2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball
WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record24–7 (14–0 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Glover
  • Ashley Ford
  • Blanche Alverson
Home arenaPan American Center
Seasons
2016–17 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State † 14 – 0   1.000 24 – 7   .774
Cal State Bakersfield 10 – 4   .714 15 – 14   .517
Seattle 10 – 4   .714 15 – 18   .455
UTRGV 8 – 6   .571 19 – 14   .576
Grand Canyon* 7 – 7   .500 15 – 12   .556
UMKC 4 – 10   .286 10 – 19   .345
Utah Valley 3 – 11   .214 9 – 22   .290
Chicago State 0 – 14   .000 0 – 29   .000
† 2017 WAC tournament winner
As of March 19, 2017
Rankings from AP poll
* Ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

The 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by seventh year head coach Mark Trakh,[1] played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference.[2] They finished the season 24–7, 14–0 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated UMKC and Seattle to be champions of the WAC women's tournament.[3] They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford. In that game, the Aggies nearly pulled off the monumental upset, leading 38-31 at halftime. The Cardinal cut the lead to one at the end of the third quarter before taking the lead for good halfway through the fourth.[4]

Roster

2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Jasmine Cooper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lincoln HS Dallas, TX
G 2 Brooke Salas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So El Dorado HS Placentia, CA
G 3 Tonishia Childress 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Jr Bishop Gorman HS
Boise State 		Las Vegas, NV
G 12 Zaire Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Santa Margarita Catholic HS Dana Point, CA
G 14 Takiyah Lopez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Horizon HS El Paso, TX
F 20 Brandee Walton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr St. Mary's HS Surprise, AZ
G 21 Tamera William 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV
F 22 Tyler Ellis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Antelope HS Antelope, AZ
G 23 Aaliyah Prince 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Highlands HS San Antonio, TX
F 24 Brianna Freeman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
F 30 Gia Pack 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr South Mountain HS Phoenix, AZ
F 33 Jeneva Toilolo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Farrington HS Honolulu, HI
G 35 Moriah Mack 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX
F 50 Tyesha Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Temple HS Temple, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[5]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016*
5:30 pm, AggieVision 		San Jose State W 66–55  1–0
 Pan American Center (715)
Las Cruces, NM
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm 		at New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry 		L 55–84  1–1
 The Pit (4,724)
Albuquerque, NM
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm 		vs. Sacramento State
Bank of Hawaii Classic 		W 99–73  2–1
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/20/2016*
8:30 pm 		at Hawaii
Bank of Hawaii Classic 		L 53–56  2–2
 Stan Sheriff Center (2,053)
Honolulu, HI
11/23/2016*
1:00 pm, WAC DN 		Pepperdine W 74–66  3–2
 Pan American Center 
Las Cruces, NM
11/25/2016*
5:00 pm 		New Mexico Highlands W 94–37  4–2
 Pan American Center (834)
Las Cruces, NM
11/30/2016*
5:30 pm, ESPN3 		New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry 		W 77–70  5–2
 Pan American Center (1,171)
Las Cruces, NM
12/04/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Arizona L 63–74 OT 5–3
 Pan American Center (912)
Las Cruces, NM
12/11/2016*
12:00 pm, FSAZ 		at Northern Arizona W 79–68  6–3
 Rolle Activity Center (218)
Flagstaff, AZ
12/15/2016*
7:05 pm 		at UTEP
Battle of I-10 		W 67–59  7–3
 Don Haskins Center (1,472)
El Paso, TX
12/19/2016*
4:00 pm 		vs. Quinnipiac
Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals 		L 46–49  7–4
 T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/20/2016*
4:00 pm 		vs. UNLV
Play4Kay Shootout consolation 2nd round 		L 47–52  7–5
 T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/21/2016*
1:30 pm 		vs. Santa Clara
Play4Kay Shootout 7th place game 		L 46–60  7–6
 T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/31/2016*
2:00 pm 		Western New Mexico W 85–28  8–6
 Pan American Center (860)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC regular season
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, WAC DN 		UMKC W 78–72  9–6
(1–0) 		Pan American Center (844)
Las Cruces, NM
01/07/2017
2:00 pm 		Chicago State W 100–63  10–6
(2–0) 		Pan American Center (808)
Las Cruces, NM
01/12/2017
7:00 pm 		at Grand Canyon W 81–65  11–6
(3–0) 		GCU Arena (656)
Phoenix, AZ
01/14/2017
1:00 pm 		at Cal State Bakersfield W 64–55  12–6
(4–0) 		Icardo Center (567)
Bakersfield, CA
01/21/2017
1:00 pm, WAC DN 		at UMKC W 60–43  13–6
(5–0) 		Swinney Recreation Center (1,120)
Kansas City, MO
01/26/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Seattle W 73–69  14–6
(6–0) 		Pan American Center (873)
Las Cruces, NM
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Utah Valley W 63–46  15–6
(7–0) 		Pan American Center (1,249)
Las Cruces, NM
02/04/2017
12:00 pm, WAC DN 		at Chicago State W 65–54  16–6
(8–0) 		Jones Convocation Center (230)
Chicago, IL
02/09/2017
7:00 pm 		Cal State Bakersfield W 69–55  17–6
(9–0) 		Pan American Center (1,023)
Las Cruces, NM
02/12/2017
2:00 pm 		Grand Canyon W 67–60  18–6
(10–0) 		Pan American Center (1,741)
Las Cruces, NM
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 87–67  19–6
(11–0) 		Pan American Center (1,554)
Las Cruces, NM
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, WAC DN 		at Utah Valley W 66–53  20–6
(12–0) 		Lockhart Arena (244)
Orem, UT
02/25/2017
5:00 pm 		at Seattle W 64–61  21–6
(13–0) 		Connolly Center (244)
Seattle, WA
03/04/2017
6:00 pm, WAC DN 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 64–46  22–6
(14–0) 		UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,022)
Edinburg, TX
WAC Women's Tournament
03/10/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		(1) vs. (5) UMKC
Semifinals 		W 71–63  23–6
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/11/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		(1) vs. (2) Seattle
Championship Game 		W 63–48  24–6
 Orleans Arena (851)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017*
11:30 am, ESPN2 		(15 L) vs. (2 L) No. 6 Stanford
First Round 		L 64–72  25–6
 Bramlage Coliseum (4,005)
Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ Mark Trakh
  2. ^ Pan American Center
  3. ^ NMSU women win third straight WAC Tournament title Las Cruces Sun-News
  4. ^ Stanford holds on vs. New Mexico State following slow start ESPN.com
  5. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".