2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by eleventh year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 10–6 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for fourth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in an overtime thriller in the second round.

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2016–17 record2313 (106 Big Ten)
Head coachSharon Versyp (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Maryland151 .938  323  .914
No. 11 Ohio State*151 .938  287  .800
Michigan115 .688  289  .757
Indiana106 .625  2311  .676
Purdue106 .625  2313  .639
Michigan State97 .563  2112  .636
Penn State97 .563  2111  .656
Northwestern88 .500  2011  .645
Iowa88 .500  2014  .588
Minnesota511 .313  1516  .484
Illinois313 .188  922  .290
Wisconsin313 .188  922  .290
Nebraska313 .188  722  .241
Rutgers313 .188  624  .200
† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner
*Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Ashley Morrissette 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrTwinsburg Twinsburg, OH
G 2 Abby Abel 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SoCarmel Carmel, IN
G 3 Tiara Murphy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoWashington South Bend, IN
G 5 Miracle Gray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrStephenson Stone Mountain, GA
G 10 Andreona Keys 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrRoswell Atlanta, GA
G 11 Dominique Oden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrMarist Atlanta, GA
C 12 Nora Kiesler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SoAssumption Louisville, KY
G 13 Bridget Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrRoncalli Mooresville, IN
F 20 Dominique McBryde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoBedford North Lawrence Bedford, IN
C 22 Bree Horrocks 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrBuford Buford, GA
F 32 Ae'Rianna Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 40 Lamina Cooper 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016*
2:00 PM
Ursuline College W 86–58 
Mackey Arena (5,622)
West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 PM
at Maine
Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals
L 47–67  0–1
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/12/2016*
5:00 PM
vs. Villanova
Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game
L 44–58  0–2
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/17/2016*
7:00 PM
USC Upstate W 71–41  1–2
Mackey Arena (5,611)
West Lafayette, IN
11/20/2016*
2:00 PM
Southern Illinois L 61–64  1–3
Mackey Arena (5,679)
West Lafayette, IN
11/24/2016*
1:30 PM
vs. Wichita State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 86–49  2–3
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/25/2016*
1:30 PM
vs. Northeastern
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 79–54  3–3
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/26/2016*
1:30 PM
vs. No. 11 Stanford
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
L 69–78  3–4
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
11/30/2016*
7:00 PM
at Pittsburgh
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 67–61  4–4
Peterson Events Center (702)
Pittsburgh, PA
12/04/2016*
2:00 PM
Colgate W 71–51  5–4
Mackey Arena (5,610)
West Lafayette, IN
12/06/2016*
7:00 PM
Central Michigan W 62–51  6–4
Mackey Arena (5,354)
West Lafayette, IN
12/08/2016*
7:00 PM
at Ball State W 58–42  7–4
Worthen Arena (2,510)
Muncie, IN
12/11/2016*
1:00 PM
North Carolina Central W 61–27  8–4
Mackey Arena (5,428)
West Lafayette, IN
12/18/2016*
4:00 PM
Eastern Michigan W 77–50  9–4
Mackey Arena (5,611)
West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2016*
12:00 PM
IUPUI L 62–67  9–5
Mackey Arena (6,611)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2016
3:00 PM
at Northwestern L 60–76  10–5 (0–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,205)
Evanston, IL
01/04/2017
6:00 PM
Michigan State W 66–54  10–6 (1–1)
Mackey Arena (5,776)
West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2017
2:00 PM
Penn State W 64–51  11–6 (2–1)
Mackey Arena (5,883)
West Lafayette, IN
01/11/2017
8:00 PM
at Wisconsin W 79–57  12–6 (3–1)
Kohl Center (3,437)
Madison, WI
01/15/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN2
No. 11 Ohio State L 56–61  12–7 (3–2)
Mackey Arena (6,803)
West Lafayette, IN
01/19/2017
8:00 PM, BTN
at Indiana
Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup
L 60–74  12–8 (3–3)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,129)
Bloomington, IN
01/22/2017
5:00 PM, BTN
at Michigan State W 76–66  13–8 (4–3)
Breslin Center (9,808)
East Lansing, MI
01/26/2017
6:00 PM, BTN
Nebraska W 88–45  14–8 (5–3)
Mackey Arena (5,594)
West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2017
8:00 PM, BTN
No. 3 Maryland L 70–85  14–9 (5–4)
Mackey Arena (5,671)
West Lafayette, IN
02/05/2017
3:00 PM
at Illinois W 72–64  15–9 (6–4)
State Farm Center (1,889)
Champaign, IL
02/08/2017
6:00 PM
No. 21 Michigan L 62–72  15–10 (6–5)
Mackey Arena (5,910)
West Lafayette, IN
02/11/2017
2:00 PM
at Penn State L 73–79  15–11 (6–6)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,875)
University Park, PA
02/15/2017
7:00 PM
at Rutgers W 55–42  16–11 (7–6)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,819)
Piscataway, NJ
02/19/2017
12:00 PM, BTN
Iowa W 72–52  17–11 (8–6)
Mackey Arena (7,151)
West Lafayette, IN
02/23/2017
9:00 PM, BTN
at Minnesota W 67–54  18–11 (9–6)
Williams Arena (2,832)
Minneapolis, MN
02/26/2017
4:00 PM, BTN
Northwestern W 61–59  19–11 (10–6)
Mackey Arena (6,407)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
2:30 PM, BTN
(5) vs. (12) Illinois
Second Round
W 72–58  20–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,570)
Indianapolis, IN
03/03/2017
2:30 PM, BTN
(5) vs. (4) Indiana
Quarterfinals
W 66–60  21–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,004)
Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2017
3:00 PM, BTN
(5) vs. (1) No. 9 Ohio State
Semifinals
W 71–60  22–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
03/05/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN2
(5) vs. (2) No. 4 Maryland
Championship Game
L 64–74  22–12
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,881)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2017*
4:00 PM, ESPN2
(9 L) vs. (8 L) Green Bay
First Round
W 74–62  23–12
Edmund P. Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
03/19/2017*
9:00 PM, ESPN
(9 L) at (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame
Second Round
L 82–88 OT 23–13
Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,422)
South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1]

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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See also

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

References

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