2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fifth year head coach Randy Norton, play their home games at the Bartow Arena and are members of Conference USA.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech in the second round.

2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball
C-USA Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	27–7 (13–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Randy Norton (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Taren Martin Michael Scott Jr. Reagan Miller
Home arena	Bartow Arena
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UAB	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
Western Kentucky †	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
Rice	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6		.625			19	–	12		.613
Middle Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Charlotte	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
UTEP	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Florida Atlantic	7	–	9		.438			13	–	15		.464
Southern Miss	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
North Texas	6	–	10		.375			17	–	14		.548
UTSA	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
Old Dominion	6	–	10		.375			8	–	23		.258
FIU	5	–	11		.313			8	–	21		.276
Marshall	3	–	13		.188			9	–	20		.310
† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Miyah Barnes 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Central HS Memphis, TN G 2 Whytney Singleton 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Blount HS Mobile, AL G 3 Angela Vendrell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So CB Claret Benimaclet Alicante, Spain F 4 Talia Roldan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Andrean Griffith, IN G 12 Trista Magee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Presbyterian Christian Alabama Ellisville, MS F 13 Katelynn Thomas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Shades Valley HS Birmingham, AL G 14 T'erra Lewis 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Robert E. Lee HS Montgomery, AL G 20 Deanna Kuzmanic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Wheeling HS Wheeling, IL G 22 Maya Garland 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Fenwick HS River Forest, IL G 23 Lea Kerstein 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Montini Catholic HS West Chicago, IL G/F 24 Kara Rawls 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lawson State CC Hoover, AL G 32 Rachael Childress 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Lawrence County HS Moulton, AL F 34 Imani Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Desoto Central HS Southaven, MS	Head coach Randy Norton (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Taren Martin (Illinois State) Michael Scott Jr. (Missouri) Reagan Miller (Liberty) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 23, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 6:00 pm		Montevallo	W 113–20		Bartow Arena  Birmingham, AL
11/07/2017* 7:00 pm		Judson College	W 126–51		Bartow Arena  Birmingham, AL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017* 2:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 87–72	1–0	Bartow Arena (596) Birmingham, AL
11/12/2017* 4:30 pm		Southern Illinois	W 76–66	2–0	Bartow Arena (407) Birmingham, AL
11/15/2017* 6:00 pm		Miles College	W 85–42	3–0	Bartow Arena (292) Birmingham, AL
11/24/2017* 2:00 pm		vs. Indiana Hilton Concord Classic	L 63–71	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (142) Moraga, CA
11/25/2017* 2:00 pm		vs. UC Santa Barbara Hilton Concord Classic	W 67–54	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (152) Moraga, CA
12/01/2017* 11:00 am		at Appalachian State	W 70–59	5–1	Holmes Center (466) Boone, NC
12/03/2017* 11:00 am		at High Point	W 77–61	6–1	Millis Center (602) High Point, NC
12/07/2017* 6:00 pm		Samford	W 77–53	7–1	Bartow Arena (497) Birmingham, AL
12/09/2017* 3:00 pm		at Memphis	L 62–64	7–2	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (835) Memphis, TN
12/17/2017* 4:00 pm		Alabama A&M	W 85–58	8–2	Bartow Arena (431) Birmingham, AL
12/19/2017* 1:00 pm		Alabama State	W 61–44	9–2	Bartow Arena (475) Birmingham, AL
12/21/2017* 1:05 pm		at South Alabama	W 78–66	10–2	Mitchell Center (242) Mobile, AL
12/30/2017* 6:30 pm		Tuskegee	W 105–50	11–2	Bartow Arena (431) Birmingham, AL
Conference USA regular season
01/04/2018 6:00 pm, BEIN		at Old Dominion	W 74–61	12–2 (1–0)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,353) Norfolk, VA
01/06/2018 6:00 pm		at Middle Tennessee	W 59–51	13–2 (2–0)	Murphy Center (3,940) Murfreesboro, TN
01/13/2018 6:30 pm		Western Kentucky	W 79–61	14–2 (3–0)	Bartow Arena (527) Birmingham, AL
01/18/2018 6:00 pm		Southern Miss	L 63–80	14–3 (3–1)	Bartow Arena (357) Birmingham, AL
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		North Texas	W 68–52	15–3 (4–1)	Bartow Arena (369) Birmingham, AL
01/25/2018 6:00 pm		at FIU	W 71–61	16–3 (5–1)	FIU Arena (505) Miami, FL
01/27/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Florida Atlantic	W 90–57	17–3 (6–1)	Bartow Arena (647) Birmingham, AL
02/02/2018 8:00 pm, BEIN		at UTEP	W 84–64	18–3 (7–1)	Don Haskins Center (771) El Paso, TX
02/04/2018 2:00 pm		at Louisiana Tech	W 66–61	19–3 (8–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,032) Ruston, LA
02/10/2018 12:00 pm		at Marshall	W 69–62	20–3 (9–1)	Cam Henderson Center (713) Huntington, WV
02/15/2018 6:00 pm		Rice	W 70–63	21–3 (10–1)	Bartow Arena (597) Birmingham, AL
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Charlotte	L 71–80	21–4 (10–2)	Bartow Arena (427) Birmingham, AL
02/22/2018 11:00 am		Middle Tennessee	W 65–58	22–4 (11–2)	Bartow Arena (1,011) Birmingham, AL
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		Louisiana Tech	L 60–70	22–5 (11–3)	Bartow Arena (517) Birmingham, AL
03/01/2018 5:00 pm		at North Texas	W 69–51	23–5 (12–3)	The Super Pit (1,310) Denton, TX
03/03/2018 2:00 pm		at UTSA	W 74–66	24–5 (13–3)	Convocation Center (561) San Antonio, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2018 11:00 am, Stadium	(1)	vs. (9) UTEP Quarterfinals	W 75–66	25–5	The Ford Center at The Star  Frisco, TX
03/09/2018 5:30 pm, Stadium	(1)	vs. (5) Rice Semifinals	W 67–55	26–5	The Ford Center at The Star  Frisco, TX
03/10/2018 4:30 pm, CBSSN	(1)	vs. (2) WKU Championship Game	L 57–72	26–6	The Ford Center at The Star  Frisco, TX
WNIT
03/15/2018 6:00 pm		Chattanooga First Round	W 60–50	27–6	Bartow Arena (769) Birmingham, AL
03/18/2018 1:00 pm		at Georgia Tech Second Round	L 47–91	27–7	Hank McCamish Pavilion (681) Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP															RV					N/A
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2017–18 UAB Blazers men's basketball team

References

1. "University of Alabama Birmingham" (PDF). Uabsports.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
2. Jeff Goodman. "UAB Blazers Women's Basketball – Blazers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
3. UAB Blazers. "UAB Blazers on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
4. "University of Alabama Birmingham". Uabsports.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.