2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by sixth year head coach Richard Barron, played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Albany.

2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge champions
Conference	America East Conference
Record	18–16 (9–7 America East)
Head coach	Richard Barron (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Amy Vachon Edniesha Curry Samantha Baranowski
Home arena	Cross Insurance Center

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Hampshire	15	–	1		.938			26	–	6		.813
Albany †	12	–	4		.750			21	–	12		.636
UMBC	10	–	6		.625			15	–	16		.484
Maine	9	–	7		.563			18	–	16		.529
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			13	–	17		.433
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Vermont	6	–	10		.375			9	–	20		.310
Stony Brook	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
UMass Lowell*	0	–	16		.000			3	–	26		.103
† 2017 America East tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions Rankings from AP poll

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME G 3 Naira Caceres 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr CB Islas Canarias Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Calais Calais, ME F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Tresnjevka Zagreb, Croatia G 10 Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Collège Montmorency Repentigny, QE F 13 Laia Sole 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Ine Joaquim Blume Igualada, Spain F 21 Sheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Canyon Anaheim Hills, CA G 22 Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Colegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne Philadelphia, PA F 31 Anita Kelava 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Croatian National Team Zagreb, Croatia G 32 Isabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Polisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA G 42 Sigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Stearns Billrothgymnasium Vienna, Austria F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Luleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden	Head coach Richard Barron (Kenyon) Assistant coach(es) Amy Vachon (Maine) Edniesha Curry (Oregon) Samantha Baranowski (Maine) 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
10/30/2016* 12:00 pm		Stonehill	W 74–54		Cross Insurance Center (1,303) Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Purdue Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals	W 67–47	1–0	Cross Insurance Center  Bangor, ME
11/12/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 10 Mississippi State Maine Tip-Off Tournament championship	L 43–87	1–1	Cross Insurance Center (2,182) Bangor, ME
11/15/2016* 6:00 pm, NESN		at Harvard	L 62–69	1–2	Lavietes Pavilion (413) Cambridge, MA
11/20/2016* 5:00 pm		vs. Saint Peter's Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 59–43	2–2	Colonial Life Arena (11,795) Columbia, SC
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm		at No. 3 South Carolina Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 42–79	2–3	Colonial Life Arena (11,057) Columbia, SC
11/22/2016* 5:00 pm		vs. Hampton Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 49–58	2–4	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, SC
11/27/2016* 6:00 pm		vs. Chattanooga Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 49–39	3–4	MassMutual Center (1,812) Springfield, MA
12/02/2016* 6:00 pm		at Clemson	L 61–69	3–5	Littlejohn Coliseum (299) Clemson, SC
12/07/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN3		Northeastern	W 68–49	4–5	Cross Insurance Center  Bangor, ME
12/10/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Dartmouth	W 60–55	5–5	Cross Insurance Center (1,538) Bangor, ME
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm		at Bryant	W 77–52	6–5	Chace Athletic Center (248) Smithfield, RI
12/19/2016* 3:00 pm		vs. East Tennessee State Miami Holiday Tournament semifinals	W 61–48	7–5	Watsco Center  Coral Gables, FL
12/20/2016* 5:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 11 Miami (FL) Miami Holiday Tournament	L 51–76	7–6	Watsco Center (624) Coral Gables, FL
12/28/2016* 3:00 pm		at Tulane	L 62–77	7–7	Devlin Fieldhouse (606) New Orleans, LA
12/30/2016* 2:00 pm		at Boston College	L 53–64	7–8	Conte Forum (1,323) Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, AETV		at Vermont	L 52–55	7–9 (0–1)	Patrick Gym (348) Burlington, VT
01/07/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		UMBC	W 72–40	8–9 (1–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,673) Bangor, ME
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 65–44	9–9 (2–1)	Costello Athletic Center (184) Lowell, MA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stony Brook	L 41–55	9–10 (2–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (530) Stony Brook, NY
01/16/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Hartford	W 73–62	10–10 (3–2)	Cross Insurance Center (1,359) Bangor, ME
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 44–50	10–11 (3–3)	Lundholm Gym (403) Durham, NH
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 73–62	11–11 (4–3)	Cross Insurance Center (1,359) Bangor, ME
01/28/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	L 52–58	11–12 (4–4)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,355) Vestal, NY
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	W 59–43	12–12 (5–4)	Cross Insurance Center (1,193) Bangor, ME
02/04/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMBC	L 62–66	12–13 (5–5)	Retriever Activities Center  Catonsville, MD
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	W 66–60	13–13 (6–5)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,003) Hartford, CT
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 76–50	14–13 (7–5)	Cross Insurance Center (1,050) Bangor, ME
02/12/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 78–71 OT	15–13 (8–5)	Cross Insurance Center (2,306) Bangor, ME
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		New Hampshire	L 57–65	15–14 (8–6)	Cross Insurance Center (1,645) Bangor, ME
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	L 60–64	15–15 (8–7)	SEFCU Arena (1,543) Albany, NY
02/26/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Binghamton	W 62–49	16–15 (9–7)	Cross Insurance Center (2,372) Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 2:30 pm, ESPN3	(4)	(5) Binghamton Quarterfinals	W 57–40	17–15	Cross Insurance Arena  Portland, ME
03/05/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3	(4)	(1) New Hampshire Semifinals	W 61–52	18–15	Cross Insurance Arena (1,847) Portland, ME
03/10/2017 4:30 pm, ESPNU	(4)	at (2) Albany Championship	L 50–66	18–16	SEFCU Arena  Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team