2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record16–11 (7–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Val Klopfer
  • Brendan Burke
  • Bobby Savino
Home arenaNewman Arena
Seasons
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

The 2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by fifteenth year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 16–11, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award 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 will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will 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 will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.[1]

Roster

2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 03 Taylor DePalma 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Ithaca, NY
G 04 Danielle Jorgenson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Orono, MN
G 05 Dylan Higgins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bala Cynwyd, PA
G 10 Janée Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Burlington Township, NJ
G 12 Samantha Widmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lawrenceville, NJ
G 13 Caroline Shelquist 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Minnetonka, MN
G 22 Kerri Moran 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Far Hills, NJ
G 23 Samantha Clement 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Anaheim, CA
F 23 Nia Marshall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Macedonia, OH
F 25 Jessica Willerson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Falmouth, ME
F 30 Reena Olsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cortlandt Manor, NY
F 32 Nicholle Aston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Woodland Hills, CA
F 33 Christine Ehland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Pittsburgh, PA
G 34 Marie Hatch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bethesda, MD
F 35 Maddy Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Arlington, VA
G 44 Megan LeDuc 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Vienna, VA
F 45 Stephanie Umeh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Los Angeles, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm 		New Hampshire W 63–56  1–0
 Newman Arena (312)
Ithaca, NY
11/13/2016*
1:00 pm 		Loyola (MD) W 58–50  2–0
 Newman Arena (365)
Ithaca, NY
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Colgate W 70–57  3–0
 Cotterell Court (618)
Hamilton, NY
11/19/2016*
12:00 pm 		at Towson L 63–68  3–1
 SECU Arena (263)
Towson, MD
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm 		Howard W 67–55  4–1
 Newman Arena (310)
Ithaca, NY
11/26/2016*
6:00 pm, ACCN Extra 		at Pittsburgh L 44–56  4–2
 Peterson Events Center (717)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/28/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Saint Francis (PA) W 78–72  5–2
 DeGol Arena (406)
Loretto, PA
12/03/2016*
1:00 pm 		Drexel L 53–63  5–3
 Newman Arena (319)
Ithaca, NY
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm 		at Youngstown State W 80–75  6–3
 Beeghly Center (1,140)
Youngstown, OH
12/22/2016*
5:00 pm 		Canisius W 60–43  7–3
 Newman Arena (412)
Ithaca, NY
12/30/2016*
1:00 pm 		at Stony Brook L 65–66 2OT 7–4
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (522)
Stony Brook, NY
01/01/2017*
2:00 pm 		at Binghamton W 54–51  8–4
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,339)
Vestal, NY
01/05/2017*
6:00 pm 		at Delaware State W 72–51  9–4
 Memorial Hall (257)
Dover, NY
Ivy League regular season
01/14/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Columbia W 77–70  10–4 (1–0)
 Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
01/21/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Columbia W 69–55  11–4 (2–0)
 Levien Gymnasium (875)
New York City, NY
01/27/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Harvard L 59–62  11–5 (2–1)
 Lavietes Pavilion (653)
Cambridge, MA
01/28/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Dartmouth L 74–84  11–6 (2–2)
 Leede Arena (1,117)
Hanover, NH
02/03/2017
6:00 pm 		at Brown L 67–72  11–7 (2–3)
 Pizzitola Sports Center (232)
Providence, RI
02/04/2017
6:00 pm 		at Yale W 76–63  12–7 (3–3)
 John J. Lee Amphitheater (427)
New Haven, CT
02/10/2017
6:00 pm 		Princeton L 54–58  12–8 (3–4)
 Newman Arena (659)
Ithaca, NY
02/11/2017
5:00 pm 		Penn L 55–61  12–9 (3–5)
 Newman Arena (729)
Ithaca, NY
02/17/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Dartmouth W 72–57  13–9 (4–5)
 Newman Arena (467)
Ithaca, NY
02/18/2017
5:00 pm 		Harvard W 57–52  14–9 (5–5)
 Newman Arena (559)
Ithaca, NY
02/24/2017
7:00 pm 		at Penn L 34–47  14–10 (5–6)
 Palestra (1,013)
Philadelphia, PA
02/25/2017
6:00 pm 		at Princeton W 55–44  15–10 (6–6)
 Jadwin Gymnasium (1,245)
Princeton, NJ
03/03/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Yale W 59–49  16–10 (7–6)
 Newman Arena (621)
Ithaca, NY
03/04/2017
5:00 pm 		Brown L 46–67  16–11 (7–7)
 Newman Arena (1,625)
Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball schedule