2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team

2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball
2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball
America East regular season champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	26–6 (15–1 America East)
Head coach	Maureen Magarity (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Brendan Copes; Kelsey Hogan; Whitney Edwards;
Home arena	Lundholm Gym
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
New Hampshire	15	–	1	.938	26	–	6	.813
Albany †	12	–	4	.750	21	–	12	.636
UMBC	10	–	6	.625	15	–	16	.484
Maine	9	–	7	.563	18	–	16	.529
Binghamton	8	–	8	.500	13	–	17	.433
Hartford	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Vermont	6	–	10	.375	9	–	20	.310
Stony Brook	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
UMass Lowell*	0	–	16	.000	3	–	26	.103


† 2017 America East tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh-year head coach Maureen Magarity, played their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–6, 15–1 in America East play win the America East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Maine. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Harvard in the first round.

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games aired on Fox College Sports, Live Well Network, or WBIN. Most road games streamed on the opponent's website. All conference home games and select non-conference home games were broadcast on the radio on WPKX, WGIR and online on the New Hampshire Portal.

Roster

2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Brittni Lai	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Irvington Marist	Irvington, NY
G	3	Sarah Clement	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Catherine McAuley	Falmouth, ME
G	4	Kristen Anderson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Leavitt	Greene, ME
G	10	Aliza Simpson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Londonderry	Londonderry, NH
F/C	11	Ashley Storey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Greely	Cumberland, ME
G	12	Peyton Booth (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Wadsworth	Mansfield, OH
G	13	Sam Sabino	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Rumson Fair Haven	Rumson, NJ
F	15	Corinne Coia (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Sr	The Lincoln School Rhode Island	North Smithfield, RI
G/F	21	Alli Gribbin	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Keller	Keller, TX
G	25	Emily Peters	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS So	Forest Lake	Lindstrom, MN
C	32	Carlie Pogue	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Princeton	Cincinnati, OH
G	33	Caroline Soucy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Marianapolis Prep	Beverly, MA
F	35	Kat Fogarty (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Pittsford Sutherland Marist	Peterborough, NH
G/F	44	Olivia Healy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Reading Memorial Richmond	Reading, MA
C	50	Morgan Bassett-Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Pickerington North	Pickerington, OH

Head coach

Maureen Magarity (Marist)

Assistant coach(es)

Brendan Copes (Marist)
Kelsey Hogan (New Hampshire)
Whitney Edwards (New Hampshire)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	at Cornell	L 56–63	0–1	Newman Arena (312) Ithaca, NY
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM, AETV	New England College	W 58–38	1–1	Lundholm Gym (148) Durham, NH
11/17/2016* 11:00 AM	at No. 15 Kentucky	L 43–92	1–2	Memorial Coliseum (4,793) Lexington, KY
11/22/2016* 5:00 PM, AETV	Bryant	W 62–60	2–2	Lundholm Gym (163) Durham, NH
11/26/2016* 7:00 PM, AETV	Wagner	W 73–40	3–2	Lundholm Gym (237) Durham, NH
11/28/2016* 7:00 PM	at Boston University	W 59–51	4–2	Case Gym (151) Boston, MA
12/01/2016* 7:00 PM	at Northeastern	W 66–63 ^OT	5–2	Cabot Center (231) Boston, MA
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM	at Siena	W 77–67	6–2	Alumni Recreation Center (350) Loudonville, NY
12/11/2016* 1:00 PM, AETV	Yale	L 58–65	6–3	Lundholm Gym (351) Durham, NH
12/18/2016* 1:00 PM, AETV	Sacred Heart	W 71–43	7–3	Lundholm Gym (272) Durham, NH
12/21/2016* 4:30 PM, ESPN3	Central Connecticut	W 56–52	8–3	Lundholm Gym (227) Durham, NH
12/28/2016* 7:00 PM	at Manhattan	W 59–42	9–3	Draddy Gymnasium (451) Riverdale, NY
12/31/2016* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	Dartmouth Rivalry	W 64–47	10–3	Lundholm Gym (496) Durham, NH
America East regular season
01/04/2017 11:00 AM, ESPN3	Stony Brook	W 49–46	11–3 (1–0)	Lundholm Gym (1,306) Durham, NH
01/11/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Albany	W 71–58	12–3 (2–0)	Lundholm Gym (268) Durham, NH
01/14/2017 4:00 PM	at Binghamton	W 70–62	13–3 (3–0)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,590) Vestal, NY
01/16/2017 1:00 PM, AETV	at Vermont	W 57–49	14–3 (4–0)	Patrick Gym (542) Burlington, VT
01/19/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Maine	W 50–44	15–3 (5–0)	Lundholm Gym (403) Durham, NH
01/22/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3	Hartford	W 58–50	16–3 (6–0)	Lundholm Gym (436) Durham, NH
01/25/2017 11:00 AM, ESPN3	at UMass Lowell	W 76–57	17–3 (7–0)	Tsongas Center (4,192) Lowell, MA
01/28/2017 12:00 PM, AETV	UMBC	W 60–50	18–3 (8–0)	Lundholm Gym (477) Durham, NH
02/01/2017 5:00 PM	at Stony Brook	W 56–45	19–3 (9–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,347) Stony Brook, NY
02/06/2017 7:00 PM	at Albany	L 55–64	19–4 (9–1)	SEFCU Arena (1,076) Albany, NY
02/09/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Vermont	W 66–47	20–4 (10–1)	Lundholm Gym (101) Durham, NH
02/12/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3	Binghamton	W 76–69	21–4 (11–1)	Lundholm Gym (723) Durham, NH
02/15/2017 7:00 PM	at Maine	W 65–57	22–4 (12–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,645) Bangor, ME
02/18/2017 2:00 PM	at Hartford	W 62–57	23–4 (13–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,625) Hartford, CT
02/23/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UMass Lowell	W 58–45	24–4 (14–1)	Lundholm Gym (565) Durham, NH
02/26/2017 12:00 PM, ESPN3	at UMBC	W 65–61	25–4 (15–1)	Retriever Activities Center (639) Catonsville, MD
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 12:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Stony Brook Quarterfinals	W 58–49	26–4	Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
03/05/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Maine Semifinals	L 52–61	26–5	Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/17/2017* 7:00 PM	Harvard First Round	L 56–69	26–6	Lundholm Gym (387) Durham, NH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ http://www.unhwildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball&

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v t e New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Lundholm Gym (1975–present) Whittemore Center (alternate, 1995–present)
Rivalries	Dartmouth
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References