2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team

2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball
2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball
Ocean State Tip-Off Champions
Conference	Ivy League
Record	15–12 (3–11 Ivy)
Head coach	Sarah Behn (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Patch; Sara Binkhorst; Jeffrey Kirpas;
Home arena	Pizzitola Sports Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Ivy League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Princeton †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	6	.800
Penn	11	–	3	.786	22	–	9	.710
Harvard	10	–	4	.714	18	–	11	.621
Yale	8	–	6	.571	19	–	13	.594
Dartmouth	7	–	7	.500	15	–	12	.556
Brown	3	–	11	.214	15	–	12	.556
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
Columbia	2	–	12	.143	8	–	21	.276


† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team represents Brown University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Sarah Behn, play their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 15–12, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy women's tournament.

Previous season[edit]

They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.

Roster[edit]

2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Megan Reilly	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	The Lawrenceville School	Norwood, NJ
G	3	Dominique Leonidas	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Parkview	Stone Mountain, GA
G/F	4	Justine Gaziano	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Natick	Natick, MA
F	5	Morgan Clausen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Huntley	Algonquin, IL
G	10	Taylor Will	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Prespect	Arlington Heights, IL
G/F	11	Savannah Lewis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Sierra Canyon	Westlake Village, CA
G	12	McKenna Dale	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Edwin O. Smith	Storrs, CT
G	22	Randi Richardson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Carman-Ainsworth	Flint, MI
F	23	Melissa Heath	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Northern Highlands Regional	Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
F	24	Mary Butler	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Bangor	Bangor, ME
G/F	25	Kathleen Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart	Clarence Center, ME
G	30	Shayna Mehta	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	International	San Francisco, CA
F	31	Erika Steeves	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Phillips Exeter Academy	Montreal, QE
F	32	Janie White	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Rossview	Clarksville, TN
C	34	Jenna Benzinger	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Mt. Greylock Regional	Williamstown, MA
F/C	40	Lames ElGammal	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Baldwin	Baldwin, NY
F/C	42	Haley Green	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Glenvar	Salem, VA

Head coach

Sarah Behn (Boston College)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Patch (Rhode Island College)
Sara Binkhorst (Bowdoin)
Jeffrey Kirpas (Holy Cross)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 29, 2017

Schedule[edit]

^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm, ILDN	Bryant Ocean State Cup	W 85–62	1–0	Pizzitola Sports Center (239) Providence, RI
11/12/2017* 7:00 pm	at Central Connecticut	W 78–55	2–0	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (798) New Britain, CT
11/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ILDN	No. 20 California	L 79–89	2–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (361) Providence, RI
11/24/2017* 4:00 pm	vs. Hampton Turkey Tip-Off	W 73–66	3–1	Alex G. Spanos Center (431) Stockton, CA
11/25/2017* 8:00 pm	at Pacific Turkey Tip-Off	W 74–57	4–1	Alex G. Spanos Center (440) Stockton, CA
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Holy Cross	W 82–78	5–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI
12/02/2017* 12:00 pm, YurView	at Providence Ocean State Tip-Off semifinals	W 64–59	6–1	Alumni Hall Providence, RI
12/03/2017* 2:30 pm, YurView	vs. Bryant Ocean State Tip-Off championship	W 72–60	7–1	Alumni Hall (548) Providence, RI
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Sacred Heart	W 102–77	8–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (116) Providence, RI
12/10/2017* 12:00 pm	at Colgate	W 83–73	9–1	Cotterell Court (487) Hamilton, NY
12/22/2017* 1:00 pm, NESN+/ILDN	Boston University	W 92–68	10–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (751) Providence, RI
12/31/2017* 2:00 pm	at Howard	W 85–81 ^OT	11–1	Burr Gymnasium (127) Washington, D.C.
01/05/2018* 12:00 pm	Johnson & Wales (RI)	W 100–79	12–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI
Ivy League regular season
01/12/2018 12:00 pm, ELVN/ILDN	at Yale	L 63–77	12–2 (0–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (605) New Haven, CT
01/19/2018 5:30 pm, MyRITV/ILDN	Yale	W 81–71 ^OT	13–2 (1–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,553) Providence, RI
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	at Dartmouth	L 73–78	13–3 (1–2)	Leede Arena (570) New Haven, CT
01/27/2018 4:00 pm, NESN/ILDN	at Harvard	L 85–87	13–4 (1–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,016) Cambridge, MA
02/02/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	Penn	L 55–88	13–5 (1–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center (311) Providence, RI
02/03/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN	Princeton	L 62–77	13–6 (1–5)	Pizzitola Sports Center (402) Providence, RI
02/09/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	at Cornell	L 68–70	13–7 (1–6)	Newman Arena (343) Ithaca, NY
02/10/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN	at Columbia	W 84–80	14–7 (2–6)	Levien Gymnasium (512) New York, NY
02/16/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	Harvard	L 74–86	13–8 (2–7)	Pizzitola Sports Center (352) Providence, RI
02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN	Dartmouth	L 60–77	14–9 (2–8)	Pizzitola Sports Center (272) Providence, RI
02/23/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	Columbia	L 74–90	14–10 (2–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (214) Providence, RI
02/24/2018 4:00 pm, MyRITV/ILDN	Cornell	W 85–59	15–10 (3–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (350) Providence, RI
03/02/2018 6:30 pm, ESPN3/ILDN	at Princeton	L 44–79	15–11 (3–10)	Jadwin Gymnasium (743) Princeton, NJ
03/03/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN	at Penn	L 56–67	15–12 (3–11)	Palestra (638) Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References[edit]

^ "Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
^ Jeff Goodman. "Brown Bears Women's Basketball - Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
^ Brown Bears. "Brown Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
^ "2017-18 Brown Women's Basketball Schedule - Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.

[1] "Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.

[2] Jeff Goodman. "Brown Bears Women's Basketball - Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 29, 2017.

[3] Brown Bears. "Brown Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 29, 2017.

[4] "2017-18 Brown Women's Basketball Schedule - Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.

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v t e Brown Bears women's basketball
Venues	Marvel Gymnasium (1973–1989) Pizzitola Sports Center (1989–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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Roster[edit]

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See also[edit]

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