2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team

2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 21
2016–17 record	22–11 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Quentin Hillsman (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Vonn Read Tammi Reiss Cedric Solice
Home arena	Carrier Dome
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange, led by tenth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals round of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Iowa State in the first round before losing to last year's National Championship rematch to Connecticut in the second round.

Roster[]

2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexis Peterson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Northland Columbus, OH G 2 Chelayne Bailey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Pickering Pickering, ON F 3 Julia Chandler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Northern Secondary Toronto, ON G 5 Jade Phillips 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southeast Raleigh Raleigh, NC F 10 Isabella Slim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr CTO Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands G 11 Gabrielle Cooper 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Morgan Park Lansing, IL G 20 Brittney Sykes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr University Newark, NJ G 21 Danielle Elmore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Hartford, CT G 22 Caroline Rowe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Holy Child Gaithersburg, MD G 24 Brandi Fowler 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Corcoran Syracuse, NY F 32 Miranda Drummond (I)  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr St. Bonaventure Binghamton, NY G 33 Davida Dale 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr St. Andrew's Providence, RI G 34 Abby Grant 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Francis Suwanee, GA G 44 Jasmine Nwajei (I)  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Murry Bergtraum Wagner Rockaway Park, NJ C 50 Briana Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC F 55 Bria Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC	Head coach Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's (MD)) Assistant coach(es) Vonn Read (Clark) Adeniyi Amadou (Indiana (PA)) Tammi Reiss (Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule[]

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Rankings[]

See also[]

• 2016–17 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

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