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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oregon State162 .889315 .861
No. 6 Stanford153 .833326 .842
No. 12 Washington153 .833296 .829
No. 15 UCLA135 .722259 .735
Arizona State99 .5002013 .606
Oregon810 .4442314 .622
California612 .3332014 .588
Washington State612 .3331620 .444
Colorado513 .2781716 .515
Utah513 .2781615 .516
USC513 .2781416 .467
Arizona513 .2781416 .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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G1Caila Hailey5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)JrSerra HSInglewood, CA
G2Krystle McKenzie5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)RS SoXXXXBrisbane, Australia
F4Louise Brown6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)JrXXXXMelbourne, Australia
F5Kayla Washington6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrCajon HSSan Bernardino, CA
G10Johanna Muzet6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrLyon BasketLyon, France
G11Chanelle Molina5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)FrKonawaena HSKailua, HI
G12Cameron Fernandez6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrLahainaluna HSMakawao, HI
F15Ivana Kmetovska6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)SrOrce NikolovSkopeje, Macedonia
C20Maria Kostourkova6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)SoE.S.P.J.A.L.Lisbon, Portugal
F21Nike McClure6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)RS SoW. F. West HSTenino, WA
G22Pinelopi Pavlopoulou5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)JrACS AthensAthens, Greece
G23Alexys Swedlund5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)SoSt. Thomas More HSRapid City, SD
F41Jovana Subasic6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)FrXXXXŠabac, Serbia
F45Borislava Hristova6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)SoGeorgi BenkovskiVarna, 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#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
2:00 pm
Alaska AnchorageW 81–73 
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Loyola MarymountW 92–45 1–0
Beasley Coliseum (2,078)
Pullman, WA
11/13/2016*
1:00 pm
Saint Mary'sW 85–69 2–0
Beasley Coliseum (439)
Pullman, WA
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm
San FranciscoW 73–35 3–0
Beasley Coliseum (419)
Pullman, WA
11/20/2016*
12:00 pm, P12N
Oklahoma StateL 72–79 OT3–1
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 DiegoW 83–73 5–2
Beasley Coliseum (562)
Pullman, WA
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
Boise StateL 73–77 5–3
Beasley Coliseum (699)
Pullman, WA
12/08/2016*
6:00 pm
at GonzagaL 61–79 5–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724)
Spokane, WA
12/18/2016*
12:00 pm
at Saint LouisL 70–73 5–5
Chaifetz Arena (604)
St. Louis, MO
12/21/2016*
9:00 am
at No. 18 KentuckyL 67–69 5–6
Memorial Coliseum (4,875)
Lexington, KY
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 9 WashingtonL 63–94 5–7 (0–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635)
Seattle, WA
12/30/2016
4:00 pm
at No. 22 Oregon StateL 58–80 5–8 (0–2)
Gill Coliseum (3,429)
Corvallis, OR
01/01/2017
2:00 pm
at OregonW 75–59 6–8 (1–2)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,402)
Eugene, OR
01/06/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 UCLAW 82–73 7–8 (2–2)
Beasley Coliseum (820)
Pullman, WA
01/08/2017
12:00 pm, P12N
USCW 74–57 8–8 (3–2)
Beasley Coliseum (603)
Pullman, WA
01/13/2017
10:00 am
at No. 19 Arizona StateL 49–68 8–9 (3–3)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,725)
Tempe, AZ
01/15/2017
10:00 am, P12N
at ArizonaL 55–56 8–10 (3–4)
McKale Center (1,425)
Tucson, AZ
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 WashingtonL 44–87 8–11 (3–5)
Beasley Coliseum (987)
Pullman, WA
02/27/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 StanfordL 54–76 8–12 (3–6)
Beasley Coliseum (626)
Pullman, WA
02/29/2017
1:00 pm
CaliforniaW 84–79 9–12 (4–6)
Beasley Coliseum (639)
Pullman, WA
02/03/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
at ColoradoL 58–70 9–13 (4–7)
Coors Events Center (1,907)
Boulder, CO
02/05/2017
11:00 am
at UtahW 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 StateL 58–61 10–14 (5–8)
Beasley Coliseum (779)
Pullman, WA
02/15/2017
11:00 am, P12N
ArizonaL 62–70 10–15 (5–9)
Beasley Coliseum (802)
Pullman, WA
02/17/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
at USCL 64–80 10–16 (5–10)
Galen Center (910)
Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017
11:00 am, P12N
at No. 18 UCLAL 48–67 10–17 (5–11)
Pauley Pavilion (1,958)
Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
UtahL 57–74 10–18 (5–12)
Beasley Coliseum (611)
Pullman, WA
02/25/2017
1:00 pm
ColoradoW 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 OT14–19
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.