2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

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2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record8–23 (5–13 The Valley)
Head coach
  • (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRedbird Arena
Seasons
 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

The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach , play their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.

On March 13, the school fired Barb Smith. She finish at Illinois State with 4 year record of 28–93.[1]

Roster[]

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Zakiya Beckles 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Middlesex Middlesex, NJ
G 2 Deja Turner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Plant Tampa, FL
G 5 Brechelle Beachum 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mexia
Western Texas College 		Mexia, TX
F 12 Millie Stevens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Sevenoaks Suns (WBBL team) Surrey, England
G 13 Katrina Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Whitney Young Chicago, IL
G 15 Frannie Corrigan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lyons Township LaGrange, IL
G 23 Viria Livingston 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Hopkins Minnetonka, MN
F 25 Hannah Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Ranch
College of the Canyons 		Santa Clarita, CA
G 30 Amaria Allen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Colerain Cincinnati, OH
G 32 Taylor Stewart 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lakeville North Lakeville, MN
G 33 Morgan VanHyfte 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Annawan Annawan, IL
F 42 Megan Talbot 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Barrington Barrington, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule[]

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Lindenwood W 64–46 
Redbird Arena 
Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm 		at No. 18 Arizona State L 40–76  0–1
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,748)
Tempe, AZ
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm 		at  W 59–52  1–1
 UIC Pavilion (402)
Chicago, IL
11/19/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 77–52  2–1
 Redbird Arena (614)
Normal, IL
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Yale L 45–59  2–2
 Redbird Arena (656)
Normal, IL
11/26/2016*
6:00 pm 		at Northern Illinois L 66–108  2–3
 Convocation Center (1,308)
DeKalb, IL
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 60–49  3–3
 Redbird Arena (509)
Normal, IL
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wisconsin L 46–64  3–4
 Redbird Arena (1,209)
Normal, IL
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		L 60–68  3–5
 Redbird Arena (509)
Normal, IL
12/11/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		George Mason L 46–72  3–6
 Redbird Arena (718)
Normal, IL
12/20/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Western Illinois L 50–80  3–7
 Western Hall (573)
Macomb, IL
12/23/2016*
1:00 pm 		at  L 80–92  3–8
 Vadalabene Center (442)
Macomb, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Bradley W 71–63  4–8 (1–0)
 Redbird Arena (784)
Normal, IL
01/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Loyola–Chicago L 61–64  4–9 (1–1)
 Joseph J. Gentile Arena (307)
Chicago, IL
01/08/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Indiana State L 49–63  4–10 (1–2)
 Hulman Center (1,421)
Terre Haute, IN
01/13/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Iowa L 40–78  4–11 (1–3)
 Redbird Arena (576)
Normal, IL
01/15/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Drake L 36–87  4–12 (1–4)
 Redbird Arena (518)
Normal, IL
01/20/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Missouri State L 60–65  4–13 (1–5)
 JQH Arena (2,193)
Springfield, MO
01/22/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Wichita State L 45–67  4–14 (1–6)
 Charles Koch Arena (1,623)
Wichita, KS
01/27/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Evansville W 71–58  5–14 (2–6)
 Redbird Arena (647)
Normal, IL
01/29/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Southern Illinois L 56–63  5–15 (2–7)
 Redbird Arena (1,089)
Normal, IL
02/03/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Indiana State L 47–65  5–16 (2–8)
 Redbird Arena (1,120)
Normal, IL
02/05/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Loyola–Chicago W 63–51  6–16 (3–8)
 Redbird Arena (548)
Normal, IL
02/10/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Drake L 49–101  6–17 (3–9)
 Knapp Center (2,563)
Des Moines, IA
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Northern Iowa L 51–82  6–18 (3–10)
 McLeod Center (1,701)
Cedar Falls, IA
02/17/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wichita State W 54–50  7–18 (4–10)
 Redbird Arena (618)
Normal, IL
02/19/2017
11:30 am, ESPN3 		Missouri State L 44–77  7–19 (4–11)
 Redbird Arena (537)
Normal, IL
02/24/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Southern Illinois L 48–57  7–20 (4–12)
 SIU Arena (806)
Carbondale, IL
02/26/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Evansville L 56–60  7–21 (4–13)
 Ford Center (719)
Evansville, IN
03/04/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Bradley L 59–70  7–22 (4–14)
 Renaissance Coliseum (636)
Peoria, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/09/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		(9) vs. (8) Indiana State
First Round 		W 51–45  8–22
 iWireless Center 
Moline, IL
03/10/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		(9) vs. (2) Northern Iowa
Quarterfinals 		L 39–69  8–23
 iWireless Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also[]

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

References[]

  1. ^ "Illinois State fires Barb Smith after four seasons". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".
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