2016–17 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

2016–17 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
Horizon Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record27–6 (15–3 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Amanda Leonhard-Perry
  • Sarah Bronk
  • Megan Vogel
Home arenaKress Events Center
Seasons
2016–17 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Green Bay*† 15 – 3   .833 27 – 5   .844
Wright State 15 – 3   .833 24 – 8   .750
Oakland 12 – 6   .667 18 – 12   .600
Detroit 12 – 6   .667 18 – 14   .563
Milwaukee 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Cleveland State 9 – 9   .500 14 – 16   .467
Youngstown State 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Northern Kentucky 5 – 13   .278 9 – 22   .290
Valparaiso 4 – 14   .222 10 – 20   .333
UIC 2 – 16   .111 6 – 24   .200
† 2017 Horizon League Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 7, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by head coach Kevin Borseth, in the fifth year of his current stint and 14th year overall at Green Bay, played their home games at the Kress Events Center and are members of the Horizon League. It was the 38th season of Green Bay women's basketball.

On December 13, 2016, after starting the season 8–1, with the one blemish being a four-point loss at then top-ranked Notre Dame, the Phoenix women were voted Team of the Week by the NCAA.[1]

Roster

2016–17 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 1 Jen Wellnitz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So South Wayne, WI
G 3 Frankie Wurtz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Kimberly, WI
G 4 Caitlyn Hibner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Portage, WI
G 5 Laken James 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Oconto, WI
F 10 Mehryn Kraker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr West Allis, WI
G 14 Meghan Pingel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Sun Prairie, WI
G/F 21 Jessica Lindstrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Superior, WI
G 24 Allie LeClaire 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Green Bay, WI
F 32 Karly Murphy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr River Falls, WI
C 33 Lexi Weitzer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Waukesha, WI
F/C 42 Mackenzie Wolf 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Kohler, WI
F 44 Anna Dier 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Algoma, WI
F/C 52 Madison Wolf 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Kohler, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 26, 2017

Rankings

Further information: 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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 24 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 24 RV NR NR NR NR NR

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2016*
Noon 		UW Oshkosh W 79–35 
Kress Events Center (2,385)
Green Bay, WI
November 3, 2016*
7:00 pm 		Northern Michigan W 76–34 
Kress Events Center (2,161)
Green Bay, WI
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Elon
Preseason WNIT First Round 		W 71–56  1–0
 Kress Events Center (2,049)
Green Bay, WI
November 13, 2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Little Rock
Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals 		W 57–31  2–0
 Kress Events Center (1,724)
Green Bay, WI
November 17, 2016*
6:00 pm 		at No. 1 Notre Dame
Preseason WNIT Semifinals 		L 67–71  2–1
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,817)
Notre Dame, IN
November 22, 2016*
6:00 pm 		at Belmont W 62–53  3–1
 Curb Event Center (492)
Nashville, TN
November 25, 2016*
1:00 pm 		at Chattanooga W 71–55  4–1
 McKenzie Arena (1,557)
Chattanooga, TN
November 30, 2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Bradley W 68–43  5–1
 Renaissance Coliseum (592)
Peoria, IL
December 3, 2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		Drake W 72–58  6–1
 Kress Events Center (2,299)
Green Bay, WI
December 6, 2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Marquette W 73–68  7–1
 Al McGuire Center (903)
Milwaukee, WI
December 9, 2016*
7:00 pm 		at South Dakota State W 67–43  8–1
 Frost Arena (1,898)
Brookings, SD
December 15, 2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wisconsin L 53–54  8–2
 Kress Events Center (3,443)
Green Bay, WI
December 20, 2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Butler W 61–34  9–2
 Kress Events Center (1,967)
Green Bay, WI
Horizon League regular season
December 29, 2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Kentucky W 70–39  10–2 (1–0)
 Kress Events Center (2,406)
Green Bay, WI
December 31, 2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wright State W 62–41  11–2 (2–0)
 Kress Events Center (2,533)
Green Bay, WI
January 5, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Valparaiso W 75–36  12–2 (3–0)
 Athletics–Recreation Center (453)
Valparaiso, IN
January 7, 2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		at UIC W 79–65  13–2 (4–0)
 UIC Pavilion (312)
Chicago, IL
January 11, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Detroit W 60–55  14–2 (5–0)
 Kress Events Center (1,906)
Green Bay, WI
January 13, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Oakland W 89–47  15–2 (6–0)
 Kress Events Center (2,401)
Green Bay, WI
January 17, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Valparaiso W 56–35  16–2 (7–0)
 Kress Events Center (1,901)
Green Bay, WI
January 21, 2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Milwaukee W 89–47  17–2 (8–0)
 Kress Events Center (3,367)
Green Bay, WI
January 26, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 24 at Youngstown State W 84–51  18–2 (9–0)
 Beeghly Center (1,253)
Youngstown, OH
January 28, 2017
Noon, ESPN3 		No. 24 at Cleveland State W 65–51  19–2 (10–0)
 Wolstein Center (134)
Cleveland, OH
February 2, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 21 at Oakland L 71–74  19–3 (10–1)
 Athletics Center O'rena (959)
Rochester, MI
February 4, 2017
Noon, ESPN3 		No. 21 at Detroit L 72-76  19–4 (10–2)
 Calihan Hall (1,251)
Detroit, MI
February 9, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Cleveland State W 79–60  20–4 (11–2)
 Kress Events Center (2,374)
Green Bay, WI
February 11, 2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Youngstown State W 75–41  21–4 (12–2)
 Kress Events Center (3,376)
Green Bay, WI
February 17, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Milwaukee L 60–72  21–5 (12–3)
 Klotsche Center (1,372)
Milwaukee, WI
February 20, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		UIC W 65–31  22–5 (13–3)
 Kress Events Center (2,452)
Green Bay, WI
February 24, 2017
4:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Wright State W 58–51  23–5 (14–3)
 Nutter Center (694)
Dayton, OH
February 26, 2017
2:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Northern Kentucky W 74–37  24–5 (15–3)
 BB&T Arena (2,569)
Highland Heights, KY
Horizon League Women's Tournament
March 4, 2017
10:30 am, ESPN3 		(1) vs. (9) Valparaiso
Quarterfinals 		W 89–60  25–5
 Joe Louis Arena 
Detroit, MI
March 6, 2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		(1) vs. (5) Milwaukee
Semifinals 		W 66–59  26–5
 Joe Louis Arena 
Detroit, MI
March 7, 2017
11:00 am, ESPNU 		(1) vs. (3) Detroit
Championship 		W 64-52  27-5
 Joe Louis Arena 
Detroit, MI
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2017
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		(8 L) vs. (9) Purdue
First Round 		L 62–74  27–6
 Edmund P. Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Nixon, Rick (December 13, 2016). "Women's basketball: Green Bay named Team of the Week". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. ^ Schedule