2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	18–13 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Fennelly (22nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jodi Steyer; Latoja Schaben; Billy Fennelly;
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's 22nd season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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^[1]

Radio

All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games. To learn which stations will carry games, please visit the Cyclone Radio Network affiliate list linked here. Brent Blum and Molly Parrott called all the action for the Cyclone Radio Network and for games on Cyclones.tv.

Roster

2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Sofija Zivaljevic	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	ŽKK Budućnost Bemax	Podgorica, Montenegro
G	3	Emily Durr	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Notre Dame	Utica, NY
F	4	Heather Bowe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Regis Vanderbilt	Eau Claire, WI
G	10	Nia Washington	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Colonial Forge	Stafford, VA
G	11	Jadda Buckley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Mason City	Mason City, IA
G	12	Seanna Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	DeLaSalle	Brooklyn Park, MN
F	13	Adriana Camber	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Katedralskolan Lund	Lund, Sweden
F/C	14	Aliyah Konate	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Mildred Harnack	Berlin, Germany
G	21	Bridget Carleton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	John McGregor Secondary	Chatham, ON
G	22	TeeTee Starks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Hopkins	Brooklyn Park, MN
G	25	Lexi Albrecht	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Carroll Kuemper	Carroll, IA
F	30	Claire Ricketts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	John Paul II	Parker, TX
F	32	Meredith Burkhall	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Roosevelt	Urbandle, IA
F	35	Jordan Jensen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Mountain View	Gilbert, AZ

Head coach

Bill Fennelly (William Penn)

Assistant coach(es)

Jodi Steyer (Colorado State)
Latoja Schaben (Toledo)
Billy Fennelly (Iowa State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Briar Cliff	W 85–46		Hilton Coliseum (9,797) Ames, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		UC Santa Barbara	W 77–60	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (10,684) Ames, IA
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Northern Iowa	W 76–68	2–0	Hilton Coliseum (10,063) Ames, IA
11/20/2016* 6:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Drake	W 75–67	3–0	Hilton Coliseum (6,790) Ames, IA
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Savannah State	W 74–51	4–0	Hilton Coliseum (6,307) Ames, IA
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Arkansas State	W 105–53	5–0	Hilton Coliseum (6,398) Ames, IA
12/03/2016* 1:30 pm, FSN		No. 6 Mississippi State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 81–85 ^OT	5–1	Hilton Coliseum (10,643) Ames, IA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		New Orleans	W 100–63	6–1	Hilton Coliseum (9,791) Ames, IA
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm		at Iowa Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	L 76–88	6–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,579) Iowa City, IA
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Northern Illinois	W 97–89	7–2	Hilton Coliseum (9,825) Ames, IA
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Delaware State	W 88–57	8–2	Hilton Coliseum (6,469) Ames, IA
12/21/2016* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Sacred Heart	W 76–56	9–2	Hilton Coliseum (6,588) Ames, IA
Big 12 Conference Season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	L 59–71	9–3 (0–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,759) Stillwater, OK
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, FSN		No. 16 Texas	L 68–75	9–4 (0–2)	Hilton Coliseum (7,915) Ames, IA
01/04/2017 6:00 pm, FSSW+		at Texas Tech	L 66–75	9–5 (0–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,406) Lubbock, TX
01/07/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNU		Kansas	W 87–58	10–5 (1–3)	Hilton Coliseum (7,573) Ames, IA
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		No. 22 Oklahoma	L 57-67	10–6 (1–4)	Hilton Coliseum (10,043) Ames, IA
01/15/2017 12:00 pm, FSSW		at TCU	L 75–80	10-7 (1–5)	Schollmaier Arena (1,949) Fort Worth, TX
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, FSSW+		at No. 2 Baylor	L 42–68	10–8 (1–6)	Ferrell Center (5,532) Waco, TX
01/21/2017 5:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		No. 22 Kansas State	W 75–69	11–8 (2–6)	Hilton Coliseum (11,673) Ames, IA
01/25/2017 7:00 pm, FCS		at No. 20 Oklahoma	L 63–78	11–9 (2–7)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,353) Norman, OK
01/28/2017 12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		TCU	W 72–69	12–9 (3–7)	Hilton Coliseum (10,884) Ames, IA
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		No. 2 Baylor	L 52–83	12–10 (3–8)	Hilton Coliseum (10,287) Ames, IA
02/04/2017 11:00 am		at No. 22 West Virginia	W 80–55	13–10 (4–8)	WVU Coliseum (3,058) Morgantown, WV
02/11/2017 1:00 pm, FSN		at No. 25 Kansas State	L 68–80	13–11 (4–9)	Bramlage Coliseum (8,099) Manhattan, KS
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Texas Tech	W 79–68	14–11 (5–9)	Hilton Coliseum (9,927) Ames, IA
02/18/2017 12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		West Virginia	W 68–53	15–11 (6–9)	Hilton Coliseum (10,824) Ames, IA
02/21/2017 7:00 pm		at Kansas	W 90–75	16–11 (7–9)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,043) Lawrence, KS
02/24/2017 7:30 pm, LHN		at No. 6 Texas	W 70–66	17–11 (8–9)	Frank Erwin Center (4,555) Austin, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Oklahoma State	W 61–48	18–11 (9–9)	Hilton Coliseum (10,334) Ames, IA
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 11:00 am, FSN	(5)	vs. (4) Kansas State Quarterfinals	L 67–74	18–12	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,420) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA tournament
03/04/2017 11:00 am, ESPN2	(9 B)	vs. (8 B) No. 21 Syracuse First Round	L 65–85	18–13	Gampel Pavilion (5,670) Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Central Time.

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	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR														N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Contents

Radio

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References