2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record	14–17 (8–10 The Valley)
Head coach	Matt Ruffing (interim);
Assistant coaches	Doug Rogers; Bailey Harmon; Omega Tandy;
Home arena	Ford Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by interim head coach Matt Ruffing, played their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.

Previous season[]

The Aces ended last season 3–28, 1–17 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Drake.

On February 29, 2016, head coach Oties Epps resigned after five years.^[1] Matt Ruffing became the interim coach for the remainder of the season and for the current one.

Roster[]

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Camary Williams	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Cape Coral Hillsborough CC	Fort Myers, FL
G	1	Macie Lively	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Tipton	Tipton, IN
F	2	Kerri Gasper	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Olmstead Falls	Olmsted Township, OH
G	3	Marley Miller	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Vincennes University	Olney, IL
G	11	Brooke Dossett	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Vincennes University	Warsaw, KY
F	14	Peyton Langston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Mater Dei	Carson, CA
F	22	Sasha Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Brown County	Nashville, IN
G	24	Sara Dickey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Riverton Park	Montezuma, IN
F	31	Tattenai Hall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Heritage	Fort Wayne, IN
F	32	Erin Sinnott	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Oswego	Fort Wayne, IL
F	33	Ashley Hawkins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Vincennes University	Sacramento, CA
C	42	Kaylan Coffman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Benton Central	Templeton, IN

Head coach

Matt Ruffing (Dayton)

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Rogers (Wisconsin)
Bailey Harmon (Illinois)
Omega Tandy (Cleveland State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 1:00 pm			L 62–66	0–1	Ford Center Evansville, IN
11/14/2016* 5:00 pm			L 63–73	0–2	Ford Center (456) Evansville, IN
11/16/2016* 6:00 pm		at Ball State	L 49–84	0–3	Worthen Arena (1,012) Muncie, IN
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm			L 74–76	0–4	Ford Center (437) Evansville, IN
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm		at Northwestern	L 66–88	0–5	Welsh-Ryan Arena (853) Evanston, IL
11/30/2016* 6:00 pm		at	W 70–65	1–5	Athletics–Recreation Center (396) Valparaiso, IN
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		at	W 82–77	2–5	CFSB Center (233) Murray, KY
12/06/2016* 11:00 am		Oakland City	W 108–68	3–5	Ford Center (4,581) Evansville, IN
12/10/2016* 12:00 pm			W 68–64	4–5	Ford Center (471) Evansville, IN
12/18/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 8 Louisville	L 47–89	4–6	KFC Yum! Center (8,320) Louisville, KY
12/21/2016* 7:00 pm			W 63–54	5–6	Ford Center (449) Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Indiana State	W 57–41	6–6 (1–0)	Ford Center (623) Evansville, IN
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola–Chicago	W 67–36	7–6 (2–0)	Ford Center (471) Evansville, IN
01/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	L 65–82	7–7 (2–1)	Knapp Center (2,106) Des Moines, IA
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa	L 40–54	7–8 (2–2)	McLeod Center (1,059) Cedar Falls, IA
01/13/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 41–77	7–9 (2–3)	Ford Center (605) Evansville, IN
01/15/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Wichita State	L 54–65	7–10 (2–4)	Ford Center (1,198) Evansville, IN
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Southern Illinois	W 63–60	8–10 (3–4)	Ford Center (622) Evansville, IN
01/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Illinois State	L 58–71	8–11 (3–5)	Redbird Arena (647) Normal, IL
01/29/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3		at Bradley	L 52–56	8–12 (3–6)	Renaissance Coliseum (396) Peoria, IL
02/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	L 36–62	8–13 (3–7)	Ford Center (528) Evansville, IN
02/05/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	L 48–73	8–14 (3–8)	Ford Center (588) Evansville, IN
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wichita State	L 68–69	8–15 (3–9)	Charles Koch Arena (1,412) Wichita, KS
02/12/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 43–68	8–16 (3–10)	JQH Arena (2,705) Springfield, MO
02/17/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	W 74–61	9–16 (4–10)	SIU Arena (705) Carbondale, IL
02/24/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley	W 73–71	10–16 (5–10)	Ford Center (579) Evansville, IN
02/26/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Illinois State	W 60–56	11–16 (6–10)	Ford Center (719) Evansville, IN
03/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Loyola–Chicago	W 81–50	12–16 (7–10)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (273) Chicago, IL
03/04/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	W 52–44	13–16 (8–10)	Hulman Center (1,911) Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2017 8:30 pm, ESPN3	(6)	vs. (3) Missouri State Quarterfinals	W 65–59	14–16	iWireless Center (1,404) Moline, IL
03/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3	(6)	vs. (2) Northern Iowa Semifinals	L 58–82	14–17	iWireless Center (2,181) Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[]

^ "UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation". Evansville Athletics. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ "University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.

[1] "UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation". Evansville Athletics. Retrieved August 20, 2016.

[2] "University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.

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v t Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Venues	Roberts Municipal Stadium (1969–2011) Ford Center (2011–2017) (2017–present)
Culture & lore	History Aces Brass
People
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2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 Drake †	18	–	0	1.000	28	–	4	.875
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Missouri State	12	–	6	.667	16	–	14	.533
Southern Illinois	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Wichita State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
Evansville	8	–	10	.444	14	–	17	.452
Bradley	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Indiana State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
Illinois State	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Loyola–Chicago	1	–	17	.056	2	–	28	.067


† 2017 MVC Tournament winner As of March 15, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll