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
Conference	America East Conference
Record	4–26 (1–15 America East)
Head coach	Jenerrie Harris (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kara Kelly Julie Plant Will Alton
Home arena	Costello Athletic Center Tsongas Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Maine †	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
Albany	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
Binghamton	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
Stony Brook	10	–	6		.625			18	–	12		.600
Hartford	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
New Hampshire	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Vermont	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
UMBC	3	–	13		.188			5	–	26		.161
UMass Lowell	1	–	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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Kayla Gibbs 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Teaneck Teaneck, NJ G 2 Amanda Oritz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Newton North Newton, MA G 3 Megan Hendrick 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Thomas Edison Alexandria, VA G 4 Brianna Rudolph 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr St. Mary's Lynn, MA G 13 Markayla Sherman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Princeton Cincinnati, OH G 14 Felicia Korte 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Watertown Watertown, MA F 15 Kiana Batagelj 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Williamsburg Christian Academy Hillsborough CC Hamilton, ON F 21 Oda Shackelford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Southwestern Edinburgh, IN G 22 Nazarae Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Columbus Africentric Columbus, OH G 23 Shawnkia McCallum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Frances Academy Perry Hall, MD F 50 Kathrine Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Canterbury Fort Wayne, IN	Head coach Jenerrie Harris (Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Kara Kelly (Assumption (MA)) Julie Plant Will Alton (Penn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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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

• 2017–18 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team

References

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3. Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks. "Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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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".