2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents University of Kentucky during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 18
2016–17 record22–11 (11–5 SEC)
Head coachMatthew Mitchell (10th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina142 .875  334  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State133 .813  345  .872
No. 18 Kentucky115 .688  2211  .667
No. 25 Missouri115 .688  2111  .656
Tennessee106 .625  2012  .625
Texas A&M97 .563  2212  .647
LSU88 .500  2012  .625
Auburn79 .438  1715  .531
Georgia79 .438  1615  .516
Ole Miss610 .375  1714  .548
Alabama511 .313  2214  .611
Florida511 .313  1516  .484
Vanderbilt412 .250  1416  .467
Arkansas214 .125  1317  .433
2017 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 LaShae Halsel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoWarren Central Bowling Green, KY
G 4 Maci Morris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoBell County Pineville, KY
G 11 Rachael Potter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrPikeville Pikeville, KY
F 13 Evelyn Akhator 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrChipola College Lagos, Nigeria
G 15 Jessica Hardin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrWayne County
Bellarmine
Monticello, KY
G 20 Paige Poffenberger 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrMorgantown Morgantown, WV
F 21 Ogechi Anyagaligbo  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoMiami County Day
Stony Brook
Miami, FL
G 22 Makenzie Cann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SoCincinnati Lawrenceburg, KY
G 24 Taylor Murray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoAnnapolis Area Christian Odenton, MD
G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrMarion County Lebanon, KY
G 32 Jaida Roper 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrHouston Memphis, TN
C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrReynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, OH
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
11/03/2016*
7:00 PM
No. 19 Union (TN) W 78–60 
Memorial Coliseum (1,339)
Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 PM
No. 19 No. 14 Miami (FL)
Kentucky Classic
W 82–66  1–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,471)
Lexington, KY
11/12/2016*
7:00 PM
No. 19 Albany
Kentucky Classic
W 70–46  2–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,667)
Lexington, KY
11/17/2016*
11:00 AM
No. 15 New Hampshire W 92–43  3–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,793)
Lexington, KY
11/19/2016*
9:00 PM
No. 15 at Colorado L 69–79  3–1
Coors Events Center (1,507)
Boulder, CO
11/23/2016*
7:00 PM
No. 20 Morehead State W 74–47  4–1
Memorial Coliseum (4,706)
Lexington, KY
11/27/2016*
2:00 PM
No. 20 Samford W 80–57  5–1
Memorial Coliseum (4,569)
Lexington, KY
12/01/2016*
7:00 PM, SECN
No. 17 No. 12 Oklahoma
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 82–68  6–1
Memorial Coliseum (4,400)
Lexington, KY
12/04/2016*
2:00 PM
No. 17 at No. 7 Louisville
The Battle for the Bluegrass
L 67–69 OT 6–2
KFC Yum! Center (12,245)
Louisville, KY
12/09/2016*
7:00 PM
No. 15 Middle Tennessee W 61–48  7–2
Memorial Coliseum (4,625)
Lexington, KY
12/11/2016*
1:00 PM, SECN
No. 15 Arizona State L 71–73 OT 7–3
Rupp Arena (13,225)
Lexington, KY
12/18/2016*
2:00 PM
No. 19 Radford W 59–36  8–3
Memorial Coliseum (4,547)
Lexington, KY
12/21/2016*
12:00 PM
No. 18 Washington State W 69–67  9–3
Memorial Coliseum (4,875)
Lexington, KY
12/29/2016*
7:00 PM, ACCN Extra
No. 17 at No. 15 Duke L 54–69  9–4
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,121)
Durham, NC
SEC regular season
01/01/2017
4:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 17 at Tennessee L 65–72  9–5
(0–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709)
Knoxville, TN
01/05/2017
7:00 PM, SECN
No. 24 Missouri W 64–62  10–5
(1–1)
Memorial Coliseum (4,280)
Lexington, KY
01/08/2017
2:00 PM, SECN
No. 24 Texas A&M L 68–77  10–6
(1–2)
Memorial Coliseum (5,669)
Lexington, KY
01/12/2017
8:00 PM
at Alabama W 71–54  11–6
(2–2)
Coleman Coliseum (2,437)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/15/2017
3:00 PM, SECN
Georgia W 82–61  12–6
(3–2)
Memorial Coliseum (5,608)
Lexington, KY
01/19/2017
8:00 PM
at LSU W 55–42  13–6
(4–2)
Maravich Center (1,845)
Baton Rouge, LA
01/22/2017
3:00 PM, SECN
at Auburn W 64–60  14–6
(5–2)
Auburn Arena (2,294)
Auburn, AL
01/26/2017
7:00 PM
Ole Miss W 89–57  15–6
(6–2)
Memorial Coliseum (4,272)
Lexington, KY
01/30/2017
7:00 PM, SECN
No. 25 at Missouri L 67–73  15–7
(6–3)
Mizzou Arena (3,374)
Columbia, MO
02/02/2017
7:00 PM, SECN
No. 25 No. 4 South Carolina L 63–75  15–8
(6–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,533)
Lexington, KY
02/05/2017
12:00 PM, SECN
No. 25 Vanderbilt W 71–63  16–8
(7–4)
Memorial Coliseum (6,023)
Lexington, KY
02/09/2017
7:00 PM
at Georgia W 66–56  17–8
(8–4)
Stegeman Coliseum (3,235)
Athens, GA
02/16/2017
8:00 PM, SECN
at Arkansas W 69–62  18–8
(9–4)
Bud Walton Arena (1,142)
Fayetteville, AR
02/19/2017
1:00 PM, SECN
Florida W 67–48  19–8
(10–4)
Memorial Coliseum (6,604)
Lexington, KY
02/23/2017
7:00 PM
No. 3 Mississippi State W 78–75 OT 20–8
(11–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,244)
Lexington, KY
02/26/2017
2:00 PM, ESPNU
No. 22 at No. 7 South Carolina L 87–95  20–9
(11–5)
Colonial Life Arena (18,000)
Columbia, SC
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
2:30 PM, SECN
(4) No. 20 vs. (12) Alabama
Quarterfinals
W 65–55  21–9
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,702)
Greenville, SC
03/04/2017
5:00 PM, ESPNU
(4) No. 20 vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina
Semifinals
L 77–89  21–10
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,554)
Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017*
12:00 PM, ESPN2
(4 L) No. 18 (13 L) Belmont
First Round
W 73–70  22–10
Memorial Coliseum (3,497)
Lexington, KY
03/19/2017*
12:00 PM, ESPN2
(4 L) No. 18 (5 L) No. 11 Ohio State
Second Round
L 68–82  22–11
Memorial Coliseum (2,644)
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Coaches 19 19 24 20 18 23 24 23 RV NR NR NR RV NR NR RV 24 24 24 25
Legend
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See also

References

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