2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Bears, led by third year head coach Sarah Behn , played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League . They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational , where they defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.
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 Brown Bears women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 1
Megan Reilly 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr The Lawrenceville School
Norwood, NJ
G 2
Abby O'Keefe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Worcester Academy
St. Louis, MO
G/F 4
Justine Gaziano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr Natick
Natick, MA
G 10
Taylor Will 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So Prespect
Arlington Heights, IL
G 12
Rebecca Musgrove 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr St. Anthony's
Plainview, NY
G 22
Randi Richardson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Fr Carman-Ainsworth
Flint, MI
F 23
Melissa Heath 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Northern Highlands Regional
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
F 24
Mary Butler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Bangor
Bangor, ME
G/F 25
Kathleen Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart
Clarence Center, ME
G 30
Shayna Mehta 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
So International
San Francisco, CA
F 31
Erika Steeves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Phillips Exeter Academy
Montreal, QE
G 33
Abby O'Keefe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Worcester Academy
St. Louis, MO
F/C 34
Haley Green 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Glenvar
Salem, VA
F/C 55
Lames ElGammal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Baldwin
Baldwin, NY
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016 *6:00 pm
Howard W 83–78 1–0
Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
11/14/2016 *7:00 pm
at Sacred Heart
W 80–66 2–0
William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT
11/17/2016 *7:00 pm
at Bryant Ocean State Cup L 67–70 2–1
Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI
11/20/2016 *12:00 pm
Colgate L 62–67 2–2
Pizzitola Sports Center (297)Providence, RI
11/22/2016 *4:00 pm
Manhattan L 57–58 2–3
Pizzitola Sports Center (245)Providence, RI
11/27/2016 *1:00 pm
at Binghamton
W 83–72 3–3
Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
12/03/2016 *3:00 pm
Rhode Island Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament/Ocean State Cup W 76–65 4–3
Pizzitola Sports Center (485)Providence, RI
12/04/2016 *1:00 pm
Providence Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament championship W 77–70 5–3
Pizzitola Sports Center (431)Providence, RI
12/08/2016 *11:30 am
at Vermont
W 62–50 6–3
Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
12/22/2016 *1:00 pm
Saint Peter's W 80–71 7–3
Pizzitola Sports Center (650)Providence, RI
12/29/2016 *1:00 pm
at VCU
L 72–85 7–4
Siegel Center Richmond, VA
12/31/2016 *1:00 pm
at Morgan State
W 68–51 8–4
Talmadge L. Hill Field House Baltimore, MD
01/09/2017 *12:00 pm
Rhode Island College W 90–44 9–4
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,567)Providence, RI
Ivy League regular season
01/13/2017 5:30 pm
at Princeton
W 98–88 10–4 (1–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
01/14/2017 8:00 pm
at Penn
L 60–86 10–5 (1–1)
Palestra Philadelphia, PA
01/20/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3
Yale W 76–73 11–5 (2–1)
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217)Providence, RI
01/28/2017 5:30 pm
at Yale
L 51–73 11–6 (2–2)
John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
02/03/2017 6:00 pm
Cornell W 72–67 12–6 (3–2)
Pizzitola Sports Center (232)Providence, RI
02/04/2017 4:00 pm
Columbia W 69–60 13–6 (4–2)
Pizzitola Sports Center (274)Providence, RI
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Harvard
L 59–69 13–7 (4–3)
Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA
02/11/2017 6:00 pm
at Dartmouth
W 65–62 14–7 (5–3)
Leede Arena Hanover, NH
02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3
Penn L 68–71 14–8 (5–4)
Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
02/18/2017 3:30 pm, 2
Princeton L 75–81 14–9 (5–5)
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,498)Providence, RI
02/24/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3
Dartmouth L 88–92 OT
14–10 (5–6)
Pizzitola Sports Center (243)Providence, RI
02/25/2017 4:00 pm
Harvard L 63–66 14–11 (5–7)
Pizzitola Sports Center (521)Providence, RI
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Columbia
W 76–59 15–11 (6–7)
Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY
03/04/2017 5:00 pm
at Cornell
W 67–46 16–11 (7–7)
Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
Ivy League Women's tournament
03/11/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3
(4)
vs. (1) Penn Semifinals L 60–71 16–12
Palestra Philadelphia, PA
WBI
03/16/2017 *7:00 pm
at UMBC First Round W 81–75 17–12
Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD
03/19/2017 *2:00 pm
at UNC Greensboro Quarterfinals L 84–87 17–13
Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
[ 2]
References
See also
