2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball

WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2016–17 record	26–7 (14–4 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Jordan Green
Assistant coach	Stacy Clinesmith
Assistant coach	Craig Fortier
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center

2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga†	14	–	4	.778	26	–	7	.788
BYU	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	20	–	13	.606
San Francisco	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
Loyola Marymount	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Santa Clara	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
San Diego	7	–	11	.389	14	–	16	.467
Pacific	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Portland	4	–	14	.222	6	–	24	.200

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

The 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Lisa Fortier, the Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to be come champions of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.

Roster

2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	00	Rice, ZykeraZykera Rice	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	Clover Park	Lakewood, WA
1.5 !G	4	Williams, MakenleeMakenlee Williams	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Syrause Utah State	Syracuse, UT
1.5 !G	10	Templeton, ZhaneZhane Templeton	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	South Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX
1.5 !G	11	Stockton, LauraLaura Stockton	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Gonzaga Prep	Spokane, WA
5.0 !C	12	Wolfram, EmmaEmma Wolfram	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	South Kamloops	Kamloops, BC
3.5 !F	13	Barta, JillJill Barta	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.5 !RS So	Fairfield	Fairfield, MT
1.5 !G	14	Stach, EmmaEmma Stach	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Avides Hurricanes	Buchholz, Germany
1.5 !G	15	Loera, JessieJessie Loera	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	1.0 !Fr	Moses Lake	Moses Lake, WA
1.5 !G	22	Douglas, CorrynCorryn Douglas	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Newbury Park	Newbury Park, CA
3.5 !F	23	Kudron, KiaraKiara Kudron	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Huron High School	New Boston, MI
1.5 !G	30	Smith, ChandlerChandler Smith	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.5 !RS So	Brewster Nebraska	Brewster, WA
1.5 !G	31	Tinkle, ElleElle Tinkle	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Big Sky	Missoula, MT
3.5 !F	33	Collet, GraceGrace Collet	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.0 !Fr	Box Hill Senior Secondary	Greensborough, Australia

Head coach

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

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
11/04/2016* 6:00 PM		Corban	W 86–31		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,006) Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 2:00 PM		Nicholls State	W 78–46	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212) Spokane, WA
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM		UC Irvine	W 102–38	2–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,186) Spokane, WA
11/18/2016* 7:00 PM, P12N		at No. 11 Stanford	W 68–63	3–0	Maples Pavilion (2,654) Stanford, CA
11/24/2016* 5:00 PM	No. 25	vs. Michigan Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 66–78	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,734) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/25/2016* 2:45 PM	No. 25	vs. No. 10 Florida State Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 69–87	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
11/26/2016* 2:45 PM	No. 25	vs. Winthrop Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 71–41	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center (1,010) Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2016* 2:00 PM		Presbyterian	W 79–39	5–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,037) Spokane, WA
12/08/2016* 6:00 PM, SWX		Washington State	W 79–61	6–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724) Spokane, WA
12/11/2016* 2:00 PM		at Eastern Washington	W 73–54	7–2	Reese Court (1,438) Cheney, WA
12/19/2016* 6:00 PM, SWX		Northwestern	W 67–56	8–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638) Spokane, WA
12/22/2016* 2:00 PM		Colgate	W 72–42	9–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 PM		at Pepperdine	L 69–79	9–3 (0–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (337) Malibu, CA
12/31/2016 2:00 PM		Pacific	L 63–65	9–4 (0–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,812) Spokane, WA
01/05/2017 6:00 PM, SWX		San Francisco	W 61–46	10–4 (1–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,184) Spokane, WA
01/07/2017 2:00 PM		Portland	W 67–55	11–4 (2–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,540) Spokane, WA
01/12/2017 7:00 PM		at Loyola Marymount	W 80–56	12–4 (3–2)	Gersten Pavilion (263) Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2017 1:00 PM		at Saint Mary's	W 79–75	13–4 (4–2)	McKeon Pavilion (341) Moraga, CA
01/19/2016 6:00 PM, SWX		Santa Clara	W 51–39	14–4 (5–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,760) Spokane, WA
01/21/2017 2:00 PM		at Portland	W 85–50	15–4 (6–2)	Chiles Center (493) Portland, OR
01/26/2017 6:00 PM		at San Diego	W 57–55	16–4 (7–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (459) San Diego, CA
01/28/2017 2:00 PM		Pepperdine	W 83–61	17–4 (8–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/02/2017 6:00 PM		BYU	W 87–52	18–4 (9–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/04/2017 2:00 PM		at Santa Clara	W 50–49	19–4 (10–2)	Leavey Center (300) Santa Clara, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 PM		Loyola Marymount	W 73–61	20–4 (11–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,454) Spokane, WA
02/11/2017 2:00 PM, SWX		Saint Mary's	W 59–58	21–4 (12–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/16/2017 7:00 PM		at San Francisco	L 72–77	21–5 (12–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium (173) San Francisco, CA
02/18/2017 2:00 PM		at Pacific	W 74–58	22–5 (13–3)	Alex G. Spanos Center (514) Stockton, CA
02/23/2017 6:00 PM		San Diego	W 62–57	23–5 (14–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/25/2017 1:00 PM, BYUtv		at BYU	L 63–71	23–6 (14–4)	Marriott Center (2,195) Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 12:00 PM, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (8) Pacific Quarterfinals	W 91–59	24–6	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/06/2017 12:00 PM, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (4) San Francisco Semifinals	W 77–46	25–6	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/07/2017 1:00 PM, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (3) Saint Mary's Championship Game	W 86–75	26–6	Orleans Arena (6,773) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 3:30 PM, ESPN2	(11 O)	vs. (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma First Round	L 62–82	26–7	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (10,000) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV

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

References

↑ http://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gonz-w-baskbl-sched.html

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Venues	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1986–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present)
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People	Head coaches Record holders
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2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References