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 Kristine Nelson 22 G/F 5'11 RS Senior Crystal Beach, Florida Graduated Kalani Purcell 32 F 6'2" Senior Hamilton, New Zealand Graduated; Invited to training camp with the Dallas Wings Micaelee Orton 34 F 6'2 Senior Kearns, Utah Graduated Brooke Clawson (Romney) 35 F 6'1 RS Junior Dallas, Texas Graduated Melinda Bendall XX Asst. Coach Murray, Utah Retired from coaching
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
Schedule
!colspan=8 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=8 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=8 style=| WCC regular season
!colspan=8 style=| WCC Tournament
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
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
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
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
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
Georgia Broadcaster: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Georgia leads 2–0 Starting Lineups: Georgia: BYU:
See also 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
References