2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team


The 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Oregon.

2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record14–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sunny Smallwood
  • Salvo Coppa
  • Kelly Rae Finley
Home arenaMcKale Center
Seasons
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oregon State 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 32 6   .842
No. 12 Washington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 15 UCLA 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Arizona State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Oregon 8 10   .444 23 14   .622
California 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Washington State 6 12   .333 16 20   .444
Colorado 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Utah 5 13   .278 16 15   .516
USC 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
Arizona 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 44 Charise Holloway 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Mary's HS Tracy, CA
G 4 Lucia Alonso 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo Leon, Spain
F 0 Breanna Workman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV
G 3 Taryn Griffey 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Dr. Phillips HS Seattle, WA
G 10 Lauren Evans 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Hamilton HS Phoenix, AZ
G 11 Cherice Harris 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Etiwanda HS Rancho Cucamonga, CA
C 13 Eugenie Simonet-Keller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) So IMG Academy La Bigot, France
G 14 Malena Washington 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Central HS Beaumont, TX
G 20 Farrin Bell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Richardson HS Richardson, TX
F 21 Destiny Graham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Eastside College Prep East Palo Alto, CA
G 22 Bria Rice 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Todd Beamer HS Federal Way, WA
G 23 Michal Miller 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Michigan City HS Michigan City, IN
F 24 LaBrittney Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Cedar Hill HS Cedar Hill, TX
F 31 Dejza James 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Pleasant Grove HS Elk Grove, CA
G 33 JaLea Bennett 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mansfield Timberview HS Grand Prairie, 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
Exhibition
Nov. 8, 2016*
7:00 pm
Western New Mexico W 77–48 
McKale Center (1,233)
Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 13, 2016*
2:00 pm
Alcorn State W 74–59  1–0
McKale Center (1,323)
Tucson, AZ
Nov. 18, 2016*
5:00 pm
at George Mason W 81–70  2–0
EagleBank Arena (635)
Fairfax, VA
Nov. 22, 2016*
11:00 am
North Texas L 58–62  2–1
McKale Center (8,442)
Tucson, AZ
Nov. 26, 2016*
2:00 pm
at Southern Utah W 77–65  3–1
Centrum Arena (225)
Cedar City, UT
Dec. 1, 2016*
7:00 pm
Florida Atlantic W 77–67  4–1
McKale Center (1,084)
Tucson, AZ
Dec. 4, 2016*
1:00 pm
at New Mexico State W 74–63 OT 5–1
Pan American Center (912)
Las Cruces, NM
Dec. 7, 2016*
7:00 pm
San Diego W 76–59  6–1
McKale Center (1,091)
Tucson, AZ
Dec. 13, 2016*
7:00 pm
Grambling State W 73–46  7–1
McKale Center (1,060)
Tucson, AZ
Dec. 18 ,2016*
11:00 am
at Kansas L 51–75  7–2
Allen Fieldhouse (1,884)
Lawrence, KS
Dec. 21, 2016*
6:00 pm
Utah State W 61–57  8–2
McKale Center (1,133)
Tucson, AZ
Dec. 27, 2016*
7:00 pm
Portland State W 75–52  9–2
McKale Center (1,206)
Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
Dec. 29, 2016
7:00 pm
No. 21 California L 64–74  9–3 (0–1)
McKale Center (1,274)
Tucson, AZ
Jan. 1, 2017
2:00 pm
No. 13 Stanford L 55–77  9–4 (0–2)
McKale Center (1,425)
Tucson, AZ
Jan. 6, 2017
7:00 pm
at Colorado L 56–65  9–5 (0–3)
Coors Events Center (2,158)
Boulder, CO
Jan. 8, 2017
12:00 pm, P12N
at Utah W 81–70  10–5 (1–3)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,135)
Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 13, 2017
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Washington L 70–84  10–6 (1–4)
McKale Center (1,684)
Tucson, AZ
Jan. 15, 2017
12:00 pm, P12N
Washington State W 56–55  11–6 (2–4)
McKale Center (1,425)
Tucson, AZ
Jan. 20, 2017
8:00 pm
at No. 10 Stanford L 46–73  11–7 (2–5)
Maples Pavilion (3,796)
Stanford, CA
Jan. 22, 2017
2:00 pm, P12N
at California L 60–71  11–8 (2–6)
Haas Pavilion (2,649)
Berkeley, CA
Jan. 27, 2017
8:00 pm
at USC L 54–58  11–9 (2–7)
Galen Center (667)
Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 29, 2017
3:00 pm
at No. 13 UCLA L 49–69  11–10 (2–8)
Pauley Pavilion (2,013)
Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 3, 2017
6:00 pm, P12N
Oregon L 65–79  11–11 (2–9)
McKale Center (1,542)
Tucson, AZ
Feb. 5, 2017
2:00 pm
No. 11 Oregon State L 57–65  11–12 (2–10)
McKale Center (1,249)
Tucson, AZ
Feb. 10, 2017
9:00 pm, P12N
at No. 7 Washington L 55–91  11–13 (2–11)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088)
Seattle, WA
Feb. 12, 2017
12:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 70–62  12–13 (3–11)
Beasley Coliseum (802)
Pullman, WA
Feb. 17, 2017
7:00 pm, P12N
Arizona State
Rivalry
W 62–58  13–13 (4–11)
McKale Center (2,085)
Tucson, AZ
Feb. 19, 2017
4:00 pm, P12N
at Arizona State
Rivalry
L 54–67  13–14 (4–12)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,772)
Tempe, AZ
Feb. 24, 2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 15 UCLA L 56–79  13–15 (4–13)
McKale Center (1,652)
Tucson, AZ
Feb. 26, 2017
2:00 pm, P12N
USC W 67–62  14–15 (5–13)
McKale Center (1,640)
Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
Mar. 2, 2017
9:30 pm, P12N
(11) vs. (6) Oregon
First Round
L 63–70  14–16
KeyArena (4,158)
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

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2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule".