2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

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2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Maine Black Bears script.svg
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge champions
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2016–17 record18–16 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Amy Vachon
  • Edniesha Curry
  • Samantha Baranowski
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
Seasons
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Hampshire 15 1   .938 26 6   .813
Albany 12 4   .750 21 12   .636
UMBC 10 6   .625 15 16   .484
Maine 9 7   .563 18 16   .529
Binghamton 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Hartford 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Vermont 6 10   .375 9 20   .310
Stony Brook 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
UMass Lowell* 0 16   .000 3 26   .103
2017 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by sixth year head coach Richard Barron, played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Albany.

Media[]

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster[]

2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME
G 3 Naira Caceres 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr CB Islas Canarias Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Calais Calais, ME
F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Tresnjevka Zagreb, Croatia
G 10 Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Collège Montmorency Repentigny, QE
F 13 Laia Sole 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Ine Joaquim Blume Igualada, Spain
F 21 Sheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Canyon Anaheim Hills, CA
G 22 Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Ss. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
F 31 Anita Kelava 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Croatian National Team Zagreb, Croatia
G 32 Isabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Polisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy
F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
G 42 Sigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Stearns
Billrothgymnasium
Vienna, Austria
F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Nacka, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule[]

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016*
12:00 pm
Stonehill W 74–54 
Cross Insurance Center (1,303)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Purdue
Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals
W 67–47  1–0
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/12/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 Mississippi State
Maine Tip-Off Tournament championship
L 43–87  1–1
Cross Insurance Center (2,182)
Bangor, ME
11/15/2016*
6:00 pm, NESN
at Harvard L 62–69  1–2
Lavietes Pavilion (413)
Cambridge, MA
11/20/2016*
5:00 pm
vs. 
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge
W 59–43  2–2
Colonial Life Arena (11,795)
Columbia, SC
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm
at No. 3 South Carolina
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge
L 42–79  2–3
Colonial Life Arena (11,057)
Columbia, SC
11/22/2016*
5:00 pm
vs. 
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge
L 49–58  2–4
Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
11/27/2016*
6:00 pm
vs. Chattanooga
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge
W 49–39  3–4
MassMutual Center (1,812)
Springfield, MA
12/02/2016*
6:00 pm
at Clemson L 61–69  3–5
Littlejohn Coliseum (299)
Clemson, SC
12/07/2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Northeastern W 68–49  4–5
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Dartmouth W 60–55  5–5
Cross Insurance Center (1,538)
Bangor, ME
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm
at  W 77–52  6–5
Chace Athletic Center (248)
Smithfield, RI
12/19/2016*
3:00 pm
vs. East Tennessee State
Miami Holiday Tournament semifinals
W 61–48  7–5
Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
12/20/2016*
5:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 11 Miami (FL)
Miami Holiday Tournament
L 51–76  7–6
Watsco Center (624)
Coral Gables, FL
12/28/2016*
3:00 pm
at Tulane L 62–77  7–7
Devlin Fieldhouse (606)
New Orleans, LA
12/30/2016*
2:00 pm
at Boston College L 53–64  7–8
Conte Forum (1,323)
Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, AETV
at Vermont L 52–55  7–9 (0–1)
Patrick Gym (348)
Burlington, VT
01/07/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC W 72–40  8–9 (1–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,673)
Bangor, ME
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 65–44  9–9 (2–1)
Costello Athletic Center (184)
Lowell, MA
01/14/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook L 41–55  9–10 (2–2)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (530)
Stony Brook, NY
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford W 73–62  10–10 (3–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire L 44–50  10–11 (3–3)
Lundholm Gym (403)
Durham, NH
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 73–62  11–11 (4–3)
Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton L 52–58  11–12 (4–4)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,355)
Vestal, NY
02/01/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 59–43  12–12 (5–4)
Cross Insurance Center (1,193)
Bangor, ME
02/04/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC L 62–66  12–13 (5–5)
Retriever Activities Center 
Catonsville, MD
02/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford W 66–60  13–13 (6–5)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,003)
Hartford, CT
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 76–50  14–13 (7–5)
Cross Insurance Center (1,050)
Bangor, ME
02/12/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook W 78–71 OT 15–13 (8–5)
Cross Insurance Center (2,306)
Bangor, ME
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire L 57–65  15–14 (8–6)
Cross Insurance Center (1,645)
Bangor, ME
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany L 60–64  15–15 (8–7)
SEFCU Arena (1,543)
Albany, NY
02/26/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton W 62–49  16–15 (9–7)
Cross Insurance Center (2,372)
Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
2:30 pm, ESPN3
(4) (5) Binghamton
Quarterfinals
W 57–40  17–15
Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
03/05/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3
(4) (1) New Hampshire
Semifinals
W 61–52  18–15
Cross Insurance Arena (1,847)
Portland, ME
03/10/2017
4:30 pm, ESPNU
(4) at (2) Albany
Championship
L 50–66  18–16
SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".
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