2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fourth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.

2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
SHU Thanksgiving Classic champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2016–17 record22–9 (14–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kristin Cole
  • Ashley Crawford
  • Talby Justus
Home arenaCollege Park Center
2016–17 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Little Rock171 .944  258  .758
UT Arlington144 .778  228  .733
Troy126 .667  2210  .688
Louisiana–Lafayette117 .611  2011  .645
Texas State117 .611  1614  .533
Georgia Southern99 .500  1317  .433
Coastal Carolina810 .444  1316  .448
Georgia State810 .444  1218  .400
Appalachian State612 .333  1219  .387
South Alabama513 .278  1120  .355
Arkansas State414 .222  725  .219
Louisiana–Monroe315 .167  624  .200
2017 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Cierra Johnson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrL D Bell Bedford, TX
G 2 Lauren Billie 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoEast Central Tulsa, OK
G 3 Crystal Allen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoTrimble Tech
Seattle
Fort Worth, TX
G 4 Breck Clark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrDale
NOC-Enid
Shawnee, OK
G 5 Miranda LeJune 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrPearland
San Jacinto College-North
Pearland, TX
G 11 Shelby Richards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrRiverton
Odessa JC
South Jordan, UT
G 12 Brooke Alexander (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoPrestonwood Christian Academy
Liberty
Frisco, TX
F 13 Greta Kairyte 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrPalangos Senoji Gimnazija
Weatherford
Palanga, Lithuania
G 14 Ericka Mattingly 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrWichita South Wichita, KS
G 23 Christina Devers 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrConners State Wichita, KS
G 24 Aysia Evans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrBroken Arrow Tulsa, OK
F 25 Allyson Te'o 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrFossil Ridge Fort Worth, TX
F 33 Kelsey Johnson  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrWashington Washington, OK
F 44 Rebekah Van Dijk 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrNazareth Nazareth, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016*
2:00 pm
UTSA W 75–54  1–0
College Park Center (592)
Arlington, TX
11/16/2016*
5:30 pm, FCS
at WKU W 71–68  2–0
E. A. Diddle Arena (1,712)
Bowling Green, KY
11/20/2016*
5:00 pm
Wichita State W 74–70  3–0
College Park Center (525)
Arlington, TX
11/26/2016*
11:00 am
vs. San Diego State
SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals
W 64–58  4–0
Walsh Gymnasium (311)
South Orange, NJ
11/27/2016*
1:30 pm
at Seton Hall
SHU Thanksgiving Classic championship
W 86–61  5–0
Walsh Gymnasium (656)
South Orange, NJ
12/03/2016*
2:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin L 60–65  5–1
College Park Center (547)
Arlington, TX
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, FCS Pacific
at Kansas State L 49–62  5–2
Bramlage Coliseum (4,050)
Manhattan, KS
12/11/2016*
5:00 pm
Eastern New Mexico W 65–48  6–2
College Park Center (419)
Arlington, TX
12/11/2016*
5:00 pm
Texas A&M–Commerce W 80–50  7–2
College Park Center (575)
Arlington, TX
12/22/2016*
2:00 pm
at Texas Tech L 60–79  7–3
United Supermarkets Arena (4,794)
Lubbock, TX
Sun Belt regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm
Appalachian State W 74–63  8–3
(1–0)
College Park Center (591)
Arlington, TX
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
Coastal Carolina W 60–58  9–3
(2–0)
College Park Center (1,892)
Arlington, TX
01/07/2017
2:00 pm, SPEC
at Texas State W 61–39  10–3
(3–0)
Strahan Coliseum (1,667)
San Marcos, TX
01/12/2017
7:05 pm
at South Alabama W 73–49  11–3
(4–0)
Mitchell Center (356)
Mobile, AL
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Troy L 68–85  11–4
(4–1)
Trojan Arena (867)
Troy, AL
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
Louisiana–Lafayette W 79–66  12–4
(5–1)
College Park Center (554)
Arlington, TX
01/21/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Louisiana–Monroe W 93–59  13–4
(6–1)
College Park Center (2,659)
Arlington, TX
01/26/2016
6:00 pm
at Coastal Carolina W 70–41  14–4
(7–1)
HTC Center (320)
Conway, SC
01/28/2017
12:00 pm
at Appalachian State W 73–62  15–4
(8–1)
Holmes Center (477)
Boone, NC
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, SPEC
Texas State L 69–75  15–5
(8–2)
College Park Center (1,218)
Arlington, TX
02/09/2017
11:30 am
Little Rock L 49–58  15–6
(8–3)
College Park Center (5,011)
Arlington, TX
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Arkansas State W 69–58  16–6
(9–3)
College Park Center 
Arlington, TX
02/16/2017
6:00 pm
at Georgia Southern W 69–60  17–6
(10–3)
Hanner Fieldhouse (268)
Statesboro, GA
02/18/2017
11:00 am, ESPN3
at Georgia State L 59–64  17–7
(10–4)
GSU Sports Arena (526)
Atlanta, GA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
Troy W 78–72  18–7
(11–4)
College Park Center (728)
Arlington, TX
02/25/2017
2:00 pm
South Alabama W 53–41  19–7
(12–4)
College Park Center (2,878)
Arlington, TX
03/02/2017
5:15 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe W 83–47  20–7
(13–4)
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,604)
Monroe, LA
03/04/2017
5:00 pm
at Louisiana–Lafayette W 79–76  21–7
(14–4)
Cajundome (1,284)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
03/09/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (10) South Alabama
Quarterfinals
W 65–53  22–7
Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
03/11/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (3) Troy
Semifinals
L 59–88  22–8
Lakefront Arena (1,027)
New Orleans, LA
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
at Tulane
First Round
L 53–62  22–9
Devlin Fieldhouse (717)
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

  • 2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team

References

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