2016–17 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team

2016–17 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
2016–17 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	18–14 (12–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Brooke Stoehr & Scott Stoehr (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Lindsey Hicks; Alaura Sharp;
Home arena	Thomas Assembly Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	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 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represented the Louisiana Tech University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Techsters, led by first year co-head coaches Brooke Stoehr and Scott Stoehr, played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to WKU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Southern Methodist University in the first round.

Roster[edit]

2016–17 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Dawn Gipson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Ribault HS	Jacksonville, FL
G	2	Rochelle Vasquez	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Gulf Coast State College	Dallas, TX
G	3	Kierra Lang	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Springdale HS	Springdale, AR
G	4	Kierra Anthony	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	New Iberia HS	New Iberia, LA
G	10	Maren Kreid	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS So	Brentwood Academy	Franklin, TN
G	12	Daria McCutcheon	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Plano East HS	Plano, TX
G	14	Anna McLeod	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Homeschooled	Houston, TX
G	22	Jasmine LeBlanc	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Breaux Bridge HS	Breaux Bridge, LA
F	23	Reauna Cleaver	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Elizabethtown HS	Elizabethtown, KY
G	24	Ashley Reid	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	S.H. Rider HS	Wichita Falls, TX
G	25	Nikki McDonald (I)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Elon	Atlanta, GA
G	30	Ashley Santos	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Marquette	Geneva, IL
F	32	Kevione Moten	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Ouachita HS	Monroe, LA
F	34	Alexus Malone (I)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Buffalo	Oxford, MS

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Lindsey Hicks (Purdue)
Alaura Sharp (Southwest Minnesota 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
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:30 pm		LSU	L 73–77	0–1	Thomas Assembly Center (4,111) Ruston, LA
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm		Grambling State	W 69–55	1–1	Thomas Assembly Center (2,019) Ruston, LA
11/22/2016* 4:00 pm		at Clemson	L 67–78 ^OT	1–2	Littlejohn Coliseum (254) Clemson, SC
11/26/2016* 1:00 pm		LSU–Alexandria	W 103–63	2–2	Thomas Assembly Center (1,523) Ruston, LA
11/29/2016* 6:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 73–53	3–2	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (503) Ruston, LA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		at McNeese State	W 66–56	4–2	Burton Coliseum (404) Lake Charles, LA
12/07/2016* 11:15 am		Stephen F. Austin	L 58–60	4–3	Thomas Assembly Center (2,486) Ruston, LA
12/10/2016* 1:00 pm		Nicholls State	W 68–52	5–3	Thomas Assembly Center (1,510) Ruston, LA
12/14/2016* 6:30 pm		Auburn	L 66–76	5–4	Thomas Assembly Center (1,526) Ruston, LA
12/19/2016* 7:00 pm		at Memphis	L 54–56	5–5	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (542) Memphis, TN
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm		at Louisiana–Lafayette	L 72–80	5–6	Cajundome (774) Lafayette, LA
Conference USA regular season
12/30/2016 6:30 pm		Southern Miss	W 72–61	6–6 (1–0)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,530) Ruston, LA
01/05/2017 8:05 pm		at UTEP	L 62–69	6–7 (1–1)	Don Haskins Center (1,617) El Paso, TX
01/07/2017 2:00 pm		at UTSA	L 61–63	6–8 (1–2)	Convocation Center (252) San Antonio, TX
01/12/2017 6:30 pm		Charlotte	W 80–54	7–8 (2–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,612) Ruston, LA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm		Old Dominion	L 6469	7–9 (2–3)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,530) Ruston, LA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm		at Rice	W 70–67 ^OT	8–9 (3–3)	Tudor Fieldhouse (464) Houston, TX
01/21/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Texas	W 72–65	9–9 (4–3)	The Super Pit (1,098) Denton, TX
01/26/2017 6:30 pm		UAB	W 64–63	10–9 (5–3)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,526) Ruston, LA
01/28/2017 1:00 pm		Middle Tennessee	L 65–79	10–10 (5–4)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,528) Ruston, LA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		at WKU	L 58–67	10–11 (5–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,127) Bowling Green, KY
02/04/2017 12:00 pm		at Marshall	W 72–64	11–11 (6–5)	Cam Henderson Center (1,072) Huntington, WV
02/09/2017 6:30 pm		UTEP	W 69–61	12–11 (7–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,809) Ruston, LA
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		UTSA	W 77–71	13–11 (8–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,934) Ruston, LA
02/16/2017 6:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic	W 76–52	14–11 (9–5)	FAU Arena (489) Boca Raton, FL
02/18/2017 1:00 pm		at FIU	W 76–63	15–11 (10–5)	FIU Arena (328) Miami, FL
02/23/2017 6:30 pm		North Texas	W 65–49	16–11 (11–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,648) Ruston, LA
02/25/2017 7:00 pm		Rice	W 62–51	17–11 (12–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,025) Ruston, LA
03/03/2017 6:00 pm		at Southern Miss	L 63–72	17–12 (12–6)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,581) Hattiesburg, MS
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/09/2017 3:00 pm	(4)	vs. (5) Charlotte Quarterfinals	W 66–55	18–12	Bartow Arena (686) Birmingham, AL
03/09/2017 3:00 pm, ASN	(4)	vs. (1) Western Kentucky Semifinals	L 59–77	18–13	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at SMU First Round	L 70–75 ^OT	18–14	Moody Coliseum (847) Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ "LA Tech Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2016.

[1] "LA Tech Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2016.

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v t e Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1974–1982) Thomas Assembly Center (1982–present)
Culture & lore	Tech (mascot) Traditions of Louisiana Tech University Hoop Troop
People	Sonja Hogg Leon Barmore Kurt Budke Chris Long Teresa Weatherspoon Tyler Summitt Brooke Stoehr
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
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster[edit]

Schedule[edit]

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