2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by fifth year head coach Sue Darling, played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in Big Sky to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Portland State.

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	9–21 (5–13 Big Sky)
Head coach	Sue Darling (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Robyne Bostick Karlie Burris Jamie Rauchwarger
Home arena	Walkup Skydome Rolle Activity Center
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 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Rene Coggins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Mountain View Mesa, AZ G 2 Raina Perez 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Millennium Buckeye, AZ G 4 Brittani Lusain 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Mater Dei Catholic San Diego, CA G 10 Passionate Amukamara 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Millennium Glendale, AZ G 11 Olivia Lucero 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Highland Loyola Marymount Gilbert, AZ F 12 Kenna McDavis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Pinnacle HS Boise State Phoenix, AZ F 20 Va'e Malufau 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Punahou Kahuku, HI F 22 Catelyn Preston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Oregon City Oregon City, OR F 23 Kaleigh Paplow 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Lutheran Parker, CO F 24 Shay Young 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Mount Miguel New Mexico State San Diego, CA F 25 Brianna Lehew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Thunderbird Phoenix, AZ F 33 Peyton Carroll 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Clackamas Damascus, OR G 34 Taylor Leyva 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Pueblo West Pueblo West, CO G 50 Bradlee Cotton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Denver School S&T Denver, CO C 54 Alyssa Rader 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Horizon Thornton, CO	Head coach Sue Darling (Arizona) Assistant coach(es) Robyne Bostick (Saint Joseph's) Karlie Burris (Portland) Jamie Rauchwarger (Cal State Northridge) 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
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		at UTEP	W 65–51	1–0	Don Haskins Center (1,328) El Paso, TX
11/13/2016* 12:00 pm		Antelope Valley	W 109–60	2–0	Rolle Activity Center (264) Flagstaff, AZ
11/18/2016* 8:00 pm		at Cal Poly	L 53–58	2–1	Mott Athletic Center (260) San Luis Obispo, CA
11/20/2016* 3:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	L 51–60	2–2	The Thunderdome (631) Santa Barbara, CA
11/23/2016* 6:00 pm		at Lamar	L 60–75	2–3	Montagne Center (563) Beaumont, TX
11/28/2016* 6:30 pm		Youngstown State	W 70–49	3–3	Rolle Activity Center (128) Flagstaff, AZ
12/01/2016* 11:00 am, FSAZ/FCSP		Cal State Northridge	L 79–83	3–4	Walkup Skydome (1,440) Flagstaff, AZ
12/03/2016* 11:00 am		Denver	W 82–67	4–4	Walkup Skydome (258) Flagstaff, AZ
12/11/2016* 12:00 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		New Mexico State	L 68–79	4–5	Rolle Activity Center (218) Flagstaff, AZ
12/19/2016* 12:00 pm		at Grand Canyon	L 65–76	4–6	GCU Arena (404) Phoenix, AZ
12/21/2016* 2:00 pm		at Utah	L 65–78	4–7	Jon M. Huntsman Center (978) Salt Lake City, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016 2:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 77–68	5–7 (1–0)	Centrum Arena (576) Cedar City, UT
01/05/2016 6:30 pm		North Dakota	L 78–80	5–8 (1–1)	Walkup Skydome (131) Flagstaff, AZ
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 66–69	5–9 (1–2)	Walkup Skydome (256) Flagstaff, AZ
01/12/2017 8:00 pm		at Portland State Postponed (snow), rescheduled for 01/16/2017^[2]			Peter Stott Center  Portland, OR
01/14/2017 3:05 pm		at Sacramento State	L 76–82	5–10 (1–3)	Hornets Nest (416) Sacramento, CA
01/16/2017 3:00 pm		at Portland State	L 55–56	5–11 (1–4)	Peter Stott Center (195) Portland, OR
01/19/2017 6:30 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		Eastern Washington	W 56–47	6–11 (2–4)	Walkup Skydome (249) Flagstaff, AZ
01/21/2017 6:30 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		Idaho	L 80–91	6–12 (2–5)	Walkup Skydome (597) Flagstaff, AZ
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 64–75	6–13 (2–6)	Bank of Colorado Arena (902) Greeley, CO
01/28/2017 1:00 pm, FSNOR+/FCSP		at North Dakota	L 69–88	6–14 (2–7)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,802) Grand Forks, ND
02/02/2017 6:30 pm, FSAZ+/FCSP		Idaho State	L 51–64	6–15 (2–8)	Walkup Skydome (389) Flagstaff, AZ
02/04/2017 6:30 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		Weber State	L 64–75	6–16 (2–9)	Walkup Skydome (454) Flagstaff, AZ
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		at Montana State	L 69–86	6–17 (2–10)	Worthington Arena (1,546) Bozeman, MT
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		at Montana	L 59–60	6–18 (2–11)	Dahlberg Arena (2,722) Missoula, MT
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		Southern Utah	W 77–65	7–18 (3–11)	Walkup Skydome (594) Flagstaff, AZ
02/23/2017 6:30 pm, FSAZ+/FCSP		Sacramento State	W 91–88	8–18 (4–11)	Walkup Skydome (513) Flagstaff, AZ
02/25/2017 2:00 pm, FSAZ/FCSC		Portland State	L 73–74 ^OT	8–19 (4–12)	Walkup Skydome (540) Flagstaff, AZ
03/01/2017 7:00 pm		at Idaho	W 76–61	9–19 (5–12)	Cowan Spectrum (533) Moscow, ID
03/03/2017 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 64–79	9–20 (5–13)	Reese Court (1,003) Cheney, WA
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/06/2017 6:35 pm	(10)	vs. (7) Portland State First Round	L 76–88	9–21	Reno Events Center (906) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

References

1. . Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
2. http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/20170111pr37gk ^{[dead link]}