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2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball
2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	24–9 (15–3 The Valley)
Head coach	Tanya Warren (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Brad Nelson; Adam DeJoode; KK Armstrong;
Home arena	McLeod Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 Drake †	18	–	0	1.000	28	–	4	.875
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Missouri State	12	–	6	.667	16	–	14	.533
Southern Illinois	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Wichita State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
Evansville	8	–	10	.444	14	–	17	.452
Bradley	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Indiana State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
Illinois State	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Loyola–Chicago	1	–	17	.056	2	–	28	.067


† 2017 MVC tournament winner As of March 15, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by tenth year head coach Tanya Warren, played their home games at McLeod Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament, where they lost to Drake. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2011 and they lost to DePaul in the first round.

Roster

2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Mariah Criswell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Winterset	Van Meter, IA
G	2	Madison Weekley	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Benton Community	Atkins, IA
G	10	Ellie Herzberg	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Manson Northwest Webster	Manson, IA
G	11	Angie Davison	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Maple Grove	Maple Grove, MN
F	15	Dariann Garrison-Nickerson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Des Moines East	West Des Moines, IA
F	20	Hannah Schonhardt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Holy Family Catholic	Waconia, MN
G	22	Rose Simon-Ressler	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Western Dubuque	Epworth, IA
G	23	Kennedy Kirkpatrick	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Free State Bowling Green	Lawrence, KS
G	24	Mikaela Morgan	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Iowa City West	Coralville, IA
F	32	Heidi Hillyard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Mediapolis	Burlington, IA
F	34	Taylor Hagen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Blooming Prairie	Blooming Prairie, MN
G	41	Abby Gerrits	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Pewaukee	Pewaukee, WI
F	50	Megan Maahs	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Western Dubuque	Epworth, IA

Head coach

Tanya Warren (Creighton)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Nelson (Oregon)
Adam DeJoode (Iowa State)
KK Armstrong (Northern Iowa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Maryville	W 77–34		McLeod Center (905) Cedar Falls, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:00 pm		at IUPUI	W 69–62	1–0	The Jungle (293) Indianapolis, IN
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm		at Iowa State	L 68–76	1–1	Hilton Coliseum (10,063) Ames, IA
11/20/2016* 7:00 pm		UW–Parkside	W 72–54	2–1	McLeod Center (738) Cedar Falls, IA
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm		at Oklahoma State	L 57–81	2–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,153) Stillwater, OK
11/25/2016* 4:00 pm		vs. Idaho GCU Thanksgiving Classic	W 76–74	3–2	GCU Arena (205) Phoenix, AZ
11/26/2016* 3:00 pm		vs. Denver GCU Thanksgiving Classic	W 79–68	4–2	GCU Arena (369) Phoenix, AZ
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm		South Dakota State	L 50–61	4–3	McLeod Center (529) Cedar Falls, IA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		at Iowa	L 39–88	4–4	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,666) Iowa City, IA
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm		Creighton	W 50–49	5–4	McLeod Center (1,235) Cedar Falls, IA
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 74–53	6–4	McLeod Center (1,094) Cedar Falls, IA
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm		No. 24 Kansas State	W 67–59	7–4	McLeod Center (1,402) Cedar Falls, IA
Missouri Valley Conference Regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 pm		at Missouri State	W 61–54	8–4 (1–0)	JQH Arena (2,694) Springfield, MO
01/01/2017 3:30 pm		at Wichita State	W 63–61	9–4 (2–0)	Charles Koch Arena (1,564) Wichita, KS
01/06/2017 7:00 pm		Southern Illinois	W 79–49	10–4 (3–0)	McLeod Center (1,178) Cedar Falls, IA
01/08/2017 11:30 am		Evansville	W 54–40	11–4 (4–0)	McLeod Center (1,059) Cedar Falls, IA
01/13/2017 7:00 pm		at Illinois State	W 78–40	12–4 (5–0)	Redbird Arena (576) Normal, IL
01/15/2017 2:00 pm		at Bradley	W 72–53	13–4 (6–0)	Renaissance Coliseum (649) Peoria, IL
01/20/2017 7:00 pm		Indiana State	W 59–47	14–4 (7–0)	McLeod Center (1,179) Cedar Falls, IA
01/22/2017 2:00 pm		Loyola–Chicago	W 68–30	15–4 (8–0)	McLeod Center (1,501) Cedar Falls, IA
01/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	L 79–88 ^2OT	15–5 (8–1)	McLeod Center (4,027) Cedar Falls, IA
02/03/2017 7:00 pm		at Evansville	W 62–36	16–5 (9–1)	Ford Center (528) Evansville, IN
02/05/2017 2:00 pm		at Southern Illinois	L 59–64	16–6 (9–2)	SIU Arena (651) Carbondale, IL
02/10/2017 7:00 pm		Bradley	W 70–50	17–6 (10–2)	McLeod Center (1,359) Cedar Falls, IA
02/12/2017 2:00 pm		Illinois State	W 82–51	18–6 (11–2)	McLeod Center (1,701) Cedar Falls, IA
02/17/2017 7:00 pm		at Loyola–Chicago	W 89–43	19–6 (12–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (301) Chicago, IL
02/19/2017 11:00 am		at Indiana State	W 61–59 ^OT	20–6 (13–2)	Hulman Center (1,979) Terre Haute, IN
02/24/2017 7:00 pm		at No. 21 Drake	L 57–70	20–7 (13–3)	Knapp Center (6,456) Des Moines, IA
03/02/2017 7:00 pm		Wichita State	W 62–37	21–7 (14–3)	McLeod Center (1,239) Cedar Falls, IA
03/04/2017 8:00 pm		Missouri State	W 65–64	22–7 (15–3)	McLeod Center (1,301) Cedar Falls, IA
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/10/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (7) Bradley Quarterfinals	W 69–39	23–7	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (6) Evansville Semifinals	W 82–58	24–7	iWireless Center (2,181) Moline, IL
03/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (1) No. 20 Drake Championship Game	L 69–74 ^OT	24–8	iWireless Center (2,451) Moline, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN2	(10 O)	vs. (7 O) No. 19 DePaul First Round	L 67–88	24–9	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Central Time.