2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team

The 2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	14–17 (10–8 C-USA)
Head coach	Lubomyr Lichonczak (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kristen Holt Nicole Dunson Ela Mukosiej
Home arena	Convocation Center

2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
WKU †	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
Middle Tennessee	15	–	3		.833			23	–	11		.676
Southern Miss	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Charlotte	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Old Dominion	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
UTSA	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Rice	8	–	10		.444			22	–	13		.629
UAB	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
North Texas	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
Marshall	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
UTEP	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
FIU	3	–	15		.167			5	–	24		.172
Florida Atlantic	0	–	18		.000			4	–	25		.138
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 26, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The Roadrunners, led by fourth year head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak, played their home games at the Convocation Center and were fourth year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 14–17, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Rice.

Roster

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Kasia Kiejdrowska 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Mineral Area College Grudziądz, Poland G 3 Alexus Dukes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Harker Heights HS Harker Heights, TX G 4 Crystal Chidomere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bush HS Richmond, TX G 13 Deja Cousin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr The Burlington School Burlington, NC F 15 Tîmea Tóth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Dunakeszi Radnóti Miklos Gimnáziuma Dunakeszi, Hungary F 20 Kourtney Kekec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So North County HS Mineral Area JC Bonne Terre, MO F 21 Marie Benson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Midland HS Waco, TX F 23 Tija Hawkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Shoemaker HS Killeen, TX C 30 Tesha Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Wagner HS San Antonio, TX G 31 Carlie Henieman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Brennan HS San Antonio, TX G 32 Dwanisha Tate 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Seguin HS Arlington, TX	Head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak (Idaho) Assistant coach(es) Kristen Holt (Ohio) Nicole Dunson (Texas–San Antonio) Ela Mukosiej (Seton Hall) 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
10/28/2016* 7:00 pm		Texas A&M International	W 75–34		Convocation Center  San Antonio, TX
11/05/2016* 2:00 pm		Trinity	W 91–67		Convocation Center  San Antonio, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		Angelo State	L 77–85	0–1	Convocation Center (395) San Antonio, TX
11/13/2015* 2:00 pm		at Texas–Arlington	L 54–75	0–2	College Park Center (592) Arlington, TX
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		Texas A&M–Kingsville	W 70–44	1–2	Convocation Center (256) San Antonio, TX
11/20/2016* 4:00 pm		at Oregon	L 63–77	1–3	Matthew Knight Arena (1,917) Eugene, OR
11/25/2016* 4:15 pm		Northern Colorado UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 66–73	1–4	Convocation Center (1,057) San Antonio, TX
11/27/2016* 2:15 pm		Tulane UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 66–75	1–5	Convocation Center (544) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 7:00 pm		Abilene Christian	W 71–68	2–5	Convocation Center (392) San Antonio, TX
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm		Texas State I-35 Rivalry	W 72–47	3–5	Convocation Center (345) San Antonio, TX
12/17/2015* 5:00 pm, LHN		at No. 16 Texas	L 61–85	3–6	Frank Erwin Center (2,962) Austin, TX
12/19/2016* 4:00 pm		Houston Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament	L 49–56	3–7	Convocation Center (200) San Antonio, TX
12/20/2016* 6:15 pm		Liberty Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament	W 80–64	4–7	Convocation Center (341) San Antonio, TX
Conference USA regular season
01/01/2017 3:00 pm		at UTEP	W 83–81 OT	5–7 (1–0)	Don Haskins Center (1,316) El Paso, TX
01/05/2017 7:00 pm		Southern Miss	L 68–69	5–8 (1–1)	Convocation Center (203) San Antonio, TX
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		Louisiana Tech	W 63–61	6–8 (2–1)	Convocation Center (252) San Antonio, TX
01/12/2017 6:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic	W 72–62	7–8 (3–1)	FAU Arena (665) Boca Raton, FL
01/14/2017 1:00 pm		at FIU	W 70–61	8–8 (4–1)	FIU Arena (408) Miami, FL
01/21/2017 2:00 pm		UTEP	W 97–76	9–8 (5–1)	Convocation Center (309) San Antonio, TX
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		Marshall	L 81–88	9–9 (5–2)	Convocation Center (324) San Antonio, TX
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		WKU	W 80–77	10–9 (6–2)	Convocation Center (359) San Antonio, TX
02/02/2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3		at Middle Tennessee	L 63–77	10–10 (6–3)	Murphy Center (3,152) Murfreesboro, TN
02/04/2017 2:00 pm		at UAB	W 82–67	11–10 (7–3)	Bartow Arena (338) Birmingham, AL
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		at Southern Miss	L 71–74	11–11 (7–4)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,360) Hattiesburg, MS
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		at Louisiana Tech	L 71–77	11–12 (7–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,934) Ruston, LA
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		Rice	L 61–66	11–13 (7–6)	Convocation Center (386) San Antonio, TX
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		North Texas	L 55–58 OT	11–14 (7–7)	Convocation Center (606) San Antonio, TX
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		FIU	W 69–55	12–14 (8–7)	Convocation Center (655) San Antonio, TX
02/25/2017 2:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 97–66	13–14 (9–7)	Convocation Center (507) San Antonio, TX
03/02/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Charlotte	L 67–78	13–15 (9–8)	Dale F. Halton Arena (754) Charlotte, NC
03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Old Dominion	W 81–68	14–16 (10–8)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,535) Norfolk, VA
C-USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2017 6:30 pm		vs. Rice First Round	L 63–75	14–17	Bartow Arena (1,001) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team