2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by fifth year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco.

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	14–16 (9–9 WCC)
Head coach	Charity Elliott (5th season)
Associate head coach	April Phillips (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Elliott Bridgette Reyes
Home arena	Gersten Pavilion

2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Gonzaga†	14	–	4		.778			26	–	7		.788
BYU	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
Saint Mary's	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
San Francisco	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Loyola Marymount	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Santa Clara	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
San Diego	7	–	11		.389			14	–	16		.467
Pacific	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Pepperdine	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Portland	4	–	14		.222			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 WCC tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Bianca Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA G 2 Shelbi Aimonetti 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr St. Francis Redwood City, CA F 4 Cheyanne Wallace 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Sierra Canyon Woodland Hills, CA G 11 Andee Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA C 22 Raychel Stanley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV G 23 Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Bishop Alemany North Hollywood, CA F 24 Bree Alford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Miramonte Walnut Creek, CA F 30 NK Ilang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So St. Anne's-Belfield Ebonyi State, Nigeria G/F 31 Brittney Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, GA G 32 Makenzie Cast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Carondelet Antioch, CA F 33 Gabby Green (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Saint Mary's California Oakland, CA G 35 Cierra Belvin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Long Beach Poly Long Beach, CA F 43 Jackie Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Eden Prairie HS Minnesota Eden Prairie, MN C 44 Josie Buckingham (I)  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr New Richmond Minnesota New Richmond, OH	Head coach Charity Elliott (Missouri State) Assistant coach(es) April Phillips (Xavier) Chris Elliott (Missouri State) Bridgette Reyes (Vanguard) 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
Exhibition
11/08/2016* 7:00 pm		The Master's	W 98–73		Gersten Pavilion (180) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		at Washington State	L 45–92	0–1	Beasley Coliseum (2,078) Pullman, WA
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Saint Louis	L 76–90	0–2	Gersten Pavilion (432) Los Angeles, CA
11/17/2016* 5:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	L 58–66	0–3	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,752) Stillwater, OK
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		at San Diego State	W 60–53	1–3	Viejas Arena (512) San Diego, CA
11/25/2016* 2:30 pm, TheW.tv		UC Irvine LMU Thanksgiving Classic	W 58–39	2–3	Gersten Pavilion (351) Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2016* 3:30 pm, TheW.tv		Belmont LMU Thanksgiving Classic	L 72–79	2–4	Gersten Pavilion (336) Los Angeles, CA
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm		at Seattle	W 62–59	3–4	Connolly Center (133) Seattle, WA
12/02/2016* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		UC Santa Barbara	W 57–55	4–4	Gersten Pavilion (427) Los Angeles, CA
12/04/2016* 4:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 77–62	5–4	Titan Gym (193) Fullerton, CA
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Long Beach State	L 78–81 OT	5–5	Gersten Pavilion (352) Los Angeles, CA
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm, TheW.tv		UC Riverside	L 72–75	5–6	Gersten Pavilion (312) Los Angeles, CA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016 6:30 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 59–74	5–7 (0–1)	McKeon Pavilion (484) Moraga, CA
12/31/2016 1:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 59–76	5–8 (0–2)	Marriott Center (793) Provo, UT
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pepperdine	W 72–60	6–8 (1–2)	Gersten Pavilion (351) Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	L 64–71	6–9 (1–3)	Leavey Center (350) Santa Clara, CA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		Gonzaga	L 56–80	6–10 (1–4)	Gersten Pavilion (263) Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2017 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Portland	W 69–54	7–10 (2–4)	Gersten Pavilion (325) Los Angeles, CA
01/19/2017 6:00 pm		at San Diego	L 58–61	7–11 (2–5)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (318) San Diego, CA
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Santa Clara	W 61–50	8–11 (3–5)	Gersten Pavilion (329) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		at Pacific	W 65–52	9–11 (4–5)	Alex G. Spanos Center (397) Stockton, CA
01/28/2017 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		BYU	W 77–72 OT	10–11 (5–5)	Gersten Pavilion (442) Los Angeles, CA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Diego	W 63–55	11–11 (6–5)	Gersten Pavilion (443) Los Angeles, CA
02/04/2017 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Francisco	L 72–79	11–12 (6–6)	Gersten Pavilion (321) Los Angeles, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 61–73	11–13 (6–7)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,454) Spokane, WA
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		at Portland	L 56–71	11–14 (6–8)	Chiles Center (313) Portland, OR
02/16/2017 12:00 pm, TheW.tv		Saint Mary's	W 72–57	12–14 (7–8)	Gersten Pavilion (1,835) Los Angeles, CA
02/18/2017 1:00 pm		at Pepperdine	W 87–78	13–14 (8–8)	Firestone Fieldhouse (218) Malibu, CA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 73–89	13–15 (8–9)	War Memorial Gymnasium (335) San Francisco, CA
02/25/2017 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pacific	W 75–64	14–15 (9–9)	Gersten Pavilion (518) Los Angeles, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 8:00 pm, BYUtv	(5)	vs. (4) San Francisco Quarterfinals	L 67–80	14–16	Orleans Arena (7,089) Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

• 2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team