2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
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
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
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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]

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and played 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.

Roster

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

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Tynice Martin nets 32 as WVU upsets No. 2 Baylor to win Big 12 title". ESPN. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball Schedule - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
^ "Women's hoops nonconference slate unveiled - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2015.

[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.

[wvusports-3] "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball Schedule - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[Women's_hoops_nonconference_slate_unveiled-4] "Women's hoops nonconference slate unveiled - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2015.

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v t e West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Venues	WVU Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Marshall Pittsburgh
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Schedule

Rankings

See also

References