2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2017 The American Tournament winner ; As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2016–17 record	11–19 (2–14 The American)
Head coach	Heather Macy (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Rich Conover; Darren Guensch; Nicole Mealing;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by seventh year head coach Heather Macy, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 2–14 AAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic Women's Tournament to SMU.

Media[]

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.

Roster[]

2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Justice McGee	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Timmonsville	Timmonsville, SC
G	1	Alexandra Frazier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Central Gwinnett	Lawrenceville, GA
G	2	Khadidja Toure	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Kamiakan Oregon State	Kennewick, WA
G/F	3	Manesha Womble	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Carver Odessa College	Atlanta, GA
G	11	Raven Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Parkview	Lilburn, GA
G/F	13	Fanni Csutoras	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	PTE Deak Ferenc Gyakorlo Iowa Western CC	Bogád, Hungary
C	15	Thais Oliveira	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	College of Central Florida	Manaus Amazonas, Brazil
G/F	20	Bre McDonald	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Chamblee West Virginia	Lithonia, GA
G/F	21	Alexis Cortez	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Tucson	Tucson, AZ
G/F	23	Dominique Claytor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Winston-Salem Prep	Winston-Salem, NC
F	24	Kristen Gaffney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Green Hope Vanderbilt	Cary, NC
G	25	Antoinette Bannister	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Florida	Jacksonville, FL
G/F	40	Gabrielle Holston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Center Point Georgia Tech	Margaret, AL

Head coach

Heather Macy (Greensboro)

Assistant coach(es)

Rich Conover (Green Mountain)
Darren Guensch (Radford)
Nicole Mealing (Francis Marion)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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		Greenboro	W 107–40	1–0	Williams Arena (886) Greensville, NC
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm			W 83–81 ^OT	2–0	Williams Arena (1,037) Greenville, NC
11/16/2016* 11:30 am		UNC Wilmington	W 75–65	3–0	Williams Arena (4,958) Greenville, NC
11/20/2016* 3:30 pm		Auburn	L 52–61	3–1	Williams Arena (1,019) Greenville, NC
11/22/2016* 2:00 pm		vs. Savannah Invitational	W 70–68	4–1	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
11/23/2016* 4:30 pm		vs. No. 19 West Virginia Savannah Invitational	L 47–79	4–2	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
11/24/2016* 4:30 pm		vs. Ball State Savannah Invitational	W 82–69 ^OT	5–2	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
11/28/2016* 7:00 pm			W 54–46	6–2	Williams Arena (905) Greenville, NC
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm		at Charlotte	L 64–79	6–3	Dale F. Halton Arena (671) Charlotte, NC
12/04/2016* 1:00 pm			W 66–58	7–3	Williams Arena (1,014) Greenville, NC
12/17/2016* 4:00 pm		at Richmond	W 71–60	8–3	Robins Center (586) Richmond, VA
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm			W 62–55	9–3	Williams Arena (1,067) Greenville, NC
12/28/2016* 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 72–82	9–4	Kaplan Arena (372) Williamsburg, VA
AAC regular season
12/31/2016 2:30 pm		Tulane	L 45–65	9–5 (0–1)	Williams Arena (903) Greenville, NC
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 45–90	9–6 (0–2)	Gampel Pavilion (8,452) Storrs, CT
01/07/2017 5:00 pm, ADN		SMU	W 58–57	10–6 (1–2)	Williams Arena (859) Greenville, NC
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		at Temple	L 47–78	10–7 (1–3)	McGonigle Hall (719) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		at No. 20 South Florida	L 48–79	10–8 (1–4)	USF Sun Dome (2,090) Tampa, FL
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		UCF	L 42–54	10–9 (1–5)	Williams Arena (985) Greenville, NC
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ADN		at Cincinnati	L 64–74	10–10 (1–6)	Fifth Third Arena (679) Cincinnati, OH
01/24/2017 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		No. 1 Connecticut	L 44–91	10–11 (1–7)	Williams Arena (2,880) Greenville, NC
01/31/2017 8:00 pm		at Tulsa	L 92–100 ^OT	10–12 (1–8)	Reynolds Center (193) Tulsa, OK
02/04/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Houston	L 62–73	10–13 (1–9)	Williams Arena (1,014) Greenville, NC
02/08/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 22 South Florida	L 66–76	10–14 (1–10)	Williams Arena (1,210) Greenville, NC
02/11/2016 5:00 pm		Temple	L 43–76	10–15 (1–11)	Williams Arena (1,889) Greenville, NC
02/15/2017 8:00 pm		at Memphis	L 50–72	10–16 (1–12)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (583) Memphis, TN
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, ADN		at UCF	L 51–79	10–17 (1–13)	CFE Arena (2,453) Orlando, FL
02/22/2017 7:00 pm		Cincinnati	W 80–69	11–17 (2–13)	Williams Arena (1,099) Greenville, NC
02/25/2017 3:00 pm		at Houston	L 65–81	11–18 (2–14)	Hofheinz Pavilion (787) Houston, TX
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3	(11)	vs. (6) SMU First Round	L 54–60	11–19	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References[]

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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2016–17 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Contents

Media[]

Roster[]

Schedule and results[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t	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