2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball
Women's Basketball Invitational champions
Conference	Conference USA
Record	22–13 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Tina Langley (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Josh Hutchinson Angie Nelp Sydney Colson
Home arena	Tudor Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by second year head coach Tina Langley, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 22–13, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the WBI where they defeat Lamar, Texas–Rio Grande Valley, Idaho and UNC Greensboro to become champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational.

2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Tayler Bennett 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr St. Anthony HS Long Beach, CA G 3 Maya Hawkins 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Lake Ridge HS Mansfield, TX G 5 Lauren Grigsby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dekaney HS Spring, TX G 10 Wendy Knight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX F 11 Lexie Ducat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Brock HS Brock, TX G 13 Jazz Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Duncanville HS Dallas, TX G 20 Shani Rainey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lovejoy HS Fairview, TX G 21 Gabrielle Stanton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Kingwood HS Kingwood, TX G/F 22 Nicole Iademarco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So The Woodlands HS Arizona State The Woodlands, TX G 25 Kendall Ellig 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Liberty Christian School Flower Mound, TX F 33 Jasmine Goodwine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Killeen HS Killeen, TX C 40 Gabby Ozoude 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bellbrook HS Bellbrook, OH G/F 44 Adaeze Obinnah 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Grandview HS Aurora, CO G Erica Ogwumike (I)  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Cypress Woods HS Pepperdine Cypress, TX F Olivia Ogwumike (I)  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Cypress Woods Pepperdine Cypress, TX	Head coach Tina Langley (West Alabama) Assistant coach(es) Josh Hutchinson (Messiah) Angie Nelp (Colorado State) Sydney Colson (Texas A&M) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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2016–17 Rice Owls men's basketball team