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2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

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2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 11
Record26–7 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDonald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100)
Seasons
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Louisville *† 15 1   .938 36 3   .923
No. 5 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 35 3   .921
No. 11 Florida State 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 21 NC State 11 5   .688 26 9   .743
No. 20 Duke 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
Syracuse 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
Miami (FL) 10 6   .625 21 11   .656
Virginia 10 6   .625 19 14   .576
Virginia Tech 6 10   .375 23 14   .622
Georgia Tech 6 10   .375 20 14   .588
Wake Forest 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
North Carolina 4 12   .250 15 16   .484
Pittsburgh 2 14   .125 10 20   .333
Boston College 2 14   .125 7 23   .233
Clemson 1 15   .063 11 19   .367
2018 ACC tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles are led by head coach Sue Semrau, in her twenty-first year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Florida State finished the season 26–7, 12–4 in ACC play, to finish in third place. The Seminoles advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Little Rock in the first round before getting upset by Buffalo in the second round. Shakayla Thomas and Imani Wright went on to be selected in the WNBA draft.[1]

Previous season

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For the 2016–17 season, the Seminoles achieved their best start in school history, reaching twenty wins faster than any other FSU team. Leticia Romero, Brittany Brown, Ivey Slaughter, and Kai James were among the senior class with the most wins in program history.[2] Romero and James went on to be selected in the 2017 WNBA draft.[3]

Florida State finished second in the ACC but was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a three-seed, their fifth consecutive tournament appearance, reaching the Elite Eight for just the third time in school history.

Roster

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2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 3 Sayawni Lassiter 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Dorchester, MA
G 4 A. J. Alix 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Houston, TX
F 11 Iho López 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Blanes, Spain
G 12 Nicole Ekhomu 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bolingbrook, IL
G 13 Nausia Woolfolk 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fort Valley, GA
F 15 Kiah Gillespie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Meriden, CT
F 20 Shakayla Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Sylacauga, AL
C 25 Ama Degbeon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Grünberg, Germany
G 31 Savannah Wilkinson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr London, England
G 32 Imani Wright 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Hooks, TX
C 50 Chatrice White 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Shelby, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 11, 2018

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP18181713131312131311131281012129111111Not released
Coaches141414^1111101013131212118111212911111413

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll. The pre-season ranking is used for comparison.

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non–Conference Regular season
November 10*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 18 North Florida W 109–51  1–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,637)
Tallahassee, FL
November 12*
4:30 p.m.
No. 18 at Jacksonville State W 75–51  2–0
Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,191)
Jacksonville, AL
November 17*
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 at Florida W 84–54  3–0
O'Connell Center (2,989)
Gainesville, FL
November 19*
5:00 p.m.
No. 17 at Grambling State W 96–53  4–0
Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (661)
Grambling, LA
November 24*
4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Sacred Heart W 101–52  5–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,233)
Tallahassee, FL
November 26*
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Samford W 87–62  6–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,502)
Tallahassee, FL
November 29*
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 13 at Iowa
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 94–93  7–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,202)
Iowa City, IA
December 3*
2:00 p.m.
No. 13 at James Madison W 79–63  8–0
JMU Convocation Center (2,092)
Harrisonburg, VA
December 7*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Stetson W 84–39  9–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,403)
Tallahassee, FL
December 10*
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Arizona State W 77–66  10–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,671)
Tallahassee, FL
December 17*
12:30 p.m.
No. 12 at No. 8 Texas L 72–87  10–1
Frank Erwin Center (4,202)
Austin, TX
December 21*
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 at Creighton W 92–82  11–1
D. J. Sokol Arena (760)
Omaha, NE
December 28*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Jacksonville W 82–50  12–1
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,900)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Regular season
December 31
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 North Carolina W 102–65  13–1
(1–0)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,219)
Tallahassee, FL
January 4
7:00 p.m.
No. 11 at Clemson W 69–47  14–1
(2–0)
Littlejohn Coliseum (589)
Clemson, SC
January 7
1:00 p.m.
No. 11 at Syracuse L 69–76  14–2
(2–1)
Carrier Dome (1,803)
Syracuse, NY
January 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 Miami (FL) W 105–67  15–2
(3–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,281)
Tallahassee, FL
January 14
2:30 p.m.
No. 13 Virginia Tech W 107–62  16–2
(4–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (4,983)
Tallahassee, FL
January 18
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 at Wake Forest W 81–79 OT 17–2
(5–1)
LJVM Coliseum (379)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 21
5:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at No. 2 Louisville W 50–49  18–2
(6–1)
KFC Yum! Center (14,248)
Louisville, KY
January 28
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 No. 2 Notre Dame L 69–100  18–3
(6–2)
Donald L. Tucker Center (9,498)
Tallahassee, FL
February 1
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 10 at NC State L 56–65  18–4
(6–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (2,253)
Raleigh, NC
February 4
1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 10 at Pittsburgh W 66–59  19–4
(7–3)
Petersen Events Center (1,755)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 8
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 Virginia W 77–62  20–4
(8–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,843)
Tallahassee, FL
February 11
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at Miami (FL) W 91–71  21–4
(9–3)
BankUnited Center (2,527)
Coral Gables, FL
February 15
4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 Clemson W 91–43  22–4
(10–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,102)
Tallahassee, FL
February 19
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 9 at No. 20 Duke L 66–79  22–5
(10–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,127)
Durham, NC
February 22
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 9 Boston College W 67–39  23–5
(11–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,090)
Tallahassee, FL
February 25
1:00 p.m.
No. 9 Georgia Tech W 64–61  24–5
(12–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,357)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 2
8:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
(3) No. 11 vs. (6) Miami (FL)
Quarterfinals
W 73–69  25–5
Greensboro Coliseum (4,316)
Greensboro, NC
March 3
2:30 p.m., ESPNU
(3) No. 11 vs. (2) No. 5 Notre Dame
Semifinals
L 80–90  25–6
Greensboro Coliseum (6,160)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17*
11:00 a.m., ESPN2
(3 A) No. 11 (14 A) Little Rock
First Round
W 91–49  26–6
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
March 19*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
(3 A) No. 11 (11 A) Buffalo
Second Round
L 65–86  26–7
Donald L. Tucker Center (4,119)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region [4].
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Two Noles Selected in WNBA Draft". Seminoles.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Senior Class Goes for Wins Record at B.C." Seminoles.com. February 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Two Noles Picked in WNBA Draft". Seminoles.com. April 13, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball Schedule". Florida State Athletics.
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