2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by third year head coach Sarah Behn, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.

2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball
Ocean State Tip-Off Champions
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Ivy League
Record	17–13 (7–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Sarah Behn (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tyler Patch Sara Binkhorst Danielle Pearson
Home arena	Pizzitola Sports Center

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.

Roster

2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Megan Reilly 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr The Lawrenceville School Norwood, NJ G 2 Abby O'Keefe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Worcester Academy St. Louis, MO G/F 4 Justine Gaziano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Natick Natick, MA G 10 Taylor Will 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Prespect Arlington Heights, IL G 12 Rebecca Musgrove 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. Anthony's Plainview, NY G 22 Randi Richardson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Carman-Ainsworth Flint, MI F 23 Melissa Heath 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Northern Highlands Regional Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ F 24 Mary Butler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bangor Bangor, ME G/F 25 Kathleen Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart Clarence Center, ME G 30 Shayna Mehta 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So International San Francisco, CA F 31 Erika Steeves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Phillips Exeter Academy Montreal, QE G 33 Abby O'Keefe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Worcester Academy St. Louis, MO F/C 34 Haley Green 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Glenvar Salem, VA F/C 55 Lames ElGammal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Baldwin Baldwin, NY	Head coach Sarah Behn (Boston College) Assistant coach(es) Tyler Patch (Rhode Island College) Sara Binkhorst (Bowdoin) Danielle Pearson (Providence) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:00 pm		Howard	W 83–78	1–0	Pizzitola Sports Center (411) Providence, RI
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		at Sacred Heart	W 80–66	2–0	William H. Pitt Center (363) Fairfield, CT
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		at Bryant Ocean State Cup	L 67–70	2–1	Chace Athletic Center (562) Smithfield, RI
11/20/2016* 12:00 pm		Colgate	L 62–67	2–2	Pizzitola Sports Center (297) Providence, RI
11/22/2016* 4:00 pm		Manhattan	L 57–58	2–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (245) Providence, RI
11/27/2016* 1:00 pm		at Binghamton	W 83–72	3–3	Binghamton University Events Center (1,407) Vestal, NY
12/03/2016* 3:00 pm		Rhode Island Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament/Ocean State Cup	W 76–65	4–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (485) Providence, RI
12/04/2016* 1:00 pm		Providence Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament championship	W 77–70	5–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (431) Providence, RI
12/08/2016* 11:30 am		at Vermont	W 62–50	6–3	Patrick Gym (1,206) Burlington, VT
12/22/2016* 1:00 pm		Saint Peter's	W 80–71	7–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (650) Providence, RI
12/29/2016* 1:00 pm		at VCU	L 72–85	7–4	Siegel Center (704) Richmond, VA
12/31/2016* 1:00 pm		at Morgan State	W 68–51	8–4	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (121) Baltimore, MD
01/09/2017* 12:00 pm		Rhode Island College	W 90–44	9–4	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,567) Providence, RI
Ivy League regular season
01/13/2017 5:30 pm		at Princeton	W 98–88	10–4 (1–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (690) Princeton, NJ
01/14/2017 8:00 pm		at Penn	L 60–86	10–5 (1–1)	Palestra (427) Philadelphia, PA
01/20/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Yale	W 76–73	11–5 (2–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217) Providence, RI
01/28/2017 5:30 pm		at Yale	L 51–73	11–6 (2–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,007) New Haven, CT
02/03/2017 6:00 pm		Cornell	W 72–67	12–6 (3–2)	Pizzitola Sports Center (232) Providence, RI
02/04/2017 4:00 pm		Columbia	W 69–60	13–6 (4–2)	Pizzitola Sports Center (274) Providence, RI
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Harvard	L 59–69	13–7 (4–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,721) Cambridge, MA
02/11/2017 6:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 65–62	14–7 (5–3)	Leede Arena (181) Hanover, NH
02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Penn	L 68–71	14–8 (5–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center  Providence, RI
02/18/2017 3:30 pm, 2		Princeton	L 75–81	14–9 (5–5)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,498) Providence, RI
02/24/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Dartmouth	L 88–92 OT	14–10 (5–6)	Pizzitola Sports Center (243) Providence, RI
02/25/2017 4:00 pm		Harvard	L 63–66	14–11 (5–7)	Pizzitola Sports Center (521) Providence, RI
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Columbia	W 76–59	15–11 (6–7)	Levien Gymnasium (459) New York City, NY
03/04/2017 5:00 pm		at Cornell	W 67–46	16–11 (7–7)	Newman Arena (1,625) Ithaca, NY
Ivy League Women's tournament
03/11/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3	(4)	vs. (1) Penn Semifinals	L 60–71	16–12	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
WBI
03/16/2017* 7:00 pm		at UMBC First Round	W 81–75	17–12	Retriever Activities Center (250) Catonsville, MD
03/19/2017* 2:00 pm		at UNC Greensboro Quarterfinals	L 84–87	17–13	Fleming Gymnasium (387) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Brown Bears men's basketball team