2016–17 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by 12th year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to VCU.

2016–17 Richmond Spiders women's basketball
FAU Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record13–17 (7–9 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Cori Chambers
  • John Miller
  • Kara Powell
Home arenaRobins Center
Seasons
2016–17 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dayton 13 3   .813 22 10   .688
George Washington 13 3   .813 20 10   .667
Saint Louis 12 4   .750 25 9   .735
Saint Joseph's 12 4   .750 17 15   .531
Fordham 11 5   .688 22 12   .647
La Salle 9 7   .563 17 13   .567
Duquesne 8 8   .500 18 16   .529
VCU 8 8   .500 16 15   .516
Richmond 7 9   .438 13 17   .433
George Mason 6 10   .375 13 17   .433
St. Bonaventure 4 12   .250 9 20   .310
Davidson 4 12   .250 6 23   .207
UMass 3 13   .188 9 21   .300
Rhode Island 2 14   .125 6 23   .207
2017 A10 Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

2016–17 media

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All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on Spider TV Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster

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2015–16 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Kylie Murphree 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fairfax Fairfax, VA
F 1 Jaide Hinds-Clarke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Westwood Westwood, NJ
G 2 Olivia Healy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Reading Reading, PA
G 4 Janelle Hubbard (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Elizabeth Seton Glenn Dale, MD
G 10 Dazia Hall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr The Bullis School Ashburn, VA
G 11 Micaela Parson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Monacan North Chesterfield, VA
G 13 Taisha Murphy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Clayton Clayton, NC
F 14 Alicia Hudalla 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Glen Allen Glen Allen, VA
F/C 15 Karleigh Wike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr East Rowan Salisbury, NC
F 21 Salita Greene 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Jordan Durham, NC
G 23 Lauren Tolson (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Frederick Frederick, MD
F 24 Tuuli Menna 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mäkelänrintee Helsinki, Finland
F 33 Amy Duggan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Noble and Greenough Norwood, MA
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
Columbia L 58–65  0–1
Robins Center (654)
Richmond, VA
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm, CSNMA+
Virginia L 56–63  0–2
Robins Center (653)
Richmond, VA
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm
at William & Mary L 39–67  0–3
Kaplan Arena (467)
Williamsburg, VA
11/20/2016*
5:00 pm
Appalachian State W 55–46  1–3
Robins Center (473)
Richmond, VA
11/25/2016*
2:30 pm
vs. Florida A&M
FAU Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals
W 64–51  2–3
FAU Arena 
Boca Raton, LA
11/26/2016*
2:30 pm
at Florida Atlantic
FAU Thanksgiving Tournament championship game
W 77–67  3–3
FAU Arena (432)
Boca Raton, LA
12/03/2016*
6:00 pm
vs. Liberty
Navy Classic
W 63–54  4–3
Alumni Hall 
Annapolis, MD
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
vs. Cleveland State
Navy Classic
L 65–69  4–4
Alumni Hall 
Annapolis, MD
12/10/2016*
2:00 pm
Penn L 44–47  4–5
Robins Center (623)
Richmond, VA
12/15/2016*
5:30 pm
at Hampton L 45–72  4–6
Hampton Convocation Center (1,234)
Hampton, VA
12/17/2016*
4:00 pm
East Carolina L 60–71  4–7
Robins Center (586)
Richmond, VA
12/20/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at Furman W 54–48  5–7
Timmons Arena (396)
Greenville, SC
12/27/2016*
6:00 pm
Morgan State W 54–37  6–7
Robins Center (557)
Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 regular Season
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
Saint Joseph's W 70–52  7–7 (1–0)
Robins Center (564)
Richmond, VA
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at VCU
Capital City Classic
L 55–62  7–8 (1–1)
Siegel Center (1,031)
Richmond, VA
01/07/2017
3:00 pm
St. Bonaventure W 61–54  8–8 (2–1)
Robins Center (547)
Richmond, VA
01/11/2017
12:00 pm
at Fordham L 41–67  8–9 (2–2)
Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,175)
Bronx, NY
01/14/2017
2:00 pm
at Rhode Island W 58–53  9–9 (3–2)
Ryan Center (391)
Kingston, RI
01/18/2017
7:00 pm
La Salle L 58–63  9–10 (3–3)
Robins Center (430)
Richmond, VA
01/22/2017
5:00 pm, ASN
George Mason L 50–54  9–11 (3–4)
Robins Center (504)
Richmond, VA
01/25/2017
7:00 pm
at Duquesne L 61–73  9–12 (3–5)
Palumbo Center (777)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm
at Davidson W 61–52  10–12 (4–5)
John M. Belk Arena (335)
Davidson, NC
01/31/2017
7:00 pm
VCU
Capital City Classic
L 55–57  10–13 (4–6)
Robins Center (1,205)
Richmond, VA
02/05/2017
1:00 pm
Rhode Island W 67–51  11–13 (5–6)
Robins Center (586)
Richmond, VA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
at Dayton L 39–55  11–14 (5–7)
UD Arena (1,882)
Dayton, OH
02/12/2017
2:00 pm
at George Mason W 70–58  12–14 (6–7)
EagleBank Arena (1,710)
Fairfax, VA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
Massachusetts W 56–45  13–14 (7–7)
Robins Center (537)
Richmond, VA
02/18/2017
8:00 pm
at Saint Louis L 66–73  13–15 (7–8)
Chaifetz Arena (2,440)
St. Louis, MO
02/22/2017
7:00 pm
George Washington L 44–63  13–16 (7–9)
Robins Center (751)
Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 Tournament
02/26/2017
1:00 pm
at VCU
First Round
L 64–72  13–17
Siegel Center (530)
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".