2017β18 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball | |
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WBI, Runner-up | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 25β10 (14β4 Southland) |
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Home arena | Farris Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M-CC | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State β | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2017β18 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2017β18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears were led by sixth year head coach Sandra Rushing and played their home games at the Farris Center. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 25β10, 14β4 in Southland play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland women's tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated SIU Ewardsville, Weber State and Nevada in the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals to advanced to the championship game where they lost to Yale in the championship game.
They finished the season 26β5 overall and 16β2 in Southland play to finish in first place. [1] They won the Southland women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the second year in a row. [2] They lost to Texas in the first round. [3]
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular Schedule | |||||||||||
November 10, 2017* 6:00 pm |
Hendrix College | W 79β22 | 1β0 |
Farris Center (682) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 14* 7:00 pm, FCS |
at No. 3 Baylor | L 55β86 | 1β1 |
Ferrell Center (4,877) Waco, TX | |||||||
November 20* 6:00 pm |
Alcorn State | W 75β52 | 2β1 |
Farris Center (410) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 28* 6:00 pm |
Crowley's Ridge College | W 106β23 | 3β1 |
Farris Center (327) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 30* 6:00 pm |
at No. 12 Tennessee | L 34β77 | 3β2 |
ThompsonβBoling Arena (7,311) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
December 4* 6:00 pm |
Williams Baptist College | W 77β31 | 4β2 |
Farris Center (327) Conway, AR | |||||||
December 7* 6:00 pm |
Central Baptist College | W 75β34 | 5β2 |
Farris Center (302) Conway, AR | |||||||
December 9* 1:00 pm |
at No. 21 Texas A&M | L 61β72 | 5β3 |
Reed Arena (3,886) College Station, TX | |||||||
December 16* 1:05 pm |
at South Alabama | L 43β64 | 5β4 |
Mitchell Center (1,901) Mobile, AL | |||||||
December 20* 2:31 pm |
vs.
Clemson FIU Holiday Tournament |
W 57β43 | 6β4 |
FIU Arena (284) Miami, FL | |||||||
December 21* 1:00 pm |
vs.
North Dakota State FIU Holiday Tournament |
W 68β45 | 7β4 |
FIU Arena Miami, FL | |||||||
Southland Conference Schedule | |||||||||||
December 28 1:00 pm |
at Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | W 58β50 | 8β4 (1β0) |
Dugan Wellness Center (158) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
December 31 1:00 pm |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 63β47 | 9β4 (2β0) |
Farris Center (512) Conway, AR | |||||||
January 3, 2018 7:00 pm |
Sam Houston State | W 69β44 | 10β4 (3β0) |
Farris Center (412) Conway, AR | |||||||
January 6, 2018 1:00 pm |
Lamar | W 51β39 | 11β4 (4β0) |
Farris Center (425) Conway, AR | |||||||
January 10 6:00 pm |
at Incarnate Word | W 57β35 | 12β4 (5β0) |
McDermott Center (791) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
January 13 6:00 pm |
at Nicholls | W 69β48 | 13β4 (6β0) |
Stopher Gym (315) Thibodeaux, LA | |||||||
January 17 7:00 pm |
New Orleans | L 48β52 | 13β5 (6β1) |
Farris Center (423) Conway, AR | |||||||
January 20 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Abilene Christian | W 63β45 | 14β5 (7β1) |
Farris Center (742) Conway, AR | |||||||
January 24 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stephen F. Austin | L 46β59 | 14β6 (7β2) |
William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,103) Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||
January 27 1:00 pm |
at Northwestern State | W 61β53 | 15β6 (8β2) |
Prather Coliseum (1,518) Natchitoches, LA | |||||||
February 3 2:00 pm |
at Southeastern Louisiana | L 70β78 | 15β7 (8β3) |
University Center (595) Hammond, LA | |||||||
February 7 7:00 pm |
Houston Baptist | W 64β56 | 16β7 (9β3) |
Farris Center (479) Conway, AR | |||||||
February 14 6:30 pm |
at McNeese | W 51β45 | 17β7 (10β3) |
Burton Coliseum (767) Lake Charles, LA | |||||||
February 17 1:00 pm |
Nicholls | W 60β42 | 18β7 (11β3) |
Farris Center (910) Conway, AR | |||||||
February 21 7:00 pm |
Stephen F. Austin | L 50β55 | 18β8 (11β4) |
Farris Center (428) Conway, AR | |||||||
February 24 2:00 pm |
at Abilene Christian | W 73β61 | 19β8 (12β4) |
Moody Coliseum (1,450) Abilene, TX | |||||||
February 28 6:30 pm |
at Sam Houston State | W 73β53 | 20β8 (13β4) |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (758) Huntsville, TX | |||||||
March 3 3:00 pm |
Northwestern State | W 59β39 | 21β8 (14β4) |
Farris Center (1,045) Conway, AR | |||||||
Southland Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 9 1:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(3) | vs. (7) Abilene Christian Quarterfinals |
W 54β41 | 22β8 |
Merrell Center (606) Katy, TX | ||||||
March 10 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(3) | vs. (2) Stephen F. Austin Semifinals |
L 60β70 | 22β9 |
Merrell Center (1,446) Katy, TX | ||||||
WBI | |||||||||||
March 15* 7:00 pm |
SIU Edwardsville First Round |
W 51β39 | 23β9 |
Farris Center (487) Conway, AR | |||||||
March 19 7:00 pm |
Weber State Quarterfinals |
W 82β67 | 24β9 |
Farris Center (2,570) Conway, AR | |||||||
March 24 5:00 pm |
Nevada Semifinals |
W 65β56 | 25β9 |
Farris Center (1,457) Conway, AR | |||||||
March 29 7:00 pm |
Yale Championship Game |
L 50β54 | 25β10 |
Farris Center (3,526) Conway, AR | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
2017β18 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team