2016–17 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fifth year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Montana State.

2016–17 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–18 (6–12 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bethann Ord (5th season)
Assistant coaches	JD Gustin Devan Newman Matt Thune
Home arena	Dee Events Center

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
North Dakota	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Idaho	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Idaho State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Weber State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Montana	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2017 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 23, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games will be heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games will also be streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky.

Roster

2016–17 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Berkeley Berkeley, CA F 1 Jocelyn Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Skyview Vancouver, WA G 2 Deeshyra Thomas 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Clackamas Clackamas, OR G 4 Kailie Quinn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Judge Salt Lake City, UT G 11 Zharia Hale 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Central Catholic Portland, OR G 12 Yarden Danan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Kiryat Sharet Holon Rehovot, Israel G 13 Payton Whitmore 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Hamilton Mesa, AZ G 14 Danielle Craft 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Ponderosa Albuquerque, NM G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Pullman Pullman, WA F 22 Audrey Frison 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr David Douglas Central Arizona Portland, OR F 24 Dominique Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Centennial Meridian, ID F 41 Tyschal Blake 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr St. Mary's Academy Portland, OR	Head coach Bethann Ord (UMBC) Assistant coach(es) JD Gustin (Montana Western) Laura Terry (Louisville) Matt Thune (Indiana) 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
11/07/2016* 7:00 pm		Montana Western	W 74–67		Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:00 pm		California Miramar	W 75–69	1–0	Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
11/16/2016* 3:30 pm		at Utah Valley	W 64–61	2–0	UCCU Center (484) Orem, UT
11/19/2016* 4:00 pm		at Air Force	W 76–61	3–0	Clune Arena (280) Colorado Springs, CO
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		Westminster	W 81–68	4–0	Dee Events Center (607) Ogden, UT
11/25/2016* 10:00 am		at FIU FIU Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals	W 64–61 OT	5–0	FIU Arena (331) Miami, FL
11/26/2016* 10:00 am		vs. Stetson FIU Thanksgiving Tournament championship	L 68–70 OT	5–1	FIU Arena  Miami, FL
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm		Portland	W 76–37	6–1	Dee Events Center (836) Ogden, UT
12/07/2016* 11:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 64–73	6–2	Marriott Center (5,046) Provo, UT
12/09/2016* 7:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	L 78–89	6–3	Dee Events Center (682) Ogden, UT
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm		at Utah	L 52–71	6–4	Jon M. Huntsman Center (925) Salt Lake City, UT
12/19/2016* 12:00 pm		Fresno State	L 57–60	6–5	Dee Events Center (3,651) Ogden, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm		Montana State	L 68–83	6–6 (0–1)	Dee Events Center (628) Ogden, UT
12/31/2016 2:00 pm		Montana	W 74–58	7–6 (1–1)	Dee Events Center (758) Ogden, UT
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		Idaho State	W 50–43	8–6 (2–1)	Dee Events Center (748) Ogden, UT
01/12/2017 8:00 pm		at Idaho	L 77–95	8–7 (2–2)	Cowan Spectrum (435) Moscow, ID
01/14/2017 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 85–99	8–8 (2–3)	Reese Court (580) Cheney, WA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm		North Dakota	L 65–70	8–9 (2–4)	Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
01/21/2017 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 79–88	8–10 (2–5)	Dee Events Center (572) Ogden, UT
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 52–57	8–11 (2–6)	Reed Gym (1,031) Pocatello, ID
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 73–68	9–11 (3–6)	Centrum Arena (1,107) Cedar City, UT
02/04/2017 6:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 75–64	10–11 (4–6)	Walkup Skydome (454) Flagstaff, AZ
02/09/2017 12:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 66–60	11–11 (5–6)	Dee Events Center (1,046) Ogden, UT
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 85–75	12–11 (6–6)	Dee Events Center (963) Ogden, UT
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 62–86	12–12 (6–7)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,184) Greeley, CO
02/18/2017 3:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 67–83	12–13 (6–8)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,682) Grand Forks, ND
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 42–70	12–14 (6–9)	Dee Events Center (637) Ogden, UT
02/25/2017 2:00 pm		Idaho	L 77–82	12–15 (6–10)	Dee Events Center (746) Ogden, UT
03/01/2017 7:00 pm		at Montana	L 46–71	12–16 (6–11)	Dahlberg Arena (3,296) Missoula, MT
03/03/2017 7:00 pm		at Montana State	L 53–72	12–17 (6–12)	Worthington Arena (2,478) Bozeman, MT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/06/2017 1:05 pm	(8)	vs. (9) Sacramento State First Round	W 98–97 OT	13–17	Reno Events Center (672) Reno, NV
03/08/2017 1:05 pm	(8)	vs. (1) Montana State Quarterfinals	L 53–65	13–18	Reno Events Center (787) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2016–17 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team