2016–17 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team will represent Pepperdine University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, members of the West Coast Conference, are led by fourth year coach Ryan Weisenberg. The Waves play their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse on the university campus in Malibu, California. They finished the season 7–23, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC women's tournament to Pacific.

2016–17 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	7–23 (5–13 WCC)
Head coach	Ryan Weisenberg (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Josh Pace Darron Larsen DeLisha Milton-Jones
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse

2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

	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

On March 8, Ryan Weisenberg was fired. He finished at Pepperdine with a 4 year record of 28–94.

Roster

2016–17 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Sydney Bordanaro 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Burrell Pittsburgh, PA G 3 Kim Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Agoura Agoura Hills, CA C 5 Megan House 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Serra Oceanside, CA G 10 Paige Fescke 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Chaminade Studio City, CA G 11 Alex Kalmbach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Bishop O'Dowd Ventura College Piedmont, CA F 12 Hayley Duren 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr American Heritage Fort Lauderdale, FL G 15 Keyari Sleezer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So South Medford Medford, OR G 21 Kayla Blair 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Vanden HS Fairfield, CA G 22 Allie Green 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Sacramento Charter Sacramento, CA G 23 Barbara Sitanggan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Troy HS Fullerton, CA F 24 Lauren Craig 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Saint Francis Catholic HS Sacramento, CA F 25 Yasmine Robinson-Bacote 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Hillside Hillside, NJ F 33 Rebecca Lazuka 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Troy HS Fullerton, CA	Head coach Ryan Weisenberg (Cal Poly) Assistant coach(es) Josh Pace (Syracuse) Darron Larsen (Massey) DeLisha Milton-Jones (Florida) 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
10/29/2016* 6:00 pm		Antelope Valley	L 72–76		Firestone Fieldhouse  Malibu, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm		Long Beach State	L 41–44	0–1	Firestone Fieldhouse (211) Malibu, CA
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	L 57–66	0–2	The Thunderdome (532) Santa Barbara, CA
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm		Nevada	L 60–69	0–3	Firestone Fieldhouse (271) Malibu, CA
11/23/2016* 12:00 pm		at New Mexico State	L 66–74	0–4	Pan American Center  Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2016* 12:00 pm		Duke	L 65–99	0–5	Firestone Fieldhouse (303) Malibu, CA
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm		at Utah Valley	L 65–72	0–6	UCCU Center (181) Orem, UT
12/03/2016* 4:00 pm		at Cal Poly	L 52–62	0–7	Mott Athletic Center (768) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/06/2016* 11:00 am		at Denver	L 67–75	0–8	Magness Arena (239) Denver, CO
12/09/2016* 1:00 pm		UNLV	L 61–68	0–9	Firestone Fieldhouse (538) Malibu, CA
12/17/2016* 6:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 69–58	1–9	Titan Gym (158) Fullerton, CA
12/19/2016* 12:00 pm		Cal State Bakersfield	W 62–57 OT	2–9	Firestone Fieldhouse (197) Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm		Gonzaga	W 79–69	3–9 (1–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (337) Malibu, CA
12/31/2016 1:00 pm		Portland	L 61–71	3–10 (1–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse  Malibu, CA
01/05/2017 7:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount	L 60–72	3–11 (1–2)	Gersten Pavilion (351) Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2017 7:00 pm		at San Diego	W 55–42	4–11 (2–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (318) San Diego, CA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm		Pacific	W 59–58	5–11 (3–2)	Firestone Fieldhouse (217) Malibu, CA
01/14/2017 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	L 40–61	5–12 (3–3)	Leavey Center (550) Santa Clara, CA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm		BYU	L 47–73	5–13 (3–4)	Firestone Fieldhouse (178) Malibu, CA
01/21/2017 1:00 pm		Saint Mary's	L 60–81	5–14 (3–5)	Firestone Fieldhouse (267) Malibu, CA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		at Portland	L 55–75	5–15 (3–6)	Chiles Center (213) Portland, OR
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 61–83	5–16 (3–7)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		San Francisco	W 81–59	6–16 (4–7)	Firestone Fieldhouse (242) Malibu, CA
02/04/2017 2:00 pm		at Pacific	L 79–80 OT	6–17 (4–8)	Alex G. Spanos Center (824) Stockton, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 49–88	6–18 (4–9)	Marriott Center (1,049) Provo, UT
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		San Diego	W 57–40	7–18 (5–9)	Firestone Fieldhouse (197) Malibu, CA
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		Santa Clara	L 48–69	7–19 (5–10)	Firestone Fieldhouse (202) Malibu, CA
02/18/2017 1:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	L 78–87	7–20 (5–11)	Firestone Fieldhouse (218) Malibu, CA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 57–84	7–21 (5–12)	McKeon Pavilion (312) Moraga, CA
02/25/2017 2:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 78–84	7–22 (5–13)	War Memorial Gymnasium (410) San Francisco, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 12:00 pm, BYUtv	(9)	vs. (8) Pacific First Round	L 55–73	7–23	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team