2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fourth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.

2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball
SHU Thanksgiving Classic champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record22–9 (14–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kristin Cole
  • Ashley Crawford
  • Talby Justus
Home arenaCollege Park Center
Seasons
2016–17 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Little Rock 17 1   .944 25 8   .758
UT Arlington 14 4   .778 22 8   .733
Troy 12 6   .667 22 10   .688
Louisiana–Lafayette 11 7   .611 20 11   .645
Texas State 11 7   .611 16 14   .533
Georgia Southern 9 9   .500 13 17   .433
Coastal Carolina 8 10   .444 13 16   .448
Georgia State 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
Appalachian State 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
South Alabama 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Arkansas State 4 14   .222 7 25   .219
Louisiana–Monroe 3 15   .167 6 24   .200
2017 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Cierra Johnson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr L D Bell Bedford, TX
G 2 Lauren Billie 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So East Central Tulsa, OK
G 3 Crystal Allen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Trimble Tech
Seattle
Fort Worth, TX
G 4 Breck Clark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Dale
NOC-Enid
Shawnee, OK
G 5 Miranda LeJune 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Pearland
San Jacinto College-North
Pearland, TX
G 11 Shelby Richards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Riverton
Odessa JC
South Jordan, UT
G 12 Brooke Alexander (I)   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Prestonwood Christian Academy
Liberty
Frisco, TX
F 13 Greta Kairyte 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Palangos Senoji Gimnazija
Weatherford
Palanga, Lithuania
G 14 Ericka Mattingly 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Wichita South Wichita, KS
G 23 Christina Devers 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Conners State Wichita, KS
G 24 Aysia Evans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Broken Arrow Tulsa, OK
F 25 Allyson Te'o 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Fossil Ridge Fort Worth, TX
F 33 Kelsey Johnson   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Washington Washington, OK
F 44 Rebekah Van Dijk 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Nazareth Nazareth, 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
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016*
2:00 pm
UTSA W 75–54  1–0
College Park Center (592)
Arlington, TX
11/16/2016*
5:30 pm, FCS
at WKU W 71–68  2–0
E. A. Diddle Arena (1,712)
Bowling Green, KY
11/20/2016*
5:00 pm
Wichita State W 74–70  3–0
College Park Center (525)
Arlington, TX
11/26/2016*
11:00 am
vs. San Diego State
SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals
W 64–58  4–0
Walsh Gymnasium (311)
South Orange, NJ
11/27/2016*
1:30 pm
at Seton Hall
SHU Thanksgiving Classic championship
W 86–61  5–0
Walsh Gymnasium (656)
South Orange, NJ
12/03/2016*
2:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin L 60–65  5–1
College Park Center (547)
Arlington, TX
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, FCS Pacific
at Kansas State L 49–62  5–2
Bramlage Coliseum (4,050)
Manhattan, KS
12/11/2016*
5:00 pm
Eastern New Mexico W 65–48  6–2
College Park Center (419)
Arlington, TX
12/11/2016*
5:00 pm
Texas A&M–Commerce W 80–50  7–2
College Park Center (575)
Arlington, TX
12/22/2016*
2:00 pm
at Texas Tech L 60–79  7–3
United Supermarkets Arena (4,794)
Lubbock, TX
Sun Belt regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm
Appalachian State W 74–63  8–3
(1–0)
College Park Center (591)
Arlington, TX
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
Coastal Carolina W 60–58  9–3
(2–0)
College Park Center (1,892)
Arlington, TX
01/07/2017
2:00 pm, SPEC
at Texas State W 61–39  10–3
(3–0)
Strahan Coliseum (1,667)
San Marcos, TX
01/12/2017
7:05 pm
at South Alabama W 73–49  11–3
(4–0)
Mitchell Center (356)
Mobile, AL
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Troy L 68–85  11–4
(4–1)
Trojan Arena (867)
Troy, AL
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
Louisiana–Lafayette W 79–66  12–4
(5–1)
College Park Center (554)
Arlington, TX
01/21/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Louisiana–Monroe W 93–59  13–4
(6–1)
College Park Center (2,659)
Arlington, TX
01/26/2016
6:00 pm
at Coastal Carolina W 70–41  14–4
(7–1)
HTC Center (320)
Conway, SC
01/28/2017
12:00 pm
at Appalachian State W 73–62  15–4
(8–1)
Holmes Center (477)
Boone, NC
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, SPEC
Texas State L 69–75  15–5
(8–2)
College Park Center (1,218)
Arlington, TX
02/09/2017
11:30 am
Little Rock L 49–58  15–6
(8–3)
College Park Center (5,011)
Arlington, TX
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Arkansas State W 69–58  16–6
(9–3)
College Park Center 
Arlington, TX
02/16/2017
6:00 pm
at Georgia Southern W 69–60  17–6
(10–3)
Hanner Fieldhouse (268)
Statesboro, GA
02/18/2017
11:00 am, ESPN3
at Georgia State L 59–64  17–7
(10–4)
GSU Sports Arena (526)
Atlanta, GA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
Troy W 78–72  18–7
(11–4)
College Park Center (728)
Arlington, TX
02/25/2017
2:00 pm
South Alabama W 53–41  19–7
(12–4)
College Park Center (2,878)
Arlington, TX
03/02/2017
5:15 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe W 83–47  20–7
(13–4)
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,604)
Monroe, LA
03/04/2017
5:00 pm
at Louisiana–Lafayette W 79–76  21–7
(14–4)
Cajundome (1,284)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament
03/09/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (10) South Alabama
Quarterfinals
W 65–53  22–7
Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
03/11/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(2) vs. (3) Troy
Semifinals
L 59–88  22–8
Lakefront Arena (1,027)
New Orleans, LA
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
at Tulane
First Round
L 53–62  22–9
Devlin Fieldhouse (717)
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UT Arlington Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". www.utamavs.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.