2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner ; As of March 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2016–17 record	13–17 (5–13 C-USA)
Head coach	(4th season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Kemper; Caronica Randle; Stephanie Stoglin-Reed;
Home arena	Cam Henderson Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represented the Marshall University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by fourth year head coach , played their home games at the Cam Henderson Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 13–17, 5–13 for in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Charlotte.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Talequia Hamilton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Cincinnati	Huntington, West Virginia
F	1	Jovana Vucetic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr		Loznica, Serbia
G	2	Logan Fraley	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Boyd County HS	Ashland, Kentucky
G	3	Asheika Alexander	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	South Gwinnett HS	Snellville, Georgia
G/F	4	Khadaijia Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Bristol Eastern HS	Bristol, Connecticut
G	5	McKenzie Akers	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Princeton Senior HS	Princeton, West Virginia
G	10	Ashley Saintigene	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Northweast HS	Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
G	11	Taylor Porter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Murray State	Fort Gay, West Virginia
G/F	14	Shayna Gore	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Logan HS	Logan, West Virginia
G	15	Tana Driver	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)	So	MacArthur HS	Irving, Texas
G	22	Kiana Evans	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Huntington HS	Huntington, West Virginia
G/F	33	Madison Morris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Spring Valley HS	Huntington, West Virginia

Head coach

(Harding)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Kemper (Fort Hays State)
Caronica Randle (Central Arkansas)
Stephanie Stoglin-Reed (Houston Baptist)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 12:00 pm		at Illinois	W 55–53	1–0	State Farm Center (969) Champaign, IL
11/15/2016* 6:00 pm			W 77–67	2–0	Cam Henderson Center (531) Huntington, WV
11/19/2016* 1:00 pm		Coastal Carolina	W 84–66	3–0	Cam Henderson Center (1,327) Huntington, WV
11/25/2016* 5:30 pm		vs. Feast on the Border	W 73–50	4–0	UTRGV Fieldhouse (134) Edinburg, TX
11/26/2016* 5:30 pm		vs. Feast on the Border	L 68–78	4–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (92) Edinsburg, TX
11/30/2016* 4:00 pm			W 62–43	5–1	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
12/03/2016* 1:00 pm		at Penn State	L 80–82	5–2	Bryce Jordan Center (2,606) University Park, PA
12/07/2016* 5:30 pm, ACCN Extra		at North Carolina	L 53–75	5–3	Carmichael Arena (1,528) Chapel Hill, NC
12/11/2016* 1:00 pm		Bluefield College	W 77–35	6–3	Cam Henderson Center (696) Huntington, WV
12/19/2016* 1:00 pm			W 70–50	7–3	Cam Henderson Center (536) Huntington, WV
12/20/2016* 1:00 pm		Maine–Fort Kent	W 136–62	8–3	Cam Henderson Center (416) Huntington, WV
Conference USA regular season
12/30/2016 6:00 pm		FIU	W 70–52	9–3 (1–0)	Cam Henderson Center (604) Huntington, WV
01/01/2017 1:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 76–53	10–3 (2–0)	Cam Henderson Center (717) Huntington, WV
01/05/2017 7:00 pm		at Old Dominion	L 69–73	10–4 (2–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,575) Norfolk, VA
01/07/2017 7:00 pm, beIN		at Charlotte	L 77–93	10–5 (2–2)	Dale F. Halton Arena (338) Charlote, NC
01/12/2017 6:00 pm		Middle Tennessee	L 63–72	10–6 (2–3)	Cam Henderson Center (517) Huntington, WV
01/14/2017 1:00 pm		UAB	W 61–58	11–6 (3–3)	Cam Henderson Center (593) Huntington, WV
01/21/2017 3:00 pm		at WKU	L 48–60	11–7 (3–4)	E. A. Diddle Arena (4,215) Bowling Green, KY
01/26/2017 8:00 pm		at UTSA	W 88–81	12–7 (4–4)	Convocation Center (324) San Antonio, TX
01/28/2017 4:00 pm		at UTEP	L 74–84	12–8 (4–5)	Don Haskins Center (1,542) El Paso, TX
02/02/2017 6:00 pm		Southern Miss	L 78–82	12–9 (4–6)	Cam Henderson Center (613) Huntington, WV
02/04/2017 1:00 pm		Louisiana Tech	L 64–72	12–10 (4–7)	Cam Henderson Center (1,072) Huntington, WV
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		WKU	L 64–78	12–11 (4–8)	Cam Henderson Center (717) Huntington, WV
02/16/2017 8:00 pm		at UAB	L 55–71	12–12 (4–9)	Bartow Arena (248) Birmingham, AL
02/18/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Middle Tennessee	L 69–94	12–13 (4–10)	Murphy Center (3,411) Murfreesboro, TN
02/23/2017 6:00 pm		Old Dominion	L 85–94	12–14 (4–11)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
02/25/2017 1:00 pm		Charlotte	L 75–89	12–15 (4–12)	Cam Henderson Center (487) Huntington, WV
03/02/2017 8:00 pm		at Rice	L 74–84	12–16 (4–13)	Tudor Fieldhouse (430) Houston, TX
03/04/2017 1:00 pm		at North Texas	W 60–57	13–16 (5–13)	The Super Pit (976) Denton, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2017 3:00 pm	(12)	vs. (5) Charlotte First Round	L 66–71	13–17	Bartow Arena (820) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References[]

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v t Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Venues	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1969–1981) Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	West Virginia
Culture & lore	History Marco the Bison
People
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2016–17 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Rankings[]

Schedule[]

See also[]

References[]

2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
WKU †	16	–	2	.889	27	–	8	.771
Middle Tennessee	15	–	3	.833	23	–	11	.676
Southern Miss	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Charlotte	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Old Dominion	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
UTSA	10	–	8	.556	14	–	17	.452
Rice	8	–	10	.444	22	–	13	.629
UAB	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
North Texas	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
Marshall	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
UTEP	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
FIU	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172
Florida Atlantic	0	–	18	.000	4	–	25	.138


† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll