2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
WBI, Semifinals
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–15 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jon Newlee (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Christa Stanford; Jeri Jacobson; Steven Fennelly;
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum; Memorial Gym
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
North Dakota	15	–	3	.833	20	–	11	.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4	.778	22	–	8	.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Idaho	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Idaho State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Portland State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Weber State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Montana	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16	.111	7	–	23	.233


† 2017 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 23, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by ninth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where defeated Utah State in the first round, Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Rice.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Jenae Lewallen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Liberty HS	Surprise, AZ
G	2	Karlee Wilson	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Lewiston HS	Lewiston, ID
F	4	Brooke Reilly	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Mt. Spokane HS	Spokane, WA
C	5	Brigitte O'Neill	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Carey Grammar	Melbourne, Australia
G	10	Cherita Daugherty	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Prairie	Melbourne, Australia
C	11	Isabelle Hadden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Boise	Boise, ID
C	12	Nejra Solo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Jr	PRVA Gimnazija Zenica	Zenica, Bosnia
G	14	Taylor Pierce	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	La Costa Canyon HS	Carlsbad, CA
G	21	Mikayla Ferenz	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Walla Walla HS	Walla Walla, WA
G	22	Bethany Krause	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Centerville HS	Centerville, OH
G	24	Daylee Hanson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	King's HS	Edmonds, WA
G/F	31	Geraldine McCorkell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Penleigh & Essendon Grammar	Melbourne, Australia
G	32	Agueda Trujillo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	IES CTEIB	Manacor, Spain
F	44	Sue Winger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Mead HS	Spokane, WA

Head coach

Jon Newlee (San Diego State)

Assistant coach(es)

Christa Stanford (Idaho State)
Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa)
Steven Fennelly (Iowa State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 2:00 pm		Multnomah	W 83–45		Memorial Gym Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:00 pm		at Seattle	W 68–64	1–0	Connolly Center (481) Seattle, WA
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 88–86	2–0	Titan Gym (247) Fullerton, CA
11/22/2016* 5:00 pm		at No. 15 Washington	L 53–105	2–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531) Seattle, WA
11/25/2016* 2:00 pm		vs. Northern Iowa GCU Thanksgiving Classic	L 74–76	2–2	GCU Arena (205) Phoenix, AZ
11/26/2016* 2:00 pm		at Grand Canyon GCU Thanksgiving Classic	L 60–64	2–3	GCU Arena (638) Phoenix, AZ
12/02/2016* 8:30 pm		vs. No. 24 Oregon State Maui Wahine Classic	L 49–60	2–4	War Memorial Gym (922) Wailuku, HI
12/03/2016* 6:30 pm		vs. UNLV Maui Wahine Classic	L 61–73	2–5	War Memorial Gym (487) Wailuku, HI
12/09/2016* 5:30 pm		at Wyoming	W 75–71	3–5	Arena-Auditorium (2,309) Laramie, WY
12/17/2016* 3:00 pm		Central Washington	W 79–45	4–5	Memorial Gym Moscow, ID
12/20/2016* 12:00 pm		at Oregon	L 70–73	4–6	Matthew Knight Arena (2,088) Eugene, OR
12/27/2016* 6:00 pm		Lewis–Clark State	W 85–49	5–6	Memorial Gym (433) Moscow, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 57–67	5–7 (0–1)	Reese Court (680) Cheney, WA
01/05/2017 6:00 pm		at Montana	W 86–59	6–7 (1–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,486) Missoula, MT
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 64–80	6–8 (1–2)	Worthington Arena (1,667) Bozeman, MT
01/12/2017 6:00 pm		Weber State	W 95–77	7–8 (2–2)	Cowan Spectrum (435) Moscow, ID
01/14/2017 2:00 pm		Idaho State	L 60–67	7–9 (2–3)	Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID
01/19/2017 6:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 85–68	8–9 (3–3)	Centrum Arena (288) Cedar City, UT
01/21/2017 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 91–80	9–9 (4–3)	Walkup Skydome (597) Flagstaff, AZ
01/26/2017 6:00 pm		Montana State	L 61–66	9–10 (4–4)	Cowan Spectrum (903) Moscow, ID
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		Montana	W 75–50	10–10 (5–4)	Cowan Spectrum (738) Moscow, ID
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		at Portland State	W 72–66	11–10 (6–4)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
02/04/2017 2:05 pm		at Sacramento State	W 72–58	12–10 (7–4)	Hornets Nest (302) Sacramento, CA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 67–71	12–11 (7–5)	Cowan Spectrum (486) Moscow, ID
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 74–61	13–11 (8–5)	Cowan Spectrum (435) Moscow, ID
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 78–51	14–11 (9–5)	Cowan Spectrum (574) Moscow, ID
02/23/2017 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 69–80	14–12 (9–6)	Reed Gym (1,051) Pocatello, ID
02/25/2017 1:00 pm		at Weber State	W 82–77	15–12 (10–6)	Dee Events Center (746) Ogden, UT
03/01/2017 6:00 pm		Northern Arizona	L 61–76	15–13 (10–7)	Cowan Spectrum (533) Moscow, ID
03/03/2017 6:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 76–61	16–13 (11–7)	Cowan Spectrum (753) Moscow, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/06/2017 2:35 pm	(5)	vs. (12) Southern Utah First Round	W 83–68	17–13	Reno Events Center (672) Reno, NV
03/07/2017 2:35 pm	(5)	vs. (4) Eastern Washington Quarterfinals	L 64–73	17–14	Reno Events Center (787) Reno, NV
WBI
03/15/2017* 5:30 pm		Utah State First Round	W 64–57	18–14	Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID
03/20/2017* 6:00 pm		at Eastern Washington Quarterfinals	W 74–67	19–14	Reese Court Cheney, WA
03/23/2017* 5:00 pm		at Rice Semifinals	L 80–86	19–15	Tudor Fieldhouse (287) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References[edit]

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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v t e Idaho Vandals women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1974–1976, 2020–21) Cowan Spectrum (1976–2020) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 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

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