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
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	16–20 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	June Daugherty (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Daugherty Ashley Grover Rod Jensen
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

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

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 June Daugherty (Ohio State) Assistant coach(es) Mike Daugherty (Ohio State) Ashley Grover (Washington State) Rod Jensen (Redlands) 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
11/06/2016* 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

Main article: 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	Final
AP
Coaches

Legend

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

See also

• 2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team