2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by tenth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. The team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to finish second in the conference.^[1] The team finished the season with a 16–14 overall, 9–5 Ivy record and appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Villanova in the first round.

2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	16–14 (9–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Milena Flores (10th season) Chessie Jackson (2nd season) Carrie Moore (1st season)
Home arena	Jadwin Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2015–16 season with a 23–6 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game.^[2] The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament.^[3] However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.^[4]

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League instituted conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments only awarded the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results.^[5] The Ivy League playoff took place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There were two semifinal games on the first day with No. 1 seed Penn playing No. 4 seed Cornell and No. 2 seed Princeton playing No. 3 seed Harvard. The final, ultimately between Penn and Princeton, was played the next day for the NCAA bid.^[6]

Roster

2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown G/F 31 Bella Alarie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Bethesda, MD F 22 Taylor Baur 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Louis, MO G 2 Taylor Brown (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Woodstock, GA G/F 5 Caroline Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Newark, DE G 24 Kenya Holland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Stafford, VA G 23 Qalea Ismail   6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bel Air, MD G/F 20 Sydney Jordan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Manassas, VA F/C 11 Sara Lewis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr San Antonio, TX G 0 Claudia Muhammad 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Charlotte, NC G 10 Jordan Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So DeWitt, MI F 44 Jackie Reyneke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Saddle River, NJ F 45 Leslie Robinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Corvallis, OR G 25 Gabrielle Rush 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Hinsdale, IL G 13 Vanessa Smith (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Twinsburg, OH F 33 Jordan Stallworth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Buford, GA G 32 Tia Weledji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Overland Park, KS	Head coach Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth) Assistant coach(es) Milena Flores (Stanford) Chessie Jackson (Williams) Carrie Moore (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 30, 2016

2016-17 Ivy Awards and Recognition

Bella Alarie – Rookie of the Year; First Team All-Ivy Leslie Robinson – Second Team All-Ivy

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 11, 2016* 7:00 pm		Rider	L 62–70	0–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (785) Princeton, NJ
Nov 13, 2016* Noon		at George Washington	L 45–56	0–2	Charles E. Smith Center (1,003) Washington, D.C.
Nov 19, 2016* Noon		Dayton	L 56–62 ^OT	0–3	Jadwin Gymnasium (518) Princeton, NJ
Nov 22, 2016* 7:00 pm		at Delaware	L 62–66	0–4	Bob Carpenter Center (1,005) Newark, DE
Nov 25, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Rutgers Rivalry	W 64–34	1–4	Jadwin Gymnasium (848) Princeton, NJ
Nov 27, 2016* 1:00 pm		at UMBC	W 69–58	2–4	Retriever Activities Center (356) Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2016* 6:00 pm		Seton Hall	W 94–67	3–4	Jadwin Gymnasium (656) Princeton, NJ
Dec 7, 2016* 6:00 pm		Lafayette	W 69–27	4–4	Jadwin Gymnasium (641) Princeton, NJ
Dec 10, 2016* 2:00 pm		at Fordham	L 54–55	4–5	Rose Hill Gymnasium (806) Bronx, NY
Dec 18, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kansas State	L 42–60	4–6	Bramlage Coliseum (4,193) Manhattan, KS
Dec 21, 2016* 6:00 pm		Wagner	W 107–44	5–6	Jadwin Gymnasium (489) Princeton, NJ
Dec 29, 2016* 7:00 pm		at Georgia Tech	L 51–67	5–7	Hank McCamish Pavilion (856) Atlanta, GA
Dec 31, 2016* 1:00 pm		at Lipscomb	W 71–43	6–7	Allen Arena (253) Nashville, TN
Ivy League regular season
Jan 7, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Penn	L 57–62	6–8 (0–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (857) Princeton, NJ
Jan 13, 2017 5:30 pm		Brown	L 88–98	6–9 (0–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (690) Princeton, NJ
Jan 14, 2017 5:30 pm, OWS		Yale	W 74–62	7–9 (1–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (755) Princeton, NJ
Feb 3, 2017 7:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 85–55	8–9 (2–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (906) Princeton, NJ
Feb 4, 2017 6:00 pm		Harvard	W 63–58 ^OT	9–9 (3–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,110) Princeton, NJ
Feb 10, 2017 7:00 pm		at Cornell	W 58–54	10–9 (4–2)	Newman Arena (659) Ithaca, NY
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 pm		at Columbia	W 62–52	11–9 (5–2)	Levien Gymnasium (562) New York City, NY
Feb 17, 2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		at Yale	W 69–47	12–9 (6–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (721) New Haven, CT
Feb 18, 2017 3:30 pm		at Brown	W 81–75	13–9 (7–2)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,498) Providence, RI
Feb 24, 2017 7:00 pm		Columbia	W 78–54	14–9 (8–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (827) Princeton, NJ
Feb 25, 2017 6:00 pm		Cornell	L 44–55	14–10 (8–3)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,245) Princeton, NJ
Mar 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Harvard	W 64–60	15–10 (9–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (819) Cambridge, MS
Mar 4, 2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Dartmouth	L 56–58	15–11 (9–4)	Leede Arena (768) Hanover, NH
Mar 7, 2017 7:00 pm		at Penn	L 40–52	15–12 (9–5)	Palestra (720) Philadelphia, PA
Ivy League Tournament
Mar 11, 2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (3) Harvard Semifinals	W 68–47	16–12	Palestra (6,209) Philadelphia, PA
Mar 12, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) Penn Championship Game	L 48–57	16–13	Palestra (3,833) Philadelphia, PA
Women's National Invitation tournament
Mar 17, 2017* 6:00 pm		Villanova First Round	L 53–59	16–14	Jadwin Gymnasium  Princeton, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[8]

References

1. . ivyleaguesports.com. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
2. Penn Escapes by Women's Basketball, 62–60, Wins Ivy League Title 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
3. Creme, Charlie (March 14, 2016). "Creme: Women's committee got bracket right". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
4. Princeton Falls To West Virginia In NCAA Tournament 74–65 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
5. (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
6. Women's Basketball Releases 2016–17 Schedule^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Women's Basketball Postseason Awards, All-Ivy Announced". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
8. Princeton Tigers women's basketball schedule

External links

• Meet the Princeton Tigers Women's Basketball 2016–17 on YouTube