2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

2016–17 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
	† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner ; As of March 18, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
2016–17 record	11–19 (4–10 Atlantic Sun)
Head coach	Steve Lanpher (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Dubina; Liz Flooks; Rayven Johnson;
Home arena	Fleisher Center

The 2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth year head coach Steve Lanpher, played their home games at the Fleisher Center as second year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. This will be their final season playing at the Fleisher Center before moving to the Wellness and Events Center in 2017. They finished the season 11–19, 4–10 in A-Sun play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Tournament to Kennesaw State.

This was their last season playing at Fleisher Center as they moved in to the newly built Wellness and Events Center beginning in the 2017–18 season.

Roster

2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Amber Morgan	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, IN
G	1	Alana Dudley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Whippany Park	Whippany, NJ
G	3	Tracey Brereton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Matawan Regional	Aberdeen, NJ
G	11	Jordan Ireland	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Garnet Valley	Garnet Valley, PA
G/F	12	Taj Lewis	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Longmeadow Roxbury CC	Springfield, MA
G	13	Kelly Guarino	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Albertus Magnus	Thells, NY
G	14	Ruta Vetra	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Our Lady of Mercy Academy	Jūrmala, Latvia
G	15	Amarri Trueheart	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Fr	Cheltenham	Cheltenham, PA
G	20	Danielle Tunstall	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Life Center Academy	Willingboro, NJ
C	21	Maria Ruban	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Jr	Our Lady of Mercy Academy	Kiev, Ukraine
G	22	Tatianna Torres	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Thomas A. Edison	Arlington, VA
G	23	Jillian Libby	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	Cheverus	South Portland, ME
G	24	Camerin Spahn	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Freehold	Freehold, NJ
G/F	25	Hakilah Hudson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Henrico	Richmond, VA
F	34	Leah Horton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Emmaus Temple	Macungie, PA

Head coach

Steve Lanpher (College of St. Joseph)

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Dubina (Monmouth)
Liz Flooks (Niagara)
Rayven Johnson (NJIT)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 2:00 PM, ESPN3		Wagner	W 68–45	1–0	Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		St. Joseph's (NY)	W 87–53	2–0	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
11/17/2016* 6:00 PM		at Bucknell	L 36–67	2–1	Sojka Pavilion (445) Lewisburg, PA
11/21/2016* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		Fairleigh Dickinson	L 61–66	2–2	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
11/25/2016* 7:00 PM		at Vermont TD Bank Classic semifinals	L 42–64	2–3	Patrick Gym (478) Burlington, VT
11/26/2016* 5:00 PM		vs. LIU Brooklyn TD Bank Classic 3rd place game	W 50–48	3–3	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM		at Lehigh	L 52–84	3–4	Stabler Arena (537) Bethlehem, PA
12/04/2016* 12:00 PM		at Harvard	L 38–59	3–5	Lavietes Pavilion (507) Cambridge, MA
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Binghamton	L 44–68	3–6	Fleisher Center Newark, NJ
12/11/2016* 1:00 PM		at Delaware State	W 57–43	4–6	Memorial Hall (389) Dover, DE
12/13/2016* 7:00 PM		at Saint Joseph's	L 36–75	4–7	Hagan Arena (207) Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Howard	W 70–55	5–7	Fleisher Center (277) Newark, NJ
12/28/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Rutgers–Newark	W 83–52	6–7	Fleisher Center (299) Newark, NJ
12/30/2016* 3:00 PM		at Chicago State	W 57–42	7–7	Jones Convocation Center (140) Chicago, IL
01/04/2017* 11:30 AM, ESPN3		Columbia	L 51–65	7–8	Fleisher Center (996) Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/07/2017 4:30 PM, ESPN3		at USC Upstate	L 58–75	7–9 (0–1)	G. B. Hodge Center (237) Spartanburg, SC
01/14/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3		North Florida	W 64–62	8–9 (1–1)	Fleisher Center (499) Newark, NJ
01/16/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Jacksonville	L 56–75	8–10 (1–2)	Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ
01/21/2017 4:00 PM, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 53–73	8–11 (1–3)	Alico Arena (1,459) Fort Myers, FL
01/23/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Stetson	L 43–77	8–12 (1–4)	Edmunds Center (498) DeLand, FL
01/28/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3		Lipscomb	W 76–68	9–12 (2–4)	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
02/02/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Kennesaw State	L 64–75	9–13 (2–5)	KSU Convocation Center (355) Kennesaw, GA
02/04/2017 2:30 PM, ESPN3		at Lipscomb	W 76–53	10–13 (3–5)	Allen Arena (560) Nashville, TN
02/08/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Kennesaw State	L 56–66	10–14 (3–6)	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
02/11/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	L 59–75	10–15 (3–7)	Swisher Gymnasium (633) Jacksonville, FL
02/13/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at North Florida	L 51–61	10–16 (3–8)	UNF Arena (301) Jacksonville, FL
02/18/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3		Stetson	L 37–60	10–17 (3–9)	Fleisher Center (388) Newark, NJ
02/20/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Florida Gulf Coast	L 46–77	10–18 (3–10)	Fleisher Center (200) Newark, NJ
02/25/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3		USC Upstate	W 70–66	11–18 (4–10)	Fleisher Center Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	(4)	at (5) Kennesaw State Quarterfinals	L 60–62	11–19	KSU Convocation Center (983) Kennesaw, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
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2016–17 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stetson	13	–	1	.929	26	–	7	.788
Florida Gulf Coast †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	9	.743
Jacksonville	11	–	3	.786	23	–	9	.719
Kennesaw State	8	–	6	.571	10	–	20	.333
NJIT	4	–	10	.286	11	–	19	.367
North Florida	3	–	11	.214	10	–	20	.333
Lipscomb	3	–	11	.214	6	–	24	.200
USC Upstate	2	–	12	.143	9	–	21	.300

† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

References