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2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball team

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2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record22–13 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTudor Fieldhouse
Seasons
2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
WKU 16 2   .889 27 8   .771
Middle Tennessee 15 3   .833 23 11   .676
Southern Miss 13 5   .722 23 11   .676
Charlotte 12 6   .667 21 10   .677
Louisiana Tech 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Old Dominion 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
UTSA 10 8   .556 14 17   .452
Rice 8 10   .444 22 13   .629
UAB 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
North Texas 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
Marshall 5 13   .278 13 17   .433
UTEP 5 13   .278 8 23   .258
FIU 3 15   .167 5 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 0 18   .000 4 25   .138
2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by second year head coach Tina Langley, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 22–13, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the WBI where they defeat Lamar, Texas–Rio Grande Valley, Idaho and UNC Greensboro to become champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational.

Roster

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2016–17 Rice Owls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Tayler Bennett 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr St. Anthony HS Long Beach, CA
G 3 Maya Hawkins 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Lake Ridge HS Mansfield, TX
G 5 Lauren Grigsby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dekaney HS Spring, TX
G 10 Wendy Knight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX
F 11 Lexie Ducat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Brock HS Brock, TX
G 13 Jazz Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Duncanville HS Dallas, TX
G 20 Shani Rainey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lovejoy HS Fairview, TX
G 21 Gabrielle Stanton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Kingwood HS Kingwood, TX
G/F 22 Nicole Iademarco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So The Woodlands HS
Arizona State
The Woodlands, TX
G 25 Kendall Ellig 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Liberty Christian School Flower Mound, TX
F 33 Jasmine Goodwine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Killeen HS Killeen, TX
C 40 Gabby Ozoude 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bellbrook HS Bellbrook, OH
G/F 44 Adaeze Obinnah 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Grandview HS Aurora, CO
G Erica Ogwumike (I) Current redshirt 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Cypress Woods HS
Pepperdine
Cypress, TX
F Olivia Ogwumike (I) Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Cypress Woods
Pepperdine
Cypress, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Rankings

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
Concordia W 101–46 
Tudor Fieldhouse 
Houston, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Prairie View A&M W 68–57  1–0
Tudor Fieldhouse (459)
Houston, TX
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
at LSU L 55–66  1–1
Maravich Center (1,602)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/19/2016*
2:00 pm
at Houston Baptist W 79–53  2–1
Sharp Gymnasium (522)
Houston, TX
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm
Grand Canyon W 64–50  3–1
Tudor Fieldhouse (498)
Houston, TX
11/26/2016*
1:00 pm
at Oklahoma State L 51–65  3–2
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,057)
Stillwater, OK
11/29/2016*
7:00 pm
Sam Houston State W 77–51  4–2
Tudor Fieldhouse (310)
Houston, TX
12/03/2016*
1:00 pm
at Incarnate Word W 60–43  5–2
McDermott Center (632)
San Antonio, TX
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
at Texas Southern W 52–49  6–2
Health and Physical Education Arena (338)
Houston, TX
12/15/2016*
7:00 pm
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 70–36  7–2
Tudor Fieldhouse (370)
Houston, TX
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe W 93–50  8–2
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (512)
Monroe, LA
12/21/2016*
5:00 pm
Huston–Tillotson W 96–62  9–2
Tudor Fieldhouse (512)
Houston, TX
Conference USA regular season
12/30/2016
5:00 pm
Old Dominion L 47–59  9–3
(0–1)
Tudor Fieldhouse (393)
Houston, TX
01/01/2017
1:00 pm
Charlotte L 51–69  9–4
(0–2)
Tudor Fieldhouse (322)
Houston, TX
01/05/2017
6:00 pm
at Middle Tennessee L 61–71  9–5
(0–3)
Murphy Center (2,806)
Murfreesboro, TN
01/08/2017
2:00 pm
at UAB
Postponed from 01/07/2017
L 61–62 OT 9–6
(0–4)
Bartow Arena (284)
Birmingham, AL
01/14/2017
3:00 pm
at North Texas W 54–49  10–6
(1–4)
The Super Pit (1,073)
Denton, TX
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
Louisiana Tech L 67–70 OT 10–7
(1–5)
Tudor Fieldhouse (464)
Houston, TX
01/21/2017
2:00 pm
Southern Miss W 76–68  11–7
(2–5)
Tudor Fieldhouse (609)
Houston, TX
01/26/2017
6:00 pm
at Old Dominion L 66–81  11–8
(2–6)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,627)
Norfolk, VA
01/28/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Charlotte W 55–52  12–8
(3–6)
Dale F. Halton Arena (1,464)
Charlotte, NC
02/04/2017
2:00 pm
North Texas L 69–77 OT 12–9
(3–7)
Tudor Fieldhouse (510)
Houston, TX
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
FIU W 74–55  13–9
(4–7)
Tudor Fieldhouse (312)
Houston, TX
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Florida Atlantic W 89–55  14–9
(5–7)
Tudor Fieldhouse (701)
Houston, TX
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
at UTSA W 66–61  15–9
(6–7)
Convocation Center (386)
San Antonio, TX
02/18/2017
3:00 pm
at UTEP W 80–76  16–9
(7–7)
Don Haskins Center (1,422)
El Paso, TX
02/23/2017
6:00 pm
at Southern Miss L 60–79  16–10
(7–8)
Reed Green Coliseum (1,237)
Hattiesburg, MS
02/25/2017
7:00 pm
at Louisiana Tech L 51–62  16–11
(7–9)
Thomas Assembly Center (2,025)
Ruston, LA
03/02/2017
7:00 pm
Marshall W 84–74  17–11
(8–9)
Tudor Fieldhouse (430)
Houston, TX
03/04/2017
2:00 pm
WKU L 75–80  17–12
(8–10)
Tudor Fieldhouse (829)
Houston, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2017
6:30 pm
vs. UTSA
First Round
W 75–63  18–12
Bartow Arena (1,001)
Birmingham, AL
03/09/2017
6:30 pm
vs. Middle Tennessee
Quarterfinals
L 59–61  18–13
Bartow Arena 
Birmingham, AL
WBI
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Lamar
First Round
W 73–72  19–13
Tudor Fieldhouse (306)
Houston, TX
03/19/2017*
2:00 pm
Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Quarterfinals
W 73–63  20–13
Tudor Fieldhouse (460)
Houston, TX
03/23/2017*
7:00 pm
Idaho
Semifinals
W 86–80  21–13
Tudor Fieldhouse (287)
Houston, TX
03/26/2017*
4:00 pm
UNC Greensboro
Championship Game
W 74–62  22–13
Tudor Fieldhouse (532)
Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

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2016–17 Rice Owls men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "RICEOWLS.COM - The Rice Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2016.