2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gales, led by eleventh year head coach Paul Thomas, played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Colorado State in the first round.

2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record20–13 (13–5 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tracy Sanders
  • Allyson Fasnacht
  • Lisa O'Meara
Home arenaMcKeon Pavilion
Seasons
2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 14 4   .778 26 7   .788
BYU 13 5   .722 20 12   .625
Saint Mary's 13 5   .722 20 13   .606
San Francisco 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
Loyola Marymount 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
Santa Clara 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
San Diego 7 11   .389 14 16   .467
Pacific 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Pepperdine 5 13   .278 7 23   .233
Portland 4 14   .222 6 24   .200
2017 WCC tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Jasmine Forcadilla 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Joseph's Catholic Terrigal, Australia
G 4 Devyn Galland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Lewis & Clark
Oregon
Spokane, WA
F 5 Jordan Hobson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Salesian Richmond, CA
G 10 Carly Turner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Australian Institute of Sport Sydney, Australia
G 11 Morgan Malloy 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Justin-Siena Napa, CA
F 12 Sydney Raggio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So St. Ignatius San Bruno, CA
F 13 Tyra Moe 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Punhou Honolulu, HI
G 14 Shannon Mauldin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Saint Mary's San Pablo, CA
G 20 Katie Rathbun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Carondelet Concord, CA
G 21 Stella Beck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hutt Valley Lower Hutt, New Zealand
F 22 Devon Brookshire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Bishop Montgomery
Northwestern
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
G 23 Alia McCoy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Canyon Santa Clarita, CA
G 24 Samira McDonald 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr River Ridge Lacey, WA
F 25 Megan McKay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Mary's Anglican Katanning, Australia
F 30 Joy Akaegbu-Cleveland 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
C 33 Claire Ferguson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Thomas Aquinas
TCU
Olathe, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:30 pm, TheW.tv
California L 67–74  0–1
McKeon Pavilion (1,248)
Moraga, CA
11/13/2016*
1:00 pm
at Washington State L 69–85  0–2
Beasley Coliseum (439)
Pullman, WA
11/15/2016*
9:00 am
at Northeastern W 77–53  1–2
Cabot Center (1,250)
Boston, MA
11/20/2016*
1:00 pm, ACC Extra
at Boston College W 62–54  2–2
Conte Forum (559)
Chestnut Hill, MA
11/25/2016*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Boise State
Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic
L 78–83  2–3
McKeon Pavilion (271)
Moraga, CA
11/26/2016*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Utah
Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic
L 62–63  2–4
McKeon Pavilion (271)
Moraga, CA
12/01/2016*
5:00 pm
at Cal Poly W 79–71  3–4
Mott Athletic Center (385)
San Luis Obispo, CA
12/03/2016*
4:30 pm, MW Net
at San Jose State W 85–64  4–4
Event Center Arena (653)
San Jose, CA
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
at UC Davis L 66–68  4–5
The Pavilion (883)
Davis, CA
12/16/2016*
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
Northern Colorado W 75–65  5–5
McKeon Pavilion (285)
Moraga, CA
12/19/2016*
6:30 pm, CHN
Cal State Northridge L 61–73  5–6
McKeon Pavilion (142)
Moraga, CA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016
6:30 pm
Loyola Marymount W 74–59  6–6
(1–0)
McKeon Pavilion (484)
Moraga, CA
12/31/2016
1:30 pm
at San Diego L 71–73  6–7
(1–1)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (431)
San Diego, CA
01/05/2017
6:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU L 65–70  6–8
(1–2)
Marriott Center (390)
Provo, UT
01/07/2017
1:00 pm
San Francisco W 75–72  7–8
(2–2)
McKeon Pavilion (224)
Moraga, CA
01/12/2017
6:30 pm
Portland W 92–76  8–8
(3–2)
McKeon Pavilion (214)
Moraga, CA
01/14/2017
1:00 pm
Gonzaga L 75–79  8–9
(3–3)
McKeon Pavilion (341)
Moraga, CA
01/16/2017
7:00 pm
at Pacific W 63–54  9–9
(4–3)
Alex G. Spanos Center (398)
Stockton, CA
01/21/2017
1:00 pm
at Pepperdine W 81–60  10–9
(5–3)
Firestone Fieldhouse (267)
Malibu, CA
01/26/2017
7:00 pm
at San Francisco W 64–62  11–9
(6–3)
War Memorial Gymnasium (246)
San Francisco, CA
01/28/2017
1:00 pm
Santa Clara W 55–53  12–9
(7–3)
McKeon Pavilion (239)
Moraga, CA
02/02/2017
6:30 pm
Pacific W 82–74  13–9
(8–3)
McKeon Pavilion (184)
Moraga, CA
02/04/2017
1:00 pm
San Diego W 77–65  14–9
(9–3)
McKeon Pavilion (214)
Moraga, CA
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
at Portland W 75–65  15–9
(10–3)
Chiles Center (294)
Portland, OR
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
at Gonzaga L 58–59  15–10
(10–4)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/16/2017
12:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount L 57–72  15–11
(10–5)
Gersten Pavilion (1,835)
Los Angeles, CA
02/18/2017
1:00 pm
BYU W 64–58  16–11
(11–5)
McKeon Pavilion (342)
Moraga, CA
02/23/2017
6:30 pm
Pepperdine W 84–57  17–11
(12–5)
McKeon Pavilion (312)
Moraga, CA
02/25/2017
2:00 pm
at Santa Clara W 73–58  18–11
(13–5)
Leavey Center (400)
Santa Clara, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
6:00 pm, BYUtv
(3) vs. (6) Santa Clara
Quarterfinals
W 60–57  19–11
Orleans Arena (7,089)
Paradise, NV
03/06/2017
2:00 pm, BYUtv
(3) vs. (2) BYU
Semifinals
W 59–49  20–11
Orleans Arena (7,148)
Paradise, NV
03/07/2017
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (1) Gonzaga
Championship Game
L 75–86  20–12
Orleans Arena (6,773)
Paradise, NV
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
6:00 pm
at Colorado State
First Round
L 68–80 OT 20–13
Moby Arena (1,281)
Fort Collins, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SMC California Athletics - Official Athletics Website".