2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach June Daugherty, play their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.

2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record16–20 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oregon State 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 32 6   .842
No. 12 Washington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 15 UCLA 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Arizona State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Oregon 8 10   .444 23 14   .622
California 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Washington State 6 12   .333 16 20   .444
Colorado 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Utah 5 13   .278 16 15   .516
USC 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
Arizona 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Caila Hailey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Serra HS Inglewood, CA
G 2 Krystle McKenzie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So XXXX Brisbane, Australia
F 4 Louise Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr XXXX Melbourne, Australia
F 5 Kayla Washington 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Cajon HS San Bernardino, CA
G 10 Johanna Muzet 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lyon Basket Lyon, France
G 11 Chanelle Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Konawaena HS Kailua, HI
G 12 Cameron Fernandez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lahainaluna HS Makawao, HI
F 15 Ivana Kmetovska 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Orce Nikolov Skopeje, Macedonia
C 20 Maria Kostourkova 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So E.S.P.J.A.L. Lisbon, Portugal
F 21 Nike McClure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So W. F. West HS Tenino, WA
G 22 Pinelopi Pavlopoulou 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr ACS Athens Athens, Greece
G 23 Alexys Swedlund 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD
F 41 Jovana Subasic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr XXXX Šabac, Serbia
F 45 Borislava Hristova 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Georgi Benkovski Varna, Bulgaria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
2:00 pm
Alaska Anchorage W 81–73 
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Loyola Marymount W 92–45  1–0
Beasley Coliseum (2,078)
Pullman, WA
11/13/2016*
1:00 pm
Saint Mary's W 85–69  2–0
Beasley Coliseum (439)
Pullman, WA
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm
San Francisco W 73–35  3–0
Beasley Coliseum (419)
Pullman, WA
11/20/2016*
12:00 pm, P12N
Oklahoma State L 72–79 OT 3–1
Beasley Coliseum (542)
Pullman, WA
11/25/2016*
6:00 pm
vs. Nebraska
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 79–65  4–1
South Point Arena (400)
Enterprise, NV
11/26/2016*
3:30 pm
vs. No. 6 Maryland
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 69–79  4–2
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
12/02/2016*
7:00 pm
San Diego W 83–73  5–2
Beasley Coliseum (562)
Pullman, WA
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
Boise State L 73–77  5–3
Beasley Coliseum (699)
Pullman, WA
12/08/2016*
6:00 pm
at Gonzaga L 61–79  5–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724)
Spokane, WA
12/18/2016*
12:00 pm
at Saint Louis L 70–73  5–5
Chaifetz Arena (604)
St. Louis, MO
12/21/2016*
9:00 am
at No. 18 Kentucky L 67–69  5–6
Memorial Coliseum (4,875)
Lexington, KY
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 9 Washington L 63–94  5–7 (0–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635)
Seattle, WA
12/30/2016
4:00 pm
at No. 22 Oregon State L 58–80  5–8 (0–2)
Gill Coliseum (3,429)
Corvallis, OR
01/01/2017
2:00 pm
at Oregon W 75–59  6–8 (1–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,402)
Eugene, OR
01/06/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 UCLA W 82–73  7–8 (2–2)
Beasley Coliseum (820)
Pullman, WA
01/08/2017
12:00 pm, P12N
USC W 74–57  8–8 (3–2)
Beasley Coliseum (603)
Pullman, WA
01/13/2017
10:00 am
at No. 19 Arizona State L 49–68  8–9 (3–3)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,725)
Tempe, AZ
01/15/2017
10:00 am, P12N
at Arizona L 55–56  8–10 (3–4)
McKale Center (1,425)
Tucson, AZ
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Washington L 44–87  8–11 (3–5)
Beasley Coliseum (987)
Pullman, WA
02/27/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 Stanford L 54–76  8–12 (3–6)
Beasley Coliseum (626)
Pullman, WA
02/29/2017
1:00 pm
California W 84–79  9–12 (4–6)
Beasley Coliseum (639)
Pullman, WA
02/03/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
at Colorado L 58–70  9–13 (4–7)
Coors Events Center (1,907)
Boulder, CO
02/05/2017
11:00 am
at Utah W 61–55  10–13 (5–7)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,152)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/10/2017
7:00 pm
No. 23 Arizona State L 58–61  10–14 (5–8)
Beasley Coliseum (779)
Pullman, WA
02/15/2017
11:00 am, P12N
Arizona L 62–70  10–15 (5–9)
Beasley Coliseum (802)
Pullman, WA
02/17/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 64–80  10–16 (5–10)
Galen Center (910)
Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017
11:00 am, P12N
at No. 18 UCLA L 48–67  10–17 (5–11)
Pauley Pavilion (1,958)
Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
Utah L 57–74  10–18 (5–12)
Beasley Coliseum (611)
Pullman, WA
02/25/2017
1:00 pm
Colorado W 67–56  11–18 (6–12)
Beasley Coliseum (712)
Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
(7) vs. (10) Colorado
First Round
W 79–78  12–18
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
03/03/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
(7) vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford
Quarterfinals
L 36–66  12–19
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
at BYU
First Round
W 72–64  13–19
Marriott Center (610)
Provo, UT
03/18/2017*
2:00 pm
at Wyoming
Second Round
W 68–67 OT 14–19
Arena-Auditorium (1,871)
Laramie, WY
03/23/2017*
7:00 pm
UC Davis
Third Round
W 71–62  15–19
Beasley Coliseum (1,456)
Pullman, WA
03/26/2017*
2:00 pm
at Iowa
Quarterfinals
W 74–66  16–19
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,146)
Iowa City, IA
03/29/2017*
7:00 pm
at Georgia Tech
Semifinals
L 61–69  16–20
McCamish Pavilion (1,106)
Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball - 2016-17 Schedule/Results". Washington State Cougars.