2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by eleventh year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 10–6 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for fourth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in an overtime thriller in the second round.

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record23–13 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland 15 1   .938 32 3   .914
No. 11 Ohio State* 15 1   .938 28 7   .800
Michigan 11 5   .688 28 9   .757
Indiana 10 6   .625 23 11   .676
Purdue 10 6   .625 23 13   .639
Michigan State 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Penn State 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
Northwestern 8 8   .500 20 11   .645
Iowa 8 8   .500 20 14   .588
Minnesota 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Illinois 3 13   .188 9 22   .290
Wisconsin 3 13   .188 9 22   .290
Nebraska 3 13   .188 7 22   .241
Rutgers 3 13   .188 6 24   .200
2017 Big Ten tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll

Roster edit

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Ashley Morrissette 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Twinsburg Twinsburg, OH
G 2 Abby Abel 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Carmel Carmel, IN
G 3 Tiara Murphy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Washington South Bend, IN
G 5 Miracle Gray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Stephenson Stone Mountain, GA
G 10 Andreona Keys 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Roswell Atlanta, GA
G 11 Dominique Oden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Marist Atlanta, GA
C 12 Nora Kiesler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Assumption Louisville, KY
G 13 Bridget Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Roncalli Mooresville, IN
F 20 Dominique McBryde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bedford North Lawrence Bedford, IN
C 22 Bree Horrocks 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Buford Buford, GA
F 32 Ae'Rianna Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 40 Lamina Cooper 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
2:00 pm
Ursuline College W 86–58 
Mackey Arena (5,622)
West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm
at Maine
Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals
L 47–67  0–1
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/12/2016*
5:00 pm
vs. Villanova
Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game
L 44–58  0–2
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm
USC Upstate W 71–41  1–2
Mackey Arena (5,611)
West Lafayette, IN
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm
Southern Illinois L 61–64  1–3
Mackey Arena (5,679)
West Lafayette, IN
11/24/2016*
1:30 pm
vs. Wichita State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 86–49  2–3
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/25/2016*
1:30 pm
vs. Northeastern
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 79–54  3–3
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/26/2016*
1:30 pm
vs. No. 11 Stanford
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
L 69–78  3–4
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
at Pittsburgh
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 67–61  4–4
Peterson Events Center (702)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
Colgate W 71–51  5–4
Mackey Arena (5,610)
West Lafayette, IN
12/06/2016*
7:00 pm
Central Michigan W 62–51  6–4
Mackey Arena (5,354)
West Lafayette, IN
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm
at Ball State W 58–42  7–4
Worthen Arena (2,510)
Muncie, IN
12/11/2016*
1:00 pm
North Carolina Central W 61–27  8–4
Mackey Arena (5,428)
West Lafayette, IN
12/18/2016*
4:00 pm
Eastern Michigan W 77–50  9–4
Mackey Arena (5,611)
West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2016*
12:00 pm
IUPUI L 62–67  9–5
Mackey Arena (6,611)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2016
3:00 pm
at Northwestern L 60–76  10–5 (0–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,205)
Evanston, IL
01/04/2017
6:00 pm
Michigan State W 66–54  10–6 (1–1)
Mackey Arena (5,776)
West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2017
2:00 pm
Penn State W 64–51  11–6 (2–1)
Mackey Arena (5,883)
West Lafayette, IN
01/11/2017
8:00 pm
at Wisconsin W 79–57  12–6 (3–1)
Kohl Center (3,437)
Madison, WI
01/15/2017
3:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 11 Ohio State L 56–61  12–7 (3–2)
Mackey Arena (6,803)
West Lafayette, IN
01/19/2017
8:00 pm, BTN
at Indiana
Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup
L 60–74  12–8 (3–3)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,129)
Bloomington, IN
01/22/2017
5:00 pm, BTN
at Michigan State W 76–66  13–8 (4–3)
Breslin Center (9,808)
East Lansing, MI
01/26/2017
6:00 pm, BTN
Nebraska W 88–45  14–8 (5–3)
Mackey Arena (5,594)
West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2017
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 3 Maryland L 70–85  14–9 (5–4)
Mackey Arena (5,671)
West Lafayette, IN
02/05/2017
3:00 pm
at Illinois W 72–64  15–9 (6–4)
State Farm Center (1,889)
Champaign, IL
02/08/2017
6:00 pm
No. 21 Michigan L 62–72  15–10 (6–5)
Mackey Arena (5,910)
West Lafayette, IN
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
at Penn State L 73–79  15–11 (6–6)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,875)
University Park, PA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
at Rutgers W 55–42  16–11 (7–6)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,819)
Piscataway, NJ
02/19/2017
12:00 pm, BTN
Iowa W 72–52  17–11 (8–6)
Mackey Arena (7,151)
West Lafayette, IN
02/23/2017
9:00 pm, BTN
at Minnesota W 67–54  18–11 (9–6)
Williams Arena (2,832)
Minneapolis, MN
02/26/2017
4:00 pm, BTN
Northwestern W 61–59  19–11 (10–6)
Mackey Arena (6,407)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
2:30 pm, BTN
(5) vs. (12) Illinois
Second Round
W 72–58  20–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,570)
Indianapolis, IN
03/03/2017
2:30 pm, BTN
(5) vs. (4) Indiana
Quarterfinals
W 66–60  21–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,004)
Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2017
3:00 pm, BTN
(5) vs. (1) No. 9 Ohio State
Semifinals
W 71–60  22–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
03/05/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
(5) vs. (2) No. 4 Maryland
Championship Game
L 64–74  22–12
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,881)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2017*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(9 L) vs. (8 L) Green Bay
First Round
W 74–62  23–12
Edmund P. Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
03/19/2017*
9:00 pm, ESPN
(9 L) at (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame
Second Round
L 82–88 OT 23–13
Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,422)
South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1]

Rankings edit

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also edit

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

References edit

  1. ^ "2016-17 Purdue Women's basketball Schedule". Purdue Athletics. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017.