2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bengals, led by tenth year head coach Seton Sobolewski, played their home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Colorado. Despite having 21 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament for the 2nd year in a row.

2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	21–11 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Seton Sobolewski (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Trujillo Ryan Johnson Bryanna Mueller
Home arena	Reed Gym

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
Idaho	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Weber State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Portland State	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Montana	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
North Dakota	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2017–18 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Nuria Barrientos 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Draft Gramenet Barcelona, Spain G 2 Grace Kenyon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Bainbridge HS Bainbridge Island, WA G 3 Saylair Grandon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Westview HS Phoenix, AZ G 4 Madison Hinrichs 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Port Angeles HS Lower Columbia Longview, WA G 5 Dora Goles 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So KK Split Western Wyoming Split, Croatia F 10 Nicole Murugarren 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr IES Felipe II Northeastern JC Madrid, Spain F 11 Sai Tapasa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Central HS Monmouth, OR G 12 Brook Blair 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Rangitoto College Northeastern Junior College Murrays Bay, New Zealand F 13 Ellie Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Southridge HS Kennewick, WA F 14 Estefania Ors 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Valencia BC Altura, Spain F 15 Irene Vicente 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Rivas Promete Junior Alcalá de Henares, Spain F 22 Delaney Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Monte Vista Christian Gilroy, CA G 23 Amanda Betlere 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Riga Stradiņš Riga, Latvia F 34 Kaitlyn Bell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Rigby HS Rigby, ID	Head coach Seton Sobolewski (Northern Arizona) Assistant coach(es) Michael Trujillo (Northern Arizona) Ryan Johnson (DePauw) Bryanna Mueller (Drake) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 20, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 7:00 pm		Northwest Nazarene	L 87–95		Reed Gym  Pocatello, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		at Seattle	W 74–69	1–0	Connolly Center (350) Seattle, WA
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		at Washington	W 79–59	2–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,479) Seattle, WA
11/16/2017* 11:00 am		College of Idaho	W 89–32	3–0	Reed Gym (1,365) Pocatello, ID
11/19/2017* 3:00 pm		at UC Irvine	W 78–72	4–0	Bren Events Center (302) Irvine, CA
11/21/2017* 2:00 pm		at Pepperdine	L 74–80	4–1	Firestone Fieldhouse (178) Malibu, CA
11/27/2017* 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 64–44	5–1	Reed Gym (1,038) Pocatello, ID
12/01/2017* 8:00 pm		at Washington State	L 55–72	5–2	Beasley Coliseum (652) Pullman, WA
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 53–61	5–3	Arena-Auditorium (2,460) Laramie, WY
12/08/2017* 10:00 pm		at Hawaii	W 64–62 OT	6–3	Stan Sheriff Center (1,501) Honolulu, HI
12/16/2017* 3:00 pm		at Utah Valley	W 70–58	7–3	Lockhart Arena (287) Orem, UT
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm		Westminster	W 83–45	8–3	Reed Gym (1,019) Pocatello, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2017 2:00 pm		Weber State	L 70–76	8–4 (0–1)	Reed Gym (880) Pocatello, ID
01/04/2018 6:30 pm		at Southern Utah	L 70–76	8–5 (0–2)	America First Events Center (756) Cedar City, UT
01/06/2018 5:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 75–55	9–5 (1–2)	Walkup Skydome (294) Flagstaff, AZ
01/11/2018 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 57–46	10–5 (2–2)	Reed Gym (1,111) Pocatello, ID
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 57–63	10–6 (2–3)	Reed Gym (1,037) Pocatello, ID
01/18/2018 9:00 pm		at Portland State	W 88–59	11–6 (3–3)	Pamplin Sports Center (319) Portland, OR
01/20/2018 3:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 85–71	12–6 (4–3)	Hornets Nest (229) Sacramento, CA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		at Weber State	L 73–84	12–7 (4–4)	Dee Events Center (846) Ogden, UT
02/01/2018 7:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 76–59	13–7 (5–4)	Reed Gym (1,081) Pocatello, ID
02/03/2018 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 66–39	14–7 (7–4)	Reed Gym (974) Pocatello, ID
02/08/2018 12:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 52–75	14–8 (7–5)	Bank of Colorado Arena (2,714) Greeley, CO
02/10/2018 1:00 pm		at North Dakota	W 68–55	15–8 (8–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,977) Grand Forks, ND
02/15/2018 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 83–71	16–8 (9–5)	Reed Gym (825) Pocatello, ID
02/17/2018 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 72–64	17–8 (10–5)	Reed Gym (1,068) Pocatello, ID
02/22/2018 7:00 pm		at Idaho	W 62–52	18–8 (11–5)	Cowan Spectrum (416) Moscow, ID
02/24/2018 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 64–66	18–9 (10–6)	Reese Court (523) Cheney, WA
02/28/2018 7:00 pm		Montana State	L 60–61	18–10 (10–7)	Reed Gym (1,007) Pocatello, ID
03/02/2018 7:00 pm		Montana	W 72–60	19–10 (11–7)	Reed Gym (1,139) Pocatello, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/05/2018 3:35 pm	(5)	vs. (12) Southern Utah First Round	W 59–49	20–10	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/07/2018 3:35 pm	(5)	vs. (4) Weber State Quarterfinals	W 113–109 OT	21–10	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
03/09/2018 3:35 pm, ELVN	(5)	vs. (1) Northern Colorado Semifinals	L 66–73	21–11	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2017–18 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team