2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and play their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament.[2] They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Savannah Invitational Champions Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 22
2016–17 record	24–11 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Carey (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Chester Nichols Diane Richardson Lester Rowe
Home arena	WVU Coliseum

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor	17	–	1		.944			33	–	4		.892
No. 14 Texas	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
No. 23 Oklahoma	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
No. 24 Kansas State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
No. 22 West Virginia †	8	–	10		.444			24	–	11		.686
Oklahoma State	6	–	12		.333			17	–	15		.531
Texas Tech	5	–	13		.278			14	–	17		.452
TCU	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Kansas	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Roster

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Alexis Brewer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bardstown Buffalo, KY G 3 Oliva Seggie 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Morgantown Morgantown, WV G 4 Nia Staples 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Lakota West Cincinnati, OH G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA F 11 Teana Muldrow 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr East Orange East Orange, NJ G 12 Chania Ray 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Riverdale Baptist Florida State Alexandria, VA F 13 Kristina King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr New Hope Christian Academy Gulf Coast State Mebane, NC G 14 Bailey Thomas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Centennial Rochester Hills, MI C 15 Lanay Montgomery 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr Academy of the Holy Cross Pittsburgh, PA C 20 Desiree Rhodes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Aurora East Wabash Valley College Aurora, IL G 22 Katrina Pardee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Vista Ridge Cedar Park, TX G 23 Aisha Edwards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr West Boca Raton Chipola JC Boca Raton, FL G/F 24 Anja Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So John Paul Stevens San Antonio, TX F 45 Marlena Schmidt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Ringgold Eighty Four, PA F 55 Krys McCune 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr duPont Manual Louisville, KY	Head coach Mike Carey (Salem) Assistant coach(es) Chester Nichols (Greenville) Diane Richardson (Frostburg State) Lester Rowe (West Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 22	Concord	W 104–48		Robert C. Byrd HS (2,116) Clarksburg, WV
Non-Conference Games
11/12/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 22	Charleston Southern	W 88–38	1–0	WVU Coliseum (1,144) Morgantown, WV
11/15/2016* 6:30 pm	No. 21	Howard	W 95–49	2–0	WVU Coliseum (1,052) Morgantown, WV
11/19/2016* 1:00 pm	No. 21	Coppin State	W 69–39	3–0	WVU Coliseum (2,173) Morgantown, WV
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	vs. North Carolina A&T Savannah Invitational	W 80–64	4–0	Savannah Civic Center (319) Savannah, GA
11/23/2016* 4:30 pm	No. 19	vs. East Carolina Savannah Invitational	W 79–47	5–0	Savannah Civic Center  Savannah, GA
11/24/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	vs. Auburn Savannah Invitational	W 56–52	6–0	Savannah Civic Center (417) Savannah, GA
11/27/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 19	High Point	W 82–59	7–0	WVU Coliseum (1,134) Morgantown, WV
11/30/2016* 6:30 pm	No. 16	Morehead State	W 94–53	8–0	WVU Coliseum (1,179) Morgantown, WV
12/04/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 16	Ole Miss Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 66–61	9–0	WVU Coliseum (2,634) Morgantown, WV
12/10/2016* 6:30 pm	No. 13	USC Upstate	W 91–33	10–0	WVU Coliseum (1,435) Morgantown, WV
12/17/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 14	vs. Longwood	W 107–40	11–0	Charleston Civic Center (2,024) Charleston, WV
12/21/2016* 6:30 pm	No. 13	Mount St. Mary's	W 77–45	12–0	WVU Coliseum (1,269) Morgantown, WV
Conference Games
12/29/2016 7:30 pm	No. 12	at TCU	W 83–61	13–0 (1–0)	Schollmaier Arena (1,770) Fort Worth, TX
01/01/2017 2:00 pm, Cox Kansas	No. 12	at Kansas State	L 71–86	13–1 (1–1)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,825) Manhattan, KS
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, FS2	No. 17	No. 2 Baylor	L 56–91	13–2 (1–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,466) Morgantown, WV
01/08/2017 4:00 pm, FS1	No. 17	No. 20 Oklahoma	W 83–73	14–2 (2–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,563) Morgantown, WV
01/11/2017 7:30 pm, FSSW+	No. 18	at Texas Tech	L 66–75	14–3 (2–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,829) Lubbock, TX
01/14/2017 4:00 pm	No. 18	No. 16 Texas	L 63–73	14–4 (2–4)	WVU Coliseum (4,118) Morgantown, WV
01/18/2017 8:00 pm	No. 24	at Kansas	W 62-51	15–4 (3–4)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,833) Lawrence, KS
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, FSN	No. 24	at No. 2 Baylor	L 73–79	15–5 (3–5)	Ferrell Center (6,462) Waco, TX
01/25/2017 7:00 pm	No. 22	Texas Tech	W 89–79	16–5 (4–5)	WVU Coliseum (2,051) Morgantown, WV
01/28/2017 4:00 pm, FS1	No. 22	at No. 12 Texas	L 54–69	16–6 (4–6)	Frank Erwin Center (4,123) Austin, TX
02/04/2017 12:00 pm	No. 22	Iowa State	L 55–80	16–7 (4–7)	WVU Coliseum (3,058) Morgantown, WV
02/07/2017 8:00 pm	No. 22	at No. 19 Oklahoma	L 87–90 ^2OT	16–8 (4–8)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,890) Norman, OK
02/11/2017 6:30 pm		Oklahoma State	W 79–53	17–8 (5–8)	WVU Coliseum (4,024) Morgantown, WV
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, RTPT		No. 24 Kansas State	W 66–59	18–8 (6–8)	WVU Coliseum (1,642) Morgantown, WV
02/18/2017 1:00 pm		at Iowa State	L 53–68	18–9 (6–9)	Hilton Coliseum (10,824) Ames, IA
02/22/2017 6:00 pm		TCU	W 77–73	19–9 (7–9)	WVU Coliseum (2,147) Morgantown, WV
02/25/2017 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	L 63–67	19–10 (7–10)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,884) Stillwater, OK
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, RTPT		Kansas	W 73–54	20–10 (8–10)	WVU Coliseum (2,661) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 9:30 pm, FSN	(6)	vs. (3) No. 19 Oklahoma Quarterfinals	W 82–58	21–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,852) Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2017 4:00 pm, FS1	(6)	vs. (2) No. 12 Texas Semifinals	W 62–59	22–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,475) Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2017 8:00 pm, FS1	(6)	vs. (1) No. 2 Baylor Championship Game	W 77–66	23–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,355) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(6 B) No. 22	vs. (11 B) Elon First Round	W 75–62	24–10	Xfinity Center (3,511) College Park, MD
03/19/2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(6 B) No. 22	at (3 B) No. 4 Maryland Second Round	L 56–83	24–11	Xfinity Center (6,129) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	22	21	19	16	13	14	13	12	17	18	24	22	22	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	22	N/A
Coaches	25	25	23	17	14	14	12	12	16	19	23	22	23	RV	RV	RV	NR	22	21	20

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Tynice Martin nets 32 as WVU upsets No. 2 Baylor to win Big 12 title". ESPN. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
3. "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball Schedule - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
4. "Women's hoops nonconference slate unveiled - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.