2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Sherri Coale in her twenty-first season. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Gonzaga in the first round before losing to Washington in the second round.

2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Big 12
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 23
Record	23–10 (13–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Sherri Coale (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Jan Ross Pam DeCosta Chad Thrailkill
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor	17	–	1		.944			33	–	4		.892
No. 14 Texas	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
No. 23 Oklahoma	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
No. 24 Kansas State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
No. 22 West Virginia †	8	–	10		.444			24	–	11		.686
Oklahoma State	6	–	12		.333			17	–	15		.531
Texas Tech	5	–	13		.278			14	–	17		.452
TCU	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Kansas	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 0 Vionise Pierre-Louise 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Grandview Prep Lake Worth, FL G 1 LaNesia Williams 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Northeast Academy Oklahoma City, OK G 2 T'ona Edwards 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Northeast Academy Spencer, OK G 3 Derica Wyatt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Franklin Road Academy Brentwood, TN G 10 Peyton Little 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Wylie Texas A&M Abilene, TX G 11 Morgan Rich 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Allen County Scottsville Kentucky Scottsville, KY G 12 Gileysa Penzo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Montverde Academy Guaynabo, Puerto Rico G 20 Chelsea Dungee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK G 21 Gabbi Ortiz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr The Prairie School Racine, WI F 22 Shaya Kellogg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Ames Ames, IA G 23 Maddie Manning 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Ankeny Ankeny, IA F 24 Ijeoma Odimgbe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Johnson Savannah, GA G 25 Gioya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Carl Albert Midwest City, OK C 30 McKeena Treece 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Incarnate Word Academy St. Peters, MO C 32 Nancy Mulkey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Fr Cypress Woods Cypress, TX	Head coach Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian) Assistant coach(es) Jan Ross (Oklahoma Christian) Pam DeCosta (Metro State) Chad Thrailkill (Southern Nazarene) 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
11/02/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK	No. 16	Midwestern State	W 110–47		Lloyd Noble Center (3,157) Norman, OK
11/07/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK+	No. 16	Oklahoma City	W 68–48		Lloyd Noble Center (3,245) Norman, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016* 12:30 pm, FSOK	No. 16	Southern Illinois	W 80–48	1–0	Lloyd Noble Center (3,223) Norman, OK
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm, SSTV	No. 16	Little Rock	W 68–58	2–0	Lloyd Noble Center (3,084) Norman, OK
11/19/2016* 5:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. 16	at BYU	W 68–61	3–0	Marriott Center (1,236) Provo, UT
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK	No. 13	South Dakota State	W 74–60	4–0	Lloyd Noble Center (2,453) Norman, OK
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 13	Colorado State	W 70–55	5–0	Lloyd Noble Center (3,245) Norman, OK
12/01/2016* 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 12	at No. 17 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 68–82	5–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,400) Lexington, KY
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 12	Oral Roberts	L 67–74	5–2	Lloyd Noble Center (3,855) Norman, OK
12/08/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK	No. 19	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 92–59	6–2	Lloyd Noble Center (3,120) Norman, OK
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 19	Tulsa	W 85–68	7–2	Lloyd Noble Center (3,703) Norman, OK
12/19/2016* 4:15 pm	No. 20	vs. Xavier Puerto Rico Classic	W 81–69	8–2	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
12/20/2016* 8:45 pm	No. 20	vs. California Puerto Rico Classic	L 74–82	8–3	South Point Arena (185) Enterprise, NV
12/21/2016* 9:00 pm	No. 20	vs. Portland State Puerto Rico Classic	W 74–60	9–3	South Point Arena (90) Enterprise, NV
Big 12 Regular Season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 24	at Kansas	W 84–54	10–3 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,574) Lawerence, KS
01/01/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 24	TCU	W 87–72	11–3 (2–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,673) Norman, OK
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, FCS Central	No. 20	No. 25 Kansas State	W 85–80 OT	12–3 (3–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,194) Norman, OK
01/08/2017 3:00 pm, FS1	No. 20	at No. 17 West Virginia	L 73–83	12–4 (3–1)	WVU Coliseum (2,563) Morgantown, VA
01/11/2017 7:00 pm	No. 22	at Iowa State	W 67–57	13–4 (4–1)	Hilton Coliseum (10,043) Ames, IA
01/14/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 22	Texas Tech	W 66–45	14–4 (5–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,566) Norman, OK
01/17/2017 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 20	at No. 12 Texas	L 68–86	14–5 (5–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,259) Austin, TX
01/22/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 20	Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 68–62	15–5 (6–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,543) Norman, OK
01/25/2017 7:00 pm, FCS	No. 20	Iowa State	W 78–63	16–5 (7–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,353) Norman, OK
01/29/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	at No. 2 Baylor	L 58–92	16–6 (7–3)	Ferrell Center (6,632) Waco, TX
02/01/2017 10:30 am, FSOK	No. 18	Kansas	W 89–52	17–6 (8–3)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
02/04/2017 12:00 pm, FSN	No. 18	at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 66–60	18–6 (9–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,074) Stillwater, OK
02/07/2017 7:00 pm, FSOK	No. 19	No. 22 West Virginia	W 90–87 2OT	19–6 (10–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,890) Norman, OK
02/11/2017 6:30 pm, FSSW+	No. 19	at Texas Tech	W 64–56	20–6 (11–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,239) Lubbock, TX
02/18/2017 1:00 pm, FSN	No. 19	No. 8 Texas	W 74–73	21–6 (12–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,038) Norman, OK
02/21/2017 7:00 pm, FCS	No. 16	at Kansas State	L 71–79	21–7 (12–4)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,377) Manhattan, KS
02/25/2017 7:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 16	at TCU	W 73–64	22–7 (13–4)	Schollmaier Arena (2,377) Fort Worth, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 19	No. 2 Baylor	L 64–103	22–8 (13–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,804) Norman, OK
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 8:30 pm, FSN	(3) No. 19	vs. (6) West Virginia Quarterfinals	L 58–82	22–9	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,852) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA tournament
03/18/2017* 5:30 pm, ESPN2	(6 O) No. 23	vs. (11 O) Gonzaga First Round	W 75–62	23–9	Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
03/20/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(6 O) No. 23	at (3 O) No. 11 Washington Second Round	L 82–108	23–10	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma Region. All times are in Central Time.

x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	16	16	13	12	19	20	20	24	20т	22	20	20	18	19	19	16	19	20	23	N/A
Coaches	18	17	12	12	20	22	21	24	24	25	20	20	22	20	19	16	19	22	20	21

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

External links

• Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Women's Basketball