2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by 15th year head coach Phil Stern, played their home games in the Retriever Activities Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 10–6 in America East play to finish in third place. They lost in quarterfinals of the America East women's tournament to Hartford. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Brown in the first round.

2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball
WBI, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record15–16 (10–6 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Carlee Cassidy-Dewey
  • Chelsea Barker Walsh
  • Courtnay Pilypaitis
Home arenaRetriever Activities Center
Seasons
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 edit

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

Roster edit

2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Stixz Wilson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Seton Keough
Howard
Baltimore, MD
G 2 Marissa Sommerville 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr St. Mary's Ryken Loveville, MD
G 3 Te'yJah Oliver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Riverdale Baptist Clinton, MD
G 4 Taylor McCarley 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Academy of the Holy Cross Bowie, MD
F 10 Chukwuma Chiamaka 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Eastern Arizona College Lagos, Nigeria
F 13 Pandora Wilson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Academy of the Holy Cross Gaithersburg, MD
F/C 15 Amanda Hagaman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Manasquan Manasquan, NJ
G 21 Carly Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Shaler Area Glenshaw, PA
G 23 Emily Russo 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Glenelg Woodbine, MD
F/C 24 Lucrezia Costa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Liceo Classico Enrico Perito Rome, Italy
G 25 Laura Castaldo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Clarkstown South West Nyack, NY
G 31 Brittany Burgess 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr St. Mary's Ryken
VCU
White Plains, MD
G 35 Allison McGrath 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr South Park South Park, PA
G 42 Tyler Moore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Norfolk Academy Portsmouth, VA
F 44 Kayla Hinderlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Edmund Burke School Silver Spring, MD
F 45 Lakiah Sims 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Charles Drew
Palm Beach State
Riverdale, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (UMBC)
  • Chelsea Barker Walsh (UMBC)
  • Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont)

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

Roster

Schedule edit

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
2:00 pm
at Columbia W 67–56  1–0
Levien Gymnasium (326)
New York City, NY
11/13/2016*
1:00 pm
Gettysburg W 71–51  2–0
Retriever Activities Center (362)
Catonsville, MD
11/19/2016*
1:00 pm
Maryland Eastern Shore L 57–70  2–1
Retriever Activities Center (719)
Catonsville, MD
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm
Towson L 48–59  2–2
Retriever Activities Center (382)
Catonsville, MD
11/27/2016*
1:00 pm
Princeton L 58–69  2–3
Retriever Activities Center (356)
Catonsville, MD
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
at American L 58–69  2–4
Bender Arena (287)
Washington, D.C.
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm, BTN
at No. 5 Maryland L 42–92  2–5
Xfinity Center (2,607)
College Park, MD
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Morgan State L 61–69  2–6
Retriever Activities Center (604)
Catonsville, MD
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Loyola (MD) L 65–70  2–7
Retriever Activities Center (380)
Catonsville, MD
12/21/2016*
5:00 pm
at LIU Brooklyn W 57–45  3–7
Barclays Center 
Brooklyn, NY
12/28/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Virginia
Cavalier Classic
L 30–56  3–8
John Paul Jones Arena (2,883)
Charlottesville, VA
12/29/2016*
4:30 pm
vs. Liberty
Cavalier Classic
W 62–51  4–8
John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
12/31/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Coppin State W 73–63  5–8
Retriever Activities Center (410)
Catonsville, MD
America East regular season
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton L 62–69  5–9 (0–1)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,225)
Vestal, NY
01/07/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine L 40–72  5–10 (0–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,673)
Bangor, ME
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford L 73–80  5–11 (0–3)
Retriever Activities Center (341)
Catonsville, MD
01/14/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 69–66 OT 6–11 (1–3)
Retriever Activities Center (355)
Catonsville, MD
01/16/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany W 64–56  7–11 (2–3)
SEFCU Arena (956)
Albany, NY
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 79–72  8–11 (3–3)
Retriever Activities Center (275)
Catonsville, MD
01/25/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook W 67–61  9–11 (4–3)
Retriever Activities Center (2,169)
Catonsville, MD
01/28/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire L 50–60  9–12 (4–4)
Lundholm Gym (477)
Durham, NH
02/01/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton W 53–45  10–12 (5–4)
Retriever Activities Center (342)
Catonsville, MD
02/04/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine W 66–62  11–12 (6–4)
Retriever Activities Center (418)
Catonsville, MD
02/10/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford W 64–47  12–12 (7–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (618)
Hartford, CT
02/11/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont W 64–52  13–12 (8–4)
Patrick Gym (505)
Burlington, VT
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 63–60  14–12 (9–4)
Retriever Activities Center (555)
Catonsville, MD
02/18/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 78–62  15–12 (10–4)
Tsongas Center (2,291)
Lowell, MA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook L 37–51  15–13 (10–5)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (552)
Stony Brook, NY
02/26/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire L 61–65  15–14 (10–6)
Retriever Activities Center (639)
Catonsville, MD
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
8:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Hartford
Quarterfinals
L 40–74  15–15
Cross Insurance Arena (941)
Portland, ME
WBI
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Brown
First Round
L 75–81  15–16
Retriever Activities Center (250)
Catonsville, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule".