2017–18 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record16–15 (9–9 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
2017–18 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Buffalo16–2 .88929–6  .829
Miami (OH)12–6 .66721–11  .656
Ohio9–9 .50016–15  .516
Kent State5–13 .27813–19  .406
Bowling Green3–15 .16711–19  .367
Akron3–15 .1679–21  .300
West
Central Michigan †17–1 .94430–5  .857
Ball State13–5 .72225–7  .781
Western Michigan9–9 .50018–15  .545
Toledo8–10 .44418–15  .545
Northern Illinois7–11 .38915–15  .500
Eastern Michigan6–12 .33311–20  .355
† 2018 MAC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2018

The 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represents Ohio University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth year head coach Bob Boldon, play its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2][3][4][5] They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Miami (OH).

Preseason

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 25, 2017. Ohio was picked third in the MAC East[6]

Preseason women's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. Buffalo (10) 69
  2. Kent State (1) 52
  3. Ohio (1) 47
  4. Miami 40
  5. Bowling Green 23
  6. Akron 21

West Division

  1. Central Michigan (10) 70
  2. Toledo (1) 60
  3. Ball State (1) 46
  4. Western Michigan 32
  5. Northern Illinois 29
  6. Eastern Michigan 15

Regular-season champion

Central Michigan (10), Ball State (1), Buffalo (1)

Tournament champs

Central Michigan (9), Ball State (1), Buffalo (1), Western Michigan (1)

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC East Taylor Agler G Sr.

Source[6]

Roster

2017–18 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Taylor Agler 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SrOlentangy Orange Westerville, OH
G 1 Cece Hooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrThurgood Marshall Dayton, OH
G 2 Katie Barker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoCary-Grove Cary, IL
G 3 Amani Burke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoEastmoor Academy Columbus, OH
F 4 Erica Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrMansfield Senior Mansfield, OH
F 5 Alexis Stover 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrSolon Solon, OH
G 7 Adyn Bucher
—
 JrAlexander Elementary School Athens, OH
G 10 Dominique Doseck 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrAthens Athens, OH
F 13 Olivia Bower 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrConotton Valley Bowerston, OH
G 15 Kaylee Bambule 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrMontini Catholic Plainfield, IL
F 21 Hannah Thome 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SoChagrin Falls Chagrin Falls, OH
G 24 Meche'la Cobb 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS FrNew Albany New Albany, OH
F 41 Gabby Burris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrLiberty Union Baltimore, OH
F 54 Kendall Jessing 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrSylvania Northview Sylvania, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 30, 2017

Schedule

[7]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017*
1:00 PM		 Walsh L 66–82 
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017*
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 High Point W 64–61  1–0
 Convocation Center (370)
Athens, OH
11/16/2017*
11:00 AM, ESPN3		 Notre Dame (OH) W 93–37  2–0
 Convocation Center (832)
Athens, OH
11/22/2017*
5:00 PM		 at Marshall W 54–52  3–0
 Cam Henderson Center (757)
Huntington, WV
11/25/2017*
2:00 PM		 No. 25 Michigan L 61–74  3–1
 Convocation Center (436)
Athens, OH
11/28/2017*
7:00 PM		 at Eastern Kentucky W 69–57  4–1
 McBrayer Arena (550)
Richmond, KY
12/02/2017*
3:30 PM, ESPN3		 IUPUI L 52–76  4–2
 Convocation Center (335)
Athens, OH
12/06/2017*
11:00 AM		 at Cleveland State L 64–71  4–3
 Wolstein Center (2,134)
Cleveland, OH
12/10/2017*
2:00 PM, BTN		 at Purdue W 77–71  5–3
 Mackey Arena (5,654)
West Lafayette, IN
12/16/2017*
2:30 PM		 vs. Furman
West Palm Beach Invitational		 L 68–70  5–4
 Student Life Center (250)
West Palm Beach, FL
12/17/2017*
3:30 PM		 vs. Virginia
West Palm Beach Invitational		 L 59–77  5–5
 Student Life Center (200)
West Palm Beach, FL
12/28/2017*
7:00 PM		 North Carolina A&T W 72–65  6–5
 Convocation Center (334)
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
12/31/2017
1:00 PM		 Toledo W 78–61  7–5
(1–0)		 Convocation Center (361)
Athens, OH
01/03/2018
7:00 PM		 at Central Michigan L 58–82  7–6
(1–1)		 McGuirk Arena (1,539)
Mount Pleasant, MI
01/06/2018*
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Akron W 70–67 OT 8–6
(2–1)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
01/10/2018
1:00 PM		 at Toledo L 57–75  8–7
(2–2)		 Savage Arena (3,229)
Toledo, Ohio
01/13/2018
1:00 PM		 at Western Michigan W 69–54  9–7
(3–2)		 University Arena (415)
Kalamazoo, MI
01/17/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Buffalo L 63–67  9–8
(3–3)		 Convocation Center (355)
Athens, OH
01/20/2018
1:00 PM		 at Bowling Green W 70–63  10–8
(4–3)		 Stroh Center (3,103)
Bowling Green, OH
01/24/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Northern Illinois W 77–75  11–8
(5–3)		 Convocation Center (242)
Athens, OH
01/27/2018
1:00 PM		 at Miami (OH) L 55–64  11–9
(5–4)		 Millett Hall 
Oxford, OH
02/03/2018
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Ball State W 80–76  12–9
(6–4)		 Convocation Center (8,027)
Athens, OH
02/07/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Central Michigan L 72–74  12–10
(6–5)		 Convocation Center (265)
Athens, OH
02/10/2018
2:00 PM		 at Kent State W 78–65  13–10
(7–5)		 MAC Center (486)
Kent, OH
02/14/2018
7:00 PM		 at Eastern Michigan L 58–73  13–11
(7–6)		 Convocation Center (1,033)
Ypsilanti, MI
02/17/2018
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Bowling Green W 69–58  14–11
(8–6)		 Convocation Center (6,872)
Athens, OH
02/21/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Kent State W 79–78  15–11
(9–6)		 Convocation Center (290)
Athens, OH
02/24/2018
1:00 PM		 at Buffalo L 53–70  15–12
(9–7)		 Alumni Arena (3,128)
Buffalo, NY
02/28/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Miami (OH) L 56–78  15–13
(9–8)		 Convocation Center (328)
Athens, OH
03/03/2018
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Akron L 59–62  15–14
(9–9)		 James A. Rhodes Arena (591)
Akron, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
03/05/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 (5) (12) Akron
First Round		 W 85–73  16–14
 Convocation Center (375)
Athens, OH
03/07/2018
2:30 pm, ESPN3		 (5) vs. (4) Miami (OH)
Quarterfinals		 L 66–69  16–15
 Quicken Loans Arena 
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Weekly Award Honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Source
MAC East player of the week Dominique Doseck G January 2 [8]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G January 17 [9]
MAC East player of the week Taylor Agler G March 5 [10]

All-MAC awards

Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC 3rd team Cece Hooks G Fr.
All-MAC Freshman team Cece Hooks G Fr.
All-MAC Defensive team Cece Hooks G Fr.

Source[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ohio University" (PDF). Ohiobobcats.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ohio Ohio Women's Basketball - Ohio News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Ohio Bobcats. "Ohio Bobcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "MAC ANNOUNCES 2017-18 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2017-18 Ohio Women's Basketball Schedule - Ohio University". Ohiobobcats.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Doseck named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Athletics.
  9. ↑ "Hooks Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Athletics.
  10. ↑ "Agler Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Athletics.
  11. ↑ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS ANNOUNCED".
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