:00 pm		 at Northern Colorado L 45–51  12–15
(5–11)		 Bank of Colorado Arena (1,232)
Greeley, CO
02/28/2018
7:00 pm, MidcoSN		 Sacramento State L 66–72  12–16
(5–12)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,552)
Grand Forks, ND
03/02/2018
3:00 pm		 Portland State L 61–80  12–17
(5–13)		 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,601)
Grand Forks, ND
Big Sky Tournament
03/05/2018
7:35 pm		 (10) vs. (7) Montana State
First Round		 L 58–68  12–28
 Reno Events Center 
Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

2017–18 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team

References
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  2. "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Women's Basketball - Fighting Hawks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  3. North Dakota Fighting Hawks. "North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  4. "UND officially makes the move to the Summit League, Missouri..." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
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