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2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

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2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record12–19 (4–12 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tai Dillard
  • Victoria Picott
  • Jamila Ganter
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
Seasons
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 16 0   1.000 36 1   .973
Temple 13 3   .813 24 8   .750
South Florida 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
UCF 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
SMU 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Tulane 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Cincinnati 7 9   .438 16 14   .533
Memphis 7 9   .438 14 16   .467
Tulsa 5 11   .313 10 21   .323
Houston 4 12   .250 12 19   .387
East Carolina 2 14   .125 11 19   .367
2017 The American Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fourth for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 12–19 overall, 4–12 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the AAC tournament, they advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Temple.

Media

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All Cougars games home and away are aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the Houston Portal, with Gerald Sanchez and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on Houston All-Access. Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and the Houston Portal. Road games typically were streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

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2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Angela Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Cy-Fair HS Cypress, TX
G 1 Chyanne Butler 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Junípero Serra HS
USC
Costa Mesa, CA
C 2 Jacqueline Blake 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Coral Springs Acad.
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
F 3 Dorian Branch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Richardson HS Dallas, TX
G 4 Jasmyne Harris 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Brazosport HS Freeport, TX
G 5 Dionna Collins 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Del City
Redlands CC
Del City, OK
G 10 Cenecia Newman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Cedar Hill HS Cedar Hill, TX
C 11 Natasha Mack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Lufkin HS Lufkin, TX
F 12 Brianne Coffman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Jarrell
Oklahoma State
Jarrell, TX
G 14 Quatera Limbrick 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Episcopal HS Sugar Land, TX
G 23 Serithia Hawkins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southmoore Moore, OK
G 24 Mariah Mitchell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr McKinney McKinney, TX
G 25 Kierra Graves 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Morgan Park
Kaskaskia College
Chicago, IL
C 32 Sharayla Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So East Central Tulsa, OK
F 35 Taylor Gilbert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Hightower Missouri City, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
2:00 pm
St. Edward's W 64–32 
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2016*
4:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana W 83–80  1–0
Hofheinz Pavilion (1,411)
Houston, TX
11/15/2016*
8:00 pm
at UNLV L 53–64  1–1
Cox Pavilion (1,060)
Paradise, NV
11/20/2016*
9:00 pm
at Long Beach State L 55–65  1–2
Walter Pyramid (1,018)
Long Beach, CA
11/23/2016*
7:00 pm
Texas State L 56–61  1–3
Hofheinz Pavilion (645)
Houston, TX
11/25/2016*
7:00 pm
Mercer L 60–64  1–4
Hofheinz Pavilion (558)
Houston, TX
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 68–52  2–4
UTRGV Fieldhouse (836)
Edinburg, TX
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
College of Charleston W 79–63  3–4
Hofheinz Pavilion (565)
Houston, TX
12/07/2016*
11:00 am
at Texas Tech L 60–84  3–5
United Supermarkets Arena (5,242)
Lubbock, TX
12/10/2016*
5:00 pm
Rutgers W 53–51  4–5
Hofheinz Pavilion (671)
Houston, TX
12/14/2016*
11:00 am
at Louisiana–Lafayette W 69–64  5–5
Cajundome (2,203)
Lafayette, LA
12/19/2016*
6:00 pm
at UTSA
Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament
W 56–49  6–5
Convocation Center (200)
San Antonio, TX
12/20/2016*
4:00 pm
vs. Central Arkansas
Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament
L 55–69  6–6
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX
12/28/2016*
7:00 pm
Alcorn State W 85–70  7–6
Hofheinz Pavilion (704)
Houston, TX
AAC regular season
01/01/2017
3:30 pm, ESPNU
Tulsa W 71–66  8–6 (1–0)
Hofheinz Pavilion (686)
Houston, TX
01/07/2017
1:00 pm
at Cincinnati L 64–85  8–7 (1–1)
Fifth Third Arena (643)
Cincinnati, OH
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UCF L 48–62  8–8 (1–2)
Hofheinz Pavilion (691)
Houston, TX
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane L 56–82  8–9 (1–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (815)
New Orleans, LA
01/18/2017
7:00 pm
Temple L 57–69  8–10 (1–4)
Hofheinz Pavilion (533)
Houston, TX
01/21/2017
2:00 pm, ADN
SMU L 45–66  8–11 (1–5)
Hofheinz Pavilion (957)
Houston, TX
01/25/2017
7:00 pm, ADN
at Memphis L 65–66  8–12 (1–6)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,432)
Houston, TX
01/28/2017
11:00 am, SNY/ESPN3
at No. 1 Connecticut L 42–91  8–13 (1–7)
XL Center (12,316)
Hartford, CT
01/31/2017
7:00 pm
Tulane L 49–57  8–14 (1–8)
Hofheinz Pavilion (556)
Houston, TX
02/04/2017
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at East Carolina W 73–62  9–14 (2–8)
Williams Arena (1,014)
Greenville, NC
02/08/2017
6:00 pm
at UCF L 59–85  9–15 (2–9)
CFE Arena (2,901)
Orlando, FL
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Cincinnati L 62–71  9–16 (2–10)
Hofheinz Pavilion (698)
Houston, TX
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
at Tulsa W 65–62  10–16 (3–10)
Reynolds Center (391)
Tulsa, OK
02/21/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
South Florida L 50–79  10–17 (3–11)
Hofheinz Pavilion (568)
Houston, TX
02/25/2017
2:00 pm
East Carolina W 81–65  11–17 (4–11)
Hofheinz Pavilion (787)
Houston, TX
02/27/2017
7:00 pm, ADN
at SMU L 45–74  11–18 (4–12)
Moody Coliseum (1,205)
Dallas, TX
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(10) vs. (7) Cincinnati
First Round
W 74–61  12–18
Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
03/04/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(10) vs. (2) No. 25 Temple
Quarterfinals
L 58–67  12–19
Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559)
Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "University of Houston Athletics :: UH Cougars :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
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