2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Lisa Fortier, the Zags played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeated Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC women's basketball tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.

2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's tournament, first round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	26–7 (14–4 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green Stacy Clinesmith Craig Fortier
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Gonzaga†	14	–	4		.778			26	–	7		.788
BYU	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
Saint Mary's	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
San Francisco	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Loyola Marymount	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Santa Clara	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
San Diego	7	–	11		.389			14	–	16		.467
Pacific	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Pepperdine	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Portland	4	–	14		.222			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 WCC tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 00 Zykera Rice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Clover Park Lakewood, WA G 4 Makenlee Williams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Syracuse Utah State Syracuse, UT G 10 Zhane Templeton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So South Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX G 11 Laura Stockton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr South Kamloops Kamloops, BC F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Fairfield Fairfield, MT G 14 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Avides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany G 15 Jessie Loera 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Moses Lake Moses Lake, WA G 22 Corryn Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Newbury Park Newbury Park, CA F 23 Kiara Kudron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Huron High School New Boston, MI G 30 Chandler Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Brewster Nebraska Brewster, WA G 31 Elle Tinkle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Big Sky Missoula, MT F 33 Grace Collet 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Box Hill Senior Secondary Greensborough, Australia	Head coach Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey) Assistant coach(es) Jordan Green (George Fox) Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara) Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016* 6:00 pm		Corban	W 86–31		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,006) Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 2:00 pm		Nicholls State	W 78–46	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212) Spokane, WA
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm		UC Irvine	W 102–38	2–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,186) Spokane, WA
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 11 Stanford	W 68–63	3–0	Maples Pavilion (2,654) Stanford, CA
11/24/2016* 5:00 pm	No. 25	vs. Michigan Paradise Jam tournament Reef Division	L 66–78	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,734) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/25/2016* 2:45 pm	No. 25	vs. No. 10 Florida State Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 69–87	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/26/2016* 2:45 pm	No. 25	vs. Winthrop Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 71–41	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center (1,010) Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm		Presbyterian	W 79–39	5–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,037) Spokane, WA
12/08/2016* 6:00 pm, SWX		Washington State	W 79–61	6–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724) Spokane, WA
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	W 73–54	7–2	Reese Court (1,438) Cheney, WA
12/19/2016* 6:00 pm, SWX		Northwestern	W 67–56	8–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638) Spokane, WA
12/22/2016* 2:00 pm		Colgate	W 72–42	9–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm		at Pepperdine	L 69–79	9–3 (0–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse (337) Malibu, CA
12/31/2016 2:00 pm		Pacific	L 63–65	9–4 (0–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,812) Spokane, WA
01/05/2017 6:00 pm, SWX		San Francisco	W 61–46	10–4 (1–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,184) Spokane, WA
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		Portland	W 67–55	11–4 (2–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,540) Spokane, WA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount	W 80–56	12–4 (3–2)	Gersten Pavilion (263) Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	W 79–75	13–4 (4–2)	McKeon Pavilion (341) Moraga, CA
01/19/2016 6:00 pm, SWX		Santa Clara	W 51–39	14–4 (5–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,760) Spokane, WA
01/21/2017 2:00 pm		at Portland	W 85–50	15–4 (6–2)	Chiles Center (493) Portland, OR
01/26/2017 6:00 pm		at San Diego	W 57–55	16–4 (7–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (459) San Diego, CA
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 83–61	17–4 (8–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/02/2017 6:00 pm		BYU	W 87–52	18–4 (9–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/04/2017 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	W 50–49	19–4 (10–2)	Leavey Center (300) Santa Clara, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 73–61	20–4 (11–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,454) Spokane, WA
02/11/2017 2:00 pm, SWX		Saint Mary's	W 59–58	21–4 (12–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 72–77	21–5 (12–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium (173) San Francisco, CA
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		at Pacific	W 74–58	22–5 (13–3)	Alex G. Spanos Center (514) Stockton, CA
02/23/2017 6:00 pm		San Diego	W 62–57	23–5 (14–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/25/2017 1:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 63–71	23–6 (14–4)	Marriott Center (2,195) Provo, UT
WCC Women's tournament
03/03/2017 12:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (8) Pacific Quarterfinals	W 91–59	24–6	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
03/06/2017 12:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (4) San Francisco Semifinals	W 77–46	25–6	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
03/07/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (3) Saint Mary's Championship Game	W 86–75	26–6	Orleans Arena (6,773) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's tournament
03/18/2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(11 O)	vs. (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma First Round	L 62–82	26–7	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

1. "GoZags.com - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.