2016–17 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

2016–17 Clemson Tigers women's basketball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2016–17 record	15–16 (3–13 ACC)
Head coach	Audra Smith (4th season)
Assistant coach	Daryl Oliver
Assistant coach	Edgar Farmer
Assistant coach	Tiffany Sardin
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Notre Dame^†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	4	.892
#9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
#10 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	7	.800
#13 Louisville	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
#17 NC State	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
#21 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
#16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	16	–	16	.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
Clemson	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300


† 2017 ACC Tournament winner As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team will represent Clemson University during the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Tigers, were led by fourth year head coach Audra Smith. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will return to play their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum after a one year of renovation. They finished the season 15–16, 3–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for thirteenth place. They advance to the second round of ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville.

Roster

2016–17 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
2.5 !G/F	0	Perry, NellyNelly Perry	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Brimm Medical Arts	Camden, NJ
1.5 !G	3	Cardaci, VictoriaVictoria Cardaci	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	3.0 !Jr	Holmdel	Holmdel, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Edwards, DanielleDanielle Edwards	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	McDonogh School	Perry Hall, MD
2.5 !G/F	10	Tagliapietra, FrancescaFrancesca Tagliapietra	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.5 !RS So	Liceo Scientifico Nicolo' Tron	Carrè, Italy
3.5 !F	11	Fields, SianaSiana Fields	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Long Beach Poly	Long Beach, CA
1.5 !G	12	Collier, AliyahAliyah Collier	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Laney	Augusta, GA
1.5 !G	15	Alexander, JaiaJaia Alexander	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Roland Park Country	Towson, MD
5.0 !C	20	Diarra, SirahSirah Diarra	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	Longueuil, QE
5.0 !C	21	Johnson, MaKaylaMaKayla Johnson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	Dreher	Columbia, SC
1.5 !G	22	Purvis, KenieceKeniece Purvis	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	New Garden Friends School	Greensboro, NC
5.0 !C	24	Atkism, IvyIvy Atkism	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	George Walton Academy	Monroe, GA
1.5 !G	33	Carter, AlexisAlexis Carter	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Tigard	Portland, OR
5.0 !C	44	Thornton, KobiKobi Thornton	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Randolph-Clay	Cuthbert, GA

Head coach

Audra Smith (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Daryl Oliver (Richmond)
Edgar Farmer (North Carolina)
Tiffany Sardin (Virginia)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016* 2:00 PM	West Alabama	W 80–48		Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
11/06/2016* 2:00 PM	North Greenville	W 79–57		Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 12:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	W 64–57	1–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (2,242) Clemson, SC
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM	Western Carolina	W 78–63	2–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (361) Clemson, SC
11/16/2016* 6:00 PM	Georgia Southern	W 58–47	3–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (368) Clemson, SC
11/19/2016* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Monmouth	W 60–47	4–0	OceanFirst Bank Center (812) West Long Branch, NJ
11/22/2016* 5:00 PM	Louisiana Tech	W 78–67 ^OT	5–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (254) Clemson, SC
11/24/2016* 1:15 PM	vs. Loyola–Chicago San Juan Shootout	W 61–40	6–0	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
11/25/2016* 11:00 AM	vs. Wright State San Juan Shootout	W 75–51	7–0	Ocean Center (127) Daytona Beach, FL
12/02/2016* 5:00 PM	Maine	W 69–61	8–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (299) Clemson, SC
12/12/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 25 Oregon	L 59–87	8–1	Littlejohn Coliseum (313) Clemson, SC
12/15/2016* 7:00 PM, SECN	at No. 6 South Carolina Rivalry	L 61–83	8–2	Colonial Life Arena (11,916) Columbia, SC
12/18/2016* 2:00 PM	South Carolina State	W 56–36	9–2	Littlejohn Coliseum (638) Clemson, SC
12/21/2016* 7:00 PM	at Jacksonville State	W 69–63	10–2	Pete Mathews Coliseum (512) Jacksonville, AL
12/29/2016* 7:00 PM	Bethune-Cookman	W 59–38	11–2	Littlejohn Coliseum (399) Clemson, SC
ACC regular season
01/02/2017 7:00 PM, RSN	at Boston College	L 48–60	11–3 (0–1)	Conte Forum (535) Chestnut Hill, MA
01/05/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Syracuse	L 62–88	11–4 (0–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (233) Clemson, SC
01/08/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 17 Virginia Tech	L 69–78	11–5 (0–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum (306) Clemson, SC
01/12/2017 7:00 PM	at Wake Forest	L 56–78	11–6 (0–4)	LJVM Coliseum (427) Winston-Salem, NC
01/15/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 7 Florida State	L 27–86	11–7 (0–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum (832) Clemson, SC
01/19/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Virginia	L 37–69	11–8 (0–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum (319) Clemson, SC
01/22/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at No. 21 NC State	L 53–65	11–9 (0–7)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,893) Raleigh, NC
01/26/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 9 Louisville	L 46–60	11–10 (0–8)	Littlejohn Coliseum (352) Clemson, SC
01/29/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Georgia Tech	W 62–61	12–10 (1–8)	Littlejohn Coliseum (365) Clemson, SC
02/02/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at No. 15 Duke	L 37–65	12–11 (1–9)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,564) Durham, NC
02/05/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	North Carolina	W 78–67	13–11 (2–9)	Littlejohn Coliseum (688) Clemson, SC
02/09/2017 6:30 PM, RSN	at Pittsburgh	W 54–46	14–11 (3–9)	Petersen Events Center (652) Pittsburgh, PA
02/11/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at No. 16 Miami (FL)	L 57–81	14–12 (3–10)	Watsco Center (2,312) Coral Gables, FL
02/16/2017 7:00 PM	No. 7 Notre Dame	L 80–84	14–13 (3–11)	Littlejohn Coliseum (595) Clemson, SC
02/18/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at No. 4 Florida State	L 47–80	14–14 (3–12)	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,576) Tallahassee, FL
02/23/2017 7:00 PM	at Georgia Tech	L 58–72	14–15 (3–13)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,040) Atlanta, GA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/01/2017 1:00 PM, RSN	vs. Virginia Tech First Round	W 67–66	15–15	HTC Center Conway, SC
03/02/2017 11:00 AM, RSN	vs. No. 14 Louisville Second Round	L 46–68	15–16	HTC Center (2,613) Conway, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ http://www.clemsontigers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=28500&SPID=103716&SPSID=657844

Clemson Tigers women's basketball
Venues	Littlejohn Coliseum (1975–present) Civic Center of Anderson (alternate; 2002) Jervey Athletic Center (alternate; 2015–16)
Rivalries	South Carolina
Culture & lore	The Tiger "Tiger Rag" Clemson University Tiger Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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2016–17 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References