2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represents Cornell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by fifteenth year head coach Dayna Smith, play their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 16–11, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
2016–17 record16–11 (7–7 Ivy)
Head coachDayna Smith (15th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Val Klopfer
  • Brendan Burke
  • Bobby Savino
Home arenaNewman Arena
2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Penn†13–1 .929  22–7  .759
Princeton9–5 .643  16–13  .552
Harvard8–6 .571  21–9  .700
Cornell7–7 .500  16–11  .593
Brown7–7 .500  16–12  .571
Yale6–8 .429  15–12  .556
Columbia3–11 .214  13–14  .481
Dartmouth3–11 .214  8–19  .296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.[1]

Roster
2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearHometown
G 03 Taylor DePalma 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Ithaca, NY
G 04 Danielle Jorgenson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Orono, MN
G 05 Dylan Higgins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bala Cynwyd, PA
G 10 Janée Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Burlington Township, NJ
G 12 Samantha Widmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lawrenceville, NJ
G 13 Caroline Shelquist 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Minnetonka, MN
G 22 Kerri Moran 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Far Hills, NJ
G 23 Samantha Clement 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Anaheim, CA
F 23 Nia Marshall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Macedonia, OH
F 25 Jessica Willerson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Falmouth, ME
F 30 Reena Olsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cortlandt Manor, NY
F 32 Nicholle Aston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Woodland Hills, CA
F 33 Christine Ehland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Pittsburgh, PA
G 34 Marie Hatch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bethesda, MD
F 35 Maddy Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Arlington, VA
G 44 Megan LeDuc 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Vienna, VA
F 45 Stephanie Umeh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Los Angeles, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 PM		 New Hampshire W 63–56  1–0
 Newman Arena (312)
Ithaca, NY
11/13/2016*
1:00 PM		 Loyola (MD) W 58–50  2–0
 Newman Arena (365)
Ithaca, NY
11/16/2016*
7:00 PM		 at Colgate W 70–57  3–0
 Cotterell Court (618)
Hamilton, NY
11/19/2016*
12:00 PM		 at Towson L 63–68  3–1
 SECU Arena (263)
Towson, MD
11/22/2016*
7:00 PM		 Howard W 67–55  4–1
 Newman Arena (310)
Ithaca, NY
11/26/2016*
6:00 PM, ACCN Extra		 at Pittsburgh L 44–56  4–2
 Peterson Events Center (717)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/28/2016*
7:00 PM		 at Saint Francis (PA) W 78–72  5–2
 DeGol Arena (406)
Loretto, PA
12/03/2016*
1:00 PM		 Drexel L 53–63  5–3
 Newman Arena (319)
Ithaca, NY
12/17/2016*
1:00 PM		 at Youngstown State W 80–75  6–3
 Beeghly Center (1,140)
Youngstown, OH
12/22/2016*
5:00 PM		 Canisius W 60–43  7–3
 Newman Arena (412)
Ithaca, NY
12/30/2016*
1:00 PM		 at Stony Brook L 65–66 2OT 7–4
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (522)
Stony Brook, NY
01/01/2017*
2:00 PM		 at Binghamton W 54–51  8–4
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,339)
Vestal, NY
01/05/2017*
6:00 PM		 at Delaware State W 72–51  9–4
 Memorial Hall (257)
Dover, NY
Ivy League regular season
01/14/2017
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Columbia W 77–70  10–4 (1–0)
 Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
01/21/2017
4:30 PM, ESPN3		 at Columbia W 69–55  11–4 (2–0)
 Levien Gymnasium (875)
New York City, NY
01/27/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Harvard L 59–62  11–5 (2–1)
 Lavietes Pavilion (653)
Cambridge, MA
01/28/2017
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Dartmouth L 74–84  11–6 (2–2)
 Leede Arena (1,117)
Hanover, NH
02/03/2017
6:00 PM		 at Brown L 67–72  11–7 (2–3)
 Pizzitola Sports Center (232)
Providence, RI
02/04/2017
6:00 PM		 at Yale W 76–63  12–7 (3–3)
 John J. Lee Amphitheater (427)
New Haven, CT
02/10/2017
6:00 PM		 Princeton L 54–58  12–8 (3–4)
 Newman Arena (659)
Ithaca, NY
02/11/2017
5:00 PM		 Penn L 55–61  12–9 (3–5)
 Newman Arena (729)
Ithaca, NY
02/17/2017
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 Dartmouth W 72–57  13–9 (4–5)
 Newman Arena (467)
Ithaca, NY
02/18/2017
5:00 PM		 Harvard W 57–52  14–9 (5–5)
 Newman Arena (559)
Ithaca, NY
02/24/2017
7:00 PM		 at Penn L 34–47  14–10 (5–6)
 Palestra (1,013)
Philadelphia, PA
02/25/2017
6:00 PM		 at Princeton W 55–44  15–10 (6–6)
 Jadwin Gymnasium (1,245)
Princeton, NJ
03/03/2017
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 Yale W 59–49  16–10 (7–6)
 Newman Arena (621)
Ithaca, NY
03/04/2017
5:00 PM		 Brown L 46–67  16–11 (7–7)
 Newman Arena (1,625)
Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References
  1. "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  2. 2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball schedule
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