2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Oregon.

2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	14–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	Adia Barnes (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Sunny Smallwood Salvo Coppa Kelly Rae Finley
Home arena	McKale Center

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
California	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	20		.444
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			17	–	16		.515
Utah	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
Arizona	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
† 2017 Pac-12 tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 44 Charise Holloway 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Mary's HS Tracy, CA G 4 Lucia Alonso 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo Leon, Spain F 0 Breanna Workman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV G 3 Taryn Griffey 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Dr. Phillips HS Seattle, WA G 10 Lauren Evans 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Hamilton HS Phoenix, AZ G 11 Cherice Harris 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Etiwanda HS Rancho Cucamonga, CA C 13 Eugenie Simonet-Keller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) So IMG Academy La Bigot, France G 14 Malena Washington 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Central HS Beaumont, TX G 20 Farrin Bell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Richardson HS Richardson, TX F 21 Destiny Graham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Eastside College Prep East Palo Alto, CA G 22 Bria Rice 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Todd Beamer HS Federal Way, WA G 23 Michal Miller 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Michigan City HS Michigan City, IN F 24 LaBrittney Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Cedar Hill HS Cedar Hill, TX F 31 Dejza James 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Pleasant Grove HS Elk Grove, CA G 33 JaLea Bennett 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mansfield Timberview HS Grand Prairie, TX	Head coach Adia Barnes (Arizona) Assistant coach(es) Sunny Smallwood (Boise State) Salvo Coppa (IULM) Kelly Rae Finley (Colorado State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 8, 2016* 7:00 pm		Western New Mexico	W 77–48		McKale Center (1,233) Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 13, 2016* 2:00 pm		Alcorn State	W 74–59	1–0	McKale Center (1,323) Tucson, AZ
Nov. 18, 2016* 5:00 pm		at George Mason	W 81–70	2–0	EagleBank Arena (635) Fairfax, VA
Nov. 22, 2016* 11:00 am		North Texas	L 58–62	2–1	McKale Center (8,442) Tucson, AZ
Nov. 26, 2016* 2:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 77–65	3–1	Centrum Arena (225) Cedar City, UT
Dec. 1, 2016* 7:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 77–67	4–1	McKale Center (1,084) Tucson, AZ
Dec. 4, 2016* 1:00 pm		at New Mexico State	W 74–63 OT	5–1	Pan American Center (912) Las Cruces, NM
Dec. 7, 2016* 7:00 pm		San Diego	W 76–59	6–1	McKale Center (1,091) Tucson, AZ
Dec. 13, 2016* 7:00 pm		Grambling State	W 73–46	7–1	McKale Center (1,060) Tucson, AZ
Dec. 18 ,2016* 11:00 am		at Kansas	L 51–75	7–2	Allen Fieldhouse (1,884) Lawrence, KS
Dec. 21, 2016* 6:00 pm		Utah State	W 61–57	8–2	McKale Center (1,133) Tucson, AZ
Dec. 27, 2016* 7:00 pm		Portland State	W 75–52	9–2	McKale Center (1,206) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
Dec. 29, 2016 7:00 pm		No. 21 California	L 64–74	9–3 (0–1)	McKale Center (1,274) Tucson, AZ
Jan. 1, 2017 2:00 pm		No. 13 Stanford	L 55–77	9–4 (0–2)	McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ
Jan. 6, 2017 7:00 pm		at Colorado	L 56–65	9–5 (0–3)	Coors Events Center (2,158) Boulder, CO
Jan. 8, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 81–70	10–5 (1–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,135) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 13, 2017 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 Washington	L 70–84	10–6 (1–4)	McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ
Jan. 15, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 56–55	11–6 (2–4)	McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ
Jan. 20, 2017 8:00 pm		at No. 10 Stanford	L 46–73	11–7 (2–5)	Maples Pavilion (3,796) Stanford, CA
Jan. 22, 2017 2:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 60–71	11–8 (2–6)	Haas Pavilion (2,649) Berkeley, CA
Jan. 27, 2017 8:00 pm		at USC	L 54–58	11–9 (2–7)	Galen Center (667) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 29, 2017 3:00 pm		at No. 13 UCLA	L 49–69	11–10 (2–8)	Pauley Pavilion (2,013) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 3, 2017 6:00 pm, P12N		Oregon	L 65–79	11–11 (2–9)	McKale Center (1,542) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 5, 2017 2:00 pm		No. 11 Oregon State	L 57–65	11–12 (2–10)	McKale Center (1,249) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 10, 2017 9:00 pm, P12N		at No. 7 Washington	L 55–91	11–13 (2–11)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088) Seattle, WA
Feb. 12, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 70–62	12–13 (3–11)	Beasley Coliseum (802) Pullman, WA
Feb. 17, 2017 7:00 pm, P12N		Arizona State Rivalry	W 62–58	13–13 (4–11)	McKale Center (2,085) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 19, 2017 4:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State Rivalry	L 54–67	13–14 (4–12)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,772) Tempe, AZ
Feb. 24, 2017 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 UCLA	L 56–79	13–15 (4–13)	McKale Center (1,652) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 26, 2017 2:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 67–62	14–15 (5–13)	McKale Center (1,640) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
Mar. 2, 2017 9:30 pm, P12N	(11)	vs. (6) Oregon First Round	L 63–70	14–16	KeyArena (4,158) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team