2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by ninth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated Utah State in the first round, Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Rice.

2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
WBI, Semifinals
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–15 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jon Newlee (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Christa Stanford Jeri Jacobson Steven Fennelly
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum Memorial Gym
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
North Dakota	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Idaho	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Idaho State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Weber State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Montana	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2017 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 23, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jenae Lewallen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Liberty HS Surprise, AZ G 2 Karlee Wilson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Lewiston HS Lewiston, ID F 4 Brooke Reilly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Mt. Spokane HS Spokane, WA C 5 Brigitte O'Neill 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Carey Grammar Melbourne, Australia G 10 Cherita Daugherty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Prairie Melbourne, Australia C 11 Isabelle Hadden 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Boise Boise, ID C 12 Nejra Solo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr PRVA Gimnazija Zenica Zenica, Bosnia G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So La Costa Canyon HS Carlsbad, CA G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Walla Walla HS Walla Walla, WA G 22 Bethany Krause 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Centerville HS Centerville, OH G 24 Daylee Hanson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr King's HS Edmonds, WA G/F 31 Geraldine McCorkell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia G 32 Agueda Trujillo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr IES CTEIB Manacor, Spain F 44 Sue Winger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mead HS Spokane, WA	Head coach Jon Newlee (San Diego State) Assistant coach(es) Christa Stanford (Idaho State) Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa) Steven Fennelly (Iowa State) 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
11/05/2016* 2:00 pm		Multnomah	W 83–45		Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:00 pm		at Seattle	W 68–64	1–0	Connolly Center (481) Seattle, WA
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 88–86	2–0	Titan Gym (247) Fullerton, CA
11/22/2016* 5:00 pm		at No. 15 Washington	L 53–105	2–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531) Seattle, WA
11/25/2016* 2:00 pm		vs. Northern Iowa GCU Thanksgiving Classic	L 74–76	2–2	GCU Arena (205) Phoenix, AZ
11/26/2016* 2:00 pm		at Grand Canyon GCU Thanksgiving Classic	L 60–64	2–3	GCU Arena (638) Phoenix, AZ
12/02/2016* 8:30 pm		vs. No. 24 Oregon State Maui Wahine Classic	L 49–60	2–4	War Memorial Gym (922) Wailuku, HI
12/03/2016* 6:30 pm		vs. UNLV Maui Wahine Classic	L 61–73	2–5	War Memorial Gym (487) Wailuku, HI
12/09/2016* 5:30 pm		at Wyoming	W 75–71	3–5	Arena-Auditorium (2,309) Laramie, WY
12/17/2016* 3:00 pm		Central Washington	W 79–45	4–5	Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
12/20/2016* 12:00 pm		at Oregon	L 70–73	4–6	Matthew Knight Arena (2,088) Eugene, OR
12/27/2016* 6:00 pm		Lewis–Clark State	W 85–49	5–6	Memorial Gym (433) Moscow, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 57–67	5–7 (0–1)	Reese Court (680) Cheney, WA
01/05/2017 6:00 pm		at Montana	W 86–59	6–7 (1–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,486) Missoula, MT
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 64–80	6–8 (1–2)	Worthington Arena (1,667) Bozeman, MT
01/12/2017 6:00 pm		Weber State	W 95–77	7–8 (2–2)	Cowan Spectrum (435) Moscow, ID
01/14/2017 2:00 pm		Idaho State	L 60–67	7–9 (2–3)	Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID
01/19/2017 6:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 85–68	8–9 (3–3)	Centrum Arena (288) Cedar City, UT
01/21/2017 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 91–80	9–9 (4–3)	Walkup Skydome (597) Flagstaff, AZ
01/26/2017 6:00 pm		Montana State	L 61–66	9–10 (4–4)	Cowan Spectrum (903) Moscow, ID
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		Montana	W 75–50	10–10 (5–4)	Cowan Spectrum (738) Moscow, ID
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		at Portland State	W 72–66	11–10 (6–4)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
02/04/2017 2:05 pm		at Sacramento State	W 72–58	12–10 (7–4)	Hornets Nest (302) Sacramento, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 67–71	12–11 (7–5)	Cowan Spectrum (486) Moscow, ID
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 74–61	13–11 (8–5)	Cowan Spectrum (435) Moscow, ID
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 78–51	14–11 (9–5)	Cowan Spectrum (574) Moscow, ID
02/23/2017 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 69–80	14–12 (9–6)	Reed Gym (1,051) Pocatello, ID
02/25/2017 1:00 pm		at Weber State	W 82–77	15–12 (10–6)	Dee Events Center (746) Ogden, UT
03/01/2017 6:00 pm		Northern Arizona	L 61–76	15–13 (10–7)	Cowan Spectrum (533) Moscow, ID
03/03/2017 6:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 76–61	16–13 (11–7)	Cowan Spectrum (753) Moscow, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/06/2017 2:35 pm	(5)	vs. (12) Southern Utah First Round	W 83–68	17–13	Reno Events Center (672) Reno, NV
03/07/2017 2:35 pm	(5)	vs. (4) Eastern Washington Quarterfinals	L 64–73	17–14	Reno Events Center (787) Reno, NV
WBI
03/15/2017* 5:30 pm		Utah State First Round	W 64–57	18–14	Cowan Spectrum  Moscow, ID
03/20/2017* 6:00 pm		at Eastern Washington Quarterfinals	W 74–67	19–14	Reese Court  Cheney, WA
03/23/2017* 5:00 pm		at Rice Semifinals	L 80–86	19–15	Tudor Fieldhouse (287) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2016–17 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".