2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball
LMU Thanksgiving Classic Champions
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record18–15 (8–10 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mandi Carver
  • Laura Dinkins
  • Tom Perkins
Home arenaSave Mart Center
Seasons
2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State 15 – 3   .833 25 – 9   .735
Wyoming 13 – 5   .722 22 – 10   .688
Boise State† 12 – 6   .667 25 – 8   .758
UNLV 12 – 6   .667 22 – 11   .667
New Mexico 10 – 8   .556 15 – 15   .500
Utah State 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548
Fresno State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
San Jose State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 21   .344
San Diego State 6 – 12   .333 11 – 19   .367
Nevada 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Air Force 2 – 16   .111 4 – 25   .138
† 2017 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Jaime White, played their home games at the Save Mart Center and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 18–15 overall, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MW Tournament, they advanced to the championship game, where they lost to Boise State.

Roster

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Raven Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Skyline Dallas, TX
G 3 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So MacArthur
Minnesota 		Dallas, TX
C 4 Bego Faz Davalos 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Tecnologico De Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
C 5 Katelin Noyer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Westlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand
G 10 Candace White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Modesto Christian Modesto, CA
F/C 13 Anais Kirvan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Burwood
Vincennes 		Ashfield, Australia
F 14 Jordanna Porter (I) Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Ellison
Utah 		Killeen, TX
G 20 Emilie Volk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Bonnieville Ogden, UT
F 21 Kendra Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr South
Chipola College 		Denver, CO
G 22 Zaria Branch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Mt. Miguel San Diego, CA
G 23 Breanne Knishka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Cashmere Dryden, WA
G 24 Saraya Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Ponderosa El Dorado Hills, CA
G/F 30 Kristina Cavey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Berthoud Berthoud, CO
F/C 32 Sharae Chalmers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Nimitz Irving, TX
F 33 Megan Nilsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Mt. Spokane Colbert, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exitbition
11/04/2016*
5:00 pm 		Azusa Pacific W 75–47 
Save Mart Center (1,587)
Fresno, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm 		Biola W 71–50  1–0
 Save Mart Center (2,048)
Fresno, CA
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm 		Utah L 55–65  1–1
 Save Mart Center (1,887)
Fresno, CA
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Northridge L 57–61  1–2
 Save Mart Center (1,992)
Fresno, CA
11/25/2016*
12:00 pm 		vs. Belmont
LMU Thanksgiving Classic 		W 62–53  2–2
 Gersten Pavilion (289)
Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2016*
1:00 pm 		vs. UC Irvine
LMU Thanksgiving Classic 		W 63–45  3–2
 Gersten Pavilion (250)
Los Angeles, CA
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm 		San Francisco W 61–48  4–2
 Save Mart Center (5,147)
Fresno, CA
12/02/2016*
2:00 pm 		at No. 13 Washington L 54–85  4–3
 Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Dominguez Hills W 73–60  5–3
 Save Mart Center (1,924)
Fresno, CA
12/10/2016*
5:00 pm 		at Pacific W 74–67  6–3
 Stockton Arena 
Stockton, CA
12/16/2016*
7:00 pm 		UC Santa Barbara L 49–50  6–4
 Save Mart Center (2,190)
Fresno, CA
12/19/2016*
11:00 am 		at Weber State W 60–57  7–4
 Dee Events Center (3,651)
Ogden, UT
Mountain West regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm 		New Mexico L 54–80  7–5
(0–1) 		Save Mart Center (2,042)
Fresno, CA
12/31/2016
2:00 pm 		at Nevada W 71–70  8–5
(1–1) 		Lawlor Events Center (975)
Reno, NV
01/04/2017
5:30 pm 		at Wyoming L 48–70  8–6
(1–2) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,054)
Laramie, WY
01/07/2017
2:00 pm 		San Jose State W 88–74  9–6
(2–2) 		Save Mart Center (2,044)
Fresno, CA
01/11/2017
7:00 pm 		Air Force W 63–40  10–6
(3–2) 		Save Mart Center (2,276)
Fresno, CA
01/14/2017
1:00 pm 		at Boise State L 66–67  10–7
(3–3) 		Taco Bell Arena (536)
Boise, ID
01/18/2017
6:00 pm 		at Colorado State L 56–73  10–8
(3–4) 		Moby Arena (1,243)
Fort Collins, CO
01/21/2016
2:00 pm 		Nevada W 68–54  11–8
(4–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,301)
Fresno, CA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm 		Utah State L 47–52  11–9
(4–5) 		Save Mart Center (2,042)
Fresno, CA
02/01/2017
6:00 pm 		at Air Force W 72–56  12–9
(5–5) 		Clune Arena (542)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/04/2017
2:00 pm 		at San Diego State W 59–51  13–9
(6–5) 		Viejas Arena (875)
San Diego, CA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm 		Wyoming W 52–47  14–9
(7–5) 		Save Mart Center (2,035)
Fresno, CA
02/11/2017
2:00 pm 		Colorado State W 66–64 OT 14–10
(7–6) 		Save Mart Center (2,165)
Fresno, CA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm 		at San Jose State L 68–77  14–11
(7–7) 		Event Center Arena (618)
San Jose, CA
02/18/2017
1:00 pm 		at New Mexico L 57–66  14–12
(7–8) 		The Pit (4,895)
Albuquerque, NM
02/22/2017
7:00 pm 		San Diego State W 59–50  15–12
(8–8) 		Save Mart Center (2,121)
Fresno, CA
02/28/2017
7:00 pm 		Boise State L 48–66  15–13
(8–9) 		Save Mart Center (2,090)
Fresno, CA
03/03/2017
6:00 pm 		at UNLV L 38–54  15-14
(8-10) 		Cox Pavilion (1,531)
Paradise, NV
Mountain West tournament
03/06/2017
4:30 pm 		(7) vs. (10) Nevada
First round 		W 62–57  16–14
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,414)
Paradise, NV
03/07/2017
6:00 pm 		(7) vs. (2) Wyoming
Quarterfinals 		W 58–48  17–14
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,642)
Paradise, NV
03/08/2017
9:00 pm 		(7) at (3) UNLV
Semifinals 		W 53–51  18–14
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,670)
Paradise, NV
03/10/2017
12:00 pm 		(7) vs. (4) Boise State
Championship game 		L 53–66  18–15
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule - Fresno State Athletics".