2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fourth for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 12–19 overall, 4–12 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the AAC tournament, they advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Temple.

2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	12–19 (4–12 The American)
Head coach	Ronald Hughey (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tai Dillard Victoria Picott Jamila Ganter
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
Temple	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
South Florida	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
UCF	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
SMU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Memphis	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Tulsa	5	–	11		.313			10	–	21		.323
Houston	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
East Carolina	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Cougars games home and away are aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the Houston Portal, with Gerald Sanchez and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on Houston All-Access. Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and the Houston Portal. Road games typically were streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Angela Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Cy-Fair HS Cypress, TX G 1 Chyanne Butler 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Junípero Serra HS USC Costa Mesa, CA C 2 Jacqueline Blake 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Coral Springs Acad. Miami Dade College Miami, FL F 3 Dorian Branch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Richardson HS Dallas, TX G 4 Jasmyne Harris 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Brazosport HS Freeport, TX G 5 Dionna Collins 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Del City Redlands CC Del City, OK G 10 Cenecia Newman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Cedar Hill HS Cedar Hill, TX C 11 Natasha Mack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Lufkin HS Lufkin, TX F 12 Brianne Coffman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Jarrell Oklahoma State Jarrell, TX G 14 Quatera Limbrick 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Episcopal HS Sugar Land, TX G 23 Serithia Hawkins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southmoore Moore, OK G 24 Mariah Mitchell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr McKinney McKinney, TX G 25 Kierra Graves 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Morgan Park Kaskaskia College Chicago, IL C 32 Sharayla Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So East Central Tulsa, OK F 35 Taylor Gilbert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Hightower Missouri City, TX	Head coach Ronald Hughey (Limestone College) Assistant coach(es) Tai Dillard (Texas) Victoria Picott (Rutgers) Jamila Ganter (Texas A&M) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm		St. Edward's	W 64–32		Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016* 4:00 pm		Southeastern Louisiana	W 83–80	1–0	Hofheinz Pavilion (1,411) Houston, TX
11/15/2016* 8:00 pm		at UNLV	L 53–64	1–1	Cox Pavilion (1,060) Paradise, NV
11/20/2016* 9:00 pm		at Long Beach State	L 55–65	1–2	Walter Pyramid (1,018) Long Beach, CA
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm		Texas State	L 56–61	1–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (645) Houston, TX
11/25/2016* 7:00 pm		Mercer	L 60–64	1–4	Hofheinz Pavilion (558) Houston, TX
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 68–52	2–4	UTRGV Fieldhouse (836) Edinburg, TX
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 79–63	3–4	Hofheinz Pavilion (565) Houston, TX
12/07/2016* 11:00 am		at Texas Tech	L 60–84	3–5	United Supermarkets Arena (5,242) Lubbock, TX
12/10/2016* 5:00 pm		Rutgers	W 53–51	4–5	Hofheinz Pavilion (671) Houston, TX
12/14/2016* 11:00 am		at Louisiana–Lafayette	W 69–64	5–5	Cajundome (2,203) Lafayette, LA
12/19/2016* 6:00 pm		at UTSA Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament	W 56–49	6–5	Convocation Center (200) San Antonio, TX
12/20/2016* 4:00 pm		vs. Central Arkansas Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament	L 55–69	6–6	Convocation Center  San Antonio, TX
12/28/2016* 7:00 pm		Alcorn State	W 85–70	7–6	Hofheinz Pavilion (704) Houston, TX
AAC regular season
01/01/2017 3:30 pm, ESPNU		Tulsa	W 71–66	8–6 (1–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion (686) Houston, TX
01/07/2017 1:00 pm		at Cincinnati	L 64–85	8–7 (1–1)	Fifth Third Arena (643) Cincinnati, OH
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UCF	L 48–62	8–8 (1–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (691) Houston, TX
01/14/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Tulane	L 56–82	8–9 (1–3)	Devlin Fieldhouse (815) New Orleans, LA
01/18/2017 7:00 pm		Temple	L 57–69	8–10 (1–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (533) Houston, TX
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ADN		SMU	L 45–66	8–11 (1–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion (957) Houston, TX
01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		at Memphis	L 65–66	8–12 (1–6)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,432) Houston, TX
01/28/2017 11:00 am, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 42–91	8–13 (1–7)	XL Center (12,316) Hartford, CT
01/31/2017 7:00 pm		Tulane	L 49–57	8–14 (1–8)	Hofheinz Pavilion (556) Houston, TX
02/04/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3		at East Carolina	W 73–62	9–14 (2–8)	Williams Arena (1,014) Greenville, NC
02/08/2017 6:00 pm		at UCF	L 59–85	9–15 (2–9)	CFE Arena (2,901) Orlando, FL
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		Cincinnati	L 62–71	9–16 (2–10)	Hofheinz Pavilion (698) Houston, TX
02/15/2017 7:00 pm		at Tulsa	W 65–62	10–16 (3–10)	Reynolds Center (391) Tulsa, OK
02/21/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		South Florida	L 50–79	10–17 (3–11)	Hofheinz Pavilion (568) Houston, TX
02/25/2017 2:00 pm		East Carolina	W 81–65	11–17 (4–11)	Hofheinz Pavilion (787) Houston, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		at SMU	L 45–74	11–18 (4–12)	Moody Coliseum (1,205) Dallas, TX
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3	(10)	vs. (7) Cincinnati First Round	W 74–61	12–18	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
03/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3	(10)	vs. (2) No. 25 Temple Quarterfinals	L 58–67	12–19	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

External links

• Official website