2016–17 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2016–17 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 40th season of basketball, were led by first-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson , and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando , Florida . Under Coach Abe, the Knights earned their first 20-win season since 2010-11 as well as their first-ever WNIT bid. They finished the season 21–12, 9–7 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament where they lost to Connecticut. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament , where they defeated Stetson in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech in the second round.
All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3 , AAC Digital , or UCF Knights All-Access . Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the UCF Portal . All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.
Roster
2016–17 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 1
Christian Hithe 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr Spring Valley HS
Columbia, SC
G 2
Korneila Wright 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Fr Jones HS
Orlando, FL
G 4
Ashley Polacek 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
So SPIRE Institute
Ottawa, ON
G 5
Ciara Thompson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr West Orange HS
Winter Garden, FL
G 11
Kayla Thingpen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Palm Beach Lakes HS
West Palm Beach, FL
F 12
Nyala Shuler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS So Edgewater HS
Orlando, FL
F 32
Joslyn Massey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Sr John Glenn HS Purdue
Detroit, MI
G 22
Aliyah Gregory 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Jr Strawberry Crest
Tampa, FL
G 23
Zykira Lewis 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sr Bartow HS
Bartow, FL
F 24
Fifi Ndour 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr Montverde Academy
Dakar, Senegal
F 25
Tolulope Omokore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So Eleanor Roosevelt HS
Greenbelt, MD
G 33
Jamesha Paul 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Dillard HS
Pompano Beach, FL
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule and results
[ 1]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016 *5:00 pm
at FIU
W 69–52 1–0
FIU Arena Miami, FL
11/13/2016 *2:00 pm
South Alabama W 70–58 2–0
CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/16/2016 *7:00 pm
at Davidson
W 57–38 3–0
John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
11/19/2016 *2:00 pm
Virginia Tech L 64–67 3–1
CFE Arena (2,278)Orlando, FL
11/22/2016 *7:00 pm
at Butler
W 66–59 4–1
Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
11/26/2016 *2:30 pm
Rider UCF Thanksgiving Classic W 49–30 5–1
CFE Arena (2,217)Orlando, FL
11/27/2016 *2:30 pm
Austin Peay UCF Thanksgiving Classic W 61–43 6–1
CFE Arena (2,342)Orlando, FL
12/01/2016 *7:00 pm
at Buffalo
L 65–66 6–2
Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
12/04/2016 *2:00 pm
Bethune-Cookman W 70–43 7–2
CFE Arena (2,416)Orlando, FL
12/10/2016 *2:00 pm
Gardner–Webb W 66–52 8–2
CFE Arena (2,256)Orlando, FL
12/17/2016 *2:00 pm
at Georgia Southern
W 74–54 9–2
Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA
12/20/2016 *2:00 pm
Nebraska–Omaha W 81–41 10–2
CFE Arena (2,391)Orlando, FL
12/28/2016 *7:00 pm
UC Davis L 71–77 10–3
CFE Arena (2,237)Orlando, FL
AAC regular season
01/01/2017 1:00 pm, SNY /ESPN3
No. 1 Connecticut
L 48–84 10–4 (0–1)
CFE Arena (4,539)Orlando, FL
01/04/2017 7:00 pm
at Cincinnati
L 57–62 10–5 (0–2)
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
01/07/2017 2:00 pm
Memphis L 62–65 10–6 (0–3)
CFE Arena (2,316)Orlando, FL
01/11/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Houston
W 62–48 11–6 (1–3)
Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, ADN
at East Carolina
W 54–42 12–6 (2–3)
Williams Arena Greenville, NC
01/21/2017 2:00 pm
Tulsa L 62–73 12–7 (2–4)
CFE Arena (2,237)Orlando, FL
01/24/2017 7:00 pm, ADN
Cincinnati W 64–44 13–7 (3–4)
CFE Arena (2,406)Orlando, FL
01/28/2017 6:00 pm
at Memphis
L 59–65 13–8 (3–5)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
02/04/2017 3:00 pm, ADN
at SMU
L 58–63 13–9 (3–6)
Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
02/08/2017 7:00 pm
Houston W 85–59 14–9 (4–6)
CFE Arena (2,901)Orlando, FL
02/11/2017 2:00 pm, ADN
at Tulsa
W 62–58 15–9 (5–6)
Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
02/14/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 22 South Florida War on I–4 W 66–52 16–9 (6–6)
USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, ADN
East Carolina W 79–51 17–9 (7–6)
CFE Arena (2,453)Orlando, FL
02/22/2017 8:00 pm, ADN
at Tulane
W 56–51 18–9 (8–6)
Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
02/25/2017 2:00 pm
SMU W 63–37 19–9 (9–6)
CFE Arena (2,348)Orlando, FL
02/27/2017 7:00 pm
No. 25 Temple
L 60–66 19–10 (9–7)
CFE Arena (2,473)Orlando, FL
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3
(4)
vs. (5) Tulane Quarterfinals W 61–57 20–10
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
03/05/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2
(4)
vs. (1) No. 1 Connecticut Semifinals L 56–78 20–11
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,491)Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/16/2017 *7:00 pm
Stetson First Round W 73–53 21–11
CFE Arena (676)Orlando, FL
03/19/2017 *5:00 pm
at Georgia Tech Second Round L 51–63 21–12
Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
See also
References
External links
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