2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by third year head coach Kamie Ethridge and played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena. They finished the season 22–8, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho State. Despite having 22 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	22–8 (14–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kelly Moylan Laurie Koehn Katie Shepard
Home arena	Bank of Colorado Arena
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 Colorado Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Krystal Leger-Walker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr XXXX New Zealand G 2 Savannah Scott 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Westmont HS Campbell, California G 4 Kirsten Kramer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Clark HS San Antonio, Texas G 5 Mandy Karako 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lake Travis HS Lakeway, Texas G 10 Savannah Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So Fossil Ridge HS Fort Collins, Colorado C 13 Courtney Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Legacy HS Thornton, Colorado F 14 Kourteney Zadina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Seward HS Seward, Nebraska G 15 Katie Longwell 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Chaparral HS Parker, Colorado G 21 Abby Kain 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Simley HS Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota F 22 Danielle Noble 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So South HS Cheyenne, Wyoming C 23 Ashleen Quirke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, California G 33 Kianna Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Lake Elsinore HS Perris, California C 44 Bridget Hintz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Elk Rapids HS Elk Rapids, Michigan F/C Ali Meyer (I)   6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Palmer Ridge HS Colorado Christian Monument, Colorado	Head coach Kamie Ethridge (Texas) Assistant coach(es) Kelly Moylan (Kansas State) Laurie Koehn (Kansas State) Katie Shepard (Sacred Heart) 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
Exhibition
11/01/2016* 7:00 pm		Regis	W 71–56		Bank of Colorado Arena (500) Greeley, Colorado
11/06/2016* 12:00 pm		Black Hills State	W 79–73		Bank of Colorado Arena  Greeley, Colorado
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		Colorado	L 62–83	0–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,071) Greeley, Colorado
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		Denver	W 68–48	1–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (504) Greeley, Colorado
11/18/2016* 12:00 pm		Florida Gulf Coast	W 77–74 ^2OT	2–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (2,550) Greeley, Colorado
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		San Diego	W 54–51	3–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (502) Greeley, Colorado
11/25/2016* 3:15 pm		at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 73–66	4–1	Convocation Center (1,057) San Antonio, Texas
11/27/2016* 11:00 am		vs. Eastern Michigan UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 58–57	5–1	Convocation Center  San Antonio, Texas
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 47–58	5–2	Moby Arena (1,178) Fort Collins, Colorado
12/10/2016* 4:00 pm		at Air Force	W 71–44	6–2	Clune Arena (375) Colorado Springs, Colorado
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm		Colorado Christian	W 90–47	7–2	Bank of Colorado Arena (602) Greeley, Colorado
12/16/2016* 7:30 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 65–75	7–3	McKeon Pavilion (285) Moraga, California
12/19/2016* 8:00 pm		at Pacific	W 60–56	8–3	Alex G. Spanos Center (331) Stockton, California
Big Sky regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 95–88	9–3 (1–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (592) Greeley, Colorado
12/31/2016 12:00 pm		Portland State	W 91–62	10–3 (2–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (545) Greeley, Colorado
01/05/2017 7:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 83–53	11–3 (3–0)	Centrum Arena (495) Cedar City, Utah
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 69–66	12–3 (4–0)	Walkup Skydome (256) Flagstaff, Arizona
01/12/2017 7:00 pm		Montana	W 65–46	13–3 (5–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (820) Greeley, Colorado
01/14/2017 2:00 pm		Montana State	W 66–58	14–3 (6–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (879) Greeley, Colorado
01/19/2017 7:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 77–62	15–3 (7–0)	Reed Gym (942) Pocatello, Idaho
01/21/2017 2:00 pm		at Weber State	W 88–79	16–3 (8–0)	Dee Events Center (572) Ogden, Utah
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 75–64	17–3 (9–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (902) Greeley, Colorado
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 74–55	18–3 (10–0)	Bank of Colorado Arena (937) Greeley, Colorado
02/04/2017 12:00 pm		North Dakota	L 51–57	18–4 (10–1)	Bank of Colorado Arena (2,133) Greeley, Colorado
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		at Idaho	W 71–67	19–4 (11–1)	Cowan Spectrum (486) Moscow, Idaho
02/11/2017 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 61–67	19–5 (11–2)	Reese Court (1,010) Cheney, Washington
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		Weber State	W 86–62	20–5 (12–2)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,184) Greeley, Colorado
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		Idaho State	L 58–68	20–6 (12–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,884) Greeley, Colorado
02/25/2017 1:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 68–75	20–7 (12–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,375) Grand Forks, North Dakota
03/01/2017 1:00 pm		at Portland State	W 57–50	21–7 (13–4)	Peter Stott Center (978) Portland, Oregon
03/03/2017 8:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 102–74	22–7 (14–4)	Hornets Nest (607) Sacramento, California
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/08/2017 6:35 pm	(3)	vs. (6) Idaho State Quarterfinals	L 59–60	22–8	Reno Events Center (804) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR			N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".