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

The 2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks are led by fourth year head coach Jenerrie Harris and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and were members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] 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.

2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2017–18 record4–26 (1–15 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kara Kelly
  • Julie Plant
  • Will Alton
Home arenaCostello Athletic Center
Tsongas Center
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine †13–3 .813  23–10  .697
Albany12–4 .750  24–8  .750
Binghamton10–6 .625  20–12  .625
Stony Brook10–6 .625  18–12  .600
Hartford9–7 .563  19–13  .594
New Hampshire9–7 .563  19–12  .613
Vermont5–11 .313  8–22  .267
UMBC3–13 .188  5–26  .161
UMass Lowell1–15 .063  4–26  .133
† 2018 America East Tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

On March 5, Jenerrie Harris's contract was not renewed. She finished at UMass Lowell with a 4 year record of 25–91.[4] On April 12, former Boston College assistant coach Tom Garrick was named the next head coach of the River Hawks.[5]

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.

Roster
2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Kayla Gibbs 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrTeaneck Teaneck, NJ
G 2 Amanda Oritz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrNewton North Newton, MA
G 3 Megan Hendrick 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoThomas Edison Alexandria, VA
G 4 Brianna Rudolph 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrSt. Mary's Lynn, MA
G 13 Markayla Sherman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoPrinceton Cincinnati, OH
G 14 Felicia Korte 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoWatertown Watertown, MA
F 15 Kiana Batagelj 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrWilliamsburg Christian Academy
Hillsborough CC		 Hamilton, ON
F 21 Oda Shackelford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSouthwestern Edinburgh, IN
G 22 Nazarae Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoColumbus Africentric Columbus, OH
G 23 Shawnkia McCallum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSt. Frances Academy Perry Hall, MD
F 50 Kathrine Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrCanterbury Fort Wayne, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[6]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:00 pm		 at Rhode Island L 64–81  0–1
 Ryan Center (6,367)
Kingston, RI
11/12/2017*
4:00 pm, ESPN3		 Holy Cross L 56–84  0–2
 Tsongas Center (492)
Lowell, MA
11/15/2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN3		 Columbia W 77–70  1–2
 Costello Athletic Center (718)
Lowell, MA
11/18/2017*
12:00 pm		 at Longwood L 82–84  1-3
 Willett Hall (312)
Farmville, VA
11/22/2017*
4:00 pm		 at Texas Tech L 65–93  1–4
 United Supermarkets Arena (3,057)
Lubbock, TX
11/27/2017*
7:00 pm		 Fisher W 102–47  2–4
 Costello Athletic Center (143)
Lowell, MA
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm		 at Fairfield L 67–78  2–5
 Alumni Hall (364)
Fairfield, CT
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm		 at Colgate L 64–84  2–6
 Cotterell Court (213)
Hamilton, NY
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm		 at Saint Peter's W 66–60  3–6
 Yanitelli Center (425)
Jersey City, NJ
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm		 at Fairleigh Dickinson L 51–60  3–7
 Rothman Center (159)
Hackensack, NJ
12/13/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 UMass L 63–73  3–8
 Costello Athletic Center (1,475)
Lowell, MA
12/28/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Morgan State L 59–65  3–9
 Costello Athletic Center (347)
Lowell, MA
12/31/2017*
12:00 pm, ESPN3		 Cornell L 53–71  3–10
 Costello Athletic Center (203)
Lowell, MA
America East regular Season
01/03/2018
7:00 pm		 at Vermont L 55–63  3–11 (0–1)
 Patrick Gym (164)
Burlington, VT
01/10/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Hartford L 42–81  3–12 (0–2)
 Tsongas Center (421)
Lowell, MA
01/13/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at UMBC L 54–66  3–13 (0–3)
 Retriever Activities Center (291)
Catonsville, MD
01/15/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at New Hampshire L 45–66  3–14 (0–4)
 Lundholm Gym (327)
Durham, NH
01/18/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Albany L 52–61  3–15 (0–5)
 Tsongas Center (632)
Lowell, MA
01/21/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3		 Binghamton L 46–76  3–16 (0–6)
 Tsongas Center 
Lowell, MA
01/24/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Stony Brook L 50–59  3–17 (0–7)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (559)
Stony Brook, NY
01/27/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Hartford L 56–68  3–18 (0–8)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,031)
Hartford, CT
01/31/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3		 Maine L 51–69  3–19 (0–9)
 Tsongas Center (4,125)
Lowell, MA
02/05/2018
7:00 pm		 at Albany L 60–93  3–20 (0–10)
 SEFCU Arena (903)
Albany, NY
02/08/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Stony Brook L 60–63  3–21 (0–11)
 Costello Athletic Center (472)
Lowell, MA
02/11/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 Vermont W 65–60  4–21 (1–11)
 Tsongas Center (1.016)
Lowell, MA
02/11/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Maine L 65–70  4–22 (1–12)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,141)
Bangor, ME
02/17/2018
4:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Binghamton L 38–52  4–23 (1–13)
 Binghamton University Events Center (2,001)
Vestal, NY
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 New Hampshire L 49–70  4–24 (1–14)
 Costello Athletic Center (1,153)
Lowell, MA
02/25/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 UMBC L 39–61  4–25 (1–15)
 Tsongas Center (891)
Lowell, MA
America East Tournament
02/28/2018
6:00 pm, 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 Time.

See also

References
  1. "UMass Lowell River Hawks". Goriverhawks.com. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  2. "UMass Lowell River Hawks Women's Basketball - River Hawks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  3. Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks. "Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  4. "UMass Lowell Will Not Renew Contract of WBB Head Coach Jenerrie Harris". goriverhawks.com. UMass Lowell. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  5. "Tom Garrick Introduced as Head Coach" (Press release). UMass Lowell River Hawks. April 12, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. "UMass Lowell - 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule".
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