2016–17 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team

The 2016–17 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by second year head coach Jalie Mitchell, play their home games UNT Coliseum, also known as The Super Pit, and were fourth year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to WKU.

2016–17 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2016–17 record	12–19 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Jalie Mitchell (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Bobby Brasel Aisha Stewart Kasondra Foreman
Home arena	The Super Pit

2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
WKU †	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
Middle Tennessee	15	–	3		.833			23	–	11		.676
Southern Miss	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Charlotte	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Old Dominion	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
UTSA	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Rice	8	–	10		.444			22	–	13		.629
UAB	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
North Texas	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
Marshall	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
UTEP	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
FIU	3	–	15		.167			5	–	24		.172
Florida Atlantic	0	–	18		.000			4	–	25		.138
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tyara Warren 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Plano West West Virginia Plano, TX G 2 Grance Goodhart (I)  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Sunnyvale Loyola–Chicago Sunnyvale, TX G 3 Kelsey Criner 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lincoln HS New Mexico JC Dallas, TX G 10 Adrianna Henderson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Topeka HS Topeka, KS F 11 Justis Szcezepanski (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So IMG Academy Baylor Portland, OR F 12 Jada Poland 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Fort Zumwalt HS St. Louis, MO G 13 Orianna Shillow 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Stony Point HS Round Rock, TX G 14 Candice Adams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Atascocita HS Cedar Hill, TX C 15 Hannah Hopkins 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Kingwood HS Humble, TX G 20 Terra Ellison 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr The Colony HS The Colony, TX G 22 Stabresa McDaniel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Skyline HS Minnesota Dallas, TX G 23 Terriell Bradley 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Mansfield HS Kansas Arlington, TX C 30 Tosin Mabodu 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Homewood-Flossmor HS Murray State College Chicago, IL C 34 Micayla Buckner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Naaman Forest HS Collin College Garland, TX F 41 Madison Townley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Duncanville HS Duncanville, TX	Head coach Jalie Mitchell (North Texas) Assistant coach(es) Bobby Brasel (Texas–Permian Basin) Aisha Stewart (Catawba College) Kasondra Foreman (North Texas) 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
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 4:00 PM		Texas Woman's	W 59–47		The Super Pit (547) Denton, TX
Non-conference regular Season
11/11/2016* 6:30 PM		at Little Rock Preseason WNIT First Round	L 44–55	0–1	Jack Stephens Center (1,725) Little Rock, AR
11/18/2016* 8:00 PM		vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Preseason WNIT consolation round	L 69–74	0–2	Moody Coliseum (892) Abilene, TX
11/19/2016* 4:00 PM		vs. Nebraska–Omaha Preseason WNIT consolation round	L 57–85	0–3	Moody Coliseum  Abilene, TX
11/22/2016* 12:00 PM		at Arizona	W 62–58	1–3	McKale Center (8,442) Tucson, AZ
11/26/2016* 3:00 PM		Iona	W 66–55	2–3	The Super Pit (1,178) Denton, TX
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM		at SMU	L 51–65	2–4	Moody Coliseum (833) Dallas, TX
12/03/2016* 2:00 PM		at Tulsa	L 58–63	2–5	Reynolds Center (211) Tulsa, OK
12/06/2016* 11:30 AM		Indiana	L 64–94	2–6	The Super Pit (2,164) Denton, TX
12/10/2016* 3:00 PM		Incarnate Word	W 84–61	3–6	The Super Pit (363) Denton, TX
12/17/2016* 2:05 PM, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 54–63	3–7	JQH Arena (2,176) Springfield, MO
12/22/2016* 5:00 PM		Texas State	L 58–59	3–8	The Super Pit (725) Denton, TX
Conference USA regular Season
12/30/2016 7:00 PM		Charlotte	L 63–78	3–9 (0–1)	The Super Pit (1,283) Denton, TX
01/01/2017 3:00 PM		Old Dominion	W 65–55	4–9 (1–1)	The Super Pit (811) Denton, TX
01/05/2017 7:00 PM		at UAB	W 59–58 ^OT	5–9 (2–1)	Bartow Arena (522) Birmingham, AL
01/07/2017 6:00 PM		at Middle Tennessee	L 52–60	5–10 (2–2)	Murphy Center (3,632) Murfreesboro, TN
01/14/2017 3:00 PM		Rice	L 49–54	5–11 (2–3)	The Super Pit (1,073) Denton, TX
01/19/2017 7:00 PM		Southern Miss	W 75–62	6–11 (3–3)	The Super Pit (609) Denton, TX
01/21/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN3		Louisiana Tech	L 65–72	6–12 (3–4)	The Super Pit (1,098) Denton, TX
01/26/2017 6:00 PM		at Charlotte	L 49–66	6–13 (3–5)	Dale F. Halton Arena (1,163) Charlotte, NC
01/28/2017 6:00 PM		at Old Dominion	L 47–62	6–14 (3–6)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,827) Norfolk, VA
02/04/2017 2:00 PM		at Rice	W 77–69 ^OT	7–14 (4–6)	Tudor Fieldhouse (510) Houston, TX
02/09/2017 7:00 PM		Florida Atlantic	W 79–57	8–14 (5–6)	The Super Pit (667) Denton, TX
02/11/2017 3:00 PM		FIU	W 69–49	9–14 (6–6)	The Super Pit (953) Denton, TX
02/16/2017 8:05 PM, beIN		at UTEP	W 76–69	10–14 (7–6)	Don Haskins Center (1,512) El Paso, TX
02/18/2017 2:00 PM		at UTSA	W 58–55 ^OT	11–14 (8–6)	Convocation Center (606) San Antonio, TX
02/23/2017 6:30 PM		at Louisiana Tech	L 49–65	11–15 (8–7)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,648) Ruston, LA
02/25/2017 4:00 PM		at Southern Miss	L 48–70	11–16 (8–8)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,428) Hattiesburg, MS
03/02/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		WKU	L 55–75	11–17 (8–9)	The Super Pit (1,037) Denton, TX
03/04/2017 3:00 PM		Marshall	L 57–60	11–18 (8–10)	The Super Pit (976) Denton, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2017 12:30 PM		vs. UAB First Round	W 65–62 ^2OT	12–18	Bartow Arena  Birmingham, AL
03/09/2017 12:30 PM		vs. WKU Quarterfinals	L 51–78	12–19	Bartow Arena  Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2016–17 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team

References

1. "MEANGREENSPORTS.COM - University of North Texas Official Athletic Site University of North Texas Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". www.meangreensports.com.