2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	16–20 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	June Daugherty (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Daugherty; Ashley Grover; Rod Jensen;
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach June Daugherty, play their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Caila Hailey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Serra HS	Inglewood, CA
G	2	Krystle McKenzie	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	XXXX	Brisbane, Australia
F	4	Louise Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	XXXX	Melbourne, Australia
F	5	Kayla Washington	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Cajon HS	San Bernardino, CA
G	10	Johanna Muzet	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lyon Basket	Lyon, France
G	11	Chanelle Molina	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Konawaena HS	Kailua, HI
G	12	Cameron Fernandez	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lahainaluna HS	Makawao, HI
F	15	Ivana Kmetovska	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Orce Nikolov	Skopeje, Macedonia
C	20	Maria Kostourkova	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	E.S.P.J.A.L.	Lisbon, Portugal
F	21	Nike McClure	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	W. F. West HS	Tenino, WA
G	22	Pinelopi Pavlopoulou	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	ACS Athens	Athens, Greece
G	23	Alexys Swedlund	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	St. Thomas More HS	Rapid City, SD
F	41	Jovana Subasic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	XXXX	Šabac, Serbia
F	45	Borislava Hristova	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Georgi Benkovski	Varna, Bulgaria

Head coach

June Daugherty (Ohio State)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Daugherty (Ohio State)
Ashley Grover (Washington State)
Rod Jensen (Redlands)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm		Alaska Anchorage	W 81–73		Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 92–45	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (2,078) Pullman, WA
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm		Saint Mary's	W 85–69	2–0	Beasley Coliseum (439) Pullman, WA
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm		San Francisco	W 73–35	3–0	Beasley Coliseum (419) Pullman, WA
11/20/2016* 12:00 pm, P12N		Oklahoma State	L 72–79 ^OT	3–1	Beasley Coliseum (542) Pullman, WA
11/25/2016* 6:00 pm		vs. Nebraska South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 79–65	4–1	South Point Arena (400) Enterprise, NV
11/26/2016* 3:30 pm		vs. No. 6 Maryland South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 69–79	4–2	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/02/2016* 7:00 pm		San Diego	W 83–73	5–2	Beasley Coliseum (562) Pullman, WA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		Boise State	L 73–77	5–3	Beasley Coliseum (699) Pullman, WA
12/08/2016* 6:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 61–79	5–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724) Spokane, WA
12/18/2016* 12:00 pm		at Saint Louis	L 70–73	5–5	Chaifetz Arena (604) St. Louis, MO
12/21/2016* 9:00 am		at No. 18 Kentucky	L 67–69	5–6	Memorial Coliseum (4,875) Lexington, KY
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 9 Washington	L 63–94	5–7 (0–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635) Seattle, WA
12/30/2016 4:00 pm		at No. 22 Oregon State	L 58–80	5–8 (0–2)	Gill Coliseum (3,429) Corvallis, OR
01/01/2017 2:00 pm		at Oregon	W 75–59	6–8 (1–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,402) Eugene, OR
01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 9 UCLA	W 82–73	7–8 (2–2)	Beasley Coliseum (820) Pullman, WA
01/08/2017 12:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 74–57	8–8 (3–2)	Beasley Coliseum (603) Pullman, WA
01/13/2017 10:00 am		at No. 19 Arizona State	L 49–68	8–9 (3–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,725) Tempe, AZ
01/15/2017 10:00 am, P12N		at Arizona	L 55–56	8–10 (3–4)	McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 Washington	L 44–87	8–11 (3–5)	Beasley Coliseum (987) Pullman, WA
02/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 10 Stanford	L 54–76	8–12 (3–6)	Beasley Coliseum (626) Pullman, WA
02/29/2017 1:00 pm		California	W 84–79	9–12 (4–6)	Beasley Coliseum (639) Pullman, WA
02/03/2017 5:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	L 58–70	9–13 (4–7)	Coors Events Center (1,907) Boulder, CO
02/05/2017 11:00 am		at Utah	W 61–55	10–13 (5–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,152) Salt Lake City, UT
02/10/2017 7:00 pm		No. 23 Arizona State	L 58–61	10–14 (5–8)	Beasley Coliseum (779) Pullman, WA
02/15/2017 11:00 am, P12N		Arizona	L 62–70	10–15 (5–9)	Beasley Coliseum (802) Pullman, WA
02/17/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 64–80	10–16 (5–10)	Galen Center (910) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017 11:00 am, P12N		at No. 18 UCLA	L 48–67	10–17 (5–11)	Pauley Pavilion (1,958) Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 57–74	10–18 (5–12)	Beasley Coliseum (611) Pullman, WA
02/25/2017 1:00 pm		Colorado	W 67–56	11–18 (6–12)	Beasley Coliseum (712) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (10) Colorado First Round	W 79–78	12–18	KeyArena Seattle, WA
03/03/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford Quarterfinals	L 36–66	12–19	KeyArena Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/16/2017* 7:00 pm		at BYU First Round	W 72–64	13–19	Marriott Center (610) Provo, UT
03/18/2017* 2:00 pm		at Wyoming Second Round	W 68–67 ^OT	14–19	Arena-Auditorium (1,871) Laramie, WY
03/23/2017* 7:00 pm		Third Round	W 71–62	15–19	Beasley Coliseum (1,456) Pullman, WA
03/26/2017* 2:00 pm		at Iowa Quarterfinals	W 74–66	16–19	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,146) Iowa City, IA
03/29/2017* 7:00 pm		at Georgia Tech Semifinals	L 61–69	16–20	McCamish Pavilion (1,106) Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References[]

^ "Women's Basketball - 2016-17 Schedule/Results". Washington State Cougars.

[1] "Women's Basketball - 2016-17 Schedule/Results". Washington State Cougars.

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v t Washington State Cougars women's basketball
Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1970–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Idaho Washington
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar
People
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2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3	.833	32	–	6	.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
California	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	20	.444
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	17	–	16	.515
Utah	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
USC	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
Arizona	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467


† 2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll