2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by eighth year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at the Palestra and are members of the Ivy League. The team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to be conference champions.[1] They finished the season 22–8, 13–1 to win the Ivy League regular season title and their first ever Ivy League Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament, which they had a 21 point lead before losing to Texas A&M in the first round.

2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball
Ivy League regular season & tournament champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
2016–17 record	22–8 (13–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Mike McLaughlin (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Bernadette Laukaitis Kelly Killion
Home arena	Palestra

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League instituted conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments only awarded the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff took place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra. There were be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final was played the next day for the NCAA bid.[2]

Roster

2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown F 2 Jackie Falconer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mechanicsburg, PA G 10 Anna Ross 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Syracuse, NY G 12 Kasey Chambers (C) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Belmar, NJ C 13 Sydney Stipanovich (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr St. Louis, MO G 14 Beth Brzozowski 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Highland Heights, OH G 21 Lauren Whitlatch 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bloomington, IN G 22 Deja Jackson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Grinnell, IA G 23 Kristen Daley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Sharon, MA G 24 Alexis Glasgow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Arlington Heights, IL G 25 Ashley Russell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Braintree, MA F 42 Jameira Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Taneytown, MD F 43 Michelle Nwokedi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Missouri City, TX F 50 Princess Aghayere 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Reston, VA	Head coach Mike McLaughlin (Holy Family) Assistant coach(es) Bernadette Laukaitis (Holy Family) Kelly Killion (Holy Family) 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
Regular season
Nov 13, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		at Duke	L 55–68	0–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,263) Durham, NC
Nov 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		Binghamton	L 48–61	0–2	Palestra (378) Philadelphia, PA
Nov 18, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		at Rhode Island	W 75–43	1–2	Ryan Center (329) Kingston, RI
Nov 22, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Saint Joseph's	L 53–57	1–3	Palestra (503) Philadelphia, PA
Nov 30, 2016* 6:00 p.m.		at Lafayette	W 64–47	2–3	Kirby Sports Center (274) Easton, PA
Dec 3, 2016* 1:00 p.m.		at Wagner	W 63–39	3–3	Spiro Sports Center (623) Staten Island, NY
Dec 7, 2016* 5:30 p.m.		La Salle	L 56–58 ^OT	3–4	Palestra (331) Philadelphia, PA
Dec 10, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		at Richmond	W 47–44	4–4	Robins Center (623) Richmond, VA
Dec 31, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		at Cal State Northridge	W 47–36	5–4	Matadome (307) Northridge, CA
Jan 2, 2017* 8:00 p.m.		at UC Riverside	W 71–55	6–4	The SRC (149) Riverside, CA
Jan 7, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Princeton	W 62–57	7–4 (1–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (857) Princeton, NJ
Jan 13, 2017 5:30 pm		Yale	W 66–55	8–4 (2–0)	Palestra (462) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 14, 2017 5:30 pm		Brown	W 86–60	9–4 (3–0)	Palestra (427) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 18, 2017* 7:00 pm		Villanova	L 48–60	9–5	Palestra (575) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 25, 2017* 7:00 pm		Temple	L 53–63	9–6	Palestra (414) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 29, 2017* 5:00 pm		Stevens Tech	W 89–43	10–6	Palestra (405) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Harvard	W 63–43	11–6 (4–0)	Palestra (763) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 4, 2017 7:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 68–38	12–6 (5–0)	Palestra (727) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 10, 2017 7:00 pm		at Columbia	W 64–54	13–6 (6–0)	Levien Gymnasium (408) New York, NY
Feb 11, 2017 5:00 p.m.		at Cornell	W 61–55	14–6 (7–0)	Newman Arena (729) Ithaca, NY
Feb 17, 2017 5:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Brown	W 71–68	15–6 (8–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center  Providence, RI
Feb 18, 2017 6:00 pm		at Yale	L 48–61	15–7 (8–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,074) New Haven, CT
Feb 24, 2017 7:00 pm		Cornell	W 47–34	16–7 (9–1)	Palestra (1,013) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 25, 2017 7:00 pm		Columbia	W 68–59	17–7 (10–1)	Palestra (967) Philadelphia, PA
Mar 3, 2017 7:00 p.m.		at Dartmouth	W 60–47	18–7 (11–1)	Leede Arena (546) Hanover, NH
Mar 4, 2016 6:00 pm		at Harvard	W 64–46	19–7 (12–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (703) Cambridge, MA
Mar 7, 2017 7:00 pm		Princeton	W 52–40	20–7 (13–1)	Palestra (720) Philadelphia, PA
Ivy League Women's Tournament
March 11, 2017 11:30 am, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (4) Brown Semifinals	W 71–60	21–7	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
March 12, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (2) Princeton Championship Game	W 57–48	22–7	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN	(12 B)	vs. (5 B) Texas A&M First Round	L 61–63	22–8	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern Time[3].

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular season ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR																	N/A
Coaches	RV	NR	NR

See also

• 2016–17 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

References

1. "Penn Unanimously Selected to Repeat in Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". ivyleaguesports.com. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
2. "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
3. 2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball schedule